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First Snow in AZ

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ironic
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Only a few more months to go! Post up your first snow pictures.

Sep 30 2011 6:54PM
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Radio
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do you get alot of good snow in arizona?
Sep 30 2011 9:09PM
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Jibbin_Ur_Face
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SNOWBOWL!!!!!!!!!1
Sep 30 2011 9:20PM
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steep_n_deep
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Fuck yeah dude, i just bought my snowbowl pass last night
Sep 30 2011 9:52PM
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-emile-
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we wont get any flakes for another 3 months
Sep 30 2011 9:57PM
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ironic
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We've had some really great winters, especially 2010 when we had more snow than anywhere else. I didn't know there were Arizona skiers hiding out in NS!
Oct 1 2011 12:16AM
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ShreddAZ
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New official AZ NS thread! Just bought my Snowbowl pass! Hype hype hype
Oct 1 2011 9:40PM
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baaangthat
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just moved to scottsdale from living back and forth between breck and hood...show me pictures of snowbowls park that will make me not want to blow my brains out of the back of my head
Oct 2 2011 12:43AM
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smeeze
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this is suprising
Oct 2 2011 2:18AM
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spicyjib
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if the snowbowl didnt have so many god damn skiers from phenix it would be alright haha

Oct 2 2011 1:07PM
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kickerf95
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Hell yeah! Getting my season pass before the 19th thats forsure! AZshredddders!
Oct 2 2011 4:40PM
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ShreddAZ
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they have about 10-15 good rails out at any point and had a 35 footer last year....not half as good as hood as I travel there often but it's all good
Oct 2 2011 8:31PM
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ironic
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Feel better?

Oct 2 2011 10:21PM
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bakedpow
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I will be skiing powder in less than 35 days.
Oct 2 2011 10:23PM
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baaangthat
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a tad..moar?
Oct 2 2011 10:26PM
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baaangthat
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no AZ regional makes for difficult times
Oct 2 2011 10:30PM
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Funkadelic
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Shit, I didn't even know there was skiing in AZ. I'm looking into grad schools right now, how far are resorts from ASU, Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona? I have zero geographical knowledge of Arizona.
Oct 2 2011 10:31PM
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baaangthat
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babes
Oct 2 2011 10:33PM
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B-runge
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Hows the skiing there?

pow/terrain wise

looking into northern arizona U
Oct 2 2011 10:35PM
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ironic
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There are two main resorts in AZ, Snowbowl and Sunrise, there's a tiny ski hill near Tucson called Mt. Lemmon but it's not open very often.

ASU is in Phoenix, NAU is in Flagstaff, and U of A is in Tucson.

Snowbowl is about a 20 minute drive from Flagstaff and Sunrise is located in the White Mountains of eastern AZ. Snowbowl is about two hours from Phx and Sunrise is about three hours away.

Oct 2 2011 10:39PM
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Funkadelic
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Nice man, thanks a lot. I'll have to look into what NAU has to offer for my field.
Oct 2 2011 10:41PM
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bakedpow
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Can i say std?
Oct 2 2011 10:49PM
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ShreddAZ
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I saw you that day
Oct 2 2011 11:04PM
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Whaley
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last years snow inb4 troll thread
Oct 2 2011 11:05PM
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leifdanenhauer
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???? Montana????
Oct 2 2011 11:54PM
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kickerf95
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No, Snowbowl, Arizona of course
Oct 3 2011 12:47AM
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KillaSteeze
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Lucky, I gotta wait another months and abit
Oct 3 2011 3:30AM
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SterlingArcher
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seconded!!
Oct 3 2011 4:07AM
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baaangthat
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bump for more snowbowl park pics!
Oct 3 2011 9:57AM
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SwitchMisty540
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am i the only one who thinks there should be a southwest regional forum??
Oct 3 2011 10:37AM
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baaangthat
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+1
Oct 3 2011 10:56AM
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steep_n_deep
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agreed
Oct 3 2011 11:27AM
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racerJRP
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Intersting thread.  I have been looking at moving to CO after I graduate school, but the GF has been wanting to go to AZ....
Oct 3 2011 1:30PM
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SterlingArcher
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First snow for Park City forecasted for this week Weds-Sat

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?minlon=-115.5&maxlon=-108.5&minlat=36.96&maxlat=42.68&mapwidth=354&site=slc&zmx=1&zmy=1&map.x=201&map.y=138

Oct 3 2011 4:36PM
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forrest-cole
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it snowed a few times already during september, didn't take any pictures though.


but here's the forecast for where i'm at, notice Thursday-Fri! SO JAH

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.905995699991145&lon=-107.10845947265625&site=gjt&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en
Oct 3 2011 4:47PM
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B-runge
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what a bitch
Oct 3 2011 5:17PM
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Z-Juice
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good for you
Oct 3 2011 8:17PM
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ironic
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Skiing is pretty good considering it's AZ, the terrain is great- lots of tree skiing and hiking into Upper Bowl. We have a terrain park, as someone else said in here, that has rails and kickers and what not. Powder days are great when we get them, and the mountain is super close to town compared to other places.
Oct 3 2011 10:38PM
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B-runge
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how often do you get them?
im from idaho so i can get them every weekend or can go through month long dry spells so its whatever
Oct 3 2011 11:09PM
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armadapandemic89
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I don't know if it counts but there was a flurry with some minor snow that melted right away up here in the northern part of wisconsin.

I would love to ski in AZ some time though.  Didn't a couple years back there was a resort in the SW that was only open for like 3 days and had to refund a bunch of season passes or was that a different state?
Oct 3 2011 11:14PM
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kickerf95
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different state. Both Snowbowl and Sunrise always open but depending on the weather they usually dont open until mid to late december and the season usually goes to early to mid april
Oct 3 2011 11:56PM
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Oct 4 2011 5:47PM
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BodaginRep
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Represent AZ!!!!! coming into my third season in colorado but trying to get down to Zona at some point this winter to shred, I bet I know a few of you, Salter anyone? Annnd, Snowbowl Backcountry is where its at!

Oct 4 2011 10:28PM
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kickerf95
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Damn never hit snowbowl backcountry yet. love hiking up the bowl to get some pow shots but never new if the backcountry would be worth it.
Oct 4 2011 11:47PM
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steep_n_deep
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When theres snow its pretty sweet. super easy access. im gonna try to get out there a lot this year
Oct 5 2011 12:17AM
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baaangthat
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Oct 5 2011 10:19AM
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KendamaCo
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real talk
Oct 5 2011 1:12PM
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ironic
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Hey kids, guess what?

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Oct 5 2011 5:53PM
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.ZT.
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first snow in new england was a couple days ago i think
Oct 5 2011 5:58PM
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TRSkier415
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Ha, good to see the AZ ski culture on this site coming out. Where is RideLT to agree with me on this?
Oct 5 2011 7:53PM
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DeepSky
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Snowbowl's backcountry--when we have the snow--is some of the best in the country. Also, Snowbowl will have four new runs this season and a snow making starts next winter.

Here's a link to the planned expansion: http://www.sanfranciscopeaks.org/sb_dev.php ...and here also: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/nepa/2002/snowbowl/snowbowl_pa.shtml

The new Humphrey's Lift will gain have another backcountry to west side of the mountain. Unlike the southside where you have to hitchhike back to the ski area, you can ride in the backcountry off HUmphrey's to the bottom of Hart Prairie and get back on the chair. Of course, Inner Basin (northside) will always be the best.

More pictures at (not mine): http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/78888-Arizona-Stroke.....Inner-Basin-TR
Oct 5 2011 11:48PM
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