Your 2023-24 Ski Season Thread

[KustyTheKlown]

11/11 - Killington
11/24 - Stratton
11/25 - Stratton
12/09 - Sugarbush
12/10 - Stratton
12/17 - Windham
12/27 - Sugarbush
12/28 - Bolton
12/29 - Sugarbush
12/30 - Killington
12/31 - Stratton
01/13 - Sunday River
01/14 - Sugarloaf
01/15 - Loon
01/21 - Killington
01/27 - Stratton
01/28 - Stratton
02/03 - Jay
02/04 - Stratton

02/18 - Aspen Highlands
02/19 - Snowmass
02/20 - Aspen
02/21 - Snowmass
02/22 - Snowmass
02/23 - Steamboat
02/24 - A-Bay
02/25 - A-Bay
02/26 - A-Bay
02/27 - Copper
02/28 - A-Bay
02/29 - Winter Park
03/01 - A-Bay

Home. A good trip. Could have used more/better snow. Nice to ski with friends on half of the days.

I have been smoking better Maine sourced cannabis lately than anything I came across in Colorado.

A fun time but I want to go someplace more adventurous next year. This year I intended to do Banff/Rev/Powder Highway, but was put off by El Nino. I just booked no commitment hotel reservations for Banff and Rev for late Feb next season.

 

[Edd]

I don’t have it in me to do a proper trip report but a few weeks ago we flew into Spokane and did:

Silver Mountain, ID
Lookout Pass, ID

Drove to Fernie, skied the next two days

Drove to Whitefish, skied the next two days.

Silver was low on snow, not fully open, but we really liked it and I’d go back. We made a last minute decision to do day two at Lookout Pass, which I’d never heard of until we arrived in Idaho. That’s where my best pics are from below.



At each location we stayed, day one was just an ordinary ski day, not bad, not great, and day two was a powder day. Lookout Pass is 100% a locals mountain and it was fantastic. Day two at Fernie was over a foot of snow and I beat the shit out of myself. Day two at Whitefish was six inches of perfect sticky fresh snow that put everything in play. I really like the two days on, one rest day in between schedule we had. It was a special trip, I’ll never forget it.

 

[4aprice]

Well El Nino appears to have brought my season to a temporary halt. The goal was 60. Yesterday was 38 and I was on a roll in February but I'm losing my local connection, the Pocono's (scary fast btw) with this last warm up, and I'm about to cancel this weekend in New Hampshire. Still have the western trip in front of me (the16th) but I may struggle to get 50.

 

[Joshua]

Hey everyone, wow it's been forever since I've logged on. Got married, built a house, started a family, and the daughter is a skier!!

Hit up Mount Snow, Mohawk and Killington this year. Kid has skills and just put in an order for a 2024 Bronco so we can go all over the place next year with room to spare.

Hope you all had a good ski season even if the weather was not ideal.

 

[Joshua]

From Killington two weeks ago

My day 3 stats too

 

[RH29]

Day 18 on the season. First day in Europe. Started at St. Anton, first went down to Stuben, and made my way up to Zurs and Lech for lunch before booking it back to the St Anton side (made it to the transfer lift "Flexenbahn" with a minute to spare). Avalanche closures led to a very roundabout route back to St Anton, including a bonus ride up well after close.

Conditions varied wildly. Everything from powder (wind-blown drifts in spots) and soft bumps to nice packed powder to corn down at the base of St Anton. Bluebird morning and cloudy with absolutely terrible flat light in the afternoon, made worse by the lack of trees.

 

[thetrailboss]

1. November 25, 2023: Brighton (afternoon turns to work out the off-season bugs).
2. November 26, 2023: Alta (great first day back with lots of good options and positive vibes!)
3. November 29, 2023: Alta (afternoon turns; low tide conditions; first day of Sugarloaf lift)
4. November 30, 2023: Snowbird (FIRST Tram of 2023-2024!!!!!)
5. December 1, 2023: Alta (pre-storm turns)
6. December 2, 2023: Alta (afternoon storm turns in the first powder/chowder of 2023-2024!)
7. December 10, 2023: Brighton (First runs on Crest 6! Opening of Wren Hollow)
8. December 15, 2023: Brighton (First Nightriding of the season)
9. December 17, 2023: Alta (sunny turns)
10. December 21, 2023: Brighton Winter Solstice Night Skiing
11. December 22, 2023: Alta/Snowbird (first day of the connection for 2023-2024).
12. December 30, 2023: Brighton (Twilight Skiing, first Milly outing)
13. December 31, 2023: Alta/Snowbird (another sunny Utah ski outing)
14. January 1, 2024: Alta (NY Day Skiing with the Mrs)
15. January 2, 2024: Snowbird (First Tram to sunny turns)
16. January 3, 2024: Snowbird repeat
17. January 4, 2024: Alta (East Coast Powder Day and new skis!)
18. January 5, 2024: Alta (repeat East Coast Powder Day with the family)
19. January 6, 2024: Brighton Twilight Skiing
20. January 13, 2024: Brighton Twilight Powder Fest!
21. January 15, 2024: Alta (Windbuffed Monster Powder Day with the Fam)
22. January 19, 2024: Brighton (Night Skiing with the Fam)
23. January 26, 2024: Brighton Twilight (hitting the favorites; and helping at two bad ski crashes
24. January 28, 2024: Alta/Snowbird (sunny turns on some of my favorites)
25. February 1, 2024: Brighton Twilight (Night Storm Skiing)
26. February 11, 2024: Alta (Supreme Chowder Day with some Greeley mixed in as well)
27. February 18, 2024: Alta (Powder Day with the girls)
28. February 19, 2024: Alta (sunny day skiing with my daughter).
29. February 20, 2024: Brighton Twilight (powder and chowder on the favorite steeps; admittedly, the best day so far at Brighton this year!)
30. February 23, 2024: Alta (sunny day and new snow; working the favorites of the High Traverse including Alf's High Rustler, Stonecrusher, and Gunsight)
31. February 24, 2024: Brighton Twilight (hitting more of the expert runs).
32. February 25, 2024: Alta/Snowbird (Demo Day at Alta with WNDR Skis and BACKCOUNTRY magazine; book signing with Junior Bounous)
33. March 2, 2024: Alta (Storm Skiing in high winds and graupel/snow).

