Monday, December 28, 2015

26 Magic Sunday/ FUNDAY!!!!

Got up early on the 07:28 960,... Brown Bag w/ G and the Fogs,....First Chair on the Beam,.... Talk about a Carve-a-LERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Run into and Ski with Marc,..... See Pekka Too at the Top of Summit "I thought you never came up to Ski The "B"? Thats what I used to call Summit Way Back!!!!!!! We run into and Ski with Tyson for Round Two on Summit,.... Spotted the new Bead TREE!!!!!! THX Marc and Ty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Bonus Summit, It was Important!)
Bad to Double,...... Awesome Carvers Everywhere!!!!!

Day 25 Summit Opens....@The Nerd

Where to begin? First Wurst Tram and Truely a Day to remember!!!!!..... I Don't Like You but I'll do it.... Right down to a New Spot under Little Cloud,... Back up to Hike to the Summit from Little Cloud,... Got there in time to See the Ribbon cutting with Bob Mc,... I blew my Whistle!!! The new Tram deck not opened due to Ice? ,... Really? Got some free snacks, took one out to the Powder Shots Guy,... At this time there was a Sun Dog FULL Circle !!!!! Beautiful!!!! HOPPYS RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was GREAT!!!!!!!!!! MBX Finally opened,... Luppy Loop with TOO MANY SKIERS!!! Later Ski Patrol Closed Gad Valley to land a Helicopter,...... WOW! Meanwhile LITTLE CLOUD WAS ALL SUN AND FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never Skied Gadzoom,.   That was a First this Ski Season

Friday, December 25, 2015

Day 24 Snowbird Christmas

Caught the 7:03 990, Nice ride up into the Teeth of another Storm!! The Bridge is on Avi Hold! I took a Bus ride down and seen all Closed signs On, Waited at the bridge until the Ski Host Boss pulled the Rope, Down to the Low Spot, Got ready then seen Welbere still closed, waited til the line was gone, First Welbere Ridge, Untracked!! Gadzoom was Excellent!!!! I tryed Little and Gad 2,(Doug, "I Love you Man") Thx! Gad zoom better, Seen Eric from Soli., Now he is at Alta,.Ran into Utah Co. Steve at the Spot, "Ronnie!", Nope just Me, We head up to Little Cloud and Ski Hoppys Line,.. It Was GREAT! I stayed until 15:30 marking  My Lines,. First Under the Chair and Sneaky Petes,.. Skied the Trees On 2 and seen the Avalanche!!! Walked up and caught the Bonus 990 up to the Cliff then back down Snow packed Roads, It Snowed all day!!!!

Day 23 Christmas Eve and Summit Opens

Nice, Busy 960 ride up until We stopped just above the S Curve...30 mins later and a Santa visit the Bus almost didn't make up,There was a Snow remover off the road, Parking lot sold out (Andy tried)
Double on the Ladies was Amazing, Seen the Posse at the top of Apex as they pulled the rope on Chris's Corner,. First Skier to hit IT! ( I had already Skied it via the Cirque, After they pulled the rope there) Seen Jay and met Shannon Yates,.. Powder!!!!!!! We rode up "Anyone have a Picture?" Summit was delayed until after 2 Then it was!! I managed to catch a ride up with the first carver, His 2nd Run,... It was great! Skied Sunrise to the bottom of Summit via untracked, Whistle in the Woods, Here My name, Funny! Took the outta here Run to the link Chutes,. Skied with Ty on Triple, He even hit the Tree with the first beads!! Walked up an empty 960 , Pleasant ride with 2 people from the Bay,. Stayed at Andys

Monday, December 21, 2015

Day 22 Storm at Snowbird

Woke up at Andys not sure if I wanted to go up? No Work and No Email so NERD TIME!!! Catch the 990 at 8:10 or so, Packed!! Still an OK ride up doing My Corkies,. Delta Dan (Host) Welcomes Me by Name,... THX! On to the Spot,... (Help a Lady put her Skis On right in front of a Posse of Blue Coats training) Skied the Zoom in a wind and Snow Storm,. NICE! Run into Utah Co. Steve doing the Host thing,(Helped another Skier Here and One more Later) "thxs and Happy Holidays!!) YEA! Dan and Anna are back from the East Coast, They Skied Little Cloud and so did I!! It was Alaska,... First Regulator Run of the Season and First Peruvian,.... Also Cold, One and Done, Back to the Spot,... Even rode Gad 2,.
The Creamy/Dreamy was Excellent all day!! Even Skied the Cat Crew Cutoff to the Spot,... Last one on a Packed 990,..... At the Mouth Mammoth Tele Scott said Hi,... I Like how I met him in Mammoth at the Mill when we were fishing with the plush Fish,.... I had my Nerd Shirt on,.... GREAT DAY!

