kram Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Hey Cuban I will be up to ride 3 days mid week. Not sure which 3 yet. I would like a large shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Ok Kram your in. It will good seeing you. Any one else coming with you? Did you get a new car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Opening day looks like great coverage. Hellroaring basin will be open Saturday. Keep up the snow dance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 howdy all burrr, burrr, heh, burrr ... here is the up to date 7-day weather forcast for big mountain. Saturday Sunny and cold, with a high near -3. Wind chill values as low as -37. North wind 6 to 13 mph becoming south in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. hasn't snowed since monday and been very cold since so should be awesome grommers, but fricken cold, bundle up... howdy cuban all is well here and yes its been very cold. i'll do the snow dance just to keep warm. snow base at the summit is already at 53 inches... woohoo!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I bet the groom up there will be stellar. Take care and stay warm, guys. I'm putting off my first day until next weekend - it's going to be too cold for me this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 howdy all beautiful bluebird day, good opening, but very chilly! only lower lifts open then about 11am chair one opens and the west bowl too. my toes were getting numb so i took a break then chair one opens and it wasn't so cold. seems like the wind died down and the sun was out so it wasn't too bad. kinda funky snow down low, a bit icy and dry, but carveable, topside very good snow. i did not go down the backside, but i heard there was some good pow stashes. frontside there was about four to five inches of pow off groom. wasn't too crowded in the morning even later in the afternoon. heard there was maybe 1600 people, i think the cold kept most people home. pushed it really hard for the first day. had lunch in the village then went down chair six to end my day and caught a cramp at the bottom of the run. the mountain is in good mid winter condition and can only get better. breaking out the metal on monday. it's minus 10 at 10:30pm... rode the fp157 from 9 till 3... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 howdy all grey overcast, flat light, slightly foggy halfway up, humid wet cold that felt colder than the dry cold. started to lightly snow in the afternoon. snow is getting better as more moisture is on its way. forcast is more snow and warmer temps by the weekend. groomers are somewhat bumppy, lots of little dips and rollers and uneven in the seams, but snow is very good and grippy. had a hard time in the morning with the bigger board and sore legs, but still got er done in the noontime. rode the 176vsr m from 9 till 3... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 howdy all got my 165amt ready to carve last night, but as i woke and took a look outside i was surprised to see seven plus inches of light pow. so changed gears and grabed the softboot stuff. so with the artic chill already here and a pacific front pushing thru it dumped plenty. good lite puffy powder over the firm stuff so there was some scraping early on then as it got bumped up not so much. it was easy to plow thru the bumpy stuff so stayed fun all day. busy with all the powder hounds in the morning then quiet in the afternoon. oh yeah!, yesterday was a ghost town. today is only the fourth day and it has been very good, epic pow day! forcast is more snow and warmer temps by the weekend. rode the amp5 softie from 9 till 3... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 howdy all worked in the morning. not much new snow, very humid, classic big mtn fog from chair 2 on up. got on snow about 1:30pm and it was bumped up with the soft snow from yesterday. snow was wetter and should groom down nicely tomorrow. fog was thick and i did not bother to head up high. stayed on chair 2 with a used new to me donek 163mfc. was very tentative the first hour with sore legs and new board, but after i got it, was pushing really hard and tweaked my right ankle from the bumped up conditions. super fun board that i think will work better on nicer groom. warmer temps this week then maybe more cold next week. rode the 163mfc from 1:30 till 3:30... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Watched the vid today, saw the cameo from Angry Rick - Inspiration looked awesome. Can't wait for January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 I miss the Hellroaring webcam. I hope it comes back on line soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 howdy all worked in the morning till 10:30am. as i was on my way to the hill the fog and cloud level was at the top of chair two. by the time i got on snow the fog was down to the bottom of ed's run. the snow was bumped up and kinda heavy and rattled me around and had a few butt outs. fog was very thick at times and was about two chair vis. conditions was just like wenesday. caught a front edge and went down hard on upper mully's then went down hellroaring just pass slalom and my back binding popped open then went down and fell under the ropes just under the chair 2 lifts. so it was time to call it after only two hours. rode the 163mfc from 12 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 howdy all last night was the christmas stroll here in town and had very good time if you know what i mean. so took the day off today and i don't think i missed much after looking at the web cam... it's been super humid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 howdy all mostly cloudy in the early morning as the mountain opens then slowly clears by noontime. groomers was as good as it gets in the morning, but with the sun shining the snow slowly softens into a chunky mess. the wind too was kicking in the morning then dies by noontime. very good carving on ed's with only a hand full people on it. toni matt was groomed very good too till noontime then starts to get bumped up. went to lunch about 1:30pm then went to the backside to cruise around and the snow quality back there was amazing, buffed out smooth, firm and grippy. pushed hard and had a blast, today was awesome. felt like a warm spring day at lunchtime. should be firm tomorrow... rode the 165amt from 9 till 3:30... