Steep and Deep: The Snow Skiing/Boarding Thread

[YOhio]

Yeah December sucked for snow, but January is suddenly looking up. I'm headed to Brighton Tues night after work, then hopefully taking my daughter out of school early to get her on skis for the first time later in the week. I might have to also put on skis for the first time in 25 years to accompany her after a lesson. Then annual cousins snowboard trip to Powder Mountain (which became a favorite of mine last year) end of January.

I'm jealous. Brighton and the other Cottonwood resorts should be fantastic next week. I went to Brighton yesterday afternoon and it was fine. Coverage was good, but really hard packed on Milly and GW with some unexpected mogul fields. It snowed the whole time but didn't really accumulate while I was there.

In the spirit of Charcuterski I brought two packages of Jack Links beef and cheese sticks but ended up eating them on the drive up. Paired lovely with a fair life chocolate milk and watermelon monster.

[Commando]

Lol. That is one of the dumbest things I have seen.

If I have learned anything in my lifetime of skiing, it is that there is a hard 30% of skiers that don't mind wasting their expensive ski day dicking around and doing anything but skiing...

[Jeff Lebowski]

I don't know why I don't like this but I just don't.

https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/fo...-are-creating/

Lol. That is one of the dumbest things I have seen.

[Commando]

I'm never hungry when I ski-- I'm just trying to get runs in. If I rolled up on a ski buddy thinking they were tightening up or putting on their playlist and instead they were setting up a charcuterie board, I would just keep going...

[chrisrenrut]

I like charcuterie but a skiing meal should consist of a $25 hamburger with no toppings, hot chocolate from powder, and a hard-boiled egg.

For me it was always a $5 cup of chili and a $5 cookie, or a $7 slice of greasy pepperoni pizzas and a $5 brownie. Oh, and a $4 Gatorade.

The exception was at Snowbasin. They had legitimately good food, and only slightly overpriced. Along with the best bathrooms in the country.

[Clark Addison]

I like charcuterie but a skiing meal should consist of a $25 hamburger with no toppings, hot chocolate from powder, and a hard-boiled egg.

[falafel]

because it's smug and dumb and fancy meat and cheese spreads are very overrated

Can you imagine cruising around a corner and seeing 2 or 3 women sitting in the middle of the run unpacking some wheat thins, prosciutto and parmesan, and maybe some dried fruit and a nice Shiraz omg I'm starting to get it

[BigFatMeanie]

I don't know why I don't like this but I just don't.

https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/fo...-are-creating/

Because you're not a pretentious douche? (At least with respect to skiing and "snacking on the slopes". I can't speak for the other aspects of your life).

[Omaha 680]

I think I haven't been skiing in a couple years- time flies. I am going next week to Tamarack and Brundage even though the snow there is absolutely nonexistent right now. Oh well. They're supposed to get about a foot or so next week before I get there, so that ought to help some.

Yeah December sucked for snow, but January is suddenly looking up. I'm headed to Brighton Tues night after work, then hopefully taking my daughter out of school early to get her on skis for the first time later in the week. I might have to also put on skis for the first time in 25 years to accompany her after a lesson. Then annual cousins snowboard trip to Powder Mountain (which became a favorite of mine last year) end of January.

[Commando]

I think I haven't been skiing in a couple years- time flies. I am going next week to Tamarack and Brundage even though the snow there is absolutely nonexistent right now. Oh well. They're supposed to get about a foot or so next week before I get there, so that ought to help some.

[old_gregg]

I don't know why I don't like this but I just don't.

https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/fo...-are-creating/

because it's smug and dumb and fancy meat and cheese spreads are very overrated

[YOhio]

I don't know why I don't like this but I just don't.

https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2023/12/19/founders-charcuteski-are-creating/

[RC Vikings]

Did my two days at Sun Valley this past weekend. They had the Warm Springs side shut down so they can tear down and upgrade two lifts on that side, that took away a bunch of the mountain but it was still good. The thing I like about Sun Valley is the constant slope from top to bottom, it's unmatched from anywhere else I've ever skied. Ketchum is a nice town and the weather was beautiful. One big plus for Sun Valley is it's just not an easy place to get to, it's not very crowded. It was a good weekend.

[Commando]

I'd like to try Whistler someday, maybe hit Schweitzer Basin on the way up. I was looking at the trail map for Whistler and was a little surprised the base sits at 2400 feet and the top is at 7200, ton of vertical but just lower than I expected.

Yeah the snow is different than say a Targhee but it's fantastic all the same. When you stay up there you are just submerged in skiing. I usually can get my fill in a few days.

[RC Vikings]

I love those two mountains. Teton Village (when there is snow) is the gold standard to me, and it's insane how Whistler-Blackcomb still dwarfs it.

I'd like to try Whistler someday, maybe hit Schweitzer Basin on the way up. I was looking at the trail map for Whistler and was a little surprised the base sits at 2400 feet and the top is at 7200, ton of vertical but just lower than I expected.