Session 30 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 18 (Finally the Tram to Liberty Bowl)

Highlights: Finally did Tram to Liberty Bowl - Dakota and Shedhorn lifts
Temperatures:    cold -  20 degrees or less

Sky: cloudy, foggy, windy, lite snow
Conditions:   groomers, packed powder
Duration:   4.5 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board


Daily Vertical: 19,589 feet (13 runs)

TRACK Day 18 Tuesday 2/28
MAX SPEED 32.74 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 12.32 mph
SKI DISTANCE 20.7 miles
SKI VERTICAL 19589 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 82% / 39° / 1:1

Session 29 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 17

Buttercups on upper morningstar

Highlights: Did some runs off of the powder seeker lift - took Turkey traverse cat track to do some
 steep runs off of the south wall area
Temperatures:    less than 20 degrees

Sky: cloudy, foggy, windy, lite snow
Conditions:   groomers, packed powder
Duration:    5.5 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board


Daily Vertical: 25,421 (19 runs)

TRACK Day 17 Monday 2-27
MAX SPEED 30.61 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 13.50 mph
SKI DISTANCE 30.8 miles
SKI VERTICAL 25,421 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 48% / 26° / 1:2

Session 28 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 16

Highlights: Southern Comfort, swift current, Thunder Wolf areas
Temperatures:   teen's

Sky: cloudy, foggy, windy, lite snow
Conditions:   soft groomers, packed powder
Duration:    5 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 22,388 (17 runs)

TRACK Day 16: Sunday 2/26
MAX SPEED 32.13 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 13.19 mph
SKI DISTANCE 26 miles
SKI VERTICAL 22,388 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 58% / 30° / 1:2

Session 27 of thr 2017 season: Big Sky Day 15

Highlights: Powder seeker, swift current, southern comfort and lone wolf areas
Temperatures:   20's

Sky: cloudy, foggy, windy
Conditions:   soft groomers, packed powder
Duration:    6 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 24,110  (20 runs)

TRACK Day 15 Saturday 2/25
MAX SPEED  33.44 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED   13.22 mph
SKI DISTANCE  27.4 miles
SKI VERTICAL 24,110 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 57% / 30° / 1:2

Session 26 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 14

Highlights: Easy day mostly green and blue runs, 1 inch new snow
Temperatures:   20's

Sky:  partly cloudy
Conditions:   soft groomers, packed powder
Duration:    6 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 27,476  (20 runs)

TRACK Day 14 Friday 2/24
MAX SPEED 37.96 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 13.29 mph
SKI DISTANCE 32.8 miles
SKI VERTICAL 24746 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 44% / 24° / 1:2

Buttering on Mr K's run

Session 25 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 13 (Alder's Gulch)

Highlights: Did Shedhorn, Dakota, Southern comfort, Thunder wolf, powder seeker and some moonlight basin area. Took the challenger lift up to the Headwaters ridge, rode down Alders Gulch.
Temperatures:   20ish

Sky:  partly cloudy
Conditions:   soft groomers, packed powder
Duration:    6.0 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 21,870 (15 runs)

Alder Gulch from atop of the headwaters ridge

TRACK Day 13 Thursday 2/23
MAX SPEED 33.08 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 12.23 mph
SKI DISTANCE 25.8 miles
SKI VERTICAL 21,870 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 62% / 32° / 1:2

Session 24 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 12

Highlights: another 2-4 inches of freshies and  22 runs
All over the map powder seeker, southern comfort, thunder wolf and moonlight.

Temperatures:   25ish
Sky:  cloudy
Conditions:   fresh pow, groomers, packed powder
Duration:    6..5 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 29,212 (22 runs)

TRACK Day 12: Wednesday 2/22
MAX SPEED: 30.44 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED: 12.91 mph
SKI DISTANCE 33.6 miles
SKI VERTICAL 29,212 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 50% / 27° / 1:2

Session 23 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 11

Highlights:  late start missing 2-4 inches of early freshies.
Mainly southern comfort and thunder wolf areas.

Temperatures:    30ish
Sky:  Partly sunny, windy
Conditions:    fresh pow, groomers, packed powder and wind blown powder
Duration:    3.5 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 19,237  14 runs

TRACK Day 11: Tuesday 2-21
MAX SPEED 51.48 km/h / 31.99 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 20.03 km/h / 12.45 mph
SKI DISTANCE 18.7miles
SKI VERTICAL 19,237 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 52% / 27° / 1:2

Session 22 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 10

Highlights: 18 runs, long day

Temperatures:    upper 20s
Sky:  cloudy, windy
Conditions:    hard pack and wind blown powder
Duration:    6 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 23,342  18 runs

TRACK Day 10: Monday 2/20
MAX SPEED 51.12 km/h / 31.76 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 20.03 km/h / 12.45 mph
SKI DISTANCE 28.1 miles
SKI VERTICAL 23,342 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 54% / 28° / 1:2