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 howdy all i thought yesterday was really good, but today was a carvers dream day. buffed out smooth firm and grippy. super thin high overcast that filtered the sun and kept things cool and good vis. firm snow that gets lightly skied off, but some areas got chunky marbles when skied off. i had to leave early to a dental appointment on the best carving day, poopoo! anyways, pushed hard and had a blast. forcast is cooler temps and more snow the next few days then a little warm up again. rode the 176vsr m from 9 till 11:30... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 howdy all yesterday snowed all day here in town and into the night. cold temps kept it lite and fluffy. big mtn reported 15in. in 24hrs. and 8in. overnight. snow was lite and fluffy, but there was the hardpack underneath from a couple days of warm temps. worked wed., thur. and fri. thur was a beautiful blue bird day and i think it was a good groomer day. today was busy with the beginning of the holiday season. thought it was going to be an epic pow day, but it was alright. lite fog on the very top and overcast and cold. forcast is more snow and a little warm up. holiday madness!!!... rode the 152infinity softies from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2013 howdy all kinda of a warmer morning, yesterday was getting slushy here in town. woke up to a couple inches of wetter snow and on the mountain there was about three to four inches of good creamy pow over groom and a little more off groom. was about six chair on chair 2 then bombed ed's to chair 1 and got first chair then waited for 20 minutes and it was worth it. first run down toni matt was so smooth. wasn't too busy in the morning, but later in the afternoon there seemed to be more tourist. lightly snowing all day and light fog down low, very humid. had some really good untracked runs, really enjoyed today. rode the amp5 from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 howdy all after yesterdays creamy pow today was some nice soft groomers. had to be careful not to go close to the edges. heard from a big mtn ambassador that they requested to leave some ungroomed areas along some runs for people to go in and out of pow and groomers. groomers was soft and dug in deep then gets bumped up fast with the high traffic. dark clouds on the north side and some clouds on the south side with some sun peaking thru and shinning on ed's in the early morning. temps was very comfortable and visibility was good. groomers wasn't the greatest, there's still lots of weird dips and rollers cause there has been so much new snow. should be colder tonight and tomorrow with no new snow so groomers should be very good. rode the 163mfc from 9 till 1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 howdy all merry christmas! santa came thru with the best groomers so far this season. after mondays dump and second day grooming, todays cooler temps was the perfect set up for an awesome carving day. just a little cloud on the very top early in the morning then the sun was out most of the day. everybody was saying how great, awesome, beautiful today was, the views were awesome everywhere you looked. i was pooped by lunch, but stayed a little longer just to enjoy the day. it was quiet in the early morning then got busy by lunchtime and conditions got bumpy. if it doesn't snow tonight tomorrow should be good. rode the 165amt from 9 till 3:30... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2013 howdy all super high clouds and super high crowds, good vis with very little room. hasn't snowed since monday and with the high traffic groomers are getting buffed out smooth. so much people that it gets a little bumpy. on monday's pow day i tweaked my right foot and rode hard tue. and wed. and i should have stayed home today, but my niece and nephews are here so i did an hour on chair 2 then down to chair 6. it was the busiest i have seen here. well my foot is swollen and sore and is hard to walk on it. groomers are really good and is good as it gets, but the crowds are crazy. rode the 157fp from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted December 29, 2013 Report Share Posted December 29, 2013 Sorry to here about your foot West. Take a break and get healed up. It won't be long now and it's WTF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted December 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 howdy all sorry closed injured foot the mountain looked foggy above ed's and snowed latter in the day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Hi WTFers. Has anyone boarded on the new runs? Has there been a sighting of Dr D? Johnasmo has been quiet. I can't waite 24 long days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted January 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) howdy all sorry closed injured foot my foot still feels buggy, but i will work the next three days and will see how it goes on saturday. really bummed i did not get to ride with my nieces and nephews. today was on the warm side. howdy cuban to get to the new runs you need to take the t-bar2. i did big creek on a powder day and really couldn't tell what the terrain looked like. not very steep and narrow. you be better off on softboots. as for dr.d i would label him retired and as for johnasmo i dunno cause he's here racking verts. can't wait to see you and mr. banned. happy new year!!! Edited January 1, 2014 by west carven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 howdy all last night between 4 and 6pm it dumped about 5 inches of good pow here in town. yesterday wmr reported 7 inches, today there was an inch plus over groom on chair 2 and dumping snow all morning. there was so much people on chair 1 that i did not bother to go up, so stayed on chair 2 and it too got busy so called it early. first run on ed's was awesome as the groom underneath felt nice and firm. the snow kept falling and with the high traffic it got really bumpy. temp felt cooler and there was a good wind from the north. would have been a good day on the softies, but still concerned about my right foot. i think the hardboots helped caused my foot feels fine. kids go back to school on monday and the tourist should be filtering out and we should have our mountain back. happy new year... rode the 165amt from 9 till 11:30... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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