Jackson Hole 3/21 - 3/22

kcyanks1 · Mar 22, 2007, 6:24 PM

Where: Jackson Hole
When: 3/21 - 3/22
Weather: Still hot, but not quite as hot. I wore a turtleneck, fleece, and light jacket liner and was plenty warm but not too warm most for the most part.
Conditions: Ice->corn->slush. 3/22 was especially icy in the morning. Most of the north-facing stuff was closed/not skiable, but most things softened up by the afternoon.

Trip report:

3/21: Highlights of the day were woods in the Bird in the Hand area off Sublette in the AM, and some woods in the vicinity of Ranger off the gondola and Downhill Chute off Sublette in the PM. I had skied Downhill Chute my first visit to JH and didn't find it particularly special (and we also hit some rocks which wasn't fun), but this time even though there was probably less snow it was much more fun .. Probably about 1 1/2 ski lengths wide which is pretty cool.

3/22: Tried the woods by the gondola in the AM, but they were frozen solid, as was pretty much everything else. The one good early morning run was some south-facing woods going from Thunder to Sublette (I'm not being intentionally vague, I just don't know offhand the name if there is one, or where exactly we went). We did the Rendezvous Bowl in the AM too and that was also icy. So we took an early lunch, and by the time we were done a lot of things had softened up. Paintbrush (3-4? times) was a lot of fun, as was Downhill Chute (2 times). We had considered doing Mushroom Chutes again, but there were parts of Paintbrush toward the trees that had receives less sun and were still pretty hard/icy, so we figured that the north-facing woods would not be fun. Tower 3 unfortunately was closed all day, as were Alta 1 and 2 (we think though we didn't check). Over the course of the day we also skied Jaws, Riverton Bowl, Cheyenne(sp?) Woods, and perhaps some other interesting runs I am leaving out.

We also did go over and check out Corbets .. I'm not sure whether I had gotten my nerves up enough yet to drop in, but I'll just say I felt it was more likely that I'd go for it than I felt a couple days back. Unfortunately it was closed as we had suspected. There was a rock showing right in the landing area. We heard that there was some guy (affiliated with the resort, I think) who had been skiing it every day, so perhaps that was who we saw coming out of it a couple days ago (see my other trip report). That is one pretty scary looking run .. hopefully I'll get to do it someday.

kcyanks1 · Mar 24, 2007, 12:28 PM

So as I was waiting through another flight delay in the airport, I learned that Corbets was opened at least on Wednesday 3/21 and possibly other days in the week... So that sucks. I finally had my courage up enough that I might go for it on Thursday 3/22, and it was closed (and I also had been told by a couple people that they thought it had been closed throughout the week). I should've checked it out earlier. ... Well hopefully I'll get out there again and have the guts to do it.

BeanoNYC · Mar 24, 2007, 2:11 PM

Thanks for the report Ken. Things going well for you? Long time no see.

AdironRider · Mar 24, 2007, 2:27 PM

Hey I was out there the same exact time you were! Where were you staying and were you stuck waiting on American Airlines flights on Friday? We probably were right next to each other and didnt even know it. Summed up the conditions quite well I might add, but it was still amazing just to be out there. Ill post up a tr when my gf downloads her pics.

I was in a bright yellow/orange jacket with black pants w/ a duct taped ass and a black helmet riding a board. My girl had black pants w/ a green jacket and skied. You didnt happen to be that couple that checked out Corbets w/ us first thing monday am were you?

kcyanks1 · Mar 24, 2007, 2:58 PM

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Originally Posted by AdironRider

Hey I was out there the same exact time you were! Where were you staying and were you stuck waiting on American Airlines flights on Friday? We probably were right next to each other and didnt even know it. Summed up the conditions quite well I might add, but it was still amazing just to be out there. Ill post up a tr when my gf downloads her pics.

I was in a bright yellow/orange jacket with black pants w/ a duct taped ass and a black helmet riding a board. My girl had black pants w/ a green jacket and skied. You didnt happen to be that couple that checked out Corbets w/ us first thing monday am were you?

