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If this guy can make it to Revelstoke, you won’t have any problem…

Pretty much Groundhog Day with the big high pressure lingering over the West, another bluebird day and only snow falling is back at Blue Mountain! Kinda chilly to start at about 28 degrees and the place is empty because most out here are powder jaded and would rather do other things if there’s no new snow. Groomers were perfect packed cord and lightning fast. Came over a rise on what I thought would be another groomed slope and I was immediately transported back to Blue as it was like being on Razors after BMR had dumped urea all over it as it was a sheet of ice. Ride up to the summit and tested out some bumps. It’s amazing how the snow lasts as I was expecting glaciers but got firm, chalky grippapple snow. The topic of lift conversations lately has been all the snow falling in the East. Congrats!!

Doing some sacrifices to Ullr for some snow!

Webcams look even worse now!

Oh yeah, had the blue Bugaboo with the zip out liner and matching shell pants. May still have it packed away somewhere along with some other old ski clothes the kid has inherited..

Not a heck of a lot better in Utah either, living off the residuals of the last couple of storms that luckily brought snowpack to median. Need this stupid big H to depart the West! Brighton

Back from another day at Solitude. The big H has settled over the area which means mad inversion yo. Left the house it was in the 20’s, up at the mountain it was 32 with a bit of haze obscuring the moon. Pretty much a repeat of yesterday, lapping groomers, furmish bumps and some stages of fresh in the woods. Did a little more exploring of areas that I saw yesterday, but there’s still so many places to roam and some of the lines people have came down are quite crazy. JADIP They groom right up to the doorway!

Nice now after the storm. Still could use another good storm to cover more sharks.

And then someone drives into the ski shop??

Lift line definitely looked spicy!

Back from another grate day at Solitude. Thought about going elsewhere but figured everyone was gonna head up LCC because of the recent storm, so decided to stay away from there. Arrived at the mountain to 9 degrees, crystal clear skies and squeaky snow. The place looked beautiful with the new coat of snow. Avy explosions were going off all around the area. Up the Moonbeam and down to the Apex on pristine groomed Western cruiser. Lapped the Apex until 8 when the other lifts start loading. It was cold, but running laps on the bump runs warmed me up each time. Pockets of fresh were still around in the trees and the bumps were firm and edgeable. Up the Sunrise and over to the Summit lift the just recently opened. Lapped the Summit lift a few times then back down to the Apex and out. Wife needs more ski equipment, so headed home to go shopping. JADIP

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Anyone hear anything about the kid supposedly airlifted out the other night?? https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C9kbbB8FT/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Hey all, Back home after the gratest day of skiing at Solitude so far this season. Arrived at the base at 7:15am to about 32 degrees and like 3” of graupel on the ground and some flurries still falling. Up Moonbeam and down Main Street over to Ajax, it was smooth sailing through some untracked powder. Lapped Ajax lift looking for untouched stashes. Made the short uphill pije to get to Blue Spruce that was mostly untouched bumps. The Powderhorn loads at 9 which I hadn’t rode this year yet, so I headed that way and got in line. For a Sunday, lines weren’t bad at all. I think all the LDS are in church, so that thins the crowds early on. Up the Powderhorn, all the runs were empty and looked superb, the start of the upcoming storm was trying to snow but it was just a tad too warm. Came down Paradise as an homage to Blue which held. 6-8” of fresh. Lapped the Powderhorn a bunch more times as there weren’t many people coming down the steeper runs. Had my fill as the light was getting flat and the legs were burnt. Supposedly a good storm inbound tonight forecasting upwards of 2 feet in the Cottonwoods. JADIP

Ditto!

My only theory is that I'm using dark theme and it's affecting the color of the font. Perhaps @AtomicSkier can help or I guess I'll have to try to remember to switch themes before posting.

