Can't wait for ski season!
MrOwl, Tue Oct 09 2018, 11:11AM

Teaser from Brundage Mountain







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©ammy, Tue Oct 09 2018, 09:29PM

"Best snow in Idaho!"

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doo·hick·ey, Sat Oct 13 2018, 05:52PM

Sugarloaf mtn got our first dusting today!



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MrOwl, Sat Oct 13 2018, 06:08PM

Just flurries here in McCall

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MrOwl, Fri Dec 28 2018, 02:11PM

From top of Blue Bird Express, Brundage Mountain





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MrOwl, Fri Dec 28 2018, 02:12PM

Top of Lakeview Lift





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©ammy, Fri Dec 28 2018, 07:15PM


How'd you like Brundage?

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MrOwl, Fri Dec 28 2018, 07:24PM

©ammy wrote ...


How'd you like Brundage?



Fantastic! 2" snow overnight and sunshine...perfect ski weather with a high of 23
Paying the price tonight.

Re: Can't wait for ski season!
MrOwl, Fri Jan 11 2019, 05:54PM

# 2 down...Bogus Basin

8 year old grandsons first day ever on skiis.









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©ammy, Fri Jan 11 2019, 05:59PM

Looks like he's been doing it for a while!


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MrOwl, Fri Jan 11 2019, 06:02PM

©ammy wrote ...

Looks like he's been doing it for a while!



Was "done" by lunch. Got his second wind and closed down the slopes...getting a bit cocky by the end of the day

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©ammy, Fri Jan 11 2019, 06:14PM

I think he's hooked!

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MrOwl, Sun Mar 17 2019, 12:27PM

Sunday morning slopes to myself at Brundage





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©ammy, Sun Mar 17 2019, 07:51PM


Not that many cars even in the upper parking lot!

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MrOwl, Sun Mar 17 2019, 09:11PM

Good observation

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©ammy, Mon Mar 18 2019, 08:18PM

Thanks!
Did you ski at Tamarack this year?

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MrOwl, Mon Mar 18 2019, 08:29PM

©ammy ⭐ wrote ...

Thanks!
Did you ski at Tamarack this year?


Not yet anyway...hear that new ownership is improving things with a new chair for next year.

Going again at Bogus next weekend with grandson. Even Bogus got 247" this year!

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©ammy, Mon Mar 18 2019, 08:40PM

Oh wow! That sounds impressive for Bogus Basin!
Yep, Tamarack is getting a new high speed quad that will go back where the Wildwood lift was before it got removed during their bankruptcy. (It ended up at Brian Head, Utah.)
Also, Bogus Basin is replacing Chair 2/Morning Star with a high speed quad this summer!

Re: Can't wait for ski season!
Cap'n Crunch, Mon Mar 18 2019, 08:56PM

Owl, how long do you think they will be skiing in your neck of the woods?

Cammy, same question for Big Bear?

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MrOwl, Tue Mar 19 2019, 05:10AM

Cap'n Crunch wrote ...

Owl, how long do you think they will be skiing in your neck of the woods?

Cammy, same question for Big Bear?


Haven't heard any firm dates but mid April is tentative time frame...lots of snow so may depend on demand


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©ammy, Tue Mar 19 2019, 06:22PM

What Owl said sounds like it could apply to Idaho or BBMR.

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MrOwl, Sun Mar 24 2019, 04:22PM

Wintry weather at Bogus Basin today





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Cap'n Crunch, Sun Mar 24 2019, 05:14PM

Whoa...were you there Owl? Looks cold.

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BBNona, Sun Mar 24 2019, 07:08PM

Love your posts mr owl!

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MrOwl, Sun Mar 24 2019, 07:43PM

Cap'n Crunch wrote ...

Whoa...were you there Owl? Looks cold.


Yes, it was a miserable day on the slopes but with 5-6' new snow skiing was good...you just couldn't see where you were going.
Shafer Butte was blowing, foggy and cold.




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MrOwl, Sun Mar 24 2019, 07:45PM

BBNona wrote ...

Love your posts mr owl!


Thanks, I likre to share but don't want to overdo it. I know there are a lot of Idaho friends on here.

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©ammy, Wed Apr 03 2019, 05:23PM

Keeping with the Idaho theme, this is my favorite view at Schweitzer: Outback Bowl. This was on Monday, March 25th.




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©ammy, Wed Apr 03 2019, 05:29PM

Moving just west of Idaho, here's the new triple chair at Mt. Spokane, WA which opened up 270 acres of new terrain this season. This is from one week ago.




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MrOwl, Wed Apr 03 2019, 06:22PM

Nice views. Might hit Brundage tomorrow...closing day is the 14th

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©ammy, Wed Apr 03 2019, 07:11PM

Thanks!

