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Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! 3
#28246425 - 03/25/23 04:59 PM (9 months, 29 days ago) |
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This is the winter that keeps giving here in southern California... Snowpack is thick this year, and on that note, I'd like to plug my local little but flippin' amazing mountain resort, Mt Baldy. It's exactly 60 minutes drive from my door, most of which is on a 10 lane highway. I've visited a dozen or so times throughout my life growing up around here, and it's always been a blast, but it's also always been a place I've half-jokingly referred to as "Lake Baldy".
You didn't lean back for the deep powder on most trips, you leaned back because you were about to pond skim across a puddle of melted snow. 
In addition, you almost always have to download on the main Chair 1 to the parking lot because there is rarely enough snow to allow you to ski from the top (8600 feet) to the bottom (6500 feet). I'd always heard the legends of this place. My Dad and others would constantly reminisce how absolutely amazing the place is... "in a good year." Steep, wild open terrain with multiple ridges and tree filled fall lines galore. I've been waiting my whole life to live the legend myself, and my time has finally arrived!





Despite having 100 year old clunky lifts and a skeleton crew with variable operations, the place really is rad, and I can confidently say, as good as any mountain out there, so long as you get lucky on your timing (I spent a week in Big Sky in February with a fresh dump and this was right up there with it, dare I say even better simply by virtue of how uniquely unmanicured the terrain is).
Here's a little show I put together from some footage I shot on Thursday. It'll do a better job explaining how epic this place can be... Turn up the volume, featuring an epic digeridoo track by my favorite Aussie artist Xavier Rudd!

Hit me with some likes on that thing above if you're feelin' it... my IG account is shadowbanned (probably for running the long since banned shroomerylife account ), and so they won't let my post show up on hashtags such as #thisisbaldy - and although the general manager has already been kind enough to comp me two tickets due to weather related issues they had during my prior ticketing - they're tossing out a bunch of loyalty points that I can use towards beer, merch or another lift ticket, if they re-post my reel. Gratitude in advance. Even if I don't win the loyalty points, I'm happy to pay their crew's kindness forward and represent for such a uniquely fun mountain!
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: geokills]
#28246435 - 03/25/23 05:10 PM (9 months, 29 days ago) |
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: geokills]
#28246683 - 03/25/23 08:27 PM (9 months, 29 days ago) |
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I miss snowboarding havnt done it in like 18 years:(
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: geokills]
#28247090 - 03/26/23 07:11 AM (9 months, 29 days ago) |
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Nice! Hit you with a like. I love winter sports, but I am soooo ready for spring and summer to get here now.
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: pslyke]
#28247208 - 03/26/23 08:45 AM (9 months, 29 days ago) |
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pslyke said: Nice! Hit you with a like. I love winter sports, but I am soooo ready for spring and summer to get here now.
Same here. This winter seems to have gone on forever. We had, even where I live, in the middle of England, a winter where three government cold weather payments kicked in, that only happens when an average of 0%C over seven days occurs. I don't remember that ever happening here even once before. 
Bear in mind, I will be bitching it the fuk up when the temp gets over 70% F like an 
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: deucedbi9]
#28247438 - 03/26/23 11:32 AM (9 months, 29 days ago) |
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Omg zero degrees? Muffin
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: deucedbi9]
#28247543 - 03/26/23 12:32 PM (9 months, 29 days ago) |
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Nice pics, Geo! I'm jealous.
@deucedbi9, our winter here in central NC was super weak and mostly warm compared to past winters. I don't recall snow sticking to the ground even once at all this winter. The past few days have been very warm and even hot, so definitely in spring.
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: geokills]
#28254487 - 03/30/23 10:33 AM (9 months, 25 days ago) |
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Guess where I’m going today? 
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: geokills]
#28254588 - 03/30/23 11:30 AM (9 months, 25 days ago) |
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I know exactly where you are going! Going to hell for posting a deleted picture!
Have fun! (Skiing that is!) It was a pretty bad year here in NY
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: geokills]
#28254829 - 03/30/23 02:43 PM (9 months, 24 days ago) |
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Look at all that snow!!!
Im jelly, however Im planning a snowboard trip to Bend for April 15th-16th. Havent gone boarding in 3 years. Im very excited.
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: LogicaL Chaos] 2
#28256256 - 03/31/23 01:47 PM (9 months, 23 days ago) |
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Dude, it only got better yesterday! When it’s on, which unfortunately isn’t too often, Baldy is almost incomparable with regard to how epic and steep and wild the tree lined terrain is, and how you get so much of it all to yourself. I showed up at 11am to about 50 cars in the lot. No lift lines, unlimited deep powder lines!
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Re: Ski & Snowboard - This is Mt Baldy! [Re: geokills]
#28256309 - 03/31/23 02:14 PM (9 months, 23 days ago) |
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Damn! Gettin that fresh powder, no lines! Hella jelly dude
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