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I here at Park City, also. Arrived Saturday and leave tomorrow, Thursday. The snow is awesome, but for an older guy like me the flat light is tough. Sometimes the mountain skis me. Glad to read that someone else was taken out by the cat track on Widowmaker! That was a big surprise. I spent a lot of time yesterday lapping the moguls on Thaynes and the groomed Double Jack. It is nice to have some groomed blacks to help my thighs recover. Here is a photo of Thaynes yesterday. Bryan Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Absolutely. In the medical literature, it is known as HAF, high altitude flatulence! I was at Vail the first week of January. It was excellent New England conditions. Unfortunately, it was in the Rockies! The Vail grooming staff and lifties did a great job making the front side skiable everyday. For my first trip of the year, it was a mellow time. I'm heading back to Beaver Creek next week and then Keystone at the end of February.

Sib, Great video with Cody Townsend. Sounds like things haven't changed much since I was there with my older daughter. Bryan

Such a beautiful view and a great mountain. I'm planning trips to Deer Valley/The Canyons and Vail this winter. I'm hoping to sneak in a third trip on my wife's accumulated AmEx reward points. I decided to stop by this place and see if it had changed at all. I quickly learned that it hasn't! Bryan

If you were Sib, this is what you're skiing opening day. You Tube Snow Reporter Training Video Hope the link works!

Thanks for posting the beautiful photos, sib. Wish I could be there skiing (or any where else skiing, for that matter!).

Ligety has really improved his performance during the season this year. If he keeps this up, he'll be a real contender in the future.

And, obvously, the older racers have more class! Congratulations to all.

That was just Lenny Bruce's justification. The word has its own power because of its implied violence and viciousness. Overuse merely suggests a limited vocabulary.

Doug, My message was a reference to Tricky Dick Nixon, which I expect only the old timers on this board will get.

Would you buy a used tombstone from this man?

Great photos, ski. Thanks for posting them.

What a blue bird day! Thanks for posting the link to your trip photos. Have fun.

Kids! I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!

I have a PM Gear Double Trouble ski bag -- designed by a ski racer to hold two pairs of skis, poles and lots of other stuff. Very long bag (for race skis, of course), with wheels. I pack one pair of skis and poles and lots of ski equipment in it to just about 48 pounds. I put the boots, helmets and other stuff in another bag, packed to about 48 pounds. I have looked at shipping equipment out, rather than taking on the plane, and it is very expensive.