Cuban Carving Gooding Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi West sorry I slowed you pace last week. I wish I was still there. Heavenly does not have as much snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 howdy all brutal high artic winds from the north that picked up any loose snow and blasted it into the sky. i think most of you wtf'ers would have called it after a few runs. thursday wasn't so bad compared to today. temps near zero with super windy minus degree wind chills. groomers were polished ice with some snow in the low spots. rode the jja 156bx and had a hard time with it in the morning after four runs and felt like i brought the wrong board. took a break and got back on it with no problem, found were my body should be then had a blast. this board was amazing on the icy conditions. cloudy in the morning then the sun comes out and sometimes filter thru light clouds. forcast for tomorrow, A slight chance of flurries. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -7. Wind chill values as low as -32. East northeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. another great carving day! rode the 156bx from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 howdy cuban sorry to hear about your snow conditions. we are having an artic blast so maybe you guys get some snow instead of rain. it was fun riding with you and hope you guys are coming again next year. wishing you better groom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 howdy all sorry closed stomach flu felt ok in the morning yesterday, but just before lunch was feeling kinda weird, had lunch and rode fine. in the evening all night had the runs and even threw up in the morning so i did not go up to ride. just as well cause chair one did not run cause of very cold temps and minus degree wind chills. it was a beautiful bluebird day, but super cold. it was a good day to rest anyways. tomorrow and thursday should be even colder. i was going to check the skiwhitefish website, but the "Monkeys stole the database... ( )." f#(%ing bastards!... anyways, gotta work the next three days and hope saturday is good to go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 howdy all supposed to be warmer, but it was cold and windy in the morning then by noontime it warmed up alittle. groomers was good and icy in the morning then by lunchtime it was really good. left by 2pm to watch the winter carnival here in town. it was mostly sunny and good vis. was going down toni matt and on a toe side turn at the outer most carve, this skier about 10 inches away whizzed by so i follow him down and give him a shove and get in his face and tell him to slow down and a few choice words. anyways, great carving day and pushed hard from the beginning. rode the 165amt from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 howdy all sunny till 10am then foggy on the very top around 11am then by 12pm starts to snow and fog drops lower. groomers was very good all day. snow accumulated to about an inch when i left by 2pm. rode hard from opening bell and was getting tired so called early. not too crowded, but this weekend will be very crowded with alot of canadians coming down. forcast is a warm up with rain/snow in the mid to high thirties. rode the 156bx from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Family Day weekend in AB this weekend, so the Calgary hordes will be descending like locusts. Town is completely sold out according to Expedia. Our local hills (apart from Nakiska - of course) all have or are getting snow today, so I think I'll stay home. I'll see you guys in a few weeks though - I forgot that I'm heading back to NZ in mid-March, and by the time I get back, your season will be done, so guess I'd better get back down there and get some more turns in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 howdy all two to three inches of good thick creamy pow over groom that supported you and hardly felt the bottom. there was more pow off groom and it was good. rode the softies and had a blast, first few runs over groom was so smooth. rode hard then had lunch then rode harder. good vis all day with the sun coming out for a little while now and then. it was a good change to be on the softboots and rode stronger as the day went on. forcast for the next few days is a warm up with more snow/rain. rode the amp5 from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 howdy all a little cloudy in the early morning then by 10am the sun filters thru super high very thin haze and vis was very good and temps got warm by noontime. very soft groomers from yesterdays pow with no overnight new snow. not the best carving day as the soft snow was slow and the high traffic bumped it up fast and the warm temps made it a little slushy. stayed on chair 2 for a few hours cause chair 1 was packed, went to the summit to take a break then did a few laps on chair 5 then back to chair 2 and did some runs on heaven to avoid huge crowds. it was a super busy day and i think it will be busy all week. rode the 165amt from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 howdy all just saw this Skier dies at Whitefish Mountain Resort this is the second person this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Calgary guy ... http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Podivinsky+brother+alpine+medalist+dies+Whitefish+accident/9517026/story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 howdy all classic big mtn fog almost down to the village and lite snow all day. an inch plus of new pow over groom and some good pow off groom were you can find it from the past few days. decided to run the softies and take it easy cause it is still crowded being presidents day. found some good pow and had a blast. rode the amp5 from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 howdy all a little fog on top all day with very lite snow now and then. rode with my niece and nephew so rode the softies and showed them around and had a ton of fun. still busy with canadians "family day" or more like week. did alot of backside runs cause the lift lines was better. groomers would have been good for the hardboots, but there was some good pow off piste so softies was fun. took wed. and thur. off so will ride with my