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I used to love sitting on lawn chairs in the garage with my dad watching them when I was growing up. Still enjoy them.

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Looks like a great trip! Glad you were able to make it out there!

I was accidentally added to the Blue Mountain leadership group chat and saw that they are opening up at least one of the days of April 5/6 next weekend.

Thanks for this. Why the U-curve with the mid-turn balance?

Data dump, please.

welcome to the United States

facts.

why am I here.

Hell yeah! The North Face Glades at Silver are top notch. Enjoy! What are the dates??? 🤔

appreciate you saying "aboot"

Highly recommend Lookout Pass. It isn't on Indy but they have 50% lift tickets with a season pass/Indy pass/Ikon pass/etc .... I think Monday-Wednesday.

Kinda bummed you weren’t there this morning. Hope you get better sooner than later.

Enjoyed this morning even though conditions were mediocre. It was good to see y'all. The sun was nice, too!

Likely Sunday. Maybe Monday?

Did you tour the Denver Mint?

@RidgeRacer I’m unfortunately out for today. Been feeling crappy since I got back and haven’t kicked it yet. I owe you a ski day

Looks awesome!

its going to be in the 50s this week. I think you'll be okay.

Still in for the morning as of right now.

Schweitzer Monday, Lookout Pass Tuesday, 49° North yesterday, Silver Mountain today. I only had about 2 hours before I had to catch my flight so I figured I'd squeeze in one last day somewhere new. I'm glad I did. In addition to the snow that they received over the last two days, the continued snow overnight into the morning, and the wind, the conditions were 9/10 fantastic. Definitely some of the best off-piste turns of this short trip. Silver Mountain is unique. You need to take a gondola from town to get to the actual resort which is a crazy 3.1 miles long and was once the world's longest gondola, but is now 5th longest. Originally named Jackass Ski Bowl, the first GM for the place was actually from Big Boulder. Today, the place still has a small mountain vibe when you get up there. The original double still stands and gets you access to some of the best terrain on the mountain, with the exception of the North Face glades which have some ass-puckering chutes and trees accessible through gates. The best stuff I've skied in a while. I wish I had more time to enjoy this place because the crowds were small and the lines to ski were pretty much endless because I only saw one other person while skiing anywhere off of Wardner Peak. Only a few pictures because it was snowing and I was short on time. Gotta say, Idaho was not high on my list of places to go but I would replicate this trip over a long weekend again anytime. The places were great, the people were friendly, the snow was good, and for a "holiday week" the places were empty. Thanks for reading my random reports.

Schweitzer Monday, Lookout Pass Tuesday, 49° North today. One ski trip, three areas, three different states. Trekked up there this morning under cloudy skies, chilly temps, and a hefty breeze as the small storm front rolled in. I ended up taking one run before the snow moved in and was greeted with a light snow the rest of the day. Only about 2" fell throughout the day but it sat nicely on top of everything else and skied nicely. The last time I skied in Washington all it did was rain, so skiing in snow, even if a little, felt like redemption to that soaking trip. Anyway, 49 is fun. And empty. They have plenty of mellow groomers and a nice touch of spicy steep groomers to get moving on. The open mogul runs and trees were pretty lovely and a lot of the terrain to the far sides of the resort. The place skis pretty big and having a centralized high speed lift makes it easy to explore. Overall, I skied a bit of everything. I did spend a lot of time on groomers the second half of the day to preserve my hip. I don't know the names of all of the runs that I did. I just ski what looks fun. Although, I did find a run named after @GrilledSteezeSandwich and a run that @C1erArt would appreciate. Again, check this place out. Garlic parmesan cheese curds and a few pints to end the day. Still snowing out so I'm planning on hitting Silver Mountain tomorrow morning before flying out, if possible.

I can believe that. Ghost town with crushable terrain that you don't really have to think about. Easy. Nice little airport close to the city which is a cool spot too. I'm staying in Coeur d'Alene and it is a good central location to a lot of different hills.