johnasmo Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yes, Tuesday was AWESOME carving. The grooming crew did an excellent job and they even did some of my favorite steep runs that are only occasionally groomed. The chair 5 chute, heep steep, powder trap... Normally ungroomed runs that occassionally get smoothed out. I was riding with a buddy and he was kind enough to document this happy day. They look steeper in person... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/doZramFPjm4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnasmo Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Today is back to snow and fog. But you can still play on steeps, but treed steeps like this clip from last Sunday. There are groomer days, and then the rest are "Connie's" days... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3nD-jWXKXJw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 John, you need to take me touring next time I'm there. Those runs looked amazing! I'm surprised to learn that there is a chute off Chair 5. But it may be that every time I ride that chair , I can't see two feet in front of me.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dredman Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Carving the Black!! Very impressive riding Johnasmo! You obviously had a large breakfast with lots of HAM, cause you are riding like a "Hard Ass Mofo!" It looks like you are one with the Coiler Nirvana. That was not exactly perfectly smooth snow. You make the Pixelated suit wearing tribe very PROUD!! I assume that Jeff W. did the camera work...Excellent job! It is a rare day that they have those runs groomed... So very nice. Your video made my days here feel a bit longer...But thanks for the Stoke! Ride Hard my Friends! Edited February 21, 2013 by dredman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Nice riding John. That's the s#it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 howdy johnasmo yeah! nice riding, you make it look so easy, where are you scrubbing speed or are you? i don't even bother trying those runs. allee you don't want to go there, trust me. that day was awesome groomers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnasmo Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 where are you scrubbing speedor are you? Scrub speed? That would be cheating. The only slide outs were on the last pass down the Chute (which shown in video), but that was after 3:00 PM when it was getting pretty loose. I wasn't EC'ing on purpose on those two turns. Other than that, they were clean runs; the only stuff I cut was just bad video -- when Jeff lost me off the bottom of the frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 Busy watching the vids from the Facebook site. Whitefish, the spiritual home of the low light lenses. Conditions look amazing. Please, please hold that thought for another month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 howdy all worked the last three days and in that time we had three inch here three inch there and last night big mtn reported 9in. in 24hrs. and 7in. overnight. just starts to snow as the mountain opens and snowed all day. really, really good soft dry powder. first run from the top, face to five was untracked butter, then heep steep, but it was already tracked up cause chair 4 opened early. had a good grey's golf course run that was untracked then some easy stuff on the backside which had very little people in the lift lines so made a few runs. there was a few inches over groom, but the off groom stuff was bottomless. it's the weekend and the long awaited powder day made it a super busy day. i'm so glad it's my day off cause today was epic!... rode my 152identity from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnasmo Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Almost 4 weeks late, but here's a little look back at the WTF 2013 week. I didn't shoot much video, but we got a great set of action shots from the on-hill photographers, so the second half is a slide show culled from all the photos. Enjoy. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nFB9qtZI2dM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 That was a fun day. Thanks for posting. Some nice shots and video. Great shot of Kram he is a great rider. Everybody looked great I don't want to leave anyone out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 howdy all foggy on the very top in the morning and slowly creeps down then by noontime it's almost half way down ed's run and it was thick. groomers were soft and had little bumps in the seems from saturdays big dump. it got a little chopped up but with the lite crowds it was still ok when i left at 1pm. was a fun day and pushed it pretty hard... rode my 176vsr from 9 till 1... howdy johnasmo again, above and beyond! ... great vid... thanks... howdy cuban i hope you are riding great groom in tahoe... p.s. last week a snowboarder hit mario on upper toni matt and dislocated his shoulder. heal fast mario... