Baller Wolfeie Posted February 14, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 14, 2018 Was supposed to be in Mammoth this week but not motivated with the current snow conditions. Supposed to be in mid seventies in Bako again this weekend. May be time to start start the waterski season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jpattigr Posted February 14, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 14, 2018 BTW, Western Canada like Lake Louise, Sunshine, Kicking Horse, Revelstoke, Fernie are having a record snow year! Mountain Collective pass works at Louise, Sunshine and Revelstoke! Try the Great WHITE North this year! Skiing is bigger and way cheaper with exchange rate, 30% off the whole country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jpattigr Posted February 14, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 14, 2018 Last weekend at Lake Louise, 132cms (52inchs) last week and snowing this week again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cacman Posted February 14, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 14, 2018 My wife son and I headed to Park City a week from this Saturday. Looking for a tour guide for Sunday Feb 25, if any local ballers are around and would like to show us the slopes. We ski mostly Groomed blacks and blue, occasional tree and back side. Beers and diner on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jpattigr Posted February 14, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 14, 2018 scotchipman, Yes. we are having another great season, I am cat skiing tomorrow and then 2 more days next week in a Cat, (like Heli skiing but use a 12 person snow cat instead). Last season, my wife and I did a road trip and hit Jackson, Sun Valley, Aspen, was surprised at how expensive skiing is in USA now! Jackson Hole was $144usd for a ticket plus they charge $20 to park your car. To Compare, Lake Louise is quite a bit bigger then Jackson Hole is about $75usd ticket ($100cdn) and free parking. Food is 1/2 price here at the lodges. Truth was Jackson Hole was a bit a disappointment to me, the steep runs were short and the rest of the mountain was not that interesting, Louise has way more terrain, way longer steep runs, and is a more interesting mountain to explore. My Favs in USA that I have skied are Snowbird / Alta, Squaw Valley and Schweitzer, along with a soft spot for Sun Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted February 15, 2018 Baller_ Share Posted February 15, 2018 @jpattigr how far from Calgary? And how far into spring can good skiing be had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bigskieridaho Posted February 15, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 15, 2018 @jpattigr You just have to know the stashes and terrain in JH like me (grew up there) I agree on ticket prices tho. I hope to get out to Canada one day. Really want to check out LL and Revelstoke. Snowbird and Alta are great but by no means comparable to JH. IMO as long as we are on Mountains and skiing I am HAPPY no matter the terrain. Hitting Alyeska soon so that will be new for me and I am stoked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted February 15, 2018 Baller_ Share Posted February 15, 2018 @jpattigr : To your W. Canada discussion, many moons ago we hit a small place called Red Mountain just north of Spokane across the border, it was a very cool place and seemed to be lost in the 60's which meant it had a great atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bulldog Posted February 15, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 15, 2018 Ski season in Banff, Alberta is usually good until mid April. Conditions are amazing this season!!! "Do Better..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted February 16, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 16, 2018 @DW Skied Red Mountain a few times. Very cool, fun place. Great runs. We used it for a warm up day before going cat skiing nearby, which was even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted February 16, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 16, 2018 40 inches this week at Wolf Creek, CO. With more in the forecast. Heading there Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jpattigr Posted February 16, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 16, 2018 Yesterday at Castle Mountain resort in Southern Alberta, Bluebird and 40 cm's of snow over night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jpattigr Posted February 16, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 16, 2018 Wish: If you fly into Calgary, The Rockies are an hour away, then the resorts are about 1/2 hour to an hour apart all along the trans Canada Highway. It ids just like flying to Denver and then driving to Aspen and passing all the resorts along the way. Just sub Revelstoke for Aspen! Lake Louise for Vail, Sunshine Village for Copper etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted February 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 17, 2018 @jpattigr Skied Revelstoke for years when it was just Cat Powder Skiing ran by Clyde Newsome. Awesome skiing. Fresh tracks every run. Clyde was great. Have to go back some day now that it is a ski megaplex and check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jpattigr Posted February 17, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 17, 2018 Zman, come back anytime! I have been in the Alpine ski biz for 35 years and have had the pleasure of skiing all over the place! Does not get any better then the skiing around Revelstoke, come ski Revey the mountain and do a Cat ski trip at Mustang Powder, Monashee Powder or K3. The prices and exchange rate not much more then skiing Colorado, and with Cat skiing (like Heli but in a snow cat) every run is deep and zero tracks, fresh tracks even last run of the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted February 20, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 20, 2018 Got 17 inches here in Wolk Creek. Could have done without the 70 mph winds yesterday. This morning is minus 4 F, with winds between 30 and 40 mph. Probably need a few breaks. