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Well, Eldora finally got a double digit snowfall this season. Pic below from just now before they clear it for the day. So the 3" on todays report is part of what is on the stake. Top of the gray curve you can barely see is roughly 18" tall. Not that everyone and their brother won't be hitting...

Big Sky is certainly big enough to keep you entertained for a day even with a lot of top terrain/lifts closed. That said, pretty disappointing in March have so many top lifts not open for skiing (tram, headwaters, etc...)

For me the mind blowing part of this story is that a significant resort had an in-bounds avalanche big enough to bury someone under several feet of snow for several hours and apparently not a single person noticed - neither pubic nor patrol or etc... The wife (who was sitting at home in Bothell)...

Interesting; LiftBlog has that lift listed at 1332 Vertical. And the Payload lift at 1025.

Big YIKES on those pics of snow coverage though...

That cornice above the cat track/run looks very dangerous. I would be questioning the guides before skiing under that thing. Otherwise looks like some great terrain.

My take is that Mustang terrain is generally tough enough that people who are only strong intermediates or weekend warriors will more easily/quickly recognize they need a break. Not sure of others thoughts on that. But I have rarely seen breaks taken in other cat groups I've done previously. And...

Looks like a good effort. Were you in/out of Alta? Or entirely backcountry uphill?

Totally unrelated really: Garmin sleep score FTW, lol. I haven't had a score like that since pre heart attack. That's due to Garmin overprioritizing HRV as a direct metric for body stress, sleep quality, etc... While I'm also a Garmin user myself, their sleep metrics are far from the best in the...

I've only seen lighting once while skiing, but have heard the thunder multiple times. I can't even recall the exact number of times at this point, but probably at least 9 or 10. Some back east and plenty in the west. I've been at a golf course where the lightening sirens went off and not a...

Pretty rare in Feb, though not unprecedented IMO. And definately not all that rare by late March or into April.

That's where NYC metro (and sorta Philly too) is a weird transition zone. Decent parts are all fuel oil, other other parts aren't. Never quite understood why it is called oil anymore either. It's basically Diesel with red dye added. I grew up with baseboard heating via a natural gas fired...

Such a New England/NYC metro thing. No where else in the country does oil for home heating. Yep. Part of it is fairly warm temps overall out west, but part of it is the winds are ripping through the front range from the West as the air comes downhill from the mountains. Won't be surprised if I...

It's an interesting comparison for sure. From an objective perspective Tony spent the same amount of time at Fairmont as worldskitraveler might have (hard to say since worldskitraveler seems to only ski one run per lift much of the time). That said, Tony spent at least two nights at the same...

One thing I did note in the responses from worldskitraveler was essentially a laundry list of 'top' places he remembered from his trip. It felt more like he couldn't remember all that many distinct things so he had a hard time underpinning just a couple of places because they all blurred...

Humorous thought process. It's kinda hard to walk around, eat, speak with the locals, etc... when you are only at a place for 90minutes max. I'm pretty sure I've heard repeatedly how you DON'T learn about a place/locality by skimming through in an hour or two. Especially if you explicitly avoid...

Looks too crowded. Definitely must be on the Epic pass. :p Me like the size of the snowbanks on the road. Reminds me of driving around during some of the good winters back in the day when growing up.

I got text messages on Sunday afternoon that were very positive. 1-2 feet of untracked powder being skied and heavy snowfall occurring at the end of that day. I think Tseeb and my two friends were all headed toward the Revy area last night/ski today (ironic as those were separately planned)...

Top two pics in that post are of the Kachina area. In the 2nd pic the Kachina lift is barely visible in the very upper left corner of the picture. And basically no you cannot see the Kachina lift in the first pic. If you know where to look you can sorta see where the top station is (it's just...

Not just in the village, but I was disappointed when I went there that there was nothing outside of the small sit-down only restaurant at the top of the backside. I would have much preferred at least a small grab and go for a sandwich or something be available as well. I avoided the limited...