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post #61 of 291
5/6/12 at 5:57am

Crazy seeing a closing weekend like that, eh?

 

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The first day of closing weekend at Alpental today.  When I arrived early in the morning there was a thick, heavy layer of new snow on the ground, and more snow falling.  The crowd was tremendous.  The parking lots were full.  It really felt like a mid-winter weekend.  Except for the guy in a banana suit.

 

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post #62 of 291
5/6/12 at 3:44pm

Whistler now shut down for season but Blackcomb is still going until the end of May then the glacier summer season starts. Conditions naturally pretty variable with freezing level and sunshine changes. Avoid the cornices but it's still easy to get a least a few good runs per day. The ski out to valley at end of day is a slushy assortment of hero bumps mixed with bare spots to dodge or jump but I still find it fun. Download if you worry about your bases. 
 

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post #63 of 291
5/6/12 at 4:43pm

Back at Snowbird. One more week until closing this year. Getting pretty thin in spots. typical spring condityons although it got pretty cold last night and the mountain was pretty forzen this morning.

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post #64 of 291
5/7/12 at 2:04pm

May 5,  last weekend at Stevens

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post #65 of 291
5/7/12 at 6:18pm

^NICE

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post #66 of 291
5/7/12 at 9:23pm
Thread Starter 

Wow. That last weekend at Stevens Pass looks like it was awesome.

Too bad they ran out of skiers, because it looks like the snow would have gone on for a long time.

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post #67 of 291
5/8/12 at 4:00am

Skied on Saturday at Chamonix (Grands-Montets) after a business trip to Geneva. 30cm (1 foot) of heavy wet snow had fallen overnight at the top. Today (Tuesday May 8, 2012) is closing day.

 

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post #68 of 291
5/9/12 at 9:47am

Mt. Sneffles CO yesterday, but you had to work for it:

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post #69 of 291
5/9/12 at 11:02am
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Originally Posted by Girdwoodguy View Post

Wow. That last weekend at Stevens Pass looks like it was awesome.

Too bad they ran out of skiers, because it looks like the snow would have gone on for a long time.

 

well, truth be told there was a price to pay for the snow; away from the mountains the weather all week in the PNW was cold, rainy and pretty miserable. 

 

 

Way to earn your turns, Bob!  

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post #70 of 291
5/9/12 at 5:28pm

Met up with Brklyn, Trekchik, Philpug & Royal for some fun Spring skiing at Snowbird today:

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JF

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post #71 of 291
5/10/12 at 6:12am
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Mt. Sneffles CO yesterday, but you had to work for it:

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That looks really fun.  Not sure I have the ambition for it tho. 

 

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Met up with Brklyn, Trekchik, Philpug & Royal for some fun Spring skiing at Snowbird today:

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JF

More pics and a TR to come....Here's a teaser.  Jim on his EpicSki SkiLogic skis!

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post #72 of 291
5/10/12 at 11:29am
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That looks really fun.  Not sure I have the ambition for it tho. 

 

Well, there's a lot of motivation available when the lifts stop running.  And the skiing was lots of fun:

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post #73 of 291
5/10/12 at 1:12pm
Free skiing Sunday at Silver. Go Mothers day.
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post #74 of 291
5/10/12 at 1:41pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by DesiredUsername View Post

 

well, truth be told there was a price to pay for the snow; away from the mountains the weather all week in the PNW was cold, rainy and pretty miserable. 

 

 

 

That is what is happening here right now. Miserable rain on the valley floor that may be snow measured in feet at elevation. 

We'll see this weekend.

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post #75 of 291
5/10/12 at 4:10pm
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Originally Posted by Bob Lee View Post

 

Well, there's a lot of motivation available when the lifts stop running.  And the skiing was lots of fun:

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The payoff is usually worth the effort icon14.gif !

 

Nice chuteing.

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post #76 of 291
5/10/12 at 8:19pm

Frozen suncups/cement smooth groomers on SL skis and blueberry skies.

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post #77 of 291
5/10/12 at 9:08pm

I got up to the top of Snowbowl a bit late today (7:25pm), and the snow had already set up a bit more than I wanted, but I skied today, and that does not suck. smile.gif

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post #78 of 291
5/11/12 at 6:31am
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Frozen suncups/cement smooth groomers on SL skis and blueberry skies.

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Great picture.  I need to get a set of skins like that.  icon14.gif

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post #79 of 291
5/11/12 at 7:23pm

The snow was much better today, awesome evening corn, well worth the hike. smile.gif

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post #80 of 291
5/14/12 at 7:41am

They are still skiing in Scotland, where their winter has undergone a miraculous May resurrection. This video is from two days ago:
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post #81 of 291
5/14/12 at 9:54am

Things were pretty sweet in Mammoth this weekend.

 

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post #82 of 291
5/14/12 at 11:06am

... as they were in Banff at Sunshine Village this weekend (May 12th/13th)

 

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post #83 of 291
5/14/12 at 1:15pm

Silver Mt, Idaho on May 13

 

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post #84 of 291
5/16/12 at 3:50am

Hmmm....so the die is cast, I put in for leave at the beginning of June to go to Beartooth Pass for a few days. I've never been there, but a couple of my Snowbowl buddies went there a couple years ago, and came back with a lot of pictures and stories of the 40-50 degrees headwalls, so I've always wanted to hit it, and this year looks good for it.

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post #85 of 291
5/16/12 at 6:39am
Didn't think they got as much snow, way out there in MT. Will have to hike for it this weekend myself.
Hope its worth it VA, post up a TR.
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post #86 of 291
5/16/12 at 1:30pm
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Didn't think they got as much snow, way out there in MT.

 

Huh? Wha?  Are you kidding me?

 

 

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Beartooth Pass reaches nearly eleven thousand feet in elevation. There'll be plenty of snow.

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post #87 of 291
5/16/12 at 3:56pm

I'm going to Mammoth this weekend. Last weekend was pretty good. Will be camping this weekend. And hitting the natural hot springs. And generally enjoying the perfect afternoon weather after skiing all morning.

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post #88 of 291
5/16/12 at 4:09pm

Heading to Bachelor this weekend for the first time. 450 miles drive. Supposed to relatively cool for late May.

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post #89 of 291
5/16/12 at 5:47pm
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Heading to Bachelor this weekend for the first time. 450 miles drive. Supposed to relatively cool for late May.


PPP sat. lots of racers. Get up early and stay away from PMX till after the races. Century Drive closed till after noon. Very cool next couple of days 28F Thursday night in town!

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post #90 of 291
5/16/12 at 6:16pm

How early? What is PPP and PMS? Thanks.

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