Arizona Cannot Handle This Much Snow - Two Feet

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

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[@RILXY]

I never thought you would come here. This is my local mountain. much love man❤❤

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Yes dude 🙌🏼

[@jonathonburch6157]

@@JohnathanBuckhouseMy names jonathon as well and i’ve been skiing sunrise since i was a kid, i went up the weekend right after you 😢. so sad it would’ve been awesome to see you at my local

[@ElValuador]

This was Arizona’s premiere resort for decades until management started embezzling all the money. They even had to close down a lift at cyclone mountain due to disrepair.

[@alanwrobleski]

Disrepair and a maintenance guy getting killed by it

[@ElValuador]

@@alanwrobleski True but they mainly didn’t have the money, or want to spend the money, to fix it. Even in its hay day not many people used it and the double black runs were 10% steeps and 90% cat track.

[@alanwrobleski]

@@ElValuador that's true, I've been going there since the 01/02 season and I've watched its gradual decline, but at least the current management seems to be doing their best to take things in a positive direction.

[@ElValuador]

@@alanwrobleski Here’s hoping. I’ve been going there since the 80’s and was a snowboard instructor in the 90’s. I remember hour plus lift lines before the high speed lift so it’s decline has been breathtaking. They didn’t even open after a mid week snow storm in the beginning of march last year.

[@richritzwoller8900]

Glad you got to see Sunrise Jonathon. I got stuck on that back peak pow also. They dont open it much back there except weekends. The Apache Indians run this place and during the week very low crowds doesnt suck. This the best in Az imo.

[@TitousASU]

This is my home mountain. Cool place to learn to snowboard and follow all your tips! The lifts can be tricky to figure out as they change when they run. But having a good mountain basically to yourself during the week is great learning ground.

[@atomicfluu75]

Pretty sure i was there that day, sucks i missed you! I'm a PHX native and Sunrise is where I primarily ride, Snowbowl as well. Unfortunately they do close cyclone lodge mon - thurs which kinda sucks, but the worst part is that the only other high speed lift (the one with out the cable) broke a few years back. The resort deemed it unrepairable and removed the cable. There is no other lifts that service cyclone peak, so now the alternative is to go to apache peak and ski down to a rope tow that will take you to the top of cyclone (just wound up for the first time in march 2024) Sunrise is now more of a ski hill than a resort in all honesty. It's on native land, and owned by the tribe. Management was bad for a decade or so from 2010-2020 and the place really went downhill, which was sad as I have a lot of fond memories there as a kid. Like someone else said, it used to be the premiere place to ski in AZ, but years of bad management sent it downhill. Fortunately new management took over a couple years ago and a lot of improvements have been being made, and i'm hopeful for its future. The biggest downside currently being the lift infrastructure. I'm glad someone reviewed it! never thought id see it in a ski review video, so thank you!

[@bro_d9279]

Love this resort!!

[@Goststriker]

Unfortunate you missed out on cyclone. It’s open Thurs-Sun via Apache Peak to a tow rope. There’s some good terrain there, but the two fixed grip slow lifts to get back to the tow rope really kill it. Honestly if they had a detachable quad to the peak of Cyclone from the Cyclone Circle lodge that mountain would be amazing.

[@MrArjay123]

True powder hounds! 10 hr drive is crazy ! I know that walk in the beginning was treacherous 😭😭

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

I was so scared 😂

[@agrajeda98]

Best mountain in AZ hands down! You guys came on one of the biggest storms they’ve had all season! The flatter terrain isn’t so bad when you are knee deep in powder. But nevertheless the powder is always a good good time!

[@trailertom]

Bottomless pow runs! Looks like a fun resort!

[@goodridevibes]

This is going to be HEAVY!

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

🙌🏼

[@mason-wr1we]

Now this is what I wana we in Nhn

[@stevengordon617]

WOW that's crazy!

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Right!

[@MrJaVization]

Sunrise is the hidden gem of AZ walk on lift lines and just as much if not more snow than snowbowl… ASSUMING the employees show up for work…..

[@JollyLamaCom]

Most people make that same cat track walk on non powder days too!

[@burninghops4449]

Sunrise has decent terrain. Unfortunately, the best is on cyclone peak where they removed a slow chair a few years ago and never replaced it. The mountain needs some major lift and facility upgrades but it's on reservation land so it'll probably take forever to happen.

[@Sparksnorthern]

I've heard the service quality is just dog shit out there. That true?

[@burninghops4449]

They need to work on that a bit. Just basic mountain hospitality and operations. You can see in the video they had opened an area that didn't even have the lift spinning yet. There's no way out of that area without riding the lift. That's unacceptable. 😬

[@adamturecekk]

maybe a few years ago it was but its great now! The new GM is a guy from vail and they have made MASSIVE improvements to everything. All the lodges have been remodeled, base camp hotel is getting a complete remodel. Lifts are being improved, albeit slowly. The food is great. They have wifi/great cell service. Only reason cyclone lift closed was a guy died doing maintenance on it.

