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Bridger Bowl is the best ski area in the USA!Montana St Alum wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:49 pmI grew up on the east coast and skied New York and New England.
In 1970, I took off for Big Sky country to go to school at Montana State University.
My first winter there can best be described as an epiphany!
The powder - quality, depth consistency - there were people who, jokingly, would wear a snorkel. You often had to wear something over your mouth to keep the powder out of your lungs from the face shots. The lack of crowds. The terrain. Almost like those YouTube videos where a deaf person gets a cochlear implant and hears their loved ones for the first time.
We joked about identifying someone who skied at Bridger Bowl around that time as having "Bridger Bowl Hands", where they had to keep their hands up so the powder wouldn't drag the baskets so much.
Re: Northjoeatomictoad wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 5:59 pmMy most memorable winter...
A "New England Ski Tour" turned into an "International Ski Tour" due to a freaky warm winter season. When in doubt, keep going north.
My father was in the Air Force, so all over. I ended up in New York where I learned to ski. My father's parents came over from Poland around 1906-ish and set up in Brockton Mass. He ended up in Montana (Missoula) in forestry and became a ranger in the Beartooth/Absaroka area before joining up in WWII. His stories were so great, I decided to head to Bozeman.randoskier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:10 amBridger Bowl is the best ski area in the USA!Montana St Alum wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:49 pmI grew up on the east coast and skied New York and New England.
In 1970, I took off for Big Sky country to go to school at Montana State University.
My first winter there can best be described as an epiphany!
The powder - quality, depth consistency - there were people who, jokingly, would wear a snorkel. You often had to wear something over your mouth to keep the powder out of your lungs from the face shots. The lack of crowds. The terrain. Almost like those YouTube videos where a deaf person gets a cochlear implant and hears their loved ones for the first time.
We joked about identifying someone who skied at Bridger Bowl around that time as having "Bridger Bowl Hands", where they had to keep their hands up so the powder wouldn't drag the baskets so much.
My wife also has the hands-up style, I call it the Hallelujah style. Also perfected "out west". She has a very upright telemark style and has never ever skied a ski with a locked heel. I remember years ago she took a telemark lesson at Livigno to try to learn how to better deal with steep Alpine ice here in Europe, we have plenty of it, but it was totally alien to her. The instructor told her to do something or other and said- "Just like you would do on your alpine skis". She replied she had skied only telemark her entire life and had never been on an alpine ski- he was like- "I never met anyone like that before" ...stumped the panel I guess. They are used to teaching people who already are alpine skiers and want to try telemark.
Where in the east are you from?
Upstate? BTW MY buddy who is the B-52 pilot has a more difficult Polish surname than you. He is from Fresno.Montana St Alum wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 8:25 amMy father was in the Air Force, so all over. I ended up in New York where I learned to ski. My father's parents came over from Poland around 1906-ish and set up in Brockton Mass. He ended up in Montana (Missoula) in forestry and became a ranger in the Beartooth/Absaroka area before joining up in WWII. His stories were so great, I decided to head to Bozeman.randoskier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:10 amBridger Bowl is the best ski area in the USA!Montana St Alum wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:49 pmI grew up on the east coast and skied New York and New England.
In 1970, I took off for Big Sky country to go to school at Montana State University.
My first winter there can best be described as an epiphany!
The powder - quality, depth consistency - there were people who, jokingly, would wear a snorkel. You often had to wear something over your mouth to keep the powder out of your lungs from the face shots. The lack of crowds. The terrain. Almost like those YouTube videos where a deaf person gets a cochlear implant and hears their loved ones for the first time.
We joked about identifying someone who skied at Bridger Bowl around that time as having "Bridger Bowl Hands", where they had to keep their hands up so the powder wouldn't drag the baskets so much.
My wife also has the hands-up style, I call it the Hallelujah style. Also perfected "out west". She has a very upright telemark style and has never ever skied a ski with a locked heel. I remember years ago she took a telemark lesson at Livigno to try to learn how to better deal with steep Alpine ice here in Europe, we have plenty of it, but it was totally alien to her. The instructor told her to do something or other and said- "Just like you would do on your alpine skis". She replied she had skied only telemark her entire life and had never been on an alpine ski- he was like- "I never met anyone like that before" ...stumped the panel I guess. They are used to teaching people who already are alpine skiers and want to try telemark.
Where in the east are you from?
Yeah, if you can ski ice (especially on tele gear!) you can ski anything. We need to get back to Austria/northern Italy. We're just waiting for the zombie apocalypse to end. When/where did your wife start?
Upstate, as my wife says is north of the Bronx or west of Staton Island! I lived at Stewart AFB near Washingtonville. She's from New Jersey and went to college in Ithaca.randoskier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 2:41 pmUpstate? BTW MY buddy who is the B-52 pilot has a more difficult Polish surname than you. He is from Fresno.Montana St Alum wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 8:25 amMy father was in the Air Force, so all over. I ended up in New York where I learned to ski. My father's parents came over from Poland around 1906-ish and set up in Brockton Mass. He ended up in Montana (Missoula) in forestry and became a ranger in the Beartooth/Absaroka area before joining up in WWII. His stories were so great, I decided to head to Bozeman.randoskier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:10 am
Bridger Bowl is the best ski area in the USA!
My wife also has the hands-up style, I call it the Hallelujah style. Also perfected "out west". She has a very upright telemark style and has never ever skied a ski with a locked heel. I remember years ago she took a telemark lesson at Livigno to try to learn how to better deal with steep Alpine ice here in Europe, we have plenty of it, but it was totally alien to her. The instructor told her to do something or other and said- "Just like you would do on your alpine skis". She replied she had skied only telemark her entire life and had never been on an alpine ski- he was like- "I never met anyone like that before" ...stumped the panel I guess. They are used to teaching people who already are alpine skiers and want to try telemark.
Where in the east are you from?
Yeah, if you can ski ice (especially on tele gear!) you can ski anything. We need to get back to Austria/northern Italy. We're just waiting for the zombie apocalypse to end. When/where did your wife start?
The wife's start in skiing and alpinism? Iowa. Thus another story I will soon tell.
My fellow Anchorage resident and olympic gold medal xc skier was on that trip.randoskier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:22 amOK they ae pro skiers in various disciplines and they are getting paid (and free beer)... but they look they had fun anyway... the cabin they begin from looks like the one by Katterat station on the Ore-Line near Riksgränsen and Abisko.