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End of an epic week of really fun surface and bluebird days in Crested Butte. Snowed like a bitch last weekend. Still found some stashes today.
Snow Skiing 22/23
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Chris in Santa Cruz CA
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Worked 4 day in cabin, skied today. Four blue bird groomer days missed, today it was blizzard, sunny, blizzard, sunny. Hill has a mid mountain hut so run in while crazy and warm up, stay kitted up and run out and ski a run or two and go back to hut. Repeat, snow was excellent, dusting on billiard table groomed runs. Supposed to snow all weekend with Monday morning being the money day. I will still go ski tomorrow and Sunday even if just a few runs while it’s dumping.
Chris in Santa Cruz CA
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I saw snow flakes not falling just floating and some even going up while riding a chair one time. Very light flakes and fickle winds I guess.
Chris in Santa Cruz CA
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Yesterday was, as forecasted, epic.
Cool temps but bluebird skies no wind and great snow. It was so fun to stick around for an extra day and not have to run off to the office. I'm kinda liking this retirement thing. Trying to find some time in my busy schedule to visit the BIL and SIL in South Lake for some skiing at the resort formerly known as Squaw.
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MR.CLEAN
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My thermometer seems to have had some issues on that -24 day, the mercury has a bunch of bubbles in it now. The freeze out gave way to a week of 40 deg days/30 deg nights. Good for tapping maples, not great for the base. So far its been a better year than 2021/22 but not by much.
Cruisin Loser
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Air is a little thin at 12,481', but snow was great.
Cruisin Loser
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3rd day on Heliskiing in Nakusp, BC with CMH. Epic. Never felt bottom. 24,000 vertical ft of untracked awesomeness. Best on the planet.
Trip started awkward, came a day early and spent a night at a very cool 125 YO hotel in Nelson. Crooks smashed window out of the rental car and stole all of our luggage and gear except for boots. Welcome to Canada. $3K each at CMH ski shop later we’re skiing. Thanks gawd it’s Canadian pesos.
Awesome skiing with mostly guides we’ve known for years. Today was a new one, incredible girl. We had some concerns due to 2 guests getting killed a few weeks ago up near Revelstoke, but we’ve been doing steeps and trees without problems. The Kootenay’s are the shiznits.
This is our 15th year here, the professionalism and kindness never ceases to amaze. Love this place and these people.
Trip started awkward, came a day early and spent a night at a very cool 125 YO hotel in Nelson. Crooks smashed window out of the rental car and stole all of our luggage and gear except for boots. Welcome to Canada. $3K each at CMH ski shop later we’re skiing. Thanks gawd it’s Canadian pesos.
Awesome skiing with mostly guides we’ve known for years. Today was a new one, incredible girl. We had some concerns due to 2 guests getting killed a few weeks ago up near Revelstoke, but we’ve been doing steeps and trees without problems. The Kootenay’s are the shiznits.
This is our 15th year here, the professionalism and kindness never ceases to amaze. Love this place and these people.
Cruisin Loser
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Oh fuck am I beat. A little over 3’ in 2 days, so far, and that was over some superb powder. Last day tomorrow. The guides are saying best 2 days in 3-5 years, and I believe them.
As always, some guests have fallen by the wayside, some by injury or exhaustion, my friend of 40 years we came with flew home to Dallas this morning to attend a sick wife. The guides on days off came in to fill the seats, we had 3 guides for 7 guests for a while today. There may have been a little hard feelings from non-guide staff who are sometimes given empty seats, but frankly, as a 68 year old guest in challenging steep tree skiing in bottomless conditions, the more guides the better.
As always, some guests have fallen by the wayside, some by injury or exhaustion, my friend of 40 years we came with flew home to Dallas this morning to attend a sick wife. The guides on days off came in to fill the seats, we had 3 guides for 7 guests for a while today. There may have been a little hard feelings from non-guide staff who are sometimes given empty seats, but frankly, as a 68 year old guest in challenging steep tree skiing in bottomless conditions, the more guides the better.
Never skied with one... I think I am covered...
Never really went below 12-14 anyways
Chris in Santa Cruz CA
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30 mph plus regularly. At least if I crash and get brain damage my kids will only say I was being half an idiot.
Chris in Santa Cruz CA
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sounds like a killer year up there! bound to get a good year at some point 😂
Chris in Santa Cruz CA
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I guess if you drive up on Presidents’ Day as everyone is coming down and if you are going back up because a storm is coming and you are going to stay for two weeks, you might be a ski bum.
Always went on jan 1-5, or whatever the Monday was after the holidays, when the kiddo was growing up. Holiday wanks are gone, rental Prices tank and the slopes are empty... With the weather patterns nowdays, Jan aint all that bad... Good times...
Cruisin Loser
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They can save your brain, or they can make you brave, which may not be good.
When I first got one I found that I could knock small branches out of the way with my head while tree skiing. One time that led to a fractured shoulder when I ventured too tight. I blame the helmet for the shoulder injury.
This last week we had one guest skiing without a helmet. Never seen a guide without one.
I think it would be rare to go 30 MPH in a double black tree run. The helmet makes the wife happy. She bought me my first one at the behest of former NM governor Gary Johnson, who grabbed her at the bar one day and told her "take him to the ski shop now and buy him a helmet. He's the the only one without one, the stuff we ski he needs it."
He was right.
You may ski at 30 MPH, but in a crash on a groomer you generally are not hitting to a dead stop at 30, that would break your neck. You're bouncing your head off the hardpack at some lower speed while sliding and the helmet may prevent a concussion.
Oh how I would love to go tree bashing again(Brain says yes, body says don't even attempt to look at another ski run again)... Used to put my goggles on backwards snowboarding in my Sorrells to provide a cushion for the inevitable backwards head whip.... (ahhh life before helmets....).
mustang__1
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I finally broke down and got a Vantage MIPS helmet... I actually prefer to wear it over a beanie and goggles.
Anywho, icecoast fucking blows this year.
Anywho, icecoast fucking blows this year.
