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3/26/22, DAY 66 last official day cold temps which surprised me. very icy. frozen windrows on every groomer pass. wish buck could've groomed better. for me it was uncarveable. just skidded. it's unbelievable that they still have snow. no brown whatsoever. watched the pond skip contest. there were 154 contestents. i watched first 20+. one kid yard-saled before he even made it to the pond. he ditched his board, ran and dove into the pond.

3/20/22, DAY 65 above 50F. too soft. my ass was wet

3/19/22, DAY 64 saturday morning. foggy. arrived at 9am for first chair. getting down to the chair was ... very loud. lifty said to me and another regular, "conditions are going to be fast". first run... going way to fast to even try. i just skidded. the other guy i was riiding with left after 3 runs. he only intended to stay for 5 runs but it was just too icy. sun kept poking through. tried to get more aggressive. hand touched the snow. the cord was shredding my glove. 10:15, the snow started to soften. i was able to semi-carve. 10:30, finally carving but the top of milkrun was bad. 11:00, the snow was too soft. board was sinking on turns. i had to push off the snow to keep from falling over. left at 11:20.

3/13/22, DAY 63 sunday morning. when i arrived i saw the groomers making passes on milkrun. great weather. snow was soft but it was alright. i think scott was digging it. i think i liked all of the runs but spent equal time on milkrun and olympic. towards the end i was losing my edges and bouncing off my chest. LIKE FLIES ON SH!T early morning a camera crew showed up. i believe they were from Teton Gravity Research. there were two skiers that were the primary subjects. there was a video camera up at the top recording people going up the lift. two DSLR cameras, one midway and one at the bottom. there was another guy with a chase video camera. a small crowd queued at top of milkrun. people were trying to get into the scenes. but not me. noooOOOooo... i would never intentionally do something like that. [hope they got my spectacular toe-side blowout] the two skiers were patiently for the people to go down the run. it was strange because they just looked like average skiers. PHRASING "let's go down lynsey vonn!" - a skier that i never seen before

yes, it was a good day. not sure what created great conditions, exceptionally cold weather or their groomers. today will be warmer. hope for the best.

3/12/22, DAY 62 early morning temp was -3F. i almost stayed home. i expected thin cord and ice. when i finally got onto the run it was absolutely hero. no chunky ice balls or ice whatsoever. it was like riding in january. ski teams were on warners, olympic, crossroads and milkrun. i just rode milkrun for 2 hours. towards the end by toes were in pain from the cold. regardless, it was a great day. riding up the chairlift, the buck hill speaker was blaring Strange Love... what did they mean by this?

3/9/22, DAY 61 rode at lunch. temp was 18F. snow was fast. big turns. not many people out on the run.

3/7/22, DAY 59 over lunch. fast cord. big turns. 3/8/22, DAY 60 rode at lunch. soft snow. great carving. wish i could stay longer. there was a guy taking photos of these two snowboarders. at the top i asked what was going on. one of them said the guy was taking photos for buck. the other said he saw me yesterday making "pretty lines". so, anyways... i buzzed the camera guy.

i don't feel so much of an asshole. i know from riding the chair with him that he's partially deaf. maybe when the lifty stopped the chairlift, the guy mis-heard him and thought the lify was asking if he was ever a ski coach? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