Day 21 Sunday/Funday with Andy

And Scott,... We Doubled Down! Later We ran into Greg and Than,... "When you guys going up to Brighton?" There was a nice Layer of Fluff everywhere,. Last run seen Tyson on the Machette's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOKING GOOD! He is going to get another Bag-O-Beads

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Day 19 SUNNY Thursday

Wake up at Andys, Not to Cold,. BUT COLD!!!!Nice Bus ride up with Ray and Christian Paul Talking about Solitude,..., My new Favorite saying,... "You wanna talk about Solitude?" Its Funny,.
6 "s of new maybe MORE? Skiers Skiing everywhere! Fun getting ready in the brown bag area seeing everyone,... Cept G, He is Working alot.... SuperSoft Groomers,... Bobs was first to groom and had the most new Snow,.. It was Skiing kinda like soft Bumps, then later was skiing like a Bump Run!!! Moonbeam Groomers turned out to be the best Runs of the day, Took a Bonus TripleHorn and Ridge Run, Caught the 3:18 960 Down Very Nice Ride Down Talking Solitude with Liftys and Mike from the "B" talking about Ron and Skiing, Came all the Home

Day 18 Last Quad Weds,. Start @Soli. End at the B

Nice Bus ride up after doing my Corkie Fowlers, AM Session with Scott,. Very Fast! Then Skied with Estevan, John and Chuck (From See and Ski) Bonus and First Ride on TripleHorn!!!!!!!!!!! Walked up to the 962 going up,. Bus Driver thinks I'm Crazy! 30 Min wait just to get into the parking Lot,.... @NOON, Now its 14:45 and not really a line at All, Hide my Gear and Hit Crest about 6 Times,. Swung by GW just as they are Closing,.. Can I hit the Gate with My Pass? Yes so I did!!! Walked up t a Packed 960 going Down,... Not to Bad! Spent the night at Andys

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Day 17,. First Skier Handoff

THX Andy and Scott!
Double Down with Andy,....... GREAT AM Session with Scott too!FAST!!!!! Later Cynthia joins Us,.... Lets hit the Spot,... And We Did.........................................Back down to Andys to watch the Raiders Win at Mile high,...........................................................................

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Day 16 MAGIC SATURDAY!!!!!

Walked up to Reams, Came out to see the 960 go up.....Now I get to do my Corkie Fowler warmups!
Busy Bus with only 2 getting off at Soli...... Meet Marc on Double....Lets hit the Spot! Yea!! Later Cynthia and Clarrisa.......NICE, Then Cynthia and I hit the Spot!!!!! YEA!!! Thx for the ride offer,.Later We got a giant Posse with the Travisesssss,Matt, Gorgon and Company, Even got to talk about Bumping Brad,... "You the Dude Mowing down my Bumps" YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Last Run I meet Eric from the MYST!!!!! We Talk about Kade and "Come to Lunch" Fog and Myst Lunch......
Special, Magic Bus ride down,... "Ari"., I Like you,... "Can I have your Number?" I don't have a Phone "Can I have your E-Mail?,... Now your Talking,.................................................................

Day 15....First OnePiece Friday

Meet Ron in the Locker Room.....Fiesta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More later

Friday, December 11, 2015

Day 14 Gad 2 Magic W/Ronnie

Catch the 08:10....Not a Worker Bus, Red Light? I Have another One,... GREEN LIGHT! THX SOLI
Get to the Locker room just in time to see Dave Headed Up"Is Ron alright?"...I'll Ask, He is Fine.....We met at the Spot...Ron Forgot, Me HERE!!!!And Salad Time!!!! G-Zoom Time until it got sooo Windy Ron went to the Locker room to get Warmer Stuff on,I Hit the Spot we meet at the bottom, perfect timing!!!! Back up with Garret, "You guys wanna some?" YES!!! Now its so Windy the lift Stops for awhile,....."I think they will close her" We Head too and are one of about 10 people Skiing Gad 2 for the next 2 Hours or So.... Stop in at Mid Gad to watch the Skiers... Some leave while we Laugh...... Top of Gad 2 "Aren't those Skis a Little Long?" (Ski Patrol) Me "I Love the Ladies"........... Gad Zoom Starts back up about 14:30 or so....LETS HIT THE SPOT!!! We Did and took the last Run of the day on Gadzoom instead of Welbere....Much better and We came full circle............One of my Fav Days EVER!!!!! Caught the 4:15 990 back to Andys than rode home