34. March 10, 2024: Alta (Devil's Castle and Catherine's)

 

[Edd]

Bretton Woods is crazy good today, 14” over the last two nights.

 

[jaytrem]

Midwest ticket haul. They keep the wicket factory in business. Missing the Vail owned places and Little Switzerland who used my Indy RFID. Fun trip, I should be ambitious and do a trip report. Not like anybody else wants to go to these places!

 

[jimk]

I hit 40 today at Snowbird, UT.

But I spent five days last week skiing North Lake Tahoe after that monster snow storm. It snowed 90", but skied more like 9" because the 100+ MPH winds compressed/consolidated the new snow. Monday 4 Mar was pretty sketchy at Alpine Meadows, low viz, funky snow with bizarre wind lips, still very windy. Skied from 1-4 PM. Tues and Wed at Olympic Valley were really good, full days. Love the burly and not so burly terrain on numerous upper mtn lifts such as Headwall, KT22, Siberia, Red Dog. I didn't even get to Oly Lady and Granite Ch, which I know are good from last visit. I had only one day lifetime there a dozen years ago. I think I'd now rate Palisades Tahoe as my favorite California ski area over Mammoth and Kirkwood, although I like both of those too.
Me at Olympic Valley side of P/T.




Son dropping into hike-to Main chute above Siberia chair.




We also went to Diamond Peak, absolutely magnificent views of Lake Tahoe. The best in the region. Skied a few runs with this sharp dressed 84 year old.

 

[WHoisshane]

You had quite the adventure in Tahoe, despite the weather’s best efforts.

 

[thetrailboss]

1. November 25, 2023: Brighton (afternoon turns to work out the off-season bugs).
2. November 26, 2023: Alta (great first day back with lots of good options and positive vibes!)
3. November 29, 2023: Alta (afternoon turns; low tide conditions; first day of Sugarloaf lift)
4. November 30, 2023: Snowbird (FIRST Tram of 2023-2024!!!!!)
5. December 1, 2023: Alta (pre-storm turns)
6. December 2, 2023: Alta (afternoon storm turns in the first powder/chowder of 2023-2024!)
7. December 10, 2023: Brighton (First runs on Crest 6! Opening of Wren Hollow)
8. December 15, 2023: Brighton (First Nightriding of the season)
9. December 17, 2023: Alta (sunny turns)
10. December 21, 2023: Brighton Winter Solstice Night Skiing
11. December 22, 2023: Alta/Snowbird (first day of the connection for 2023-2024).
12. December 30, 2023: Brighton (Twilight Skiing, first Milly outing)
13. December 31, 2023: Alta/Snowbird (another sunny Utah ski outing)
14. January 1, 2024: Alta (NY Day Skiing with the Mrs)
15. January 2, 2024: Snowbird (First Tram to sunny turns)
16. January 3, 2024: Snowbird repeat
17. January 4, 2024: Alta (East Coast Powder Day and new skis!)
18. January 5, 2024: Alta (repeat East Coast Powder Day with the family)
19. January 6, 2024: Brighton Twilight Skiing
20. January 13, 2024: Brighton Twilight Powder Fest!
21. January 15, 2024: Alta (Windbuffed Monster Powder Day with the Fam)
22. January 19, 2024: Brighton (Night Skiing with the Fam)
23. January 26, 2024: Brighton Twilight (hitting the favorites; and helping at two bad ski crashes
24. January 28, 2024: Alta/Snowbird (sunny turns on some of my favorites)
25. February 1, 2024: Brighton Twilight (Night Storm Skiing)
26. February 11, 2024: Alta (Supreme Chowder Day with some Greeley mixed in as well)
27. February 18, 2024: Alta (Powder Day with the girls)
28. February 19, 2024: Alta (sunny day skiing with my daughter).
29. February 20, 2024: Brighton Twilight (powder and chowder on the favorite steeps; admittedly, the best day so far at Brighton this year!)
30. February 23, 2024: Alta (sunny day and new snow; working the favorites of the High Traverse including Alf's High Rustler, Stonecrusher, and Gunsight)
31. February 24, 2024: Brighton Twilight (hitting more of the expert runs).
32. February 25, 2024: Alta/Snowbird (Demo Day at Alta with WNDR Skis and BACKCOUNTRY magazine; book signing with Junior Bounous)
33. March 2, 2024: Alta (Storm Skiing in high winds and graupel/snow).
34. March 10, 2024: Alta (Devil's Castle and Catherine's)

