It ALL starts w/Lucia- you should get a VAN!!
Thanks to my friend JJ Healy, Send-IT! had a very nice “campground” for a few days while skiing Jackson and the Pass. Also got some ski pointers from his ripper 13 year old Cormac.
Send-IT! had first class accommodations in Wilson WY. I know real tough…
JJ Healy is a wonderful host…awesome Dad (Cormac 13 and Sawyer 10?…today birthday!) and knows how to Ski!
Some of my best ski days are spending more time on the “up” than the “down”…this was no exception with my buddy Chris Morgan and awesome guide Jason Bernstein (Yostmark Mountain Guides, Driggs ID). Love alpine touring…as Lucia says…it is my happy spot!
For those interested in touring the area…really like this tour. Skied the Miracles, Windy Ridge, and then climbed up and Skied the “Do-Its” almost back to the van.
Grand Targhee…backside of Jackson on the Western Side of the Tetons…is known for some of the best powder and coolest vibe in the US… Well Chris Morgan (buddy — flew F16s together in Misawa Japan back when we were young..) and I hit it at right time. Quintessential Targhee days…blower power that just keeps coming.
Living van life in lot 4 at targhee… beers/apps at my van (Send-IT!) and dinner in his (custom build out…not roughing it :).
Well I have been hauling the skate skis around for thousands of miles on my trusty steed #Send-It!…time to use them. Some awesome nordic skiing thanks to the Payette Ski Club… (McCall ID).
Some of the nicest ski trails I have ever been on…ok…not as awesome at the American Birkebeiner but damn close…. Sure beat the president weekend crowds waiting for lifts on the fat skis.
#Send-It! and driver are heading early tomorrow AM for a week in the Tetons…ski / camp at Targhee and some touring on the pass and in the Teton National park. Looks like snow continues to follow me (or vice versa :).
Keep the faith..Love ya
#Send-It! and Brian…
Fun to see the rigs…this is the parking lot at Brundage Ski area (near McCall) — super fun small ski area.
Since it is a busy weekend (even in the smaller ID ski areas)…couldn’t park in the ski lot. So am camping in a nearby campground. Looks like lots of people are living here (they rent seasonal spots). Probably lots of stories…hard to talk with people, most are working are in their campers. Weird vibe. Super quiet.
Today i was super aware of a few things skiing…cool watch my slough (boot high powder) keep up with me down the steep sections, the sound of my skis clicking together, and my tails kind playing down the moguls as I controlled speed… Tried to let my thoughts be my ski partner today :).
Tomorrow I am going to skip the crowds — and pull down my nordic skis and do some skating at https://payettelakesskiclub.org/bearbasinnordiccenter/ and Sunday heading to meet my buddy at Grand Targhee.
#Send-IT!
Brian
fun being with the ski family…hiking in the beauty of Mt Baker…
Gave me a grin and thumbs up…. 🙂
Did a bit of touring today (last day in Mt Baker)…almost felt like I was with a movie star 🙂
Been a great 10 days in the PNW…heading out to intermountain west (stopping in McCall ID to ski Brundage) and then on to Grand Targhee to meet up with Grand Tunga (buddy) 🙂
Known around the world as ski resort that receives most snow of any resort in the world…with an average of 641 inches and a record of 1140 inches (almost 100 Feet!!!).
Part of this journey is reconnecting with friends who share a love for the mountains and skiing as well as ski some places I have never been…
Such as this awesome gem
If you like Alta, A basin, Loveland, (and I bet a lot of places I have never been to …yet) you would love this place. Two chairs of note…some of the most interesting terrain and lots of spice! The 2 person lift reminds me of skiing in the midwest — the lift but not the terrain :)…
Start by waking up in back of Sprinter Van in the Crystal mountain B-lot, to avi bombs …feels like a combat zone…
Get up to Chair 6 🙂 So we can hike into the Southside.
Hike into the Southback
Made it yesterday to the iconic B-Lot at Crystal Mountain (about 90 min from Seattle). Pretty amazing lengths people go pulling up trailers / driving RVs up the 45 minute mountain road…Love it! Crystal mountain has a very cool ski vibe…right up there with Alta, A-basin, Crested Butte…
Hooked up with my buddy (Heywood Zablocki — we flew Jets together in Japan — the 14 FS Samurai). What a fun reunion so far…fun that our love for skiing was the catalyst we both needed to get together. Awesome it was a powder day!
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