Received a lot of flak for my Old Man’s slide report. Darwin awards abound, with accusations of suicidal tendencies. I can only reply by saying that this area is a place that I know better than anyone of my detractors and to judge me without knowing my experience is shortsighted. The ski cut was purposeful [...]
The trip to EV on Friday was an interesting one. Without a doubt best pow turns of my season, however it was also the most high stake avi danger day as well. Had multiple signs of weak snow pack, wind, numerous whoomfs, cracks, and even triggered a few small slides on both open faces and [...]
Howdy all…wanted respond to a little note we received the other day from a fellow reader. We appreciate feedback here at EVI, and a reader who goes by the name “GS” seemed to think his/her comments would prompt some opinions from the general readership. So, we thought this would be a good opportunity to really [...]
Crazy swings in temperature last few days. 13 below to 40 above in a couple of days with a rain snow mix yesterday in town. Switched to snow to the valley floor sometime last night and woke to two inches on my deck, with warm temperatures again. Went with my buddy Paulie out to Tele Line where we had [...]
On our way out we stopped at the BCA park n did some practice digs. We saw Paul there and said he made it out to East Vail earlier but decided to come back (red flag 1). Decided to go anyway. Once we started to go through the windloaded areas I jumped off the track [...]
Big storm was supposedly headed our way. The jet is on us and it looked promising for last night. The blob NOAA showed us coming in from the Northwest made giddy as a schoolgirl. Huge and dipping below AK towards us, finally in a more west to east pattern. Bring it. I went to bed with powder dreams [...]
Day off from Troy’s today and I was eager to get back out to EV to see what the ten inches and jet stream winds had done to the north facing aspects of East Vail. I definitely was concerned and I had a feeling that Avi rating was easily considerable as CAIC had reported, and probably more like high [...]
So the snow has fallen and we are on the cusp of the “Full On” EV season. Too many red flags to venture back into EV today with the peaks flagging hard and the obvious avi activity in the back bowls off Two Elks. Took Martin’s advice and rolled up on a perfect powder day [...]
Pass it to the man and boom goes the dynamite! Finally, a no doubter. The last of the MLK weekenders returned their stuff at Troy’s ski shop today as the snow fell and the weather was in and out all day. ( the best shop by far in the valley, especially for fat ski lovers, shameless plug here). I had a couple of 303er’s bitching that [...]
Well I guess the prayer worked, as the snow started falling around seven a.m. at my place in East Vail. Spent yesterday at the beacon park at top of Sourdough lift with my buddy Paul, who was off to the Peter Esten hut on Monday. It had been awhile since I had practiced intensely with my [...]
After all the waiting, patience and irking for snow and the hopes of having our favorite zones cloaked in a thick blanket of powder will culminate with the impending storm headed our way. The thought of a double digit forecast gets the hair on the back of my neck perked and electricity is pulsing in [...]
The day after my showdown in Old Man’s I was back out in the mix.  Not for the great skiing, but for a dubious anniversary.  EV lost a great skier on this day some years ago in King Tut’s during one of the biggest seven-day cycles I’ve ever seen.  I wandered up on the accident [...]
Interesting field study follow-up to Luke’s pit study in Benchmark. Headed up on Wednesday afternoon in the blustery end of storm weather to check out the coverage in EV and see if I could sneak in to Old Man’s for a look. Skinned up in a fine winter storm day for a solo jaunt into EV. Put the skins on [...]
Lots of on the ground reports lately…but we recently came across a more forward looking snow/weather report. Via the caic Facebook page, this very scientific look at the changing weather pattern appears promising. Read the details here: http://bit.ly/xair18 In short, it looks like what we’ve been predicting…a change around January 15 for the better. Colder [...]
Tuesday I made the most of the sunny afternoon to shoot up to the top of Benchmark,poke around and see what?s going on back in EV. Skinning out from Two Elk?s, it?s pretty obvious we are no where near the much needed snow pack to get things rolling in the back bowls. I love the [...]
Went out back today with a couple of friends to the mysterious land of East Vail for a reunion.  The recent vail eight(see four real) inch storm was a welcome change and a psychological victory for the valley.  Far from curing all  woes for lack of snow, the day long storm at least made the landscape look like actual winter.  Snow [...]
Oh you Chilango Lip gloss glistens in the sun See you next Christmas
2011 is done and not a moment too soon. Not much changed the first few days of 2012, and the outlook for snow in the near future isn’t very good. The ridge of high pressure is entrenched and continues to push everything north while we languish in biking weather. Pretty ironic that the places in [...]
With the holiday crowds closing in, I skinned my way up to Mushie two days in a row to check out the snow on both the West and North aspects in the gladed 20-30 degree terrain for something to do. The ridge top had variable areas of 10 cm wind board on facets to soft [...]
