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I have only skied with Jimk at Snowbird a couple of times during recent Iron Blosam weeks. That's why I was pushing for him and his son to ski some Verbier off-piste. Jimk could handle that at least as well as I did in 2024.

Exposed alpine terrain can be quite variable season to season based upon the sequence of early season storms and especially their wind direction and intensity. I see this variability nearly every year at Mammoth. So perhaps this season that ridge descent has set up steeper than average...

Yesterday snowtrekker posted screenshots and video link of extensive damage at Mt. Waterman from the Christmas storms. I'm surprised no one else has commented yet, so I'm posting the link above to that thread.

Bootpacks in general are set by average size male skiers, which is fortunate for me. This I do not recall either time I was there. I firmly believe than Jimk had more challenging conditions that I saw due to being so early in the season in terms of snowpack. Jimk: This I do not recall...

Today was the last day of the Project101 trip, ending at Mountain Creek, home base for our Iron Blosam New Jersey contingent. Complete trip list is in post #2. He has a great pic comparing verticals of the Manhattan skyline to some of the ski areas he visited.

All the other pictures I've seen are people stacked in line walking down that ridge. I guess it was late enough in the day nobody was just starting. I did notice a few people at far distance. Yes easier on the knees. When hiking I usually take the steep way up and the gradual way down if I...

Vallee Blanche looks closed for weather when MarzNC was there. While I stand by my view that VB is easily accessible for intermediates with decent fitness, there's no way you want to be there if there is any question about visibility. Presumably the required guide services make that call.

That's the only reason I'm pushing the test now for EMSC, to find out if that will be necessary for his son. I do not know if EMSC's "soft plaque" issue is directly related to lipoprotein(a). From same source above:

From Dec. 26 - Jan. 4 there were 7 days of rain with only one inch of snow in the SoCal ski areas. At the time the big news was the mudslides in Wrightwood, which closed the roads to Mt. High from Dec. 24 - Jan. 9. Deja vu. The February 2001 storm was more favorable to skiers, dumping 7 feet...

Chair 23 was the classic example. All of the older lifts (except 25, allegedly can't handle the extra weight) at Mammoth got them retrofitted in 2021-22, so not that long ago. Maybe part of the notoriety of that VB arete is that it's a descent. When I did the Via Ferrata in Briancon with...

Incident was Jan. 31, chair 17 (quad with bar but no footrest). I read some comments. She never got completely on the chair when loading, so it seems the lift traveled quite a ways before being stopped. Fortunately the girl was not injured, just has a sore hip. Very lucky considering she...

And Kylie can easily do it with you, considering all those hiking pics sbooker posted last year.

I checked in with my cardiologist last month and got another nuclear stress test, with normal results of coronary artery blood flow. This was the test that diagnosed Stuart Winchester. I insisted that they keep me on the treadmill for the full 12 minutes. My heart rate was 152 at the end and I...

Has the High T been melt frozen yet? When it is, it can be bulletproof until well past noon. But maybe like Backside, it doesn't get enough direct sun until later in February. Still no direct report on Snowbird from kingslug or Jimk?

I'm sure James would do just fine. Everyone is roped up and wearing crampons. Remember also that Jimk and son were there under very low tide conditions, opening weekend I think we discussed earlier. Despite James' aversion to high profile tourist destinations, Vallee Blanche lives up to the...

Despite Liz’ imminent departure for Africa this weekend, we skied Monday-Wednesday at Mammoth because of the WWSRA industry demo. I convinced Liz that 3 days of exercise at 10,000 feet would be good for her before her Kilimanjaro hike next week. The last new snow was when were here last on Jan...

That's probably accurate for the lower elevations that got a lot of rain. It is not accurate for the higher elevations where the coastal-type high water content snow built a much more solid snowpack than snowfall totals would suggest. At least that caveat was mentioned, but no one should be...

Overall late March/early April is probably the best time of year for Banff as for many locations with gradual snow accumulation but good preservation. The cold is a big part of the reason preservation is good. First trip in 1999 I had to buy Adam warmer gloves at Sunshine even though it was...

Wawa arrived in Princeton maybe my last year there. We noticed them a lot in Florida in 2020 because many of them had Tesla superchargers.

I’m guessing that he’s firmly in the Euro mainstream with narrow racing type skis. After all our :popcorn:and :brick: I applaud James for making this effort.