BH and Pods TR.....

[BlueHue]

well hello everyone,

we've arrived safe and sound and spent the first 2-3 days at Heavenly at a friend of pods's and explored all heavenly has to offer without fresh snow, nice views, fantastic groomers and if you're into bumps, BIG bumps then you'd be in heaven. the Face is ranked as one of the top 2 bump runs in the US/Northern America and looking at it from the tram it certainly deserves the title :eek:

Sticking to our plan of go where it's snowing, we checked out the weather last night and this morning and decided Mammoth was the go. As we drove into town late this afternoon it was snowing and has become very heavy, 6 inches on the hill so far and they are predicting up to 24 inches by sat morning. graemlins/woohoo.gif

We've both got a bit of a cold, and there's only 1 in our group of 4 who doesn't have any cold symptoms. Not stopping us though, we're out there tomorrow for freshies :D

Booked for 2 nights, though might need to stay sat depending on how well they clear the roads :D :D

After that...... watch this space as the storms are lining up..... we have no idea, though it's looking highly likely we won't head to BC, rather we'll head on over to utah, Wyoming or colorado or all 3 graemlins/skier.gif

no pics, maybe some after tomorrow

[chunky]

Looking like lots of snow heading into the California resorts.

[Xena]

Sounds like a fantastic, flexible plan!

[Legolas]

ahhh to go where the wind (or snow) blows...

bliss!!!

[Swede]

Have a good one!!!
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[Totalyrottn]

Nice work there Swede, Like the Capital P angled theme tongue.gif

[Podlettte]

Mammoth was mammoth, booked out Sat night for anything we could afford, and another storm is about to arrive in South Lake Tahoe, so we're back at heavenly. Skied Kirkwood today, nice resort, steeps were nice, but crowded and icy for the US. First place we've hit lift lines! :(

It would go off in pow as the steeps are so easily accessible ie lifts for intermediate runs end lower, but next to it is a lift that goes higher, so you don't get too many gumbies on a lift. Old chairs, slower chairs, no 6 packs but it was well worth it. Easy drive from heavenly, and the on hill accommodation looked nice and reasonably priced from what I hear.

Pics up shortly, just need to upload them

[Podlettte]

Heavenly with the lake was scenic.... Mammoth was pretty crap.......

View to Lake Tahoe from Nevada side of Heavenly
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2170/100/65/534854594/n534854594_2085297_1523.jpg


Top of The Face under the tram at Heavenly..
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2170/100/65/534854594/s534854594_2085298_2459.jpg

Top of the bump run under the Tram Heavenly
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[Podlettte]

Mammoth....

Heading up Chair 12
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2170/100/65/534854594/n534854594_2085300_4062.jpg


Coming down far skiers left of Chair 12...
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.......
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I would normally crop it, but on the computer in the foyer.....
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2170/100/65/534854594/n534854594_2085305_530.jpg


Really really bad conditions.....
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just gets worse and worse at old Mammoth.....

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We decided after this run it was so poor we should go back to the hotel....
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[chunky]

Nice stuff. Hoping that storm heads into Utah, where we are atm. Staying in Heber City away from the hustle and bustle of Park City and contemplating choices for the next couple of days.

[Swede]

Looks great guys, keepem coming graemlins/woohoo.gif graemlins/skier.gif

[Xena]

Am I not getting your sense of humour, or did you really think all that pow was crap?

Looked like a mammoth chunk of heavenly to me.

[skijacski]

No the skier was crap Xena! ..... smile.....

I will tell Pods and BH that the snow in Utah is loooovvveeelly!!!

Knee deep in the trees, or hip deep if you step out of a ski and have to climb back up.

I will post a report at the end of my fun holiday.

dinner now

[BlueHue]

Snowbasin rocks.

20 inches Monday/Tuesday. We arrive for a ski Wednesday morning. It had started snowing again after clearing for a bit Tuesday afternoon/night. Dumping by lunchtime, freshies everywhere. Came back again Thursday despite no fresh snow Wednesday night. Freshies everywhere again just with a few traverses and sidesteps up into trees :D

[skijacski]

I told you it was good!

[skijacski]

Hey Pods and BH, if you are in Utah, SLC next week, have a look at this, we are going to this, as we were told about it and how good it is.

http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=021408-1

http://www.banffmountainfestivals.ca/tour/radicalreels/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l9PluvYCwM


19th and 20th Feb

[skijacski]

Oh and I forgot this one, after skiing the day at Canyons this week at the base of the Gondola at the carpark, we were offered two passes to any resort for 20bucks. So we signed up and went back up to the Westgate resort for a 60minute demonstration, paid the 20bucks at the base, and got two Deer Valley passes - bargain.

And no we are not interested in Vacation membership, they are a ripp off and we felt like free food and drinks and the promo sh!t.

You had a choice as to which resort in the area too, but we thought, most expensive! Deer Valley. If people offer you cheep tickets that's what they are selling.

Otherwise go to the Sports Den on Foothills Drive, at Foothills shops and buy your tickets really cheap there.

http://sportsden.com/discount_passes.html

[Legolas]

yeh Pods, just as well you called it quits. No point skiing that carp when it's only 5 more months til you can get some real snow at the bottom of dream run and high noon...

Why oh why you didn't come home I can't imagine, but seeing as you didn't...

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we might as well share in your misery eh? :D

[Podlettte]

All I have to say is.....

