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I skied Alta on 21 Apr 2024 for only the second time this season (1st time was a great powder day in feb). It was their closing day and a large and festive crowd turned out. Magnificent weather, 60 degs on the mtn. Snow pretty good until early afternoon, then heavier, but that's when we...

I think a key thing about enjoying a lot of ski resorts is how familiar and how well one knows how to navigate them. I can navigate the Cottonwood Canyon resorts pretty well at this time. I'm actually less knowledgeable about navigating Deer Valley and Jackson Hole and sometimes struggle to...

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Cottonwood Canyon parking is not a breeze, but mostly manageable. I've been able to get free, unreserved parking there all 32 days I've skied Snowbird this season. There were probably two Saturdays in mid-winter when I might have skied, but decided not to go because of likely heavy crowds and...

Did something different today for Eclipse Day, 8 Apr 2024, went up to Solitude, UT for snowshoeing and partying. This is what the eclipse looked like at peak totality in UT (~50%) at 12:30 pm MDT, not too different from a normal day? Here's what it looked like with a filter. Then we went...

Was that today Tony or a previous eclipse?

He's super fit and laps mogul runs with his teles when he ain't hanging out with fixed-heelers.

Any of you guys telemarkers? I'm not, but sometimes I ski with a real good one here in Utah and he's pushing 70. I think he lurks on FTO. Here's a few photos of him from 6 Apr 2024 at Solitude, UT.

glad you're feeling better tony. us geezers, even tough ones, take a little longer to bounce back from injuries, large and small.

The last week of March has been really good in the Wasatch. Got out six of last eight days. Just a guess, but perhaps 3-4 feet in last 8 days, coming in nice 4-8" dumps almost every day. Not a single huge dump to bring out the hordes, but cumulative effect really great last few days. March 24...

I visited Crested Butte twice in 2019 for 2-3 days each time. It was a good snow year there and I loved the place. I too skied Funnel Chute and here's what I thought about it at the time: "Vince and I would eventually ski most of the black diamond chutes on the front face below the summit, but...

Moosehead was never well known in my stomping grounds, the Mid-Atlantic US. I think you guys are trying to tell me in a nice way that Moosehead is the Old Milwaukee of Eastern Canada ;) It is 5% ABV, which I guess is a little strong for a lager.

Day started with a drive up LCC, took about 80 mins vs usual 20. The wasatch hadn't seen this much fresh powder since about 13/14 March so the crowds were out to get their Sunday fix. The one foot new snow stuck to trees in lower canyon like cotton candy. Visibility ranged from very poor to...

Ditto and ditto. I visited Powder Mtn once in 2011. Got a kick out of a couple of cat rides, but found terrain and layout very uninspiring. Kind of hard for me to get interested in a return. Powder Country was closed during my visit, which was unfortunate as perhaps my impression of the...

Not sure if there is a definitive place on FTOL to put this, but here's my lifetime ski area count as of 18 March 2024. It's not common for me to add new areas to my list at this stage of life, but this winter I skied Monarch, CO and Diamond Peak, NV for the first time. Ski Areas Visited...