Saturday, February 27, 2016

75 Sunny Nerd Friday

Bike to the mouth of BCC,. Walk up Wasatch Blvd,.... There goes the 990,.... On the Bus Lee and Our Powder Shots friend, "There goes Burke walking",.. Hmmm Found a new break threw off Wasatch over to 3500 East,... "Your Late" Thanks Snowbird Driver,... Mike and Jake Get me after turning around,.... THX!!! Very nice ride up,...Dad got a Pic with me under Little and told his Son
"Your an Expert Skier",.... Well OK maybe expert Ski Talker,... Thx for the drop right at the Center!!
Tram to the top, Utah Co Steve and Rick.,, We Ski to Blady and stop to hit the Pre rolled,... THX BOSS!!!!! Later back to Blady Base,... (MBX was Sold OUT!!!) GREGG!!!!! We head to Sugarloaf,...... YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! The Groomers where over the Top!!!AGAIN!!!!!
Back to Snowbird after Noon, Find Ron at the bottom of Little Cloud!!!!!! Now its ON!!!!!!! We Skied some White Diamons, Some Reg off the top and then UNDER THE CHAIR!!!!!!
"Burek, Are you Farming?" YUP!!! End at the Super Sunny Bliss Point,... Nice Bus ride down to the mouth of BCC, Rode to Moms from there

Thursday, February 25, 2016

74 Fred ride up, Terry ride down

THX!!!! Great PM session with Terry, Linda and Rob,..... CARVE-a-LERT!!!!!! THEY GROOMED STRAIGHT SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS EXCELLENT!!!!!!
Biked to Andys then Up to the mouth of BCC (Same as yesterday, Only I went to the Nerd)
Fred is right there and waits a minute while I get ready, THANKS!!!! We park right there and its ON!!! Bonus Groomers Everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE Bonus Groomer is now One complete Bowl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIS To Lower/Upper Inspo..... I did Ski Parachute Again.....(Three Skiers ask "Did you Snowbird Yesterday"?)YUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It was Excellent!
At Lunch I ran into and got some of Carveing Curts Gloves and Hats,.............. THX LINDA!!!!!!!!!
You are one of those Special People.......Terry You are one too!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to the Fogs for another GREAT LUNCH!!!

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

73 Brighton and Robert PM Session Alta AM

Jake picked me up on Wasatch Blvd before the Bengal Blvd turnoff after riding to the mouth from Moms via Walker and Holladay Blvd,.... Thank you Jake and Sign!!! I'm on the Tram before 10:00 Over to Alta via White Diamonds Groomed! I ran into Marc and Patty from Mammoth Mountain YEA! Also got asked to double dip my Pass? Alta Lifty you suck! Fun Skiing the groomer under Sugarloaf,.... Back to Snowbird before Noon, Down to Bliss Pt to leave a layer and shorts,.... Skied Door One and the Edge,... OK... Ride up with a Snowboarder from San Diego, Then up to Little Cloud and back over to White Diamonds,.... Later Brighton joins us and STRAIGHT LINES White Diamonds!!! Holy SHIT!!! Back to Little and the Glory under the Chair!!!! We even took a break at the Wings (Stump) Ended at the Spot (Ron was there but I never seen him) "Are you Burke Weir?"
Yup

72 First Alta Start

It opens at 09:15???????????????
Great afternoon session with Ron

71 Soli or Snowbird?

NERD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

67 Presidents Day and 7 Inches new at the NERD!!!!!

What a DAY!!!! Bike to Walts from Moms,... Took a little longer to catch a ride up BUT worth it,   THANKS KIM from Matt and Kim at Solitude,.... "I have a Pass to both,... If Matts not going Skiing I'm coming here" Yup its that time!!!! THX!! Fun ride on the Snowshuttle with my sign, More to come later

