Wow, that was a super enjoyable watch! Snow looked great, the weather looked great, even with the wind, and your stoke is contagious!

I used to ski there in the 70's. There was a lot more snow back then. Thanksgiving to Easter was the norm. One year it opened on November 1, the day after Halloween. Before there was a chair 3 my ski buddy and I would traverse from chair 2 west (left as you look down the face) and ski past Cloudburst to Avalanche chute and the ridgelines beyond. It was steep and challenging. The more snow, the further down the highway we could end up. We then had to hitch a ride back up to the parking lot. The corn snow in the spring was awesome skiing. One day the ranger gave us a ride back. He was an ex B-class pro racer from Colorado who befriended us (we were in high school). He carved it straight down the face like it was nothing. Following him down the face, matching him turn for turn, and seeing exactly how he was turning and emulating it at speed catapulted my skiing to a whole new level. It's as though it was yesterday. I'm 66 now. Thanks for the video.

I really enjoy your videos; very down home spectacular! Bob Holderness

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Lets get this damn place open in 2024-5 !!

This is on my bucket list. New owners 2024. Put in a high speed quad and snow making

If you could only remove the wind sound, that would be incredible.

thinking about buying a pair of these, I ski in Australia most of the time and the conditions are usually quite hard packed in the mornings. how do these perform on that type of snow?

Wow. Been looking at some chutes and backcountry up in Ruby Ridge near Elko NV. I'm from Reno and now in Phoenix and looking for AZ spots and found this video. This is where it's at!!

Just bought a pair and will be using them this season….so I will let you know.

Brave man … all alone in the wilderness. Any animal encounters in those mountains? And, Andy, I can say we miss your ski reviews. I found your point of view insightful. This year delivers so many new models of skis. It’s like every company has launched multiple new skis. Would love for you to chime in. Especially around all new Blizzards, and Nordica

Hey Andy! Your appreciation for these is contagious, thinking of getting myself a pair as well! What length did you ski these in relation to your height / weight? Thanks!

I’ve had Utah powder to the parking lot…..and blue ice New Hampshire when the west wind gets on it….so cal legend.

The secret to the universe ❤

Great hike... we don't take Chair 1 down when hiking at the end of the day... we go down Bentley's or Morgan's Grove just like in winter💪⛷

That was a great day... watching the actual video now your son and daughter look great ! The more they ski Baldy the better they will get💪 remember the late afternoon tube run far left next to the dirt looking down to the ocean🤠 I think that would be a great place to shoot some footage one day

It seems like most people go from Iron Mtn to Mt. Baldy. What made you want to do it from east to west? To me, it seems like that would mostly downhill, but perhaps it's tougher to find the way up the notches of Iron Mtn. I'm not sure and interested in your strategy too.

Hey there, I'm a 5'6.5 (169) cm 160 lb high intermediate / advanced skier that skis 60-40 Groomers - Trees/Bumps. I also enjoy carving (Though not super aggressively). Am kind of in between sizes and unsure whether to ski the 168 or 174 cm size. Which would you recommend due to the rocker in this ski? Thanks!

Amazing!! Love the San Gabriel Mountains specifically in winter, thank you for sharing!

Do you know if there is a bear box at Anvil Camp? TIA!

Never get Get tired of this hike

Andy, missed your reviews this season!

"Not quite the playful beast the original Rustler was'... sorry, I'm just seeing this now in my YT algorithm feed because I'm looking at a new ski. However I think the playfulness aspect is picked up the Hustler series, so this redesign adds more distinction between the two. One thing I'm interested in is how skis perform at the middle or end of the day after a big dump of powder... in other words how does it go cutting through all that chunked up snow and crud....the playful skis are quite often not quite so playful in this very common scenario, which is where a more solid and heavy skis do better. I think this is where the Rustler 9 and 10 are quite well positioned... with the Rustler 9 more en-piste oriented and the 10 being more off-piste - but both able to do reasonably well across all conditions. Fair assessment?

Pretty electrifying stuff. I'm moving to Pasadena from Vermont in a few weeks and would love to join you when the snow comes.

That’s me in the bikini at 1:19! 😅😂

This is badass!