3/6/22, DAY 58 saturday night i was caught in rain and small hail driving down 35W. it was a slow crawl. work up this morning and there was almost two inches of snow. conditions weren't great. icy cord. really fast. i rode upright. couldn't hold an edge. i saw some ski racers that were railing. i was jealous. i left after half hour. a snowboarder stopped me at top of warners to ask about carving boards. he said he saw some people at spirit riding them. i told him about alpinesnowboarder.com. ENCEPHALITIS PSYCHOTICA [i think COVID causes brain inflammation that is driving up the unruly behavior on airplanes. but what happens when it occurs on the ski hill?] arrived at buck close to 9:40 AM. the lift was running. saw a snowboarder coming down the run. i followed and got onto the chairlift. i was one chair behind a snowboarder. towards the top i saw the lifty come running out of the booth. he confronted the snowboarder about the hill being closed to racers. when i got up close he was telling the snowboarder that they don't open the chair until 10 AM. when i got off the chair he turned to ask me, "are you a racer?". i just stood there. "only racers are allowed on the run. we open at 10 AM!!!!" the snowboarder got really pissed, "I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS AND THEY OPEN AT 9 AM". [the snowboarder looked like he was late 40's or early 50s with a really long beard. looked like an old-school skateboarder. might've seen him a few times.] lifty said, "the chair opens at 10 AM. only racers are allowed" "PULL OUT YOUR PHONE! LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE! ITS SAYS 9 AM!!!" it got heated. for a moment i thought the lifty was going to call security. maybe clip the guys ticket. the snowboarder wasn't comprehending the situation. i walked towards them said that buck just posted new opening hours on facebook and it is 10 AM. i told the lifty that it's not our fault, no one told us we couldn't get onto the lift. he called lift operations on the radio, "what time does the lift open?" lift op said 10 AM. the lifty repeated the same message to the boarder, "lift opens at 10 AM". he contacted lift op again, "there are two snowboarders that got onto the run when the lift is closed. what do i do?" i heard the lift op say "just let them go". the snowboarder got smug, "was that so hard?" and took off. i cruise to the bottom. there were two lifties. one was guarding the entrance and was smiling, "hey we just got yelled at... sorry... can't let you on the lift until 10 AM". the other lifty said his ears were bleeding. okay, no problem. the snowboarder showed up. the lifty told him he couldn't get on. the guy argued that the website stated 9 AM opening. the lifty said the chair was only available to the racers until 10 AM. "I CAN"T BELIEVE THIS IS BULLSHIT!" he asked the lifty to use his cellphone to look at the hours. the lifty was cool about it and just said if he could just wait until 10 AM. "THIS IS BULLSHIT! I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A COUPLE RUNS! THE SNOW SUCKS". with that the guy took off his board, opened the emergency exit and jumped out of the plane. and left. BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL, I HAVE THE POWER-R-R-R-R-R-r-r- [just using mere words i was able to shut down the lift] seconds later, non-racers started showing up and trying to board the lift. the lifty would tell them to patiently wait just 10 minutes. i stood towards the front while a line was forming behind me. the aspen skier guy showed up and skied straight to the load area. i jokingly said, "hey he's not racing". i was being snarky and wasn't expecting anything to happen. the lifty overheard me, hit the e-stop button to shut down the lift to ask him if he was racing. i couldn't hear what was said but the lifty let him go told the other lifty, "he's a coach". does anyone know if he is still coaching? all i ever see him do is constantly doing drills by himself. i didn't see him coaching anyone.

3/4/22, DAY 57 rode over lunch. wind was gusting/blowing from the east. it was slowing me down. snow was softer than yesterday. olympic was crunchy in some spots. rode mostly milkrun. buck hill posted on FB that they will be closed tomorrow ...

3/3/22, DAY 56 rode at lunch. partly cloudy. snow was fast. took two runs on olympic and it was bumpy. rode milkrun. it was much better than yesterday. met a skier on the chairlift. he was inquisitive about the board. he went on to tell me that he just moved here from colorado. i asked why. he said that the cost of living is too high. he couldn't afford a home out there. came back in the evening. rode milkrun. snow was really good. very fast. still some cord left. couple of my ruts around the towers were still visible several hours later. rode for an 1-1/2 hour. met a snowboarder on the chair. we got to talking about the snow conditions. he told me he just came back from a trip to colorado. he rode a-basin, copper and breck. he said that conditions at buck were better. he said that breck was the worst. all icy, wind blew the snow off the runs. place was busy with kids bombing the runs. i guess it's normal for this time of the season. supposed to rain this weekend. should be real fun.

3/2/22, DAY 55 rode at lunch. lasted 4 runs. terrible flat light. i could barely see the moguls and could NOT see the snow ramp on crossroads. conditions have degraded. edges bottomed out on ice chunks. i rode mostly upright.

2/28/22, DAY 54 rode over lunch. it was 41F. snow was soft. decent carving.