I was staying with relatives (aunt, uncle, and cousins) on the mountain off of Teewinot. What about you? I don't think I saw you.. I had black pants, a navy jacket, a black helmet, and skis (probably not the easiest colors to pick out)... I was waiting for the AA flight at the Jackson airport on Friday (yesterday) that was supposed to leave at 2:35 or so. Pretty funny that we were on the same flight..

I wasn't checking out Corbets on Monday ... I didn't make it over until Thursday and it was closed then. Was it open Monday when you looked? First thing am sounds like a bad idea since everything was rock solid in the morning, though things warmed up quicker Monday than other days. If it was open, did you do it? What were your favorite runs?

I love being out there.. Once I heard from the guy I was talking to in the airport that Corbets was open earlier in the week I've been killing myself though for not going over there sooner. Who knows if I would've done it when faced with it, but it's like my life-long ski goal

Glad you seemed to have a great trip!

kcyanks1 · Mar 24, 2007, 2:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BeanoNYC

Thanks for the report Ken. Things going well for you? Long time no see.

No problem. One day I'll even get decent pictures to post in my reports

Perhaps Adironrider will take care of that since he was out there at the same time. Did you get to take advantage of the 3 foot storm in the east?

BeanoNYC · Mar 24, 2007, 3:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kcyanks1

Did you get to take advantage of the 3 foot storm in the east?

Stowe was unbelievable! Forgot my damn camera, though.

kcyanks1 · Mar 24, 2007, 3:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BeanoNYC

Stowe was unbelievable! Forgot my damn camera, though.

Nice.. I did see some incredible Stowe and Jay pics from trip reports here and on other sites. Amazing how the season has turned around here. Hopefully I'll get to go out again.

AdironRider · Mar 24, 2007, 5:08 PM

I was at the 49r in town, nice little place, but would much rather of had your slopeside digs...

It was open Monday afternoon, mon am we just checked it out but it was closed. Even on monday there were two rocks showing right in the landing, it really is knee weakeningly scary the first couple moments your looking down. On monday afternoon I was about to drop in, when a ski patroller did it right before me he hit the rocks, tumbled to the right, then slammed into the cliff wall to right. That was enough to second guess myself and I bailed. I know I know, Im a pussy, but I wasnt about to mess myself up on my first day there. I ended up regretting it as it didnt really open up much again later in the week like you said, but I plan on moving there next year as it is, so there will be plenty of more chances w/ better conditions.

kcyanks1 · Mar 24, 2007, 6:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AdironRider

I was at the 49r in town, nice little place, but would much rather of had your slopeside digs...

It was open Monday afternoon, mon am we just checked it out but it was closed. Even on monday there were two rocks showing right in the landing, it really is knee weakeningly scary the first couple moments your looking down. On monday afternoon I was about to drop in, when a ski patroller did it right before me he hit the rocks, tumbled to the right, then slammed into the cliff wall to right. That was enough to second guess myself and I bailed. I know I know, Im a pussy, but I wasnt about to mess myself up on my first day there. I ended up regretting it as it didnt really open up much again later in the week like you said, but I plan on moving there next year as it is, so there will be plenty of more chances w/ better conditions.

Ouch. Having a ski patroller fall right before you doesn't provide the incentive to jump. Was he OK? At least it might show you that you can fall and survive. I definitely can't call you a pussy for not doing it though, since my last trip there it was open and I didn't have the guts to do it. As you said it's very scary. Very little room for error after jumping and landing on a 50 degree slope.

dmc - if you are reading this, did you end up doing Corbets on your trip?

By the way, did you get my PM on AlpineZone about getting cheap tickets? I saw your post on TGR but I don't have an account there at this point so I sent you a reply here.

