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Skiing

A collection of 8 posts

Review & Notes on Deer Valley

Partially organized notes and review after skiing Deer Valley for one day on February 20, 2025. I have looked forward to experiencing Deer Valley for about 10 years. We skied in Utah for several years in a row until we gave it up for Montana. But we could never go

48 Miles at Big Sky

As a follow-up to my post about getting the most mileage at Big Sky, I completed 48 miles in April, 2024. Ramcharger + Pacifier was the most miles per minute as I expected. But it is not exciting. Cal discovered Swift + Skittles Road is also a lot of miles per minute.

Getting the maximum mileage at Big Sky

I calculated the way I could get the most downhill mileage for skiing at Big Sky. I added the lift time plus how fast I could normally get down the run and looked at the downhill mileage. Ramcharged + Pacifier looks like the maximum mileage opportunity. I didn't factor

One million vertical feet with Slopes

I have tracked my skiing over the last 7 seasons with the app Slopes. This week I made it to one million vertical feet tracked. The key stats. 42.6 MPH was on Horseshoe. The longest run 4.7 miles was from Lone Peak to the base via Liberty Bowl.

Review: Night Skiing at Big Sky Resort

We did a night skiing session on Friday, December 30, 2022. Our guide Sean texted me a few days before to confirm how many people we would have and if we skied or snowboarded. We had our family plus cousin Charlie. Five skiers and one snowboarder. You are allowed seven

Review: Woof Fish Skis

I bought these skis for Calvin for $40 on Facebook Marketplace in 2020. The only thing I have ever bought on Facebook Marketplace. They served him very well in 2020, 2021 and 2022 and he grew quite attached to them. I don't think we know what the design

Is skiing with a Bluetooth speaker playing your music or talking on the phone on a lift worse?

It is close. Both are bad but I think the bluetooth speaker playing music is worse.

78 Days until Ski Season Begins

78 days for me at least. And I found an excellent blog / podcast by Jackson Hogen. This article is great: On Taking What the Mountain Gives You. Americans tend to treat all athletic endeavors as metaphors for war. Our most cherished spectator sports are either grounded in a military ethos