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Day 13 Soli AM the "B" PM

THX BOSS!!! Got a ride up after our CARVE-A-LERT AM Session,...... It was Sooooo Soft!
They were filming a Ford Commercial in the Lot...."With Taylor Swift"     NOT!!!! TOO FUNNY!!!!
Seen a Wacky Lady Skier,....Semi Pro????Got a nice Smile from her,.....PARTY VAN!!!!
2nd Quad Weds and FIRST Night Skiing .....Tunes Jamming in the Lot and at the Base...Seen Her and She seen My Pic....She Looked back at it and Smiled!    C@#T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Later I get a "Welcome back and good to see you" Thanks Cool Lifty on Crest (He works GW)
Snake Creek Horrible, Crest,....EXCELLENT!!!!! Hide my Pack at a New Spot.....CathedrAL!!!!!
Later its a Carve alert in front of the Red Coats,,,,Another C#@T!!!! Seen the Lights come on at 15:00...Stayed until 4:20,,.. Walk up and catch the 960 16:30 Down,...Back to Andys with the Ladies

Day 12 Quiet Tuesday

Biked to the Mouth via BCC Trail, Linger.....Here comes Pete the Snowboarder...."Lets GO!"
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still haven't hitched from the mouth of BCC,.....We Skied and hit the Spot....Later I run into and Ski with Terry and Than.......I'm a Brighton Skier Too
Walked up and cought the 962 to the Mouth, Ride to Andys....Crash

Monday, December 7, 2015

Day 11 ....First Fog Lunch

THX "G"!!! Andy and I get Up Before the Lifts Turn..................More to Come

Day 10 Saturday with Cynthia! Carve-A-Lert in Full effect

It was Awesome!! Got a Ride to the Mouth with an Angel,... Plus Travis and Julie Picked Me UP!!!!!

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Day 9 DOUBLE IS OPEN!!!

Bike to Andys, Walk from there with a full setup plus the Ladies.....Stop in at Reams, Up the hill and before the 3000 E Light Jimmy picked Me up!!!! (No sign out, He just knew I was going to UP,... Bonus he was going to Soli Plus He Starts the Stacked Salad!? THX JIMMY!!!!!,.   First time to the Lowest Spot Area to Stash my Blades and Xtra Poles,...... LADY TIME,...THEY ARE FAST!!
Top Of Double,.Roach and his friend Pete,.You Holding? Yes!! Plus here comes Dillion to join our first Safety Meeting on Wanderer!!!!!!!! YEA!!! Later Gorden, Matt and Mark ( New Parking Lot Guy) "After 6 Years of Alta Frustration and LCC Bull I'm here now" He has a B and Soli Pass,!YEA!! Finally I'm Done and get a ride all the way to Andys from "G" THX!!!
Phrase of the Day..... Double new Lifty,. "You Ski Blades at the "B" and Snowbird Huh"? Me Yes "I Seen you all the time over there" Me Thanks
Drop Data still not Working

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Day 8 Bonus Tuesday and 1st full day

Ride to Andys, Get sign, Heads and "Not Panda Poles" Walk to Reams, Subway then up the Hill....
Pull out the Sign about 3000 East....Get a ride from Kevin just before the mouth.....(Still haven't made it up w/o getting a ride before 7-11) "Thx for the experience" Me OK?..... Walk to the Center from GadZoom.......Empty Locker Room.... See TeleSteven for the First time this year, Run into Him on the Slopes too.....The Fun Run now includes lowest Bassakwards....Talk nabout Creamy/Dreamy....This is also where I run into Ron......Finally...YEA!!! We stayed until close....Heard my Name from one of the Race Coaches and Local Asskicker Skier "I'm ballet Skiing Backwards with one Ski off the Top of Big Emma" WHOA AND WOW!!!!
Caught the first UTA Bus down...Seen our buddy from the Cliff "Marketing Director" and Jose from G Gritts "Come get a sandwitch from Me"   I WILL!!! Got the Ladies from the Spot and took to Andys.....Passed out before 19:00....

Day 7 Sunday/Funday LW#3

Wake up at the Cliff.....W/ Ron and Amy.........So Cold We Gave up at 13:00

Day 6..... LW #2

Wake up at the Cliff....................

