Yeah. I def took the long way. I wanted to see if it would open up some other areas, but it really doesn't. The hike off McConkey is much shorter than from Jupiter. I got up there and was like, "uhhhh...that was dumb". Just an adventure while my son was in a morning lesson. Aside from the rocks (coverage was bad that year) it wasn't bad.

Thanks. That was a fun day. Scratchy conditions, but a super fun trip with my son.

Right??? LOL

How was it?

well I just went last weekend and got to go up to Jupiter for my first time. loved it. got about 19 inches while I was there, so the powder was pretty good. did scott's bowl and west face.

AWESOME. March has been pretty awesome. We just got back from Mammoth. It was a blast. 3 days in the sun. It was kind of nice to get a break from being pounded on.

Nice. This was before they were linked together. Haven't been back since, but I've heard Canyons is better.

Dave Ward it’s not, even if it was park city is more forgiving. have you gone this season? i have just been hitting three kings. nice to watch my local resort. can’t wait for jupiter to be open!

I love canykns

I know. They actually survived that one. Earlier this year (2019) at Big Sky we were ducking in the trees for pow leftovers and they got really destroyed. I replaced them with the Line Sakana (same designer - Eric Pollard) and they are just fantastic.

How was it?

Henry Wuebker, when you go left off the Jupiter lift, there is a 20 ft rise, then you ski along the ridge. If you want to ski the puma bowl, you have to hike pioneer ridge, which is no more than ten min walk. Dead tree and west face is where some of the best, freshest snow is.

I totally did. I was over lapping the Jupiter lift and it seemed quicker just to go along the ridge and hike a little than to go weave my way back over to McConkey. My son was in morning ski lessons and I was a little pressed.

It's not that tough.

Are you referring to the one you took?

Yeah. The route I took would only be marked as Double Black for the rocks. Coverage was really thin that year. With a big dump, it would all be covered up. Jupiter Lift generally is pretty challenging. It's mostly ungroomed terrain.

Thanks, I'm looking to take that next step, but it's quite nerve racking to even get on Jupiter lift knowing it's double black or nothing.

I’m 50 years old and been skiing for nine years, so I don’t know what it’s like to have a young fresh body and begin skiing as a child where skiing double blacks won’t even being an issue when you get older. I’ve never gotten past single black diamonds. Is it possible for me to even attempt to without falling down or getting hurt? And as for powder skiing, I couldn’t understand why people liked it so much, but the reason being is because I had cheap rental skis that were designed only for groomed runs, not wider ones.

Yep

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Thanks man. I appreciate that.

Aidan Belz same

Nah. It's not that bad once you get past the rocks.

it doesn’t seem hard to me and i only have been skiing for 9 days, but i can still do double diamonds.

Jared White double black diamond of ultimate fun!

Dave Ward you didn’t really go the hard way, right off the decent ridge is expert, like two 8 - 14 ft cliffs, huge moguls, very steep, lots of trees, not to mention endless powder! in my opinion your way was boring and not as much fun.