Popular Post Barb Posted March 26 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 26 We made it to the lodge finally. It is truly a lodge and not a hut. We actually didn’t even have to skin in. You park 1/4 mile from the forest road. So we loaded up our stuff at the car, carried our skis down the road. Then it’s like a 5 minute walk from the road to the lodge. There are 2 awesome lodge dogs here also. some pics our little room cubbies. 2 beds per space. can’t wait to ski tomorrow!! 9 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 I clicked on PASR at the right time to see this sweet thread. Have a blast..lodge dogs are rad and probably love all the activity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 26 Author Report Share Posted March 26 I have been giving the dogs lots of love. They are very cuddly. They are putting out apres food now. We stopped at Ouray Brewery for lunch, mistake since now I am not hungry. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Barb Posted March 27 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 27 (edited) I fully admit I am not good at doing full days. We did a 1/2 day. Forecast was a high of 10 degrees with snow and blustery winds. It was accurate. Visibility was very very bad. Our guide took us to a mellow ish spot about 30 degree descent. For some reason a 30 degree slope feels a lot more intense in the backcountry. We followed the skin track about 1/4 mile from the lodge, then our wonderful guide broke trail for the rest of it. We had about 6” of snow overnight and it was fluffy and light. our guide my friend Ilise is by a tree but is blending in. We were in the Red Mountain 3 zone and saw what that face looked like and it was def above my ability. We cut thru the trees to a run called “Hollywood”. I forgot how much it sucked to transition in true backcountry conditions. Wind, snow, freezing temps and deep powder. Nobody had been on our run today, it was all virgin snow. I am still intimidated by powder mostly because of all my stupid injuries. The guide and Ilise zoomed down and Jesus I was slow. At one point I stopped because I felt like I had vertigo from the white out conditions. Who am I kidding, I stopped several times 😂. My form was awful. The guide is going to send some pics but I almost don’t even want to see them. then we transitioned back to skins and went back thru the trees to “Bollywood”. We started to ascend but surprisingly we’re already pretty beat up. So we opted to ski down from where we were on the lower half of Bollywood. I felt a bit better in that run. To add insult to injury we had to transition yet again to skins as it was uphill back to the lodge. And 5 min before we got there the skies cleared up and it was beautiful If you zoom in to the center part in the trees you can see our skin tracks up and descent tracks from lower Bollywood. Hollywood is further up then cutting thru the trees going left (uphill). You can actually see our uphill skin track on other side of trees in Hollywood. And some descent tracks as well Edited March 27 by Barb 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 Way to get after it…don’t be hard on yourself about skiing Pow slow or only wanting to do a half day, most skiers and riders only ski lift served groomers. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 Had some beautiful people helicoptered in from Telluride last night. I mean really?! Let me paint the scene for you; Main guy ($)- blonde curly hair cascading over his shoulders mid 50’s his woman- 30 if that, walks in w full length fur coat with a second fur coat draped over her arm. guy #3- man bun- enough said guy # 4- pilot finally some sun this morning. This place is the bomb. Would recommend to anyone. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 4 minutes ago, Barb said: Had some beautiful people helicoptered in from Telluride last night. I mean really?! Let me paint the scene for you; Main guy ($)- blonde curly hair cascading over his shoulders mid 50’s his woman- 30 if that, walks in w full length fur coat with a second fur coat draped over her arm. guy #3- man bun- enough said guy # 4- pilot finally some sun this morning. This place is the bomb. Would recommend to anyone. Do the wallets have a private room or the loft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 Private room of course. Not staying w us poor folk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbike-ski Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 they touring with you guys lol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 They are being helicoptered to their touring locations. Lol. No grunt work for them. The wallet’s backpack was micro tiny. I assume man bun is his Sherpa. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 26 minutes ago, Barb said: They are being helicoptered to their touring locations. Lol. No grunt work for them. The wallet’s backpack was micro tiny. I assume man bun is his Sherpa. I should laugh but I don’t even have a backpack. Have fun today Barb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoralas Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, Barb said: Had some beautiful people helicoptered in from Telluride last night. I mean really?! I thought the next thing after this was going to be a pic of @AtomicSkier 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 Wohoo! Great last touring day! Weather much improved today though we still had the wind. 9 degrees when we started but felt great in the sun. This is out front door of lodge. Ilise skinning up you can see how wind swept Red 3’s face is. We traversed left thru the trees well before that. Same route as yesterday since we knew the way and what to expect. trying to find a flat platform to transition looking up at our tracks. Makes the slope look so flat from this angle. Our skin track up got wind swept so I broke trail for most of it. Was tiring. some from yesterday from our guide Stellar trip! 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) Sweet report, I read it in a Wawa parking lot while killing a few minutes waiting for a takeout order. I bet you’re hungrier for the happy hour food today than arrival day. Offer the Richie rich people a La Croix and they’ll say no thanks we already have Perrier. Gray poupon would hold little weight around those wallets… awesome pictures. Edited March 28 by GrilledSteezeSandwich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 Thanks. The wallets did 1/2 day in the chopper and left. And yes, been partaking in the apres the last 2 days. Yesterday was a celery and potato soup, today is smoked salmon with cheeses, fruit and crackers. 3 young girls here do all the cooking. They seem like very bad ass skiers. All have extreme goggle tans. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMe Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 (edited) I bet the wallets name was Willham and he came just to show the blonde his really big tricks 🤣 Awesome report. I had to google what a sherpa was. 🤔 Edited April 4 by DiMe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 5 hours ago, DiMe said: I bet the wallets name was Willham and he came just to show the blonde his really big tricks 🤣 Awesome report. I had to google what a sherpa was. 🤔 Lol on the sherpa..you need to watch more Mount Everest documentaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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