66 Solitude or SnowBird? ..... Its that time, Valentine and NERD!!!!!!!

Andy had to call in Off..... So I ride my bike to Walts,.....Almost the first Car gets me Thanks Anthony from New York! Nice ride up,... Meeting @ City Creek? Creekside!!! He even took a Photo of my Sign....... Got a Valentine card and candy at the entrance,... Thx Snowbird! At The Locker there is a Note and Beads,.... "Congrats on being Sober one year, Thats 365 Days" YEA!!! Thanks Jack and Lee,.... Go Mt Hosts!!!!! Hit the Spot,.... Here comes Bob Mc and Dibbs????? Yup, STACKED SALAD !!! Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!! Later I run into Brett above the Doors at a special spot for Snowmakers,.... Thanks for the Party Bud and the hook Up!!!! We Skied Door TWO!!!! Door One was really GOOD too!!!! Very Nice Ride Down on the 4:50 990 all the way to Moms

Sunday, February 14, 2016

65 Sat Magic at Soli

Start @Moms and Bike to the mouth of BCC Cynthia is right there!vLets GO!! Stacked Salad on the Summer Road!!! Thanks Cynthia!!!! Skied with Terry Too (The hardpacked was Scarry on Sundancer and Rhapsody) The Bonus Groomers Were Soft and Never Better!!!!! Found a new Spot and a New friend..... White SnowShoe Bunny!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very Nice! Later I'm back at the Spot...
"Don't make me blow my Whistle" Yea its after 14:00.... Carve-a-lert til time to get a ride back to my Bike,.... THX MARC!!!!!! Nice ride back to Andys










Saturday, February 13, 2016

64 One Year Ago My Life Changed

FOR THE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I QUIT DRINKING ALCOHOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bike to the mouth of BCC, Linger, Hit the Restroom.....Come out to See Marcs Truck!!!!YEA!!! Grab my Stuff and ITS ON!!!!! Carve-A-Lert Beyond belief...... BONUS GROOMERS Off the Bonus Groomer,... Skied til about 1:30, Then Marc takes me up to GW to SKI THE SUN! It was Fun Plus Gouger under the Chair.....Lucky I hide my Pack off the Top of Majestic, Because Crest went down so I went down tooooooo!!! Thx for the ride down.... Packed with Snowboards Car,.... Biked from the mouth to Moms direct..........................

Friday, February 12, 2016

63 Three Trips into Alta "Sunny Sugarloaf"

Its Ladies Day and I wore my uniform for the first time today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rode up to Walts via Andys from here, Just as I get to the swamp lot and hold out my sign, FIRST Car stops, Its Ely from Ely NV (40 miles out on a dirt Raod,..... WOW!!! Lets talk Nevada!!) That was an EXCELLENT Ride up, THX!!!!! Walk down from top-o-Chickadee to the locker, Catch the Tram with everything in tow,... Get ready at the Table, Drop the pack at the top of MB,... ALTA!!! Sugarlaof Skis the best in the AM,.... Heard my name from the Lifts a couple of times,.... Plus "I hear your Skiing Solitude ALOT!!!" Yup,....... Back to the Pack were I grab a Sandwitch, Head up to the Table, Nice Sunny Lunch then back to Alta (3rd time) Finally run into Ron at the top of MB, We transfer our packs down to Little Cloud,.... ALMOST READY Soooooo We hit the Jr Spot near the bottom of Little, Skied Reg until BOOM!!! ITS ON!!!!!!! SO DANG GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! JZ!!!!! We run into and took the last Run with JZ!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We hit the Upper Spot,.... Sun,Salad and FUN!!!!! THX JZ!!!!!!  Really Nice Bus ride down to Walts
Meet Brad from the Clinic, Lets Talk Skiing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Seen Walt, He might Ski Today


Thursday, February 11, 2016

62 Two Trips into Alta

Super Sunny BUT never really got soft under Little,...."We seen you in Powder" Thanks Ladies heading to Alta, Me back to the Nerd,.... "Hey SuperStar" Thanks Brother with the special poles,...
Seen Greg at Alta (We didn't Ski) Later Ski with Draper Steve After an AM session on the ladies I switch back to the Heads (easy Ski for a Hard Mountain) "Wheres your uniform?" ..................................Me, I have on my Onepiece,.... OHHHHH The Tights, Today YES!!!!
Never met Ron,.... (Both Greg and Steve skied with him) Today PM on Little