Back from another fun day at Solitude. Decided to skip yesterday and wait for the big storm today and it didn’t disappoint. Checked the snow stake early and it showed 13+” wherever it’s located, so headed for the bus stop. The bus was more crowded this morning with other powder-starved sliders. Arrived at the mountain where it was 34’ and still snowing. The walk up the stairs I could feel the snow was very wet and stuck to the bottoms of my boots and only about 6” at the base. Lineup wasn’t very crowded and was delayed a bit with avy bombs going off above; a telltale sign of a good day. Up the Moonbeam and right back down to get a feel for the snow, which was packed and fast. Over to the Apex for a few laps in some fresh that I could find, nice! Thinking the Eagle should be starting at 9, so headed that way. This was a newbie mistake as the upper part is socked in and taking SP longer to clear it to open. Waited a good 20 mins. before SP allowed it to load and was lucky to get first chair for some untracked powder. Unfortunately at the top visibility sucked and it was feel your way down, so I headed for some shrubbery to help with visibility. It was definitely a full foot of fresh that if course am not used to and after getting going, tipped in and somersaulted into the snow. Good to get that outta the way! Made a few more laps and peaced out for home. Finally looking like winter, at least up in the mountains. JADIP SP actually help clean the chairs!

Hell yeah! Although I’m out West, there’s always a part that’s still back at Blue and always a PASR participant. Thanks!

40-45 mins in total silence. Everyone either sleeping or looking at their phones. I guess everyone would be sleeping prior to cellphones. Mostly workers on the first bus with only a few of the hardcores who get up early. i don’t know why the font would be light? I don’t do anything to change the color on purpose.

I miss seeing everyone, the parking lot antics and tailgating.

Hey all, I’m back from another morning at Solitude mountain. I arrived at the lot on the bus at 7:15am and it was 34 degrees with a big inversion with a big high pressure sitting overtop the area. Supposedly some low pressure waves coming through the next few days. Lapped some Western groomers off the Moonbeam, but with the lack of recent snow conditions are getting compacted and fast. Took a run down a bump line and it was firm and fast. Rumor was they were gonna open up the Eagle Express 6 at 9, so stayed in the area. 9 rolled around and they announced it was opening, so made my way over there. The Sunshine Bowl run was cookies, marbles and scraped off, bringing me back memories. Off the top, the East aspect was wind-blown crust but a little ways down it was nice powder. Lapped the Eagle a few times to find some freshies and then bugged out to get some stuff done at home. Hopefully the incoming storms dump something good. JADIP

WJW! One of the bumpers also got taken out the other week by a guy carrying his daughter down Barb’s from behind. He didn’t know what hit him! Messed up his shoulder pretty good. Y’all be careful out there!!

I didn't know how it was gonna work out, but the first stop on the run up Big Cottonwood to Solitude & Brighton is minutes from home, so why not? Don't have to deal with parking reservations, etc. and let the driver deal with the snow in the canyon. The busses have chains and get priority if there's a road closure, so I just sit back and relax on the ride. I want one of those shirts!

Hey all, I’m back from another morning at Solitude mountain, the only mountain I have unlimited IKON access. I arrived at the lot on the bus at 7:15am and it was 12 degrees with bluebird skies. In the house was me along with a few different cliques unknown to me. Up the Moonbeam, looks like a few more inches of fresh fell overnight. Took an easy run back to sample the Western groomer and some of the fresh along the sides, nice! Over to the Apex, lapped Wall Street to Main Street until 9 when the Sunrise would open. Lower Main Street center was scraped off, so stuck to both sides where there was still some freshies to be found. Rode up the Sunrise with a couple who said “Watch your head” as they pulled down the safety bar. Am I back East? After some chat, they’re from New York and I told them I figured you must be, pulling down the safety bar. We chatted about that and where they ski back East. SP dropped the rope on Sensation which was all fresh on bumps which was a ton of fun but my knee was annoyed from yesterday’s powder and my lack of exercise, so peaced out at 10. Caught some interesting parking lot tailgating going on on the way out. They had the tunes cranking! JADIP