another day SKIING at SNOWBIRD! :D

Good morning squad. Welcome to another episode of season four. We are back up here in Little Cottonwood Canyon. They've opened up so much terrain since the last time we were here. The last time we were here was the powder day and there was 18 trails open and now there is like 94 trails. So all of Mineral Basin is open. The Cirque is open. They just opened Gadd too. So you guys asked me where's the best skiing right now and it is by hands down up in Little Cottonwood Canyon. We don't have a ton of time today and I'll have stuff to do and you know how it goes. Just get a late start sometimes coming out here. So it's gonna be speed run at the Bird but I am out here with Joe because every time I say I'm going to Snowbird, he's like a bloodhound and he starts to get this scent. Like, wait, you're going to the Bird? And the next thing you know, his stuff is in the van and he's sitting in the passenger seat. So hopefully get around some more gnarly terrain. It's kind of a beautiful day, Friday. Bluebird day. ♪ This is the hour, the darkest place. ♪ ♪ Dark days in front of the devil's maze. ♪ ♪ It's a good world, good world going back. ♪ There's no grooming on the path to paradise. If you feel uncomfortable with the conditions or for any other reason, you are totally free to ride the tram down. Open areas, Peruvian Gulch, Traverse, Mineral Bay, Sinicai, Balby. Enjoy this beautiful day and thank you for coming to Snowbird. I really do feel like the top of Snowbird here is such this interesting place because I feel like it's either A, an incredible whiteout, extreme winds, the fact that you can't even see, or it's just like this incredibly beautiful visibility for days place. It's like either one or the other. So it's pretty, just pretty incredible. And today is definitely the latter. So the fact that you can see all the way down into the valley and then some, just doesn't get old. So I think the plan is to go over to Gadd too because they just opened that today. So we're going to see if we can score some soft snow and then maybe do some circle laps. I don't know. It's kind of same old stuff. So my favorite mountain in the entire solar system. Oh, is that anticipated Snowbird day? I guess. Great. It looks like it's going to be great coverage. I think we should go hit something that's recently opened and find some soft snow. Want to try it? Yeah. Oh, it's soft as though. Yeah. Woo. ♪ Eternal, a sad state of affairs. ♪ Oh, it's so soft. Oh. We should go over and try to see that tree island. Yeah, where? Just like kind of right. Yep. Yep. Just push harder. Okay. And come down. Okay. See that little cliff there? See the cliff on the left? That series of rocks. How far? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh yeah. It's like a little suite in there. Yeah, for sure. Whoa. Oh my God. Jesus. I almost took a tree out, then I almost took Joe out. Kind of almost for those guys, that guy in the yellow is, we were going to look at that knob, you know? Yeah. What's it looking like over there? I mean. Shit. I mean, it's doable. It's just kind of what type of ski method do you want? Yeah, no. This is like a straight drop. I'm going to cut over through those tracks to your right and into that other gully and maybe come in below it a little bit more. And I might cut, jump turn, jump turn, and then in that little gully. I mean. Yeah. Not saying I'm not going to ******* fall, but I think I can do it. It's soft. All right. I would, I would go the other way. Yeah. All right. I'm going to. Very rocky. Yep. Surprised I didn't go down. Yep. See, I don't know if you want to hit in the trees a little more. You just got to make your mind up. Cause if you go too far straight, you're right in line with the tree down there. So that's why I jumped harder right and went in between them or you got to go a little bigger and go more to the left of that tree. What about if I, what if, what if you, you saying what if you cut left in the high between the little tree and the big bark? Yeah. It's just big. It is? Yeah. And there's, there's like three more boulders are over there. Yeah. It's more like a pillow stack. I mean, we should go down one more. Let's go. Yeah. I mean. It does pretty, pretty gnarly from here, doesn't it? Yeah. I think, I mean. Oh, I see. See what I mean? I mean, you could. Yeah. You just got to be really precise. Yeah. No, I don't. Make a turn and then jump in. That rock is still sticking up really high there on the high side. So I think I might kind of jump and almost kind of not go into the pit, but just to the left of the tree. That's good for you. Yeah. I'm not going to, I don't want to deal with that tree up above. Oh yeah. Woo! Ha ha. That was money. Nice dude. Let's go. Keep it together. There you go. Nice. Dude, that was big, man. 62 years old. Let's go. Dude, that was sick. Dude, good ----. 62. Here, they opened GAD 2 today. Like as we were driving up, I got the alert from the app. Feels like we have another mini pow day on, yeah, when it's not supposed to be a pow day. And we didn't really get out to like 10 o'clock and there's still, I mean, it's not like fresh tracks, but there's still plenty of big soft spots. And as I feel like I've been saying lately, just really enjoyable to ski. And I think the 116 JJ is a great ski for stuff like this because the 106 I think would be a little too narrow for me, in my opinion, and a softer ski like the White Walk or the Kruba Core, I feel like struggles sometimes in the inconsistent clumps and the JJ, because it's a heavier, more dense wood, it just really does a great job of really pounding through a lot of this. And so it kind of gives me this bulldozer type ski style, but still very fun. Joe, how are the 110s holding up? They're okay. I got to get my center a little bit better, but