61 Sunny Tuesday,.. It got to 40

Missed Ed this Morning, I'll see him before the season ends?.... Biked from Moms up to the swamp lot,.... Held out my sign,   Thank you TOM!!!! Here take this... Your in Powder Magazine! THX!!!
Head to Alta, Meet up with Greg, We Skied Supreme and talked about how to get to Brighton from Here, Looks OK? We Skied back to MBX then LITTLE CLOUD!!!!!!(Put my pack at the top of both lifts) Time to Gouge!!!! You can still see my lines.......... Plus Regulator never Skied SOOO GOOD!
Ended the day at the upper Spot in the SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THX RON! Crazy ride down on the mystery 952 Bus with one other lady rider..... Driver "I just got outta Jail,You might pay me to Exit"
WHOA!! Bike to Andys and Crash

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Saturday, February 6, 2016

57 Brighton to Soli and Back

With Chef Scott and Marc, Thanks for the Ride Up and Down Scott!!! Easy to get the day ticket plus its a SolBright Pass!!! Can you say preroll on Milly? YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We Started on GW (perfect timing), Snake, Crest, Milly,......"Burke, I've been looking for you, We met at Soli and I left you the Carvealicious Stickers!" Hell YEA!!! "This guy is a Legend!!" THX BILL! Can't find your Video but I'll keep looking,.... Sol bright trail to Apex (DavePex) Ski Patrol said Hi after Marc almost took them out,... Not a good place to Stop!!! Over to Double, Now its ON!!!! 2 Beamers, Back to Apex, Summit and Outta Here!!!! Skied down to the Car were Marc heads out, We have Lunch, I take 3 Bonus laps,.... (The BEST Snow so far this Season!!) DONE!!

Thursday, February 4, 2016

56 Another AltaBird Connection

Biked to the Mouth of BCC from Moms via Andys, Got the sign and red Onepiece,... Seen the MitsuVan from Petzl coming down Canyon.... Walk to the 7-11, No Bic lighters,,,,BOOMBIII
Got a ride up Michigan and Vegas, Thx! Lee is in the locker room, We slowly make our way up the Tram and into the new Summit Res..... Alta in a Storm,.... Snowbird Cloud,... GREG!!!!!! WE SKIED MY RUN!!!!! Seen the Groups of Ladies,.... Heard my name from the Angle Chair,.... Back to Snowbird,.... Finally catch Ron Skiing the wrap around to the Reach over,... Riding the Volies,... I blow my Whistle!!!!! Nice Day and very pleasant ride down on the Bus talking to Sophie,... Squaw

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

55 AltaBird Tour on the Blades

Bike to Walts direct from here at Moms,... I forgot my sign BUT used my Alta necklace to get a ride up before the Bus Stop,... THX NATE! (Nice Toy and Pray Flags instead of Dolies) Entry 3!!
Got to the Slopes by 10:00 (Left my pack in the locker) P-dog still not open, On to Gadzoom, Warm up Run with a Stop,.... Here comes Brett for the second day, This time its 420 with a Bonus bud!!!!! little cloud to Mineral to Blady to Alta,...... "Where have you been?" Lifty at Blady,... Great Skiing on Sugarloaf including Bonus Groomers under the lift !!!! That was FUN Making my own lines on the Big Feet! Back to Mineral to see Estevan and Crew (Jon from Soli plus new friend Josh) "I.m glad I met you, I'm moving here from Jersey!" YEA! We Skied into Peruvian, I head to the Locker, Pick up Lunch and head to the Tram,... To cold to eat on the deck to its down Reg to a Spot just above the top of Gadzoom top shack,    Lunch above Lunch Run,... Bonus little Cloud around 15:00 "Seen you in Powder Mag",... and " We love you Burke!!!" I LOVE LITTLE TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One more "Congrats on being in Powder,... THX!!! I was thinking he said skiing Pow. I Did!!
Catch the 990 at the Cliff, VERY NICE RIDE DOWN!!! Texas crew and one Wisconsin,... Ride from Walts to Home,.... Got here before dark, One of the most beautiful days I ever remember!!!!!