Day 5 Lost Weekend

11-27-2015 Friday after ThxGivin......How many Fridays?

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Day 4, How many Fridays this Week?

AND Bliss Ski Day with Andy,...Later Scott joins us for First Run.....Back to the Truck so Scott can catch up.....Seen and gave a Hung to Linda,... I think She was with Terry? Seen Matt and Travis....."Slow Down"...... Andy and I laugh soo hard....Going back to what happened...
Scott "Sow, Did you find a little something up there?" Random Skier coming down from the Beach is takin aback .......Andy, "You looking for this?" Speaker getting a Charge.....Next 10 Mins spent Giggling and Laughing until Crying.................. What a NICE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back to Andys, Scott Pharis came and joined Us, We Eat and come back here for the Comp. hand off

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Day 3 Soli Sunday

More To Come....

DAY TWO Solitude Opener

Where to Start????????

DAY ONE SNOWBIRD FINALLY!

Biked from here to Walts...(Dropped a Bag at Andys) Parked at Walts, Had the new sign in my back pack....Got a ride up from Ben"Are you Burke?" YES! I wasn't really ready BUT LETS GO!!!!!!!!!

Monday, November 16, 2015

Beaver, Torrey and DeBeque Colorado

THXS BOSS!!! Its was Epic! Returned to ride out to Rons, BONUS! Then Andys to watch the Horses Lose ....
Finally Finished Beaver, Then drove to Torrey, Epic Drive
Sunset from Teasdale
 Sunrise was fantastic too.....COLD!
2 Panels in Two days
Threw Capital Reef to DeBeque...CO

Beautiful!
Lasals
Grand Junction at Sunset 
home


Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Birthday at Snowbird....Razor ed Down Canyon

Put Bike in for Service Friday,(Rode the Razor out to Rons) Tried to pick it up early Sunday, No go....I was offered a ride up all the way just before the Bike Shop...Thx but No Thx....
Swamp Lot I Used the new sign and got a ride up..."We are going to Draper via Snowbird now"
Left Moms at 08:30.... Arrived  at 11:30....(Ron came just after Noon with a Coffee and a Big Smile!)

I Get my Pass (We Talk ALOT at the Season pass office!) Over to Christy Sports....NEW LADIES!
Dynastar 159 Rocker with 12 din Look bindings.....SCORE! Next We organize our Lockers then head down to Welbere......GREEN LIGHT!!! (RON LITE UP! ITS ON FROM NOW ON!!)
Next Mid and Gad-Zoom!!! MORE GREEN LIGHTS!
Very Special Effects from the light,Snow and River
Big Emma looking ready and still not a Green
Finally we Hitch down....(I start out on my Scooter)
Transformer Tree from the China Wall
Finally got a ride to the mouth( First Car) from 7 Turns
Actually almost to Andys where We watch the Broncos Loose and I get the Storage Organized....

PLUS MANDY HOOKED UP THE TABLET!!!!!!!!!

Got the Nerd and Soli(Andys)Locker in Order,... Not a Bad B-Day Weekend

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Moved out of Storage

AND into Andys Attic.......................I LOVE IT!!! Thank YOU Andy, Mandy and Kids helping me Move......We finished then Andy and I went up to Soli....(Its a Tradition on the last Sunday)
Got IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fun Pics from the last Week or So
Gurls
Mt Nebo
LCC from the Freeway

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Petrzl and Beaver Done.........ALMOST...........

Marc and I worked 14 Hours straight, We thought we completed the punch list....Nope!!!!

Bucket Boys Heading up on #1
On to #2
We Got a WINNER Here!!

Friday, October 16, 2015

Got my BCC,Solbright Pass

THX CHEF SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!! For getting me up there.....Feeling on top of the World with a LCC and BCC Pass..... I can see it now at the 7-11 at the mouth of BCC........
"You need a ride up?" Me "Yes" "Ok, Where are you going?" ME "With you!!!!!!!"
BD's Ski Swap is Tomorrow,......What to bring?