That’s crazy- climbing Baldy is hard enough. Well done!!

agree, I also realized that GS race class skies are not good for the slope as they work from such high speeds. So comming from FIS, I tested Volkl Racetiger GS "commercial" ski and its much more fun and has energy in lower speeds. Can be bent into quite short turns if necessary and still returns perfect energy in rebound. Ideal on the slope where there is people arround. Of course I am just expert and fit recreational skier, might be different for people with racing background.

An Andy Lewicky production is always God's gift to humankind. I recall the video you posted of your daughter negotiating MJB's quite capably when she was just a tad taller than the moguls and now I see that she is quite an accomplished skier. Your son rocks too. Love the tele skill you display in this latest production and the music is awesome too. Don't know how you get those amazing side on shots but then again, most things about good video production are beyond me. Warms my heart anytime I get to see a Lewicky production!

Nice: That is "Skiing" vs "Surviving." He is also "Finishing theTurns" that is ending the turn on edge going the direction the skis are pointed.

There was more snow in July of 2023 than in this video!

Still haven’t to this day. See someone send it without the use of kneepads but good effort. These are aids I did not use climbing on the original FA with Cosgrove. No bars needed there you go

Wow, count me both impressed & humbled by your trek out to, up, down, and back out from Kendrick. By my own measure, that's at least 3.5 miles of horizontal skinning from 180 before even heading uphill at Kendrick. I've only managed a couple of small trek's up and down the smallish, bare hills about 1/2 mile west of 180 starting at the pull out at FR 191C (about 2 miles north of Hart Prairie Rd's north intersection with 180)...but I've never even "possibility thought" about trekking out and up Kendrick. I guess I now have a new goal. Many thanks for the share !

Until it is piped to LA

thanks for this video!

That girl is a darn good skier. That young woman, I mean. I skied Baldy a little bit every winter from 1979-80 through 1984-85. One time, I think in about 1983, I was skiing Chair 3, and I think I was on the "Skyline" trail. I stopped about halfway down and I looked back up the trail. There was only one other person skiing down, and he was pretty good; not a technically "pretty" skier, but you could tell he was a strong guy and a strong skier. He had a very bomb proof, solid stance. So I'm just standing there, and he skis down to me and stops, and it's Arnold Schwarzenegger! And I go "Arnold!!" Because everybody knew Arnold even then, and even though the only movie he'd done at that time was Conan the Barbarian. Hadn't done Terminator yet. And he goes, "Conditions are pretty good to-day Yah?" And I go "Yeah, and it looks like you ski pretty good too." Or "you look like you've done a lot of skiing," or something along those lines. And then I kind of kicked myself because I was thinking "Well, of course, all the kids in Austria ski, so why wouldn't he be a good skier, and telling him he's a good skier makes it looks like you're assuming he shouldn't be, and who are you to be judging other peoples' skiing anyway, and now you look like an idiot." And he actually said, "Well, we all ski in Austria from the time we're kids you know.'" Or something like that. And I went, "Oh. Right." And then he goes, "Well, have a good day" and he skied on down. That was my brush with greatness at Mt. Baldy.

Nice vid boss.

Baldys last dance of the season, awesome ⛷️

Mt Baldy: a dish served best with of 38" of wind blasted powder or 58° of delicious spring corn...

Mt Baldy!!! Haha nice

Looks like a great mountain

Great day 🎿

Wait, you didn't hike up this time?

I have had countless days of epic (winter) Baldy. Looks like ya'll still enjoying it!

Mount Baldy!!!

Looks fun! Closing day’s going to be interesting with these temps though.

Your kids rip! Why am I not surprised though??

Been skiing on that mountain for the last 40 years...

This Weight/Radius/Shape/Width is the famous package that was "stolen" from DPS Wailer 99 T2 Hybrids (most decorated ski ever), which was stolen from Ross Souls. Nothing new. This is an amazing ski for athletes, tree skiers, powder, soft snow. With that kind of rocker and front shape that's all you need for powder. They will float you. It has that "sweet spot". Amazing ski. True West Coast ski. American type of skiing. No metal, no groomer non sense. Very hard to find skis like that these days, because they build those stiff skis with metal for hard pack.

I've hiked and backpacked and did snowshoeing in many parts of the San Gabriel mountains but your back country skiing makes one see it in another dimension. Beautiful winter landscape and the thrill of cold weather adventure. Enjoyed your video !!