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Ohhhhh man... who is up for this one? Front 242 Nitzer Ebb Robotiko Rejekto Microchip League https://www.seetickets.us/event/RHYTHM-FEST-2024/588627#

...and I just learned something new today

I met him after I had him commission a small painting for us. Good guy.

The fact that the city just ignores and allows that... especially when a certain mayor ran on it... is baffling!?

He don't like it

Yeah... sucks. Saw them a couple of times and was really digging their sound and *poof*

Might be... I guess their first album was released last year. https://kutx.org/artist-of-the-month/being-dead/ Good KUT clip here...

They have a good time... pretty unique sound. In a weird way, something about them reminds me of 60's surf music combined with the Dead Milkmen. I may be the only one that hears that. Still pissed that Je'Texas is gone... was really really enjoying their sound.

https://adamnorwood.com/notes/on-the-clash-rock-the-casbah-austin-and-winchells-donuts/ It's a conspiracy...

There are a ton of great local bands and new ones popping up all the time. I saw Being Dead live a few weeks ago... really liked their vibe and show. They're relatively new. They played a bunch of shows last week...

Fixed grip lifts are a beating and when you come across them, its torture. CB replaced their 2 seater fixed grip Teocalli POS with a four-seater... still fixed grip. Now twice as many people can suffer at the same time. #ThanksVail

Can only speak to CB... no big deal at all. Get away from the base (and the Red Lady Lift which serves only green/blue runs) and it was totally fine. Save for one day where they had a few lift issues, lift lines were never longer than 5 minutes... running laps on something like the East River Lift was less than one minute lift lines. We used Red Painter a couple of times to get to the smaller terrain park and if you had any sort of awareness, you would notice entry from the left side equaled a really quick load versus the right side with a bunch of squashed up beginners.

Back at home and back to reality... While half of the family really didn't bother skiing much at all, my son and I had a great time. CB Steeps Guide program is money incredibly well spent. Two of us joined an instructor/guide and pretty much told him we were fine without instruction and just wanted to explore the mountain. The guide essentially followed the snow conditions as the day went on and progressively took us to harder and harder terrain based on what he could tell we could handle. It was great because I could safely understand more of the Extremes at CB to then do my own exploring later... the more I saw and the more he explained, it really helped with my orientation on the mountain. I had previously thought going over to Spellbound and Phoenix might be a no-go but this helped a lot. Anyway, money well spent... my 14 year old and I got to ski a ton together and it was good for us. Looking up to Headwall as seen from Power 8 Gully after dropping in from Halfpipe Gully. The top entrance to Headwall is steeper so the Halfpipe approach is better when leading someone who is a little nervous about the steepness. Headwall gets a reputation for steepness but I think its fine especially with good snow. On a side note, the East River lift can be a lot of fun since Gully Glades and Git Some Glades (on each side of Double Top Glades) are a ton of fun. That and Resurrection is a great bump run... low consequence for skiers learning to work on bumps... you can take them there to warm up and then go over to Twister/Crystal and the west side bump runs. With FatMap, you can find other spots like Upper and Lower Liftline to work on bumps and, if you like quick steeps, West Wall and the Beaver Slides are lots of fun! My regrets are that we didn't get back to Teocalli Bowl and I really wanted to ski Upper/Lower Forest but never had a chance... same with Flatiron and Banana. Next time... Monarch Pass on Friday morning...

We were out of town all week and came back yesterday afternoon buuuuttt... Hit up C-Boys and Guero's today. Caught part of Restos with Graham Weber and then went inside and liked the vibe of Wrong Bird. Caught a bit of Lost Bayou Ramblers (zydeco) and then walked down to Guero's. Didn't dig the first band but really liked Dukes of Dune. Latin infused rock... think Brownout style. Headed back to C-Boys to catch Ian Moore but it started pouring so we stuck through three songs and then headed out. Bummer. Ian's bass player played in a neighborhood party in our hood in October with Willy McGee's Band. Had RSVPed for Pershing but ended up passing. At least we got some shows in.

That would be so cool

If I do May, it will be A-Basin or Mary Jane. TBD. Left CB with a ton of confidence thanks to that CB Steeps Guide program. So kickass.

Happening tomorrow if the weather holds... The North American leg of the Freeride World Tour's Challenger Series is headed to Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Colorado, this week from March 14th to March 16th for the series' first event. https://www.powder.com/trending-news/fwt-challenger-series-crested-butte https://www.freerideworldtour.com/challenger/events/2024-crested-butte-ifsa-fwt-challenger/ Talked to one of the competitors as I was dropping of my skis to get waxed. He said the viewing area should be right around where the Million Dollar Highway comes into Spellbound/Phoenix. The start from the top of the bowls. Looks like he had a great 2023 - https://www.freerideworldtour.com/challenger/riders/jared-farley/?season=2023

By the way, Fatmap is great for finding unmarked terrain. Been using it to find powder stashes and to understand what we've been skiing when it has no name... https://fatmap.com/discover/route/united-states-of-america/colorado/freeride-skiing/beaver-slides/15256

I have a Been helmet. Does the trick. You should find some good end of season deals through Backckuntry or Evo. I can't imagine skiing without out one from a protection standpoint and just general warmth when skiing. This trip has been so rewarding in part because my comfort level exploring all over the Extremes at CB is at a whole new level and in part because my youngest can now explore more of the mountain with me. Yesterday we did a couple of laps on the NFL with a couple of different paths out and he did really well. Gave me confidence to take him to Peel later in the day. Snow was meh but he did great. He doesn't gasp and wheeze like I do. Today I took him up to the High Lift to ski Halfpipe Gully over to Powder 8 Gully and then into Headwall. Teocalli was so foggy and visibility was crap but snow has been great. Did North Face again and then went chasing powder in the trees below the Teocalli lift. Lots of fresh snow. Tomorrow's the last day... more snow in the forecast as is Teo Bowl.

Super proud of my son who did his first double diamond runs this morning off of the North Face

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All I know is they got a foot of snow on Friday. Alright... first day at CB. If you are up for it, absolutely sign up for the CB Steeps Guide program. These guys love showing off their mountain. Despite some lift issues today, we skied quite a bit of terrain although Silver Queen got shut down around 3:30 and we didn't get to ski Flatiron under the peak. Off the top of my head, we hit up a few different spots off of Headwall like Powder 8 Gully, Headwall Chute, back into Teo 1 through Morning Glory to Teo Tongue, North Face through to the Million Dollar Highway over to lower Spellbound and Phoenix Bowl and a few assorted tree runs. Leg burner of a day...

This is good news... hopefully tomorrow's precipitation will knock them out even further...

We're probably going to something at C-Boys and this...

Donde?