2/27/22, DAY 53 (spirit is 52) sunday morning. very busy morning. long line for tickets at 8:30 AM.there was a freestyle competition going on red tail. all these kids. the lift line was long just after it opened. i was numba one! around 9:20 AM, a kid that was in the freestyle competition road the chair with me. he turned to me to say "that is the best carving i've ever seen!!! you're so low!!!!" snow was great. all runs were good. anyone NOT see this? i almost teared up at the end.

thanks to @rwmaron for getting me a discounted ticket. I feel very fortunate that spirit was not crowded. I told ms bobble that I'd be done at 12 when lift lines are long. That didn't happen stayed past 2:15pm. About that time it was getting crowded and kids bombing the run. I had fun. Great to get away from work. Thanks@bigwavedave for everything. Gandy was nice. I think the highlight was after the break we returned to the scene of the crime and seeing the trenchies still there. On a scale of 1 to 10 Ruthies (where 10 is the run is rutted to oblivion, if you went to SES then you know what I mean) we probably were close to 4 or 5. Only run I didn't like was the park. All the rails and jumps made me nervous. on Blue Ruin, took me a run to figure out how to enter from chair. Looked intimidating being so narrow. Loved the rolls on the run. On one of them I slightly went airborne on toe side carve. I didn't time it right. At apex my legs extended out into the air. I yelped "shit". Landed on my stomach, slid, and carved back away. New cool trick. I wanted to to a repeat. cant remember names but all the wide blue runs were fun. Four Pipe was a bit too slow. I think I only rode it 3 times. The express lift was windy and cold. I discovered later that my pit zips were open. At the end my front thigh was tired. I had nothing left. Ms bobble picked me up from bottom chalet. I hobbled to the car. We stayed at the Inn at Canal Park. I took a long nap. Later walked to Vikry so ms bobble could get "supplies". The Inn has an outdoor heated pool. Surprisingly no one used it but us. Maybe because there were no towels. Heading back home this morning.

yes, there are moguls on crossroads adjacent to the main lift. they also have a boarder cross on railyard which might be fun on your setup.

2/23/22, DAY 51 over lunch... yesterday we had maybe 6 inches of very light snow. when i rode today it was inconsistent. near the main lift it was packed down so much i could hear ice under the snow but then a few yards away there were deep tracks. i went over to olympic. at the top the cord felt firm but over to the side it was soft. the bottom was also soft a snowboarder left some deep tracks. on one run i abruptly slowed down and fell on my back and i slid down the hill headfirst. i enjoyed a nice invigorating back massage. i would've continued to the bottom if i could but alas i stopped and had to get back up to continue my journey. crosstroads was chewed up. only did one run on milkrun and it was too much bouncing.

i might be doing a day trip to spirit this friday (2/25).

+1 for first tracks

2/20/22, DAY 50 sunday morning. temp reached 40's. i was worried about my back but it felt better. not 100%. snow was soft groom. felt great. there were races on milkrun. boarder cross on railyard. started out on milkrun but then went over to olympic. around 10:15AM families started showing up on olympic. when you take off from the south chair and head towards olympic you just don't know what to expect when you come around the race ramp. on two runs i yelled "KEEP MOVING!!!" when i saw people standing there blocking the lane. it's annoying. the lift lines got bad. i switched chairlifts based on which ever had the shortest line. a skier that told me "everytime i see you i love watching you carve". two kids tapped me on my shoulder to ask about the board, "can you lay out turns?". last half hour the lift lines were unbearably long. left at 11:15 AM. not sure i'll be out tomorrow for presidents day.

what's going on here?

2/19/22, DAY 49 past week i've been having lower back pain. haven't rode since last sunday. stepping into rear F2 binding and flipping the bale might be too much for my wee old back. went out this morning. really good conditions. unfortunately, my back isn't ready. made 4 semi-carved runs and then left. wish i could've been out there longer.

i hope that whoever found your board makes an effort to somehow get it back to you.

lol that video. can't get it out of my head. it has 1.8 million views... i wonder how many of them are from Tobey Maguire.