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First real snow in Montana, let's get the reports......

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BCASSASSIN
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A great storm around most of MT for the next 4-5 days, just want to hear first hand how your mountain is after some real snow and of course pics or vids don't hurt.  Thanks and be safe.

Jan 18 2012 11:23AM
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vermontana
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Wishing I had a snorkel today....in HD from Jacob Eubank on Vimeo.

not my vid, but pretty sweeet....weve been getting hammered in WF and its supposed to keep on coming
Jan 18 2012 11:11PM
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Rez4frederick
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Is that run in the canyon though? So technically not on Whitefish Mtn, but close. Stay safe out there all.
Jan 19 2012 12:24AM
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Aenigma
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60-80mph winds at Bridger, so our 1" of new snow is probably somewhere around Billings.

Anyone want to rent a season pass from me?
Jan 19 2012 1:47PM
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BCASSASSIN
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I saw that, can't believe you aren't getting any more snow than that cuz we got 26inches in the last 3 days at Great Divide.  Great video from Whitefish, I'm going to have to make it there this season. I am hittin Discovery on Saturday and will post some vid, suppose to be great over there.  Be safe out there
Jan 19 2012 3:51PM
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bibs_skibum
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same with big sky. Our snow is probably settling down on jackson.
Jan 19 2012 4:52PM
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shredstar
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Been pretty disappointing so far, but I'm sittin at the Moonlight Lodge right now and it is dumping!!!! Maybe our snow is a little behind
Jan 19 2012 6:18PM
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bibs_skibum
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i was at moonlight yesterday and it was nuking up on lone tree, then this naaaasty gust came up for a few minutes. Skied a line, bulletproof again, went home.
Jan 19 2012 6:21PM
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PurpleSkier
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That was backside of the radio towers dropping down above greywolf. Closer to inbounds than the canyon....It's getting deeper. Been cold tho..gopro not liking the 0-5 degree weather...hopefully it's sick again tomorrow

Jan 19 2012 7:23PM
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ajax
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Epic day at Lost Trail today. They reported about 30 inches of new snow. Faceshots from opening till close.
Jan 19 2012 11:08PM
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ashamedkrew
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I'm starting to believe that powder is a myth. Moved to Bozeman for the snow, still never skied powder in my life.
Jan 20 2012 1:08PM
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Aenigma
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Should've been here last year!

I can't remember a winter that's been this bad here, ever. Right now I'm just counting the days until I can fish and ride my bike again.
Jan 20 2012 1:15PM
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Mt_P0wDerJuNkIe
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50inches in the last 48 hours at LT!!! Leavin the land of no snow (bozeman) to get some turns!!!
Jan 20 2012 3:58PM
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montanan
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over 3 feet in 3 days at the bowl as of now...
Jan 20 2012 5:36PM
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BCASSASSIN
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Here are a couple shots of my porch on Wednesday morning, I live in town in Helena.

Goin to Discovery tomorrow and will have some video of that, be safe this weekend and be thinking about Sarah.

Jan 20 2012 5:59PM
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Mt_Baker_Man
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Big Sky was a little bit on the awesome side today.
Jan 21 2012 10:33PM
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BCASSASSIN
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It's about time, I'm going there in the next few weeks if the snow keeps up.  Discovery was a bust Saturday so we went to Great Divide, lots of snow but it starting getting wet so got a bit like cement in places.  Here is a pic of the chairs on the first run up the Wild West lift.

Jan 22 2012 8:55AM
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MT_ripper
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I heard they ended up closing the road to the GD saturday morning, did you make it up before or after they did that? And was the road really that bad?
Jan 23 2012 2:14AM
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BMskier
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they closed the road to snowbowl because it was too packed and people were parked miles up the road.
Jan 23 2012 3:43AM
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BCASSASSIN
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Yeah I was up an hour before the lifts opened doing some hiking.  They did close the road about 10am because it was pretty slushy/icy apparently but it was alright when I went up at 7:30.  When I left the road was pretty slushy but I don't see why it was closed unless it was far worse than that.
Jan 23 2012 9:24AM
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bibs_skibum
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big sky. knee to hip today. Sickest
Jan 23 2012 9:28PM
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Stan_Darsh
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made a little edit from lost trail last week. lot's of snow.
http://vimeo.com/35483110
Jan 24 2012 2:31PM
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BCASSASSIN
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Niiiice shots Shae, great video I gotta get over there. I just wish it wasn't so far from Helena.
Jan 24 2012 4:16PM
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drewishish
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the road was good up until about 9 9-30. then it started raining, then all hell broke loose. i drove up around 10 and never went over 35, when i down shifted i would slide. they temporarily closed the road until some sanding trucks went through. GD never closed. GD will almost never close, unless the wind is 60+ or the electricity goes out. Always remember, GD will almost never shut lifts down.

But the snow was awesome. always so much fun to be had there!
Jan 24 2012 7:04PM
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MT_ripper
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Ya, the GD is always running lifts. When I worked there in high school, I was instructing in -20 below. I was at disco saturday and sunday, it was super sick too.
Jan 25 2012 12:00AM
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