nephew tomorrow. forcast is more rain/snow. rode the 152identity from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 howdy all took the day off to ride with my nephew and it was a great day. 4 inches of new off groom and first few runs were great. the new snow from the pass few days mixed with todays snow made for some good pow runs. mostly cloudy in the morning then the sun goes in and out. temps was comfortable all day. met up with johnasmo about 2pm and he gave us the tour of weird runs that nobody in their right mind would do, totally fun! we had a really great day. rode the amp5 from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 howdy all big mtn reported no new snow, but as the day started it started to dump hard and dumped all day. by the end of the day there was at least four inches plus. rode with my nephew again and it was hard to believe it was only his 8th day snowboarding, he rode like a champ. snow was alittle firm in the morning, but got better as the day went on. was alittle wet and cold early on then got drier and comfortable. another great powder day. rode the amp5 from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 howdy all worked in the morning till 11am and looking at the big the sun was shining on it. by the time i got on the lifts at 1pm it was like a blizzard with wind blowing snow off the trees and going sideways and dumping hard. then the sun comes out again then more snow. not much new and the snow was getting a little hard packed which will be good tomorrow if it doesn't snow. rode the softies all week and had so much fun riding with my nephew. forcast is a huge dump sunday and monday and colder temps. rode the amp5 from 1 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 howdy all no new snow so it was a great soft groomer day. as for the weather we had it all, sunshine, fog, snow, warm, cold, but no wind. it was cooler and kept things dry. very busy with weekend warriors and kids. it was good to be back on the hardboots, but looks like monday will be a powder day. rode the 165amt from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 howdy all big mtn reported 2in overnight and 4in in 24hrs so rode the softies. way south of us got a ton of snow so i was thinking we would get plenty, but we only got maybe an inch over groom and a few inches off groom. it would have been a good hardboot day. temps was cooler and we had sunshine in the morning then super high haze that slowly got thicker and got even colder. no crowds today and found some good left over pow here and there. still, had fun on the softies and beginning to enjoy it more. rode the amp5 from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted February 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 howdy all beautiful bluebird day with epic groomers and it was good to the last chair. lite crowds kept the groomers good all day. it was a little firm in the morning, but very good for carving and the sun softened it up just a little cause the temps was cooler. today was one of the better carving days. really cold by the weekend. rode the 176vsr m from 9 till 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 howdy all sorry closed high winds well, had to work on wednesday and it was a beautiful bluebird day and second day pressing of the new snow and i'm sure it was a great groomer day. friday got cold and very windy and big mtn did not run chair 1 and they did not open chair 1 today too. it was 1 degree in the morning here in town and got up to 5 degrees in the afternoon, it's now 10pm and it's minus 1. forcast is a warm up and 40 degrees by friday with a lot of snow every day. here's the forcast for kalispell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 howdy all snowed yesterday and last night and woke up to 3to4 inches here in town. a few inches over groom and the first few runs was smooth butter then off groom it was bottomless. very humid and fog on the top with very lite snow. rode hard from the get go and was getting hungry and losing energy. during lunch it started to dump hard and looked like wet icy rain at first then snow and i didn't feel like going back out so called it at 2pm. good pow day! rode the amp5 from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 I was going to try and make it down there this weekend, but I forgot that the roomie was heading to Vegas for a few days tomorrow, so I have no beast-sitter. So I'm going to hang out locally instead. Dunno if I'm going to make it again this season now ... bummer. I'll try and make it down for closing weekend, but not holding my breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Carving Gooding Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 I'm home now. Back to realty. When is next years winter carnival ? I need to start planing WTF 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 howdy all another few more inches of good pow and very warm and humid. fog all day and thicker on top. had the best snow down the face under chair 1 it was the smoothest pow ride all season and kinda going by feel as the fog was a few chairs vis. every run the snow got a little heavier each time. i was going to call it at 1pm, but just missed the snow bus so a few more runs then just missed the 2pm snow bus so had a beer at the stube. on my last run before 2pm the snow was very heavy on the lower mtn. forcast for the next week here in town is in the mid to upper 40's. might be the end of a good season and the beginning of the spring slush. rode the amp5 from 9 till 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted March 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 howdy all sorry closed! gone fishing tuesday was getting warm and by 2pm the snow was getting wet-n-heavy, that was the last time i rode and it has only gotten warmer. really haven't heard too much from people. well, the fishing sucked too, my buddy and i did not even get a nibble, but it was a nice sunny morning then super high thin haze builds slowly. did not have time to update on saturday so i am updating it today, it's sunday at 4pm and it's 54 degrees here in town. i will try tomorrow, forcast is some rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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