[@burninghops4449]

@adamturecekk they need some Vail money to improve their lifts. Base to summit from the cyclone base would be huge. I asked them about replacing the cyclone lift and they asked if I had 10 million dollars to pay for it. Yet they're putting in a summertime alpine coaster. 😒

[@adamturecekk]

@@burninghops4449they are heavily pushing for year round revenue now! They have pro mountain bike events in the summer now too along with how popular it's becoming for mountain biking in general. Might take a couple of years, but it will get done!

[@robcarr8505]

Its a good thing you guys did all that split boarding this season. I would have had to just give up and die 😆 That powder was insane!!! I haven't seen that much snow since the blizzard of '94. Awesome video 🤘🤘 im glad Cody didn't get hurt on that Superhero front flip. 😊

[@rainpro3301]

How much clothing do you put on powder days.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

With this outfit just boxers and a shirt

[@Jacob48902]

poor cody 3:24 😢

[@reybrooks7339]

bro i was there yesterday how did i miss you guys

[@Colt720]

How long you gonna be here I’m tryna see you next weekend big fan bro❤❤❤ much love keep it up

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Sadly already gone! It was so fun.

[@Colt720]

@@JohnathanBuckhouse do you think you’ll come back sometime again

[@ItsRefexYT]

Maine has some good mountains

[@Shaka1660]

Had been going to Sunrise out of Phoenix the last 2 seasons and yea, the lifts / service weren't the best and it's out in the middle of nowhere. Been having a much better time at Snowbowl this year in Flagstaff. Love the energy in this vid tho! Couldn't stop laughing at Cody's slips 🤣

[@jcpeters3353]

Just did some snowboarding

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Sick!

[@brianbarnettadventures]

I would give vital parts of my anatomy to be able to ride on snow like this. I need to convince the wife to move!

[@christopherskelly6492]

Do you set your stance back on pow days?

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

No, I never do that. I want to be in my normal stance in every condition.

[@christopherskelly6492]

@@JohnathanBuckhouse good to know thanks man

[@bartsimpsonhead]

@@christopherskelly6492 it's better to set the bindings back for riding deep pow as it helps keep the nose-up and out of the snow (otherwise you're constantly leaning back to get it up which causes more rear leg burn and fatigue). The alternative is to have the nose submarining through the pow.

[@hwah9484]

U guys should hit small east coast resorts one time it would be funny to see what u think

[@CVFILMSLLC]

Snowshoe WV?

[@Cody_Pulliam]

We do hit the east coast too, just stayed away the last couple years since they’ve been struggling with snow

[@eliboid2458]

you still in the alps jb?

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Yes till tomorrow 🤘🏼

[@Mrdev1317]

Yo I went boarding yesterday and I tried hitting some jump but fell got any tips?

[@Rioalix19]

Within 10 seconds gang

[@AsherOrduna]

I want to snowboard so bad

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Do it!

[@bartsimpsonhead]

Why are you riding cat tracks one footed? Surely you should just step-in? Don't Clews work well in deep snow?

[@TheFxdstudios]

So for real, how long was the detour? 😂

[@Cody_Pulliam]

It was like a 20 minute hike

[@PeterHerlitz-eh8rc]

Yoooo

[@thealchemist6251]

I live in summit county, snowbowl consistently gets more snow than keystone. And way bigger storms keystone could not handle

[@Gary-np7hl]

What are you talking about? If it wasn’t for snow making, snowbowl would be lucky to be open for three months. I’ve been a pass holder there for 15 years. Last year was epic, but that was an anomaly.

[@RippingEmmett]

O i love u

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

🙏🏼

[@VictoryVortex563]

Can you pls find snow board boots size 5 and cheap snowboard 120 cm for me pls I love your vids

[@Siete_24]

Should’ve gone to AZ Snowbowl, way better

[@Gary-np7hl]

Not on a weekend, unless you like spending it in lift lines. Or if it’s windy. They don’t call it az windhold for nothing.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

We did! Video coming

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

😂

[@chrissuchomski1696]

Snowbowl is so much better

[@Dsalas96]

I actually prefer sunrise over snowbowl. Less crowds, more trails and better price. Though snowbowl does a better job at grooming their trails and the lifts are a lot nicer.

[@samuelthomas9758]

Ok since when does Arizona have this kind of trees and SNOW isn't it desert?????

[@noah1919]

high elevation areas in AZ get a pretty good amount of snow for being a desert

[@michaelpallasmusic1646]

Only about a third of the state is a desert.