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Sorry to hear about Mario give him my best. West thanks and I am. We are light on snow but there's lots of groom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 howdy all i was on the fence all morning as to what board to bring. big mtn reported three inches overnight, but it snowed early and got groomed down. as i got on snow it was nice groomers with just a dusting of new on top. off groom there was three plus inches over the past few day of good dumps. so rode the softies and went all over the mountain and had a blast. lite snow all morning then a big dump at lunch time and there was over an inch of new and it got better. it was a good change from the hardboots and i went places that i normally dont go. was bummed that i did not bring the hardboots in the morning, but was happy i brought softies by the end of the day. a really fun day... rode my 152identity from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 howdy all worked in the morning and looking up at the big it was clear and looked good. it was cooler than expected and i knew it was going to be good. as i got on snow it was still good cause there was hardly anyone around, no lift lines. started on ed's and it was so good i stayed there for awhile then did one run on toni matt and it was too soft so back to ed's. the lower ed's was really good and could push it really hard. it was a really fun day and rode hard. did i mention it was really good!... rode my 165amt from 1 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Gruumer Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 As always thanks for the report now buy a camera...so you can post a picture with your report... So can see or not see what the conditions look like...the cheap asss mountain cams are worthless... ps.. I think they need to hire you for snow reports... serious on the photos...please please!!! Right Said Shred.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 howdy all worked in the morning and looking at the big it was foggy and looked really thick. someone told me i didn't miss much, but i told him i was going up. he was right, it sucked big time, lightly raining and snow was wet and hard packed. made a few runs and called it. thick fog at the top of chair 2 then clears just below the cat track. the beginning of the spring slush? forcast for tomorrow in town is in the 50's then rain/snow in the evening. rode my 168m from 1 till 2:30... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 howdy all sorry, closed gone fishing! high overcast sun filtering thru and 50 degrees in town. me and my fishing buddy went to the south fork and i caught a 13 plus inch cut throat and a nice 15 inch cutbow. my buddy caught a bunch. it was a nice day on the river... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 What a difference a day makes. Looks like you have the same weather pattern as us - we've been dumped on today, and the Whitefish powderhounds must be drooling. Hope you get the softies up there tomorrow guys!! Looks like an amazing day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 howdy all started the day with bluebird skies then some clouds around 10am which was a good thing to keep things cool. kinda funky snow, after saturdays warm temps and sundays few inches of new snow. there was a really firm base and soft stuff on top. the groom was firm in the morning and as the top layer got tracked up the hard stuff underneath was polished ice. not the best conditions, but it was still carveable. after it got tracked up it was very uneven and snow would give out in some places so called at 1pm. forcast is cooler temps tonight so tomorrow should be good. rode my 171turnstub from 9 till 1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 howdy all just like yesterday, started the day with bluebird skies then very high overcast builds by noon then it gets thicker and lighting gets flat. it was very high and you could see glacier national park all day. groomers were very firm and buffed out smooth and only got lightly skied off. stayed firm all day and had to be on it. lots of ski clubs from other parts of the country and it was kinda busy and they stop all over the place and just very annoying. still it was a good day... rode my 165amt from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 howdy all worked the last three days, could have done the half days on wed. and thur., but did not. thursday dumped 5 inches of creamy pow and friday was a bluebird day as was today. so fridays slush turned into icy groomers this morning. it was hard till 11am then gets better as the day goes on. got really crowded by noon. woke up coughing and coughed all day, coming down with a cold so well see if i can beat this thing. was a fun day... rode my f2157sc from 9 till 4:30... last day of night skiing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 howdy all sorry, closed sick-as-a-dog went out to get coffee and the sun was shinning on eds, big puffy clouds, but mostly sunny. todays high was 49 degrees in town. might have warmed up enough to soften things up. stayed home most of the day and havent talked to anyone. yesterday was ovrecast all day and and stayed firm, friends said i did not miss much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 I hope you are doing better West. I received the carving magazine . Everyone looked good at the WTF. I hope it will bring out a few more carvers next year. Maby we can get in next years mag as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 howdy all sorry, closed sick-as-a-dog stayed in bed all day, took a look outside about noontime and was snowing with some accumulation. kinda wet stuff and melted by evening. look like some more snow is on its way. already called in sick tomorrow. howdy cuban thanks, we got some good photos from this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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