tseeb
Well-known member
This was my 7th time at Mustang and my first time since 2023 when new snow got almost too deep. I brought Blizzard Spurs I’d purchased before previous trip but had not had the bindings adjusted. Since I’d had a binding problem with DPS skis my last day at Heavenly and I knew one of the brakes on Rossignal Super 7s I’d used on previous Mustang trips, I brought and skied the 190x125 with heavy touring binding Spurs. Many customers rented from Mustang newer Spurs that are now available in smaller lengths.
This was also my first time at Mustang without flyover and John or a full-time skiing partner. I got a different John who moved to Ponderay a little over a year to take slot skiace got from his Dad. Then a retired Dr. from SLC who had cat-skied at Skeena and always wanted to try Mustang was referred to a open slot by new John from Ponderay. But new John suffered some serious health issues about 10 days before Mustang and was not sure he could make it until the last day when he did 6-7 hr drive to pickup point. If they were both skiing the runs (they sat out a few) we'd be a skiing team of three. We were able to helicopter in and out, even though there was some weather on the last day. On heli coming into lodge.
Food is still great. I didn’t realize one the chefs was at our table the first night until the next morning when I was first one getting coffee that he was putting out.
Since I didn't have a partner, I lucked into having a two-bed room to myself.
I recorded all the days on Garmin watch my son gave me for Christmas 2024 but somehow lost data from the first two days. With the watch it was easy to stop recording on long downhills and adding it to ski vertical when it was not. Vertical was down over previous years. Some of it could have been due to stopping recording on downhills, from shorter runs and from new Mustang skiers struggling. The first day was only about 10K and we did a long trip past the Alpine to ski a run that I thought was somewhat wind-crusted and another one on the way there where we unloaded in a very windy pass. Heather, a very strong skier who lives where she can ski to Kicking Horse and Dave, who grew up and worked in South SF Bay Area where I did.
Dogs at Mustang this year include older male White Pyrenees that is son of long-time Mustang dog Stella
Young St Bernard/Golden Retriever mix
Young hound dog who smelled someone walking by with bacon
2nd night menu, one of the bartenders and two of the dishes. I'm not big on duck but Mustang does everything well and it was delicious.
I almost missed the start of 2nd day's skiing as I was watching USA-Canada gold medal hockey game as they'd said something about a late start. I went to brush my teeth during intermission before last period and got dressed for skiing and barely caught cat that had everyone in it. Big screen that had hockey game on it. Photo taken from upstairs balcony where I and many others stretch each morning.
(to be continued)
This was also my first time at Mustang without flyover and John or a full-time skiing partner. I got a different John who moved to Ponderay a little over a year to take slot skiace got from his Dad. Then a retired Dr. from SLC who had cat-skied at Skeena and always wanted to try Mustang was referred to a open slot by new John from Ponderay. But new John suffered some serious health issues about 10 days before Mustang and was not sure he could make it until the last day when he did 6-7 hr drive to pickup point. If they were both skiing the runs (they sat out a few) we'd be a skiing team of three. We were able to helicopter in and out, even though there was some weather on the last day. On heli coming into lodge.
Food is still great. I didn’t realize one the chefs was at our table the first night until the next morning when I was first one getting coffee that he was putting out.
Since I didn't have a partner, I lucked into having a two-bed room to myself.
I recorded all the days on Garmin watch my son gave me for Christmas 2024 but somehow lost data from the first two days. With the watch it was easy to stop recording on long downhills and adding it to ski vertical when it was not. Vertical was down over previous years. Some of it could have been due to stopping recording on downhills, from shorter runs and from new Mustang skiers struggling. The first day was only about 10K and we did a long trip past the Alpine to ski a run that I thought was somewhat wind-crusted and another one on the way there where we unloaded in a very windy pass. Heather, a very strong skier who lives where she can ski to Kicking Horse and Dave, who grew up and worked in South SF Bay Area where I did.
Dogs at Mustang this year include older male White Pyrenees that is son of long-time Mustang dog Stella
Young St Bernard/Golden Retriever mix
Young hound dog who smelled someone walking by with bacon
2nd night menu, one of the bartenders and two of the dishes. I'm not big on duck but Mustang does everything well and it was delicious.
I almost missed the start of 2nd day's skiing as I was watching USA-Canada gold medal hockey game as they'd said something about a late start. I went to brush my teeth during intermission before last period and got dressed for skiing and barely caught cat that had everyone in it. Big screen that had hockey game on it. Photo taken from upstairs balcony where I and many others stretch each morning.
(to be continued)