D.O.T.S!!!!!!!!!!! graemlins/skier.gif

POW

Locals are calling it the storm of the season, beats all previous falls this season :D

[Podlettte]

we did deer valley and park city once, then did snowbird, brighton (waste of time) and powder mountain, so we hit up canyon sports for their cheap tix.

COles sports in Park city do cheap tix for various resorts too

[Swede]

PICS!!!!!!!

[Podlettte]

I have them, but can't post, cable is in my room and I need to pack. We are leaving super early to try to be not far behind the ploughs on i-80 tomorrow morning so we can actually get out before it's closed due to accident or something.

believe me, we have pics and some vid, it was seriously the best day skiing in my life! fresh runs after lunch over the same ground we'd tracked out before lunch, doesn't get much better than that smile.gif

[Vet]

Originally posted by Podlettte:
.believe me, we have pics and some vid smile.gif I believe you, just like I believed my mum. But at least she had pics of Santa Clause at Myers to prove her stories. tongue.gif

[chunky]

We also had the option of visiting some place and getting cheap tickets but our schedule was so tight losing the time to sit through a seminar and look at property was not high on our list.

Pods and Blue - more pics please :D

[Podlettte]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs025.snc1/2567_66929134594_534854594_2212027_2670887_n.jpg

as it says, the zephyr express at Northstar, they have several gondola cars on this lift in between the chairs, nice on a windy day!

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs025.snc1/2567_66929139594_534854594_2212028_7899721_n.jpg

Photo doesn't show it very well but I had a pile of snow on my skis up to my boot height :D

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs025.snc1/2567_66929154594_534854594_2212029_3987796_n.jpg

Me

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Me again

more coming

[Podlettte]

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yep, me again. BH has pics on his camera of himself but he's in the room waiting for the road to open

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The Suburban before we headed out skiing.....

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and when we returned......

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Northstar village

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Truckee snow

[Podlettte]

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http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs025.snc1/2567_66932029594_534854594_2212051_7642312_n.jpg

and the suburban after dinner......

[karen97]

Great pics Pods!

[Swede]

Looks Great!! graemlins/woohoo.gif graemlins/skier.gif
I want to ski NOW!! :(

[bdenny4]

The Village with snow looks lovely
Great Pics

[ozgirl]

AWESOME - wish it would stick around for 2 weeks... o maybe this is a sign of things to come!! Maybe it will be an awesome end of season :-D

[ozgirl]

Okay I had to post this from the Northstar website..

37" the last 24 hours!

Conditions are spectacular! All of Northstar Resort's 89 beginner, intermediate and advanced trails are blanketed in light, waist deep powder!

Edited to ad this

March 4: The Ice Skating Rink is closed today due to snow.

[ 05.03.2009, 07:57 PM: Message edited by: ozgirl ]

[chunky]

You getting happy! I gotta get back there and ski the area.

[karen97]

I am thinking next year Chunks! You in?

[Podlettte]

Yep, Northstar copped the most from the storm it seemed from the snowreport in the hotel foyer as we waited for the road to open so we could head for SFO.

back now, not much sleep for me on the flight, bit restless with a sore lower back, but grinning still from the skiing ;)

[SA]

Shaggers eh? graemlins/outtahere.gif

[skijacski]

The top section of Nevada just reported that they had over 6 feet, yep SIX FEET of fresh powder in two days, closed all the roads etc.

Utah had a nice slam last night and expect it to fall until next week.

You really need to be in the areas for more than two weeks, - so I suggest that everyone just goes skiing in the USA or their favourite place for 3 months!

graemlins/snow.gif

[Podlettte]

or do what we did and don't pre plan/book and follow the storms ;)

[Legolas]

both sound like good options to me.

:flipscoin:

noice piccies.

I love the shot of the tree with the street light above glowing down through the snowy branches...might play with that for a new screen saver for a while

[Podlettte]

I've got a few different versions of that, only uploaded one though

[BlueHue]

A few of my own shots from the trip.

My first powder run of the trip
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2679/78/11/662303712/n662303712_1429082_2428221.jpg

Heavenly after a good snowfall
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2679/78/11/662303712/n662303712_1429090_5612574.jpg

A short hike up a knoll scored us buttery smooth fresh tracks through these trees :D
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2679/78/11/662303712/n662303712_1429092_6695278.jpg

The reward for a little traverse the day after a storm in Snowbasin. Too easy.
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2679/78/11/662303712/n662303712_1429105_673687.jpg

Pods in the trees at Powder Mountain.
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2679/78/11/662303712/n662303712_1429120_8197499.jpg

Yep it snowed a bit the day we skied NorthStar at Tahoe.
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2679/78/11/662303712/n662303712_1429125_1459830.jpg

[ 10.03.2009, 10:33 PM: Message edited by: BlueHue ]

[Podlettte]

I'd forgotten about that pic from Powder mountain! smile.gif

[Legolas]

you lived it pods!!

pretty pics.

that buttery powdery stuff you talk about looks just fiiiiine

[Swede]

Glad to be back home I bet ;)

[Podlettte]

We can't believe how quickly it went by now that we are home, but it didn't feel as though it was going quickly while we were there. It's very nice to be back though, 4 weeks following storms was enough for the moment, bring on some beach time before it cools down smile.gif

[Podlettte]

they didn't get much more snow out of that storm we had at Northstar..... well not much......

http://www.laketerraceapts.com/skier666/Miles_day1_07.jpg from a thread on TGR - http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153987

Some awesome shots in there and somewhere someone says 10ft from the storm for south lake tahoe, the north got more!