35. March 11, 2024: Deer Valley (visiting some of the favorites)

 

[Edd]

Had a lift incident at BW today. I was loading by myself, standing on the line. I turn to see some ding-dong standing directly behind me about 4 feet back. Before I can say “What the fuck are you doing?” he sits down and I’ve almost no time to step to the side. The chair and his dumb ass run me over knocking me off the platform.

The chair gets stopped and the lifty (who definitely fucked up also) comes out and clicks my skis off. I get up, click in, and the dummy is looking back at me and asks “Why didn’t you come back?” The stupidity of his question overwhelms me, and I stared directly at him and shook my head slowly. He throws up his hands in a “What can you do?” fashion. I ride up and decide not to get into it with him at the top. After unloading, he asks me if I’m ok and I replied “Yeah, don’t worry about it man” and skied off. I think he truly doesn’t understand what he did wrong, don’t care. I refuse to ruin a good ski day with a confrontation and put myself on The Youtubz. The fall didn’t feel great though. Great day otherwise.

 

[MG Skier]

Damn Edd, hope you are okay!

 

[thetrailboss]

Had a lift incident at BW today. I was loading by myself, standing on the line. I turn to see some ding-dong standing directly behind me about 4 feet back. Before I can say “What the fuck are you doing?” he sits down and I’ve almost no time to step to the side. The chair and his dumb ass run me over knocking me off the platform.

The chair gets stopped and the lifty (who definitely fucked up also) comes out and clicks my skis off. I get up, click in, and the dummy is looking back at me and asks “Why didn’t you come back?” The stupidity of his question overwhelms me, and I stared directly at him and shook my head slowly. He throws up his hands in a “What can you do?” fashion. I ride up and decide not to get into it with him at the top. After unloading, he asks me if I’m ok and I replied “Yeah, don’t worry about it man” and skied off. I think he truly doesn’t understand what he did wrong, don’t care. I refuse to ruin a good ski day with a confrontation and put myself on The Youtubz. The fall didn’t feel great though. Great day otherwise.

Which lift was this?

 

[Edd]

Which lift was this?

The Zephyr.

 

[Joshua]

Got up to Mt snow yesterday. Considering 2/3 of mountain was snowless Saturday before storm conditions were great. Here is my kid in the park.

 

[Edd]

Damn Edd, hope you are okay!

I’m good, thank you.

 

[thetrailboss]

The Zephyr.

Sorry to hear that. Weird.

 

[LoafSkier19]

1. Nov. 15, 2023 Killington
2. Nov. 24, 2023 Loon Mtn
3. Dec. 03, 2023 Sunday River
4. Dec. 06, 2023 Sugarloaf
5. Dec. 13, 2023 Killington
6. Dec. 26, 2023 Sunday River
7. Dec. 30, 2023 Crotched Mtn
8. Jan. 05, 2024 Pat’s Peak
9. Jan. 06, 2024 Waterville Valley
10. Jan. 07, 2024 Waterville Valley
11. Jan. 12, 2024 Sugarloaf
12. Jan. 13, 2024 Le Massif
13. Jan. 14, 2024 Le Massif
14. Jan. 19, 2024 Sunday River
15. Jan. 20, 2024 Tenney Mtn
16. Jan. 28, 2024 Snowbasin
17. Jan. 29, 2024 Alta/Snowbird
18. Jan. 30, 2024 Snowbird
19. Jan. 31, 2024 Powder Mtn
20. Feb. 02, 2024 Alta/Snowbird
21. Feb. 03, 2024 Solitude/Brighton
22. Feb. 10, 2024 Black Mtn, NH
23. Feb. 11, 2024 Burnt Meadow
24. Feb. 25, 2024 Sugarloaf
25. Feb. 26, 2024 Sunday River

26. Mar. 12, 2024 Saddleback

Pseudo-powder day on the Kennebago terrain. First time the lift has ran since the storm. Snow was dense and sugary but easy to turn in. Good thing it was dense because the wind today would’ve blown anything lighter off the backside of the mountain. Runs of the day were Muleskinner, Casablanca, Governor, and Supervisor.