I like these skis a lot. They have some rocker in the tip, but a little more conventional through the rear. So they work well. I just need to get my legs moving with the ski a little better and trust it some more. And I'm looking for a good afternoon that we should rip for a bit here. The conditions are excellent. I will say that. Do you like Gattu? Love the Gattu. Gattu is one of my favorite go-to spots on this mountain. And as far as that goes, STH and the woods in between the lift are also right up there in the top, my top selection. So all good. It's very steep. Not like the longest shots, but it's very steep trees. And the only thing I guess I don't really love about it is that the run out is kind of wonky. Like once you ski the face, you have this sort of kind of be awkwardness run out, but it's kind of the tail with a lot of lifts. So anyways, more skiing. Can we not just go down? Yeah, much more. We're going to be right into STH. You know what I'm saying? I thought STH is under the lift. No, no, no. That's like, that's lift line. Then Broom 6 is to the right. STH is over here. That's why I'm confused. Yeah, there's tons. Yup. Little rocky. Little thin there. I gave Joe my line. What a good son I am. Oh, oh. Oh, rock. Oh, oh. Dude, that was kind of rowdy. Sorry for the slough. Totally. Oh, it washed me. It washed me out. Oh, oh. Oh, behind you. Okay. You're good. Oh yeah. Oh. Shit, dude. Dude, that was rowdy in its own right. Dude, did you see the slough wash me out? I know. That was sick. What up, man? I was hoping I'd see you. Yeah, that's me. I love the skis, dude. I love your videos, yeah. Thank you. 96s? 96. Oh yeah. What's your name? Jeffrey. How are you, buddy? Nice to meet you, man. Thanks for supporting this channel, man. Yeah, no problem. Oh, good, good. Thank you so much. Actually, I am, so you can't top mine. Yeah. I think we're going to do these trees or something. So you can come with if you want. No, you're good. All right. Damn, Joe's absolutely flying today. Oh, behind you. Dude, Joe is like, oh my God, dude. You okay? Yeah. All right. Whoa. Oh my God. Dude, that was so rowdy again. Not too much in the way of an update other than it is just absolutely beautiful. Very enjoyable skiing. Delightful, soft, tons of snow in certain areas. And just, we've been having a hoot. Literally, I feel like we've stayed in like a 200 foot radius and every run has been different and new. So just a lot of fun exploring little zones and making the most of the soft snow. So I think we're going to do, start to work way over to the circ in the tram and do some stuff off the circ. Get some of our first circ laps of the day. So Joe's been tearing it up. 62 years old. Some rock hits. Oh man, we're just having a good time, man. That's all. This place brings it out of you. Makes your legs feel loose. That's about it. ♪ Turn over and lose a sad state of affairs. ♪ ♪ Half the people die while the rest of us are splitting hairs. ♪ ♪ It's a good world. ♪ Guys, look at the view. I mean, look at how incredible this is. We are at the top of Little Cloud. We're going to try to see what we can get on the circ from here, but look at this. Like, what? I could just ski this all day and just look. So gorgeous. I guess we could get Great Scott if we really wanted to. I've never seen Great Scott like that, dude. That. We'd have to probably come across here and then I'm sure it's kind of good right through Rat's Nest. I can lead if you want. Yeah. I don't know what it's going to be like over that ridge. Yeah, I know. That's the mystery of it. What do you think? Very good. If you can get to here. I'm going to ski over to give you room. What's that? I'm going to ski over to give you room to get here. Just wait until I get up to there. Okay. Yep. Can you see anything over that? Yeah, yeah. I can see all this. Very good. Can you side slide down? Yeah. And then ski down that? Yeah, I'll be fine. That's what I'm saying. I'm going to go out. Okay. And give you this shelf. Nice. Oh, God. Crazy. That was crazy. This looks soft over here. Dude, that's just like that windblown chalk that's in there every time. Yeah. But that's all. Do you want to push for a tree line? Yeah, I think so. Just watch, it'll drop off, but yeah. First one of the season. It doesn't stop, does it? Not bad. It doesn't stop. I think the trickiest part was getting in, but I just don't like heights like that. You don't like heights like that? Not really. Shit, I'm shitting my pants. That's kind of, if you go down there, that's kind of gnarly. Oh, dude, you're airlifted out. ♪ A sad state of affairs ♪ ♪ Half the people, the rest of us are splitting hairs ♪ ♪ It's a good world ♪ ♪ Good world gone bad ♪ Hey, be very careful. You might want to go lower. It's just really rocky. Yeah, it was very chalky and good. We honestly did a third circle on the other side on Very, Very Steep, but the snow was a lot different just with it being baked in the sun and stuff like that. So 17,000 feet of vert in three and a half hours. Just one of those ripping sort of days. But I think more importantly, Joe and I are very average skiers out here in the West and in the Cottonwoods. And I just think videos like this show that I just do it because it's so fun. I love hanging out with my dad and we just have an absolute hoot skiing stuff like this. We push each other, we take care of each other. And it's just fun at the end of the day. So it's like, I understand that there is incredible skiers in the Cottonwoods and people who, you know, do crazy stuff out there. That's just not me. I'm not at that skill level, but I do it because I can spend time with my dad, be in the mountains and just enjoy myself. So I hope you guys enjoyed the video as much as I did skiing and also putting it together. So thanks for watching squad. Take it easy fam.