Back to this thread! I've got two days on snow so far - both at Mammoth in mid-November, a week after opening. They were both pretty rough. The snow was not great, the weather was not cooperating and the crowds were bad. Ikon resorts have not seen the same problems as Epic resorts this year but it was really rough, especially with so little of the mountain open. We got a lot of snow in October but November was wretched. There is a dusting today and more storms on the way, thankfully. Bear is open but not worth the time and effort right now to me, but I might go up Sunday since my wife and daughter are learning to ride.
Content wise, "How Dark Blue Feels" was absolutely awesome. Also the Quik commercial with Austen Sweetin and Miles Fallon was actually really rad. That Snowboarders Journal piece on the two women who work in commercial fishing was great. Dustbox vid was good. I haven't watched Uninvited 3 yet but heard its awesome.
Was sort of disappointed in Elles. I get the point. It's a relaxing look at Longo's year, not the gnarliest stuff, but going a season without an episode of SHE was already a real bummer, its pretty disjointed (I kinda wish they'd marketed it as a video journal or tour video or something so I'd tempered my expectations) and the music....the music was almost unbearable. Pains me to say all that because he's literally my favorite modern times rider, and his boots this year are incredible.
Anyway, upcoming riding will be limited through December. January 7th weekend I am gonna head over to Lee's Canyon outside of Vegas and check it out.
Summit County (riding Copper mostly) Jan 17th-21st
Seattle (Mt Baker) Friday 2/4-2/7
Tahoe Monday 2/14 and Tuesday 2/15
Mammoth 2/25-3/1
Mammoth 3/26-3/30
Boards I added to the quiver this year are a 160 StumpApe and I bought the 157 Tony Hawk Party Platter from K2, but it hasnt shipped yet. I swapped all my bindings over from Union to Bent Metal except for one pair of last year's Atlas which I ride with my BSOD.
If anyone is around any of those joints at the same time and wanna catch some side hits and all-mountain laps lets do it.