pudelpointer

Long time lurker, trying to add value without getting the signal-to-noise ratio out of whack. This UX is a bag of dicks. Every_single_time I type a post, it disappears (I use Brave, and I tell this site to not_keep_me_logged_in). Sometimes, if I click the correct series of buttons, my response is recovered. Lookit, I wanna contribute and add value, but damn this user interface is adversely affecting my ability to accomplish the aforementioned. Happy to throw coding cycles at it to help and don’t want to seem like a whiny bitch, but damn is it ever frustrating to type a post and have it disappear. Sorry if I’m just dumb —> point me to the FAQs

I wrote a long, and what I consider informative reply, and the tech ate it. *Frustrating* For cheap go to Powder Mountain, Grand Targhee, Sunlight or Powderhorn. If not, buy an Epic season pass and use buddy passes or work through your lodging provider for a discount (doubtful). You’re paying Highland Park prices going to Crested Butte between Christmas and New Year’s for nothing. None of the steeps will be open (not that your family is hucking cliffs).

Gents, Lots of questions about New Mexico Highway 150, aka ‘Ski Valley Road’. Usually the roads are clear, but things can go pear-shaped quickly. You’ll probably be fine, unless a storm hits. I honestly worry more about the pass on Highway 518 between Mora and Sipapu than 150. I’m going to give three pro tips: 1. Get new tires. I’ve bailed so many people out (dug, pulled, etc.) because they had Texas tires (i.e. old, hard tires with no tread that work fine when it’s warm and dry [blast furnace]). Last season a Texan with a 2500 GMC 4x4 2022 and tires with 45,000 miles on them (along with two kids and a crying wife) got stuck no less than three times outside of where I was staying. I and a couple other guys towed him out. 2. Get those new tires filled with nitrogen. Costco will do it. Air doesn’t like 10K ft in altitude change or 50 degree changes in temperature. Tire pressure is your friend. 3. Buy a small camp shovel (or entrenching tool) and keep it in the car. On the way down to Wednesday night at Sabroso (Jimmy Stadler does 3 sets in the bar every week, get there by 5:45 or there may not be a seat) a couple seasons ago I dug out a Lexus RX in under 10 minutes. An older couple had high-centered the car in the snow inches off the side of the road. Traction strips are good to have, too, but you can just use floor mats. I always carry chains (and a Tyvek suit because you never need chains when it’s nice weather), but I haven’t needed them…yet. Been all over the mountains in the winter. I also have a Grand Cherokee with a locking center differential: that, I have needed, but not on 150, not yet. Overkill? Maybe. But when I travel, it’s just me and the dog. You guys sound like you have families in tow. Better a funny story than a ruined vacation.

Maybe half a day’s worth for a pro-shopper, and the shopping is equidistant to both places. If everyone in your party isn’t a skier, then Taos is going to be tough to enjoy as a group. The Edelweiss has spa services (as does the Blake), so that could be an option. There are several orders of magnitude more shopping in town, but you can shop on amazon from anywhere as long as you have a phone, right? Santa Fe has the pro shopping, though. Lucchese has a store on the main plaza.

https://www.brownellchalet.com/ or https://www.edelweisslodgeandspa.com/ Neither allow dogs, both have restaurants and bars. Edelweiss has kitchens in each unit, underground parking and a hot tub. The Brownell Chalet has excellent food and beer, is closer the the action (no stairs) and has a more reasonable price point. The drive up 150 (aka the ski valley road) and the hike from the parking lot takes too much time away from both skiing and apres. Let me be real with you: there’s virtually no apres at TSV or in town, so you better bring your own party if you like to go hard in the paint. They’re opening up the Martini Tree full time this season, but it doesn’t have a ski bar vibe. We’ve mostly been hitting Der Garten or The Blonde Bear, the restaurants at the two places I mentioned, for apres for a couple drinks and then bailing. There are a couple other spots, but nothing like Vail, Park City, Aspen or even Steamboat. Get groceries at Smith’s or Cid’s in town before you head up to TSV is you’re planning on cooking. Based on my experience last season, I don’t go up without a case of water. Based on my experience this year, so far, I won’t head up without a power backup (for a few hours). Infrastructure has been spotty the last two years.

Been lurking since tos but always figured I should keep my fingers off the keyboard and so my part to keep the signal-to-noise ratio in balance…until I had real value to add, so here goes: Congrats on the purchase! I spent a March in Whitefish, slopeside and in town at three different spots. First thing: everybody in Whitefish hates Texans. I just told them, “All those people y’all hate aren’t really from Texas, us natives kicked them out, since we hate them too. They’re trying to get even by giving us a bad name.” After a few weeks, I ended up bailing to Fernie, as mentioned above, also a day skiing place south of Kalispell called Blacktail. Both were way more my speed than Whitefish. I really wanted to like Whitefish, as in, it was on my bucketlist. Turns out, Whitefish is closer to Breck than it is Taos. That’s a loaded statement, so let me explain. I loved Breck (town and mountain) prior to its acquisition by Vail Resorts. Breck never had the terrain of A-basin, per se, but it had great snow and was out of the way enough to keep the lift lines down and the groomers reasonably clear of no-talent hacks trying to injure me. The Vail purchase added lift lines, inflated property values, over-building, staff housing shortages and increased amounts of chuckleheads. I missed peak Whitefish by 5-7 years. It’s gone the way of Breck. Now I’m not going to completely kill your buzz, Whitefish still has good bones! They have a t-bar way in the back (though the map still calls it the front) that saves powder for days after a storm. Chuckleheads can’t hang with a t-bar. The Kandahar has a gourmet restaurant with a fixed price menu. I just looked it up, and the restaurant is now up for sale. Hopefully it comes back, great food and wine pairings (excellent, curated wine list). The Hellroaring saloon is a throwback ski bar from the golden age. Pro tip: buy a hat and each time you wear it in, the second draft beer is free. There’s a lot more to tell you, if you’d care to know, but that’s enough for my first post!