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted February 28, 2018 Baller_ Share Posted February 28, 2018 Anyone with insight on the conditions of ABasin, Loveland..or others not to far from Denv.? Seems I keep hearing about the lack or snow. Want to do a couple days out there in the coming weeks and flights are dropping specifically to Denv. But not wanting to find issues with conditions. Also skier on a budget so any ideas for lessoning cost from accommodations to lift ticket discounts welcome. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bigskieridaho Posted February 28, 2018 Baller Share Posted February 28, 2018 Ripping Alyeska! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller spartanskier10 Posted March 1, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 1, 2018 Anyone have a conditions update on Park City? Heading out there Saturday for the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller baja Posted March 1, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 1, 2018 @spartanskier10 I was there for 4 days over last weekend. After a slow start winter has hit the western ski areas. We had 3-8 inches of Utah's best every night. The cold had moved in and they had received about 3 feet during the 7 days prior to our arrival so there was no trace of an icy base. That weather pattern hasn't changed so you should have light fluffy frosting on a soft base... ego snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted March 4, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted March 4, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 4, 2018 @jpattigr , that looks a lot like the terrain where my son and I skied with Big Red Cats a couple winters ago. We hit it just right so conditions were perfect. But was thinking next time I wanted to leave time to get up further into the interior up by Revelstoke, etc. My profile pic is from that trip. @bigskieridaho , glad your trip was successful! @Zman , that looks great! Where were you? We got some good stuff in the last week also. After a dry winter, we received a ton of new snow in just a few days. Felt like winter really arrived! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted March 5, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 5, 2018 @sunvalleylaw That was Wolf Creek near Pagosa Springs, CO. We so lucked out. Way low on snow until the weekend we arrived. Those big powder shots were on Thursday after 37 inches fell in 24 hours. Might have been as deep as I have ever skied. On the good runs the pow was definitely blasting across our faces! And, no snow since we left. Usually, my luck is not that good. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ajskier Posted March 14, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 14, 2018 Looking forward to making a few turns in the SLC area starting tomorrow. I land first thing tomorrow morning and going straight to the bird, solitude Friday, then PC on Saturday. My legs are going to be tired for that flight home Sunday, but excited to get out in the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted March 14, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 14, 2018 @Ajskier , sounds great! Skiing there, and here in SV (just was skiing with some snowbird folks here in SV yesterday) is some soft winter snow up higher in the shade, and good spring skiing elsewhere. Perhaps some new snow coming in too. A suggestion, consider trying out Snow Basin, a similar drive from SLC as compared to Park City. No base town like PC, but a great mountain with some great chutes and fun accessible with easy traverses from the top of a couple of the lifts. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ajskier Posted March 14, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 14, 2018 @sunvalleylaw, thank you for the information. I did see that they are expecting some snow while I am there, just not sure how much. I think I will be hauling the powder skis and race skis out, just in case we are riding a lot of groomers. I love Snow Basin and Powder Mountain down that way. My buddy that I am staying with lives about 10 minutes from PC and is an EMT there, so he gets some nice discounts on PC passes and with the prices of tickets these days, any where I can save a dime is helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ajskier Posted March 20, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 20, 2018 Well that trip didn't suck, landed to about 8 inches at Snowbird on Thursday, then additional 6-8 at Solitude on Friday, and another 6-8 at Park City on Saturday. Overall skied close to 50k vertical feet in 2 1/2 days and got to enjoy some time in the mountains. Park City P.S. Is the link working? This is the first time that I have tried to post using a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted March 22, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 22, 2018 Anyone hitting the slopes for Easter weekend? I think my winter gear gets mothballed after this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bdecker Posted March 22, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 22, 2018 Last race weekend coming up this weekend (Sunapee/Cannon) and hoping for Stowe, VT the first weekend of April. After that we’re done for sure! Can’t wait to get back