Recent content by Staley

I booked the Steep & Deep camp for Tuesday-Friday specifically to cut the tram lines. It clearly allowed for much more skiing and we found the best quality lines, but I would’ve preferred a faster pace. 2/8. Could only ski the morning before an afternoon flight. 4 inches of blower on top of...

2/7 — awesome storm day. 8” had fallen by first tram with another 6” falling during the day. High winds were buffing everything smooth between runs, and Sublette never opened. I pretty much only skied pow today, with the best runs being Alta Chutes and Expert Chutes. 5 trams, 3 Thunders, 3...

2/6. The bowl was smooth and windbuffed first thing and stayed pretty good all day. Headed to Alta 1 again on the first run and found more pow, also it wasn’t skiing quite as deep as yesterday. Then headed up Sublette and took a long sidestep to Insomnia, the furthest chute above the Expert...

Yes, the weekend looked great in BC, but then temps were getting frigid to the extent of lift shutdowns. I also wasn’t excited about rental car driving on frozen roads. Jackson’s just so easy with the airport and bus system. Today, 2/5, was way better than expected. 1” reported but it skied...

Tuesday, 2/4. The warmest day of the week, with temps reaching about 50° at the base. Thankfully no rain, though. Started the day with good wind buff in Rendezvous Bowl and Cheyenne Bowl. Expert Chutes was soft winter snow for multiple laps. The Crags provided untracked pow, but the bottom...

Sunday started deep. The snow report said 13” but it was dumping all day and skied deeper. The snow was surprisingly decent quality all morning, even down near the bottom of the Hobacks. I caught first tram again and the ice moguls were fully gone today. Alta 2 skied well on my next lap, then...

Figured I’d provide daily reports as the weather and conditions in Jackson this week are likely to get interesting. I woke up early this morning to get first tram—that’s a decision that needs to be made before the snow report is published. They reported 8-9”, which seemed accurate, but it was...

Thanks Tony, that was my suspicion on K3 but wasn’t sure if they ran a different program for lodge guests (longer operating hours) vs. the day group. I’m on that Mustang list too and hoping to get a last-minute notification for my time frame. I’ve got flights to Spokane and a rental car but no...

What’s your take on efficiency + vertical vs. Mustang? Obviously small sample size, but I’m headed to interior BC the first week of February and K3 has lodge availability that week. I don’t think I’d pay full price, but perhaps they’ll negotiate at the last minute if they haven’t sold the seats…

Figured I’d chime in after a long break from posting since I have a lot of both Tahoe and Mammoth experience (been living in the Bay since 2018). I personally prefer Mammoth to Palisades, but much of that is down to knowing Mammoth better and enjoying high speed wind buff on open terrain over...

Photo from today of Marte—needs some digging out!

Snowfall in this past storm at the top of Leñas is anyone’s guess, but if it snows a meter at the base (and from reports from friends, it did), 2.5 meters at the top is not inconceivable. There’s so much snow at the bottom of the Marte that it’s requiring a lot of digging out at the end of...

Haven’t posted in a while, but figured I’d give a plug to Mammoth because it’s skiing incredibly well right now and lift lines are no longer an annoyance on the weekends. I started at 7:30am this morning for Early Ups and despite not getting very cold overnight, everything has refrozen. The...

I’m wrapping up my third day in the Dolomites right now; was based in Arabba which I think is ideal for skiing, although some other towns may be more exciting (especially if you don’t do a hotel with half board). All pistes are perfectly covered and have great snow quality in the morning. By...

I think I may have mentioned WePowder last year, and in any case, I’m hoping to pick up the book this year. I suspect it’ll be useful to have for my trip that begins Jan 1st, but Morris from WePowder indicates it won’t arrive in the US by then. So I’m looking into getting it shipped to some...