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

54 Solo Snowbird Day,.... Carolyns Memo Day

Stormy and COLD!!!!!Bus was running late and showed up FULL! (Got on with the Snowbird Couple) "He Skis everyday and is living the Dream" THX! Slow ride up,... Still made it in time to catch the first Tram,..... NOT!!! I'm heading down to the Welbere Spot,.... Did it out and take a moment to remember Her (Miss Snowbird for Sure!!!!!) Even asked Gu Ru to take a Moment at the Summit,.... He will and also an intergalactic memo,.... Thxs?!!!...... Skied with Estevan and his Brother,... Then I head back to the Locker, Switch out the Ladies and bring out the Big Feet!!! Its ON! Take Peruvian to access Gad Valley via Rothman,.... Krista jumps on my Chair ("I wanna ride up with you too") Thanks rider behind us.... "You are the MOST Enthusiastic Skier on the Mountain, I love riding the 990 with You!" THX KRISTA! She is a trans plant from Vermont, YEA!!!! Seen Lee on the Chair but never made the connection,... Heard my Name, Matt??? Did the Ronnie wraparound all the way to the reach across,...... LEAN INTO THE MT.!!! "Are you the one putting smilely faces under the lift?" yup,... "We knew that was you"!!!! THX!!!Time to Ski Door One and fix my Memo Ski,   DID IT!!! Next is Door 2 with Snowmaker Brett! YEA First time this season for both of US (Ski Patrol was behind us and still there when passing the Doors on the ride up, Skis OFF?!!!!) Next Door three,.... Very Easy Access!! Back to door 2 and ended on Door ONE (Got a Necklace off the tree for Carolyn, Its at Andys) LINESSSSS Everywhere,.... So Much Fun I'm back up Today!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, February 1, 2016

53 Chef Andy,Scott and I do the Fog thing

What a Day and Where to Start? Andy prepared Chicken Enchiladas, Rice and Beans, We put them all in a Hot Box and head up (Kinda Late, Thanks Scott for saving us the Number One SPOT!!!!! Beautiful day at the Tude, Everyone is in a hurry to catch first chair and "Is Honeycomb open?" Not Yet but will be later,.......CARVEALERT on the HEADS!!!!! East Skis for an Easy Ski day on Double!!! It was GREAT!!!!! Skied with Andy, Scott and Big "B" first, Later Chef Scott joined us and we all look for a parking spot for him (The lot was full by 10:30 with folks parking all the way down to Silver Fork) They kept coming,.... Later Marc and I skied Double (Thanks for the care package from Steamboat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! After lunch Chef Scott and I ski until we went to the parking lot and got Scott to join us,....... (Scott took a break from 10:30 drink off til 14:00) YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally we leave and head down to Smiths to pick up a Powder Magazine,..........AFTER SKIING FOR 40 YEARS I GOT MY  PIC AND JR BIO POSTED!!!!!!THX KADE , JAY AND POW MAG!!! LOVE IT!!!!!

52 Sat at Soli

BIG TIME STORM!!!!!!! Get a late start (Reams at 10:00am) While waiting at the Bus stop for the 990 (I hear it took 3 Hours to Bus up and I was going to Transfer at the Mouth of BCC) BUT Scott and Anthony from Andys Hood picked me up right there THANK YOU!!!!!It still took us over an Hour and a Half but it was Such a Pleasant ride up Plus we talked all about Solitude, Eric and now I know Ritch from the Ski Connection Plus Aspen Landscaping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We parked at the Bonus Lot,.... "You hide your Skis there?" YUP!!!! Skied the naked Skis, Honeycomb never opened, They Groomed Concord for the first time this season, Didn't post that???? Almost got a ride down with the Boys, Just missed them coming out from the Spot,..... But instead took the 960 down,...... THE LEAST FULL< FULL BUS EVER!!!!!! F#&K*^G Brighton People MOVE!!!!! And they did cause I'm getting on BITCH!!!!!!!Not the best ride down but OK, Time to go and get things ready for the Fog lunch, THXS AGAIN ANDY AND SCOTT!!!!!!!