It still surprises me that the resorts close so early up there. Early as in: before they run out of snow.

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Polar 🌌rbit, Thu Apr 04 2019, 07:22AM

Without the So Ca population, after spring breaks they run out of people.

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MrOwl, Thu Apr 04 2019, 03:56PM

Payette Lake still frozen





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MrOwl, Sat Apr 06 2019, 06:43AM

Someone has a sense of humor






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MrOwl, Sat Apr 06 2019, 02:35PM

Pond skimming festivities:

Miss Captain America almost made it





Leprechaun didn't help





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MrOwl, Sat Apr 06 2019, 02:43PM

Epic failures







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©ammy, Sat Apr 06 2019, 08:28PM

Looks cold with snow on the trees and no sunshine!

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MrOwl, Sun Apr 07 2019, 05:40AM

Was snowing good too. I wouldn't do it on a sunny day.

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MrOwl, Mon Apr 15 2019, 03:06PM

2018-2019 highlights



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MrOwl, Fri Oct 04 2019, 07:06AM

Winter is coming soon to a ski area near you.





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MrOwl, Fri Oct 04 2019, 07:41AM

Early McCall snow





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©ammy, Fri Oct 04 2019, 06:01PM

Nice! We got about 3-4" at our place up north last weekend!

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MrOwl, Sat Oct 05 2019, 06:20AM

That's about where we ended up

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Mtngoat John⭐, Sat Oct 05 2019, 03:55PM


©ammy ⭐ wrote ...

Nice! We got about 3-4" at our place up north last weekend!

Dude, your tape measure is broken.

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©ammy, Sat Oct 05 2019, 05:45PM

How much was on the bench on the deck? Looked to me like about twice the thickness of the 2x6.

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Cornbread, Mon Oct 07 2019, 07:47AM

I had about a inch and a half on my patio table but most of what came down didn't stick. Heard that tomorrow night it may snow again and with near record lows.

Last weeks snow was the 2nd time in recorded history it snowed in sept in the Spokane/CDA history. The last time was in 1927

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Mtngoat John⭐, Wed Oct 09 2019, 06:06AM

Cornbread wrote ...

Heard that tomorrow night it may snow again and with near record lows.


May he says
Spokane airport received record snowfall. Previously recorded on Oct 8th was a trace, they got 3.3". Sitting on just about 5" here.

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Cap'n Crunch, Wed Oct 09 2019, 09:44AM

Hi MGJ, Owl and Cornbread. You guys need to share some of that bounty with your friends in SoCal.

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Cornbread, Wed Oct 09 2019, 12:53PM

Wish we could. We got another 2 1/2 inches last night. Spokane got 4 inches and closed the schools.
The word around here is that this could be a bad winter. I would love to sent you about 100 inches this winter

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MrOwl, Wed Oct 09 2019, 01:46PM

Cap'n Crunch wrote ...

Hi MGJ, Owl and Cornbread. You guys need to share some of that bounty with your friends in SoCal.


You'll get yours soon enough. Did get to put some snow miles on the new Ford Ranger...





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Cornbread, Wed Oct 09 2019, 01:53PM

I took this picture from my bathroom window this morning (No I was not going to the bathroom yet)




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©ammy, Wed Oct 09 2019, 09:18PM

Mtngoat John⭐ wrote ...

Cornbread wrote ...

Heard that tomorrow night it may snow again and with near record lows.


May he says
Spokane airport received record snowfall. Previously recorded on Oct 8th was a trace, they got 3.3". Sitting on just about 5" here.

That's funny, I saw a picture this morning that showed 9 inches!

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Mtngoat John⭐, Thu Oct 10 2019, 06:23AM

That's because I used your ruler.




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©ammy, Thu Oct 10 2019, 07:23PM



Re: Can't wait for ski season!
Socalman, Sun Dec 01 2019, 08:16AM

Ski season is here!

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MrOwl, Fri Oct 21 2022, 09:53AM

Getting ready. A few highlights from last season.

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MrOwl, Wed Nov 02 2022, 12:03PM

YES!





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NShore.Allen, Thu Jan 05 2023, 01:01PM

Top of chair 8 summit..



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BBL n 805, Sat Jan 07 2023, 12:50PM

Today is the first time I can recall (many years) that every lift at both resorts are operating, including the usual holdouts of 3 & 8 at Bear and #5 at Summit.

Two questions come to mind...

Has anyone ever ridden on a day like today and scored every chair at both resorts in one day?

It would be fun to try.

And #2...any talk about a Big Bear version of the Peak-to-Peak or Base-to Base?

(fingers crossed)

Enjoy...