Snowbowl December 1st

Be careful of Avalanches if exploring the Rocks, especially since we got 1' in the past couple days. The 1' of pow sits on a pretty thicc layer of crust. Video down below. It is filmed on a stunning GoPro Hero4, quality could be better, but it is skiing content. Commentary is very unique, you were warned.

Holy shit, what a day to remember. I think this year is going to be a great snow year.

I started up the Snowbowl access road, it was surprisingly pretty good (with my 5 bags of sand in the bed). As I got farther up, the wind started to whip across the road. A couple times I came to a dead stop as I couldn't see squat. I went very slow in my light ass truck, allowed many people to pass as I was determined to ski and not end up off the road.

There were many people in the outer lot, a lot more than I expected (around 25 cars). I skinned up from the parking lot. It was interesting. I learned that I should definitely get new skins and the skin track is a bit bare in spots which requires some ingenuity.

Once on the trail, I tried to do the 14 degree approach, but there was too much powder and I was getting tired very quickly. I said fuck that early on and went up the main track. As I got halfway up I saw this guy on the side and decided to stop for a break and talk. I looked at him and saw a person I have seen before, at first I was not sure which one he was, but I eventually figured it out. He looked EXACTLY like Dumbledore. So I proceeded to make a comment. He said the names have changed over the years, but now that's the one. I said the old guy from Harry Potter. That's when I realized. In the moment I didn't realize I was calling him an old man with a grey beard. I switched topics and we talked about the wind blowing snow in front of the car on the way up. Learned a valuable lesson: If someone looks like an old man and is an old man, don't compare them to an older man.

After I passed Dumbledore, I looked back and saw what I believed to be the 'Missoula National Nordic Team'. I knew they were legit when I saw the Pit Vipers on the middle man (To swap out the Goggs for Pit Vipers is a different level). They were perfectly in sync, left, right, left, right. It was almost orgasmic the way they flowed up the mountain. I stopped as they were gaining on me, just to watch their beautiful synchronized movements as the team raced to the top of the hill. This was a site to see, but definitely not the type of skiing for me and my big boards.

As I kept trekking, the Nordic National Team got farther and farther away, until they were out of site. I kept my head down and kept grinding, very slowly, compared to them. I came up on 3 chicas and decided to take a break behind them. The tail chica asked me if I wanted to go ahead of them, I declined because I was also going very slow. She proceeded to tell me she was very very gassy. If something doesn't motivate you, then picture being stuck in a cloud of shit for the next 15 minutes. I scooted right by them and did not look back. One thing I'm really good at is the pregame shit and I recommend you guys do this too. I do bring TP up the mountain just in case. It would really suck to try to shit up top. I'd look like a dog in the winter, packing down my shit location so I wouldn't sink in. It would definitely be an interesting experience.

This Video is definitely not PG, so if your kids are around you may want to send them away for 11 minutes and 46 seconds.