Skiing/Snowboarding Thread

Thanks for the kind words Sutekh! If anyone out there is looking for the ultimate heli skiing experience and has a bit of money to spend, I would strongly urge you to check out Mica Heli Skiing:http://www.micaheli.com

Had three of the best ski days of my life there over the holidays. It was pretty goddamn awesome:

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Big Sky bought out Moonlight and it is one massive resort now. It is world class.

$99 lift tickets are steep for Montana, but still cheaper than the big resorts in Colorado. The best part is that every lift is high-speed. Plus, there are never crowds. You won't wait in any line more than 2 minutes the whole day. Early March is generally the best skiing of the year.

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Wow big sky looks awesome, i grew up sking big sky, Big Mountain and Showdown. Haven't been in like 15 years and it looks much better. Fuck i miss montana snow.

Unfortunately our Big Sky trip fell through this year due to some people having to back out. Now that I have another year to plan a trip, does anyone have experience with Jackson Hole? Probably be going with a group of six and most likely finding a cabin/condo through VRBO in the Teton Village.

Only been through Jackson in the summer on a motorcycle trip. A handful of friends have gone in the winter though, and they all said that the skiing/boarding/terrain there is pretty awesome. I'd like to make it down there one of these years.

Jackson Hole is amazing if you have the skill to ski it and there's at least an 85" base.

Big Sky, and heck all of MT sucks though. Flat, rocky, heavy wet terrible snow, foggy, slow lifts and stupid crowds. Avoid at all costs. Stick to tahoe, colorado and the wasatch.

Went cat skiing at K3 Cat Skiing for three days last weekend. The snow was incredible, as it snowed 4-5 feet just before we got there and through our trip. The terrain was pretty mediocre, as the stability is horrendous right now. You could frequently feel/hear big "whumps" from weak layers collapsing in the snow pack. We also had a fucking awful lead guide the first two days. She was just so fucking bad it was mind boggling. It was frustrating as hell. She gave terribly unclear instructions, talked a huge amount yet gave little useful information when she did, did not know the terrain well, and obviously had no confidence in her abilities to keep the group together thus requiring a ridiculous amount of regrouping instead of letting us ski long pitches. Thankfully on the third day we were given a new guide who we'd had the previous year and who was awesome. "So, past these trees there's a line of cliffs. You're welcome to go off them, maybe just have someone scout them first. Tail guide, maybe hang back to manage the chaos. Have fun and see you at the bottom!" I'm sure not coincidentally the terrain got much, much better that day.

Here's a video of me eating shit:This one hurt a lot - YouTube

I was perhaps a little presumptuous with the "oh yeah!" on the way down.

Oh man, saw you leaning back as you went off, knew it was coming.

fuckin skiiers.

Sounds like a nice trip, your little spill notwithstanding. The video said 'this one hurt', did you get injured any?

Interior BC is the best skiing in the world, IMO. You're a lucky SOB.

I've got a fair amount of soreness in my chest, shoulders and arms from my arms being ripped back and up by the snow. But it's just sore muscles I think, nothing that should bother me long term I would hope. And yeah, it was a fun trip for sure.

Another one bites the dust:JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson Killed in Avalanche | News from the Field | OutsideOnline.com

Shame, he was a hell of a skier for a long fucking time. Pretty amazing how long he stayed relevant, most guys fade away by their mid 20's. This might be the best ski film segment of all time:

JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) on Vimeo

We lost Liz Daley, too. RIP JP, Andreas & Liz

What's the best way to search and compare rates across multiple resorts? Planning a trip to Colorado in January and I don't particularly care which resort I go to, but I don't want to spend over $130/day for just lift tickets.

EDIT: Going to answer my own question. A friend just suggested Liftopia. Looks very legit.

Yeah me and the lady are thinking about Telluride because we want something that is more remote than many of the resorts outside of SLC or Denver.

Have to admit, it's surprising to me that so many CO resorts are more expensive than Tahoe (where I usually go).

I went up to Tahoe last week and hit up Squaw. First time making it up there after this wild winter. Holy shit is there a ton of snow! Never seen it like this before. Squaw already announced that they're going to stay open until July 4. Some places aren't even going to open the mountain biking trails because it's going to remain too wet throughout summer before it gets cold again.