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  1. Best place to live and ride?

    in Carving Central

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    On 8/6/2021 at 11:27 AM, Jack M said:

    Missoula has it all.  Cool town, sweet river running through it (white water, fly fishing, etc), Montana Snowbowl 15 miles down the road (300"/yr, would be a major resort if it were in the east), 136 miles to Whitefish, 4 other ski areas closer than that, the university... jealous.

    I personally think Snowbowl is the worst ski area in the state.  Old outdated lifts, facilities are very outdated, and minimal grooming for carving.  

  7. Best place to live and ride?

    in Carving Central

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    3 hours ago, lowrider said:

    I could live on the access road to Turner

    Luckily from the Red Dog Saloon to Turner there is very limited privately owned land.  There is a small pocket of private land near the Loon Lake turnoff. There are several cabins.  There is no electricity, internet or cellular in that area.  

     

     

  8. Best place to live and ride?

    in Carving Central

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    I have lived in and out of the Flathead Valley (Whitefish, Kalispell, Columbia Falls) for the past 30 years.  For a long long time I wanted to retire there.  The ski area is spectacular, the access to Glacier NP, tons of public lands, access to trains and flights all wonderful.

    Whitefish and the entire Flathead Valley has had horrible urban planning, the traffic is terrible.  For those of you accustomed to traffic and packed restaurants and services you will not mind a bit.  The Flathead (Whitefish) is off my list off my radar for desirable places to retire.

  10. Where to buy boots?

    in Carving Central

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    Don’t forget www.YYZCanuck.com.  Prices are in Canadian and the exchange rate is in our (US) favor.

    Donek.com, UPZ boots.com and All Board sports are great vendors also.  

    We are very fortunate to have such great dealers in North America.  All of them are VERY knowledgeable and will help you get into the right boot for your feet.

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  12. Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area

    in Carving Central

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    Wildfires and snowboarding! June 14, 2021

     

    This picture is from about 9:30am, just a touch of smoke over the hill. Tomorrow will be the last day of season for Beartooth Basin, running very thin on snow.0T5A0260.JPG.48d792c612c9212a60a7d80e1f7cf017.JPG

    This photo was taken at noon.0T5A0293.JPG

    Yes, they will shoot, you are in Wyoming.  This is where you purchase your lift tickets.0T5A0277.JPG

    Flags are very appropriate on Flag Day!0T5A0274.JPG

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  15. Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area

    in Carving Central

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    Just to the south of Red Lodge, Montana on the scenic highway that goes to Cooke City (near Yellowstone) is Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area.  They open typically as soon as the highway plowed open(Saturday), and close when the snow melts out (early - mid July). 

    What this place lacks in grooming and terrain, it completely makes up for that with the people.  Everyone riding there is just so darn happy to be sliding on snow in such a beautiful place.  I got to spend the day up there today, carved a few turns, slid, hopped and skidded a bunch of turns and just had a grin on my face all day long.  

    My board of choice was a 23 wide Coiler AMT 45/40 and my super duper soft flexing Raichle 125's with yellow springs.  Those boots ride more like soft boots.  This is also the setup I use for resort powder days.  

    Beartooth added a winch cat this season and they are just getting things sorted out with it.  The first improvement was they dug out a bunch of the cornice that was pretty sketchy to navigate on icy days.  They are hoping that with the extra snow they got from the cornice they will be able to keep the lifts open longer and groom more often.  So there is hope that we will be able to really lay down some carves when they get it all sorted out.  

     

    If you decide to make a trip this way, PM me and I will try and meet up with you.  I am most often free Sat-Mon.  

    Cheers!

     

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  18. 2022 Montucky Clear CUT STOKE!

    in Montucky Clear CUT 2022

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    @scottishsurfer We welcome all softboot carvers, especially ones that are so prevalent on the forum. Would love to have you join us.  

    @west carven YES you should be there... you live closer than 99.9% of the people that come.

    @slopestar Hope you are getting healed up!  Looking forward to seeing you and Katie again at MCC in 2023! Turner Mountain and the community of Libby really appreciate your support and business last year.  How in the world is Aspen cheaper than Montucky? You must have an inside connection.  Conditions are always a gamble anytime the ski area is below 8000feet, but the ample oxygen at lower altitude ski areas.

    We are really looking forward to having a full blown MCC this year!  Travel should be a lot safer and easier this year.  

    Stay safe and strong all!

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  21. Ultimate powder board

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    2 hours ago, TimW said:

    At least that is the direction I am going with my "one board that does it all" attempt.

    But does nothing well. 
     

    Just shift your binding towards the tail and unbuckle the tops of your boots on powder days. 

  23. Powder Pup Day with Super Xena. VIDEO

    in The Lodge

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    @daveo

    GoPro Hero 9 and a cheap extendable selfie stick that I go off amazon.

     The board used in this video is an old burton air 56 that I picked up at Goodwill thrift store for  $7 last year.  Using old burton freestyle boots and bindings.  That is my hike for turns set up.  I have a couple different lift assist powder setups.

    That was the best powder I have been on all season!  So yummy!

     

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