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

118 Solar Panels, A New Record!!!

On the Books it looks like it was just Me and Marc..........
AWESOME VAN!
Petzl

Mt Olympus
One More


Saturday, October 3, 2015

2nd Trax Ski Swap and a Day with Phil and Scott

Stacked Salad!!!!! We went to the Ski Swap and I got my Ski Boots....Rossi Zenith 100 S3 sensor
"http://www.skis.com/Rossignol-Zenith-Sensor-3-100-Ski-Boots-2012/265380P,default,pd.html"
YEA!! Soli had Season Pass Sales Desk....THX For the PINS!!!!!!!!"How much is the 11999 SolBright Pass".....All they Say is "Did you get yours Yet"?.....Thats AWESOME!!!!!!
Can't wait to tell Brother Dan...."Yea,I'll see you up there"
Here are some pics from last Week

This Beauty is parked at Petzel.......ITS KITT W/4 Wheel drive and the Steering wheel on the wrong side.....What a NICE VAN!!!!!!!!!!
Mt Olympus on Oct 2nd.......Stunningly Beautiful!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, October 1, 2015

October and Skiing in 50 Days or So

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice Weekend at the Nerd plus Friday with Phil, Big B and I went to Soli, Phil got his Pass,...Brian ????????? Me not yet BUT Boss says go ahead and get IT!!!!!F YEA!!!!!!!!!!Saturday I rode my Bike all the way up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!More to come on this....Watched Utah SPANK Oregon, Helped Mandy and Andy Move Lots of Wood....Nice Weekend

Near the Mouth of BCC
Lone Pine from near White Pine

Welbere Spot
New Gates
From MB

RED TRAM!!!!!!!!!!
Took my Blades for a Mt Tour
Heading Down
Stus and the Beauty that is Peruvian
Heading Down

Saturday, September 26, 2015

New Soli Trail Map

http://www.jamesniehues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Solitude2015SiteImFlat.jpg

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Solo Hike up Oly

Got to the old Spot to find.....BMX Feature?......... Wow! Plus an Improved Trail up to an abandoned Road, It goes to the B-Shoreline Trail.....Found another nice Spot,..... On the way out I see a Tarantula ,......"Do you like Big Spiders?" Well then OK....Seen a Real Big one on my Way out!

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Sunrise this Morning.... Summit Chair, And Moms Meeting

Busy Weekend! Even seen Walter and the Scotts at "The Royal" Rode there Via a Bike ride with Ron to Andys, Then to Sandy,....Katy Perry and Colby Callie were playing the Sandy Amphitheater.....Lots o Ladies... Everyone Liked what the Travel Trailer Looked like after Ron cleared it out!!!! THANK YOU RON!!!!! Julie wants the Ref., Plus She already took the Plastic Sink and News Paper from April 1982, It was a Very Nice Family Meeting, THX MOM!!
Good Morning from Holladay Valley, Ut
We Got a Summit Chair Yesterday, Chair #4,....Before that Marc and I took a ride up the Summer Road (Stopped at the Big Logs) Over to and down the Serenity Single Track, .....We were #3 in line and got Chair 4    Jeff from Ski School was First in line and #1 on the List....(Marc #68) " I have Pics of You from Last Day when I dressed up like you" HA!!!!!! " Hey Burke, I Look and Say Nope"....FUNNY!   I Biked back up to Shady Lane where I Parked my Bike... Got 2 Necklaces off the Old Moonbeam tree.... Up to the Spot where I stash (On the Mother Tree) Chris W.s Crystals......I Hung out for a Long Time....Moved a Few things then stopped again before riding down past Double, Threw Silver Fork, On the Road and down to Andys..."Burke" Lots of Drivers,...... Got to enjoy an Ice cold Busch NA......................

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

6 Months ago my life changed

I Quite abusing Alcohol and Cheap Beer,... Like Ron said while riding up LCC to the Nerd last Saturday "Everything is so much easier when you don't Drink" Yup,..... No 18 Pack-0-Natty Lights to drag around while trying to ride my Bike,....Not worrying about stashing the Beer stash.....Skiing all day instead of drinking.....I'm ready for the Best Ski Season Ever!

Monday, August 10, 2015

Tour of Utah with Ronnieeeeeeeeee

What a Bike Ride and DAY!!!!!!!! ThX Ron!!!!!! I started from Moms to Rons (First Leg), We Rode up the Quarry Trail to the Spot 2nd Leg)....We ended up removing Rocks and Jr Stumps,.... Building on our Legacy!!! From here to Entrance One (3rd Leg)
"I was thinking about Snowbird, Then I seen you 2 Snowbird Skiers" Mt Biker on the Quarry Trail
"You Ski Solitude and Snowbird on Little Skis"   Yes I Do!
"You Win" OK????
Finally, Went to Andys Via the Mouth of BCC