Session 21 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 9

Highlights: 1-3 inches of freshies

Temperatures: Still warm - 30ish 
Sky: mostly cloudy
Conditions: 1-3 inches of freshies, packed powder and groomers
Duration:    6 hours 
Gear:

Daily Vertical: 22,208 16 runs
Vertical to date: 

TRACK Day 9: Sunday 2/19
MAX SPEED 53.42 km/h / 33.19 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 20.34 km/h / 12.64 mph
SKI DISTANCE 27.1 miles
SKI VERTICAL 22208 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 47% / 25° / 1:2

Session 26 of the 2017 season: Big Sky day 8

Highlights: Rode Moonlight Basin again then moved on to thunder wolf and southern comfort areas

Temperatures:   30ish 
Sky:  partly cloudy
Conditions:    Hard pack to icy conditions
Duration:    4.5 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 15,046 (12 runs)
Vertical to date:

TRACK Day 8: 2/18 Saturday
MAX SPEED  32.55 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 13.79 mph
SKI DISTANCE  17.8 miles
SKI VERTICAL 15,046 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 44% / 24° / 1:2

GPS device stopped working after half day

Session 25 of the 2017 season: Big Sky day 7

Sunny day with soft groomers and packed powder.

Après ski on a sunny warm day

Highlights: Again, spent time at Moonlight Basin

Temperatures:  35ish
Sky:  Sunny
Conditions:    Packed powder and groomed runs
Duration:    5 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 23,743 (17 runs)
Vertical to date:

TRACK Day 7: 2/17 Friday
MAX SPEEP: 35.33 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED: 14.80 mph
SKI DISTANCE:  28.6 miles
SKI VERTICAL:  23,743ft
MAX STEEPNESS 63% / 32° / 1:2

Session 24 of the 2017 season: Big Sky day 6

An easy pleasy day riding at Moonlight Basin area

Highlights: Riding Moonlight Basin

Temperatures:   Above freezing 
Sky:  First cloudy day with some wet snow sprinkles
Conditions: soft groomers
Duration:    4 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 20356
Vertical to date:

TRACK Day 6: 2/16 Thursday
MAX SPEED: 32.44 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEEP: 13.80 mph
SKI DISTANCE:  22.35 miles
SKI VERTICAL:20356 ft
MAX STEEPNESS: 43% / 23° / 1:2

Session 23 of the 2017 season: Big Sky day 5

Feeling better today - put in a 5 hour day in repeat conditions

Highlights: A bluebird day with packed powder and groomers

Temperatures:    nearing 40
Sky:   bluebird
Conditions:   packed powder and groomers
Duration:    5 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 22,000  17 runs
Vertical to date:

Session 22 of the 2017 season: Big Sky day 4

Altitude sickness caught up to me today, slept in, felt better so went out for an afternoon shortened session.

Highlights: A bluebird day with packed powder and groomers

Temperatures:    nearing 40
Sky:   bluebird
Conditions:   packed powder and groomers
Duration:    1.5 hours, 7 runs
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 7,449
Vertical to date:

Session 20 of the 2017 season: Big Sky day 3

Highlights: Another Bluebird day with easy conditions

Temperatures: mid-30s
Sky: Bluebird
Conditions:  groomed, packed powder
Duration: 5 hours and  30 minutes  
Gear: Burton Hero

Daily Vertical:  21,880 feet 18 runs
Vertical to date:   167,922

Enjoying a cold one

Session 19 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 2

First full day of Big Sky riding.
Packing in five hours plus of non-stop bluebird, packed, groomed conditions.

Highlights: bluebird, pack powder conditions
Temperatures:    Near 30
Sky:    Bluebird
Conditions:     Packed powder, groomed
Duration:    5 hours 45 minutes
Gear:  Burton Hero board

Daily Vertical:      24,267 17 runs
Vertical year to date:  146,042

TRACK Day 2: 2/12 Sunday
MAX SPEED 38.23 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 13.10 mph
SKI DISTANCE 28.7 miles
SKI VERTICAL 24267 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 56% / 29° / 1:2

                           

Session 18 of the 2017 season: Big Sky Day 1

A late Saturday afternoon arrival to Big Sky's bluebird and packed powder conditions.


Highlights: First runs at Big Sky 

Temperatures:    Upper 20s
Sky:    Bluebird
Conditions:     Packed powder
Duration:    2 - 4 pm, 7 recorded runs
Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical:  8,750 (7 runs)
Vertical to date: 121,775

TRACK Day 1: 2/11 Saturday
MAX SPEED 30.97 mph
SKI AVERAGE SPEED 12.67 mph
SKI DISTANCE 17.37 miles
SKI VERTICAL 8750 ft
MAX STEEPNESS 54% / 28°