25-26 ski season pictures

[unclebilly]

Guys - how about a 25-26 ski season thread.

We are 2 weeks in here… the snow is pretty thin at the base at our home hill.

My daughter has the qualifier for the Alberta Winter Games at Lake Louise next weekend.

This is myself and my kids this afternoon at the top of Castle Mountain.

[jyl]

There is no skiing in the PacNW because there is no snow. There is no snow because there is warm rain to 7000 ft. There is warm rain because The Blob of high ocean temps in the Pacific is back. The Blob has eaten our skiing. Fingers crossed for a January start.

[unclebilly]

We had rain yesterday half way down the mountain. The season in the southern Canadian Rockies is not off to a great start. The Bow Valley (Banff) is looking great this year.

[LWJ]

I could shoot a picture of mud? It was 57F and raining the other day. The temp difference between Portland and the mountain runs around 10-15 degrees F as a wild ballpark estimate. Meaning, not a chance for snow.

[Cajundaddy]

Looks like another warm week in Idaho with valley high temps in the 50s and too warm to make snow in the resorts. LT Forecast suggests colder temps coming in Jan. If yes, it will be a very late season here.

[unclebilly]

My girl’s first ski race of the season:

[look 171]

We will have a big storm come in by Tuesday. I ask my wife and kids to see if they want to ski Mammoth since its only a little 4 hours away and skiing is pretty good up there. No takers. Both kids want to be with their friends. Oh well, I will just stick to my plan and change plugs on the 4 runner and grease my drive shaft along with topping off the blinker fluids.

[PorscheGAL]

She is growing up. It seems like yesterday that you were posting her first ski pics.

Originally Posted by unclebilly

My girl’s first ski race of the season:

[stealthn]

I usually don’t ski until after new years these days.

[unclebilly]

Epic powder day today…

6 years ago today, my daughter broke her pelvis skiing.

5 years ago today, I blew up my knee, tore my ACL, MCL, and broke my leg.

NOT TODAY! It was incredible albeit a bit cold.

[harvardma]

Loon Mountain December 26th. I had the place to myself for most of the morning

[Tidybuoy]

I'm heading to SilverStar Canada in mid January - pics to follow.

[unclebilly]

It’s not all rainbows and unicorns tho.

[Tidybuoy]

Anticipation! New Skis! Heading to Silverstar Canada soon but local skiing is moments away and only 60 miles from home.

[unclebilly]

I’m very curious… why Silverstar?

[Mike Andrew]

Some really good early skiing on the U.P. so far this season. Early dump of 30+ got things rolling and they just got a 14+ dump yesterday. Rolling back soon to enjoy some of that while I can. No trip west this season as I will have a short season with left knee replacement on Feb. 13th. So, I keep reminding myself that turns is turns, even if 600 verts means less turns. It actually hurts less to ski than tp walk.

Good thing is that I will be able to get in 20 days or so if things work out as planned and be ready for next season. And I can load up on frozen pasties. Mmmm

[Tidybuoy]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

I’m very curious… why Silverstar?

I go with a group and that is where they chose. I was going to Aspen for the past 25 years and that is my all-time favorite. Silverstar is good skiing but the 4 times I've been there, it snowed 24hrs/day the entire trip - so cold skiing. At least in Aspen, it snows mostly every night but nice in the daytime.

With the exchange rate, Silverstar is relatively inexpensive.

[unclebilly]

I rode up the chair today with a guy that is from Kelowna. Silverstar is his home hill, it sounds like a nice smaller hill and should be pretty fun.

I asked because I’ve heard of it but never been there.

[unclebilly]

Grace training GS yesterday…

[Tidybuoy]

Ahhh, the plot thickens......

I'm leaving for Canada this coming Friday the 16th. I bought new skis a couple of months ago and I took them to REI last Friday to get the bindings adjusted to my boots.

Step back for a minute: About 20 years ago, I was in Snowmass Colorado and walking thru the outdoor mall to the slopes. I was marveling on how comfortable my boots were. As I was walking, I looked down and noticed my boots were disintegrating. Next thing you know, I was buying new boots in Aspen (not cheap).

Back to now: As I put my 20 yr old boots on the REI counter, I noticed a big hole in the bottom (NOT AGAIN). Bottom line, I bought new boots at REI last Friday. I left everything for them to adjust and I will pick up this week. Although I was not planning on buying new boots at this time, I am happy that they are nice looking and match my new skis.