Mar 22, 2007, 6:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
kcyanks1 Sugarbush Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,128	Jackson Hole 3/21 - 3/22 Where: Jackson Hole When: 3/21 - 3/22 Weather: Still hot, but not quite as hot. I wore a turtleneck, fleece, and light jacket liner and was plenty warm but not too warm most for the most part. Conditions: Ice->corn->slush. 3/22 was especially icy in the morning. Most of the north-facing stuff was closed/not skiable, but most things softened up by the afternoon. Trip report: 3/21: Highlights of the day were woods in the Bird in the Hand area off Sublette in the AM, and some woods in the vicinity of Ranger off the gondola and Downhill Chute off Sublette in the PM. I had skied Downhill Chute my first visit to JH and didn't find it particularly special (and we also hit some rocks which wasn't fun), but this time even though there was probably less snow it was much more fun .. Probably about 1 1/2 ski lengths wide which is pretty cool. 3/22: Tried the woods by the gondola in the AM, but they were frozen solid, as was pretty much everything else. The one good early morning run was some south-facing woods going from Thunder to Sublette (I'm not being intentionally vague, I just don't know offhand the name if there is one, or where exactly we went). We did the Rendezvous Bowl in the AM too and that was also icy. So we took an early lunch, and by the time we were done a lot of things had softened up. Paintbrush (3-4? times) was a lot of fun, as was Downhill Chute (2 times). We had considered doing Mushroom Chutes again, but there were parts of Paintbrush toward the trees that had receives less sun and were still pretty hard/icy, so we figured that the north-facing woods would not be fun. Tower 3 unfortunately was closed all day, as were Alta 1 and 2 (we think though we didn't check). Over the course of the day we also skied Jaws, Riverton Bowl, Cheyenne(sp?) Woods, and perhaps some other interesting runs I am leaving out. We also did go over and check out Corbets .. I'm not sure whether I had gotten my nerves up enough yet to drop in, but I'll just say I felt it was more likely that I'd go for it than I felt a couple days back. Unfortunately it was closed as we had suspected. There was a rock showing right in the landing area. We heard that there was some guy (affiliated with the resort, I think) who had been skiing it every day, so perhaps that was who we saw coming out of it a couple days ago (see my other trip report). That is one pretty scary looking run .. hopefully I'll get to do it someday. __________________ -Kenny

Mar 24, 2007, 12:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
kcyanks1 Sugarbush Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,128	So as I was waiting through another flight delay in the airport, I learned that Corbets was opened at least on Wednesday 3/21 and possibly other days in the week... So that sucks. I finally had my courage up enough that I might go for it on Thursday 3/22, and it was closed (and I also had been told by a couple people that they thought it had been closed throughout the week). I should've checked it out earlier. ... Well hopefully I'll get out there again and have the guts to do it. __________________ -Kenny

Mar 24, 2007, 2:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
BeanoNYC The heart has its seasons its evenings and songs of its own... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rockaway Park, NY Posts: 4,203	Thanks for the report Ken. Things going well for you? Long time no see. __________________ ~Rich~

Mar 24, 2007, 2:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
AdironRider Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 822	Hey I was out there the same exact time you were! Where were you staying and were you stuck waiting on American Airlines flights on Friday? We probably were right next to each other and didnt even know it. Summed up the conditions quite well I might add, but it was still amazing just to be out there. Ill post up a tr when my gf downloads her pics. I was in a bright yellow/orange jacket with black pants w/ a duct taped ass and a black helmet riding a board. My girl had black pants w/ a green jacket and skied. You didnt happen to be that couple that checked out Corbets w/ us first thing monday am were you? __________________ Live Free or Die 104 DAYS! wOO - The Executive Club

Mar 24, 2007, 5:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
AdironRider Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 822	I was at the 49r in town, nice little place, but would much rather of had your slopeside digs... It was open Monday afternoon, mon am we just checked it out but it was closed. Even on monday there were two rocks showing right in the landing, it really is knee weakeningly scary the first couple moments your looking down. On monday afternoon I was about to drop in, when a ski patroller did it right before me he hit the rocks, tumbled to the right, then slammed into the cliff wall to right. That was enough to second guess myself and I bailed. I know I know, Im a pussy, but I wasnt about to mess myself up on my first day there. I ended up regretting it as it didnt really open up much again later in the week like you said, but I plan on moving there next year as it is, so there will be plenty of more chances w/ better conditions. __________________ Live Free or Die 104 DAYS! wOO - The Executive Club

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