Yea! Get there early and get fresh powder all morning!

You know, I am not too sure, Ski Patrol and a couple locals all said it’s been decades, specifically 24 years. If I had to assume it’s because of liability issues with the resort. Old chief patrol used to open a lot of stuff skiers left on Chet’s dream. Some incidents happened and caused them to be sued. I am not sure if that’s the real reason. But it’s not due to snow coverage cause they’ve had some massive snow seasons where they could’ve opened before.

It’s shown above the ski area boundary on the ski map

Yea!

@@tomorrowsadventure9471 i more of a backside of keystone

@@LiamThomas-hg8kz yea. This specific run is real good for high speed PRs. Not a lot of beginners or even intermediates you might have to dodge on other runs

OMG you’re right this is looking off Zuma cornice. I have a video above a rock outcrop in Erickson Bowl I thought this was. Wow good eye!

@@tomorrowsadventure9471 been skiing A-basin for my whole life so I know that place a lot

@@LongsYt thoughts on next years parking requirements?

@@tomorrowsadventure9471 I'm thinking it will be good. Might make Arapahoe Basin have even less people, Then it already does.

@@LongsYt while I agree, I think it’ll make it harder for me to decide where to go early on a weekend morning. Especially if regardless if I pay for a day or yearly pass I’ll have to reserve a spot. Two weeks out is problematic for me

It prob is

The skiers next to me were eyeballing that same line and asking about rocks but okay man

Its actually lofi but that’s neither here nor there 😉

Yes! Whenever I get back there I would love to do West Blitz trees to Wonder Bowl. They were having a comp there when I was there last year and that area was closed off.

Thanks

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buddy it’s pretty easy to do that i think he knows💀💀

Biggest clue is to not look that them. When I first started learning trees, and in a way moguls, when you are doing through them don’t look at them, look at where you want to go. Trust that your skis, body movements, and brain will guide you through. Takes practice for sure.

ask sonny bono that LOL@@tomorrowsadventure9471

? Can’t tell if you are making unfunny jokes or being ignorant 🤔 cause last time I checked I am really, really… really ridiculously good looking

Yea! With ruby not running I was worried Santiago would’ve been miserable. Was Bergman open?? Erickson looked so good on Monday on KSPs instagram haha

When it’s sooOOooooOo good 🤤😆

It was so good. Keystone is probably a top 3 resort in Colorado. Might be a hot take, but it goes Crested butte, Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, and then Vail, BC, then Breck. Need to get to Telluride. I think that’ll bump into the top 5 for sure.

Yup! It’s lovely! I’m more talking about how you can’t hear the crusty hard snow underneath haha

yea so either, you use the lower traverse under Silver Queen that cross Upper Forest, Peel, and into Flatiron, then you ski down about 20 feet and stay skiers left to find the next traverse into banana, and funnel. OR go up the High lift, and go skiers right at the top, go down banana high, careful of rocks here, and then use the banana high traverse to scoot around the couple cliffs/rock out crops.

@@tomorrowsadventure9471 That makes sense. I remember the traverse through Upper Forest so instead of dropping in, it sounds like you just proceed. Lower traverse sounds like a good starting point to explore the area and then I can always do the upper traverse on a subsequent run. I heard that one is sketchy. Also heard there's a good run just to the left of the mid High Lift line that takes you over into some nice chutes on the Headwall. Can't wait!

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I'm an early advanced skier and I just skied them the first time the other day. I'd say they weren't quite as challenging as I'd expected, but still very challenging with a lot of downed trees and rocks to avoid depending on the line you take. I'd recommend trying some easier trees like Uneva off Bergman express or Wolverine in the Outback to see how you feel before jumping into the windows.

Really depends on how comfortable you are in trees. I would work in a few other areas of the mountain like near/under Peru on the east side of A51. Or some trees off Outback like Wildcat and in between big horn and elk run. These are pretty consequential trees in the windows. A bit steeper and some places where you could get cliffed out. @joshlatour has some good tips

Not bad at all!

@@tomorrowsadventure9471 sounds good. I'll have to find out soon enough. Looking forward to some exploring.

Thanks brotha!

It did! Hopefully find time to upload this week. New job takes a lot of time up

not too steep, it is rated a green and in some parts a blue here in CO.