sibhusky

What is that last picture?

You KNOW it's bad when they are saying in the video it is low viz: They were saying one chair. That is seriously bad. But, from the vid it doesn't seem like it was all the way down the hill, so some relief.

http://www.skinet.com/skiing/articles/storm-cycles-episode-2-whitefish

Don't want no stinking sun. Makes the snow heavy. We're not at 10000 feet here. Prefer dense cloud layer, preferably above my head.

Today was mostly socked in and still snowing. Some of the pics below were digitally enhanced to make them more "seeable". Rime growing on poles while I was in for a cup of tea: Treed area on the back side, enhanced: Two pictures from Lee's Way, first "enhanced", second as shot: Picture from Slingshot, as shot:

I know a boarder who picked up skiing so fast he was getting down Connie's Coulee after six days of instruction from Siblet. Athletic guy, though. I'm guessing they'll have to move the bindings for you. Depends entirely on the Boot Sole Length not your foot size. Doable if it's the first move, usually.

105 inch base. Take that, Colorado...

Been too busy skiing to take pictures, I keep forgetting. Most of the mountain is knee deep stuff. Can't wait for tomorrow. Sounds like the place was JAMMED yesterday, but better today and it kept on coming down. The woman I've been skiing with lately always did groomers before she met me, it's been fun showing her around.

Another one:

I have a Dell PC. Not a mac? Not sure what that was about. Apparently you can't boot up, run Windows Live Gallery, download all your mail, start Chrome, import pictures, and start NamoWebEditor all within 25 seconds. Today, after even MORE snow, plus it snowed most of today.

Two feet since Friday here.

Thought I'd have more today, but my PC crashed mid-transfer from the camera and more than half the pictures got corrupted.

Got some of that, mostly tele guys, but it's not a large enough number to irritate. Mostly, people are friendly and just expect others to be responsible skiers. It's the clueless that get us riled up.

The reason I put the bar down is to rest my knees.. I shattered a knee cap a few years back. The only reason Alta is not my favorite ski area is this footrest bit. Top of every lift I had to wait for my circulation to return before I could head down. A pain! Was losing all feeling in my legs every darn run.

These days I prefer concierge service.

Got your answer. We had 6500 or so on Sat and Sun, around 3500 on Mon, tapering the next few days, but given its a powder Friday, I'm expecting more the next three, not as crazy as last weekend, but a bit less. Will let you know if I hear numbers.

As you all know, I'm a bar girl. I just say I need it down and they should watch their heads and then I make sure it comes down only when everyone is ready for it. This tendency of some to announce bar down and then mindlessly clock someone who doesn't react quick enough drives me crazy.

Whitefish. Snowing now, more on the way.

You know, on Epic you can often make arrangements for meet ups with the area Epic Ski ambassadors. For instance, a new arrival here in Whitefish contacted me because she needed a ski buddy and I'm skiing with her every Sunday now, showing her around. Not sure which Utah resort you're going to, but it's worth a try. Also, many large resorts have free tours offered to show you around the place so you can get a feel for it. We have groups leaving the summit twice a day here. They break you up according to ability and interest and take you on a tour. I know it's intimidating to travel alone, but when I was your age I jumped on a train down the boot of Italy and got on a boat to Athens and then another to Crete. Had never been to Greece and didn't speak the language. Had almost no money and was traveling with the goats. I slept on a beach at night and soon was meeting up with a ton of people. If I could do it, so can you.

Did a lot of bushwacking today, both in and out of bounds. But, with friends and knowledge of the terrain. Goggles are your eyes' best friend, by the way.

Spent a lot of time bushwacking today, enjoying the powder, so you get a bunch of trees and ...finally...some action shots.

Yesterday's pic. Didn't ski today, but they got snow and more is on the way. And, no, that's not me.

Seriously? What if the snow is deep, it's all uphill, you've lost a ski our are injured? What if there's no cell service? You're the kind of person they're busy rescuing!

It exists. I have it associated with our Spot.

There ya go.