on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted March 22, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 22, 2018 We used to do both Easter weekend trips with the kids and April vacation trips with them when they were younger. My son was a hockey player so his hockey season was usually over by then. Those were both great times as the resorts were usually empty and conditions could be quite good. April vacation was a bit of a crap shoot but we generally went to Sugarloaf and we always had a blast and there was snow to ski on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted March 22, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 22, 2018 @Bdecker I am VERY much considering Stowe...I haven't been...and...well...beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bdecker Posted March 22, 2018 Baller Share Posted March 22, 2018 @"Keith Menard" - it’s my favorite in the east, although I don’t get to Sugarloaf enough. A stop at the Alchemist is a necessity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller spartanskier10 Posted November 20, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 20, 2019 Bump. Slalom ski has been hibernating for about a month now. Lots of resorts are beginning to open, what's on the list for 19/20? Squaw, steamboat, and park city are on my short list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 2Valve Posted November 20, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 20, 2019 Definitely hitting Steamboat Springs, CO over the holidays. Have a sister in law there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted November 20, 2019 Baller_ Share Posted November 20, 2019 Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, NY (okay, really Wilmington NY but Lake Placid is much better known) opened last weekend. I have three days in already, but by local rule, a day is a minimum of three runs. Hawai’i in January, Big Sky in February, Tahoe in March and Grand Canyon in April for me. I’ll probably leave the skis home for the first and last trips. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Kimbymon Posted November 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 Big Sky Montana for our girls trip in March. Otherwise locally it’s Boyne Mtn and Highlands, Nubs Nob and Crystal Mtn here in Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted November 21, 2019 Baller_ Share Posted November 21, 2019 I got to remember to not open this thread. Makes me so jealous. I gotta find a way to get myself and my daughter some fozen water ski time this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted November 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 I am waiting for @DaveD to schedule his annual ski trip around my crazy first quarter travel schedule. Last trip for "real skiing" was Great in Vail until it turned Bad for @Shell in Beaver Creek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dvskier Posted November 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 Keystone, Vail, Breckinridge, Copper, Steamboat, Aspen, Snowmass from December 8 - March 1. Then Alta, Brighton and Deer Valley until a March 15. Back on the water by April 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jedgell Posted November 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 Big Sky for me, Only 45 mins away. Probably hit a few other MT areas also. Just had my knee scoped so will get started a little later than I’d like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller stxskier Posted November 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 Taos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DaveD Posted November 21, 2019 Author Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 @RAWSki Looks like Salt Lake at the end of February this year. Staying in Park City but spending a couple days at Alta too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted November 21, 2019 Baller_ Share Posted November 21, 2019 @DaveD buy the combined pass so you can ski from Alta over to Snowbird and take a couple of Tram runs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted November 21, 2019 Baller_ Share Posted November 21, 2019 Long list this year - Whistler, Colorado, Salt Lake+Jackson, Tahoe trips planned:-) Had to spring for both Epic & Ikon passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dvskier Posted November 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 I’ve got the Epic and Ikon pass as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Not_The_Pug Posted November 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 Heading to Japan in mid January. Otherwise every weekend in Tahoe once we get snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted November 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 2018/19 update....Squaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DaveD Posted November 21, 2019 Author Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 @RichardDoane combo pass it is. It’s been over 25 years since I’ve been to Alta and Snowbird. I don’t think they were connected back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Bdecker Posted November 21, 2019 Baller Share Posted November 21, 2019 2 Alta/Snowbird trips on deck for 2020, unless I can convince the Super Bowl trip to divert to Jackson. Looking forward to getting back on the snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted November 22, 2019 Baller_ Share Posted November 22, 2019 @DaveD we'll be there the week of March 5-12, staying on the Black Jack edge of the Snowbird. Gotta love "ski in, ski out". I hope it snows as much as last season during the first week of March ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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