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MT BALDY Real skiing! not wining.
Submitted by Anonymous Skier on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 2:02pm.
User Demographics
Trip Specifics
Resort:
Mount BaldyStart Date:
18 Feb 2008Duration in days:
1Hours:
DayEquipment:
AlpinePrimary snow surface:
Packed powderSecondary snow surfaces:
Hardpack
I loved:
nightmare/ Pschout chutes/ big butch main chuteI hated:
people who think they rip but complain about "the conditions"Lift/trails closed:
noneLiftline waits:
noneQuality of moguls:
noneJumps/Rails:
sickWebsite:
http://www.skipunx.com/Goin out to the lower Avy chutes above the parking lot with Shane and Mike/Dropping into Big Butch and Movie/main chute hike from the top.
Then later airing over the small trees at the top of chair 3, then dropping the rock at the bottom of 3, then big hit at "Parachute Jump." Laps on 3, huge fast turns.... Then back to chair one getting Nighmare, Windslab and Psychout chute.... so sick.
To the guy who was all pissed at Baldy on here that did a review and gave it a "1". I really would like to see you ski. I guess it sucks you had a bad day up there, but seriously I am not sure if I trust what you said, or what lever skier you really are. All the skiers I roll with are at the pro level, and we found and always do know where to find the best snow and shots. So if its windy or icy use your knowledge and "skills" and go to where the sun bakes on the south facing shots if its icy or hardpack, If its super windy go inside the bowls, or into the trees where the snow is loading up, but just try not to be such a winer about how bad everything "sucks" because WE know the real story about Baldy. Its So Cal's ONLY true Big Mountain skiing outside of Mammoth (If you really call Mammoth So Cal.) I don't.
There is no way that that anyone that really knows about freeskiing Real chutes and bowls will belive your crap about your wining. Sure weather can turn things ugly, but you have to know where the shots are good. Often times they are not on the main runs, especially when the wind or weather can get bad. So it makes no difference if you go back or not, Maybe Mtn High is more your level. Just know that there are rippers that ski Baldy everyday that know what is "good" any day, whether its full on Powder or hardpack or even dust on crust. We are up there dropping cliffs, straightlining chutes and making huge fast turns. Powder mag, Freeze, skiing mag, and snowboarder mag have all done great stories on Baldy. They get it! And so do we. If you don't that's ok... stay at Big Bear or where ever else. We won't mind at all.
PK
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Recent Photos
Submitted by ski vita on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 11:57pm.
Submitted by cranbo on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 10:49am.
2008-2009 trail map.
Only major change from 2007-2008 (re-opening year) was that "No Name Trail" under chair 3 was renamed "Brien's Shoot"
Submitted by cranbo on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 10:43am.
Trail map for 70th Anniversary Year (2008-09)
Notice Bad Boy Power Park is not listed this year :)
Mt Baldy Special Ski Season Passes for 2010-11 – Only $99
Last season our virtual season passes were extremely popular.
The Mt Baldy Chamber of Commerce has negotiated again with Ski Area and can offer ski season passes for 2010-11 for only $99.00!
A special season pass for just $99. For the price of less than 2 regular all day lift tickets you can ski or snowboard all season. In essence after your first two visits you are skiing for FREE.
There are a few conditions. While there aren’t any blackout dates, online reservations are required for every visit. Reservations must be made at least midnight the prior day.
A physical pass will not be issued. Instead skier information is maintained in a Ticket Office database, just present valid picture ID on arrival.
A Mt Baldy special season pass is probably the best deal available at any ski resort anywhere!
This is a limited time offer and may be withdrawn at any time without notice by the Ski Area. We do know that if the offer is still available on September 1st the price will increase. The offer will definitely expire when we open for skiing.
You can purchase as many passes as you need while the offer is still in effect.
These passes are only available through the Mt Chamber of Commerce and cannot be purchased directly from the Ski Area.
Grab yours here www.mtbaldychamber.com and tell your friends, relatives and co-workers so they take advantage too.
Keith Hunt
President
Mt Baldy Chamber of Commerce
Snow
I have lived in or skied/snowboarded many many ski areas from the rockies to the san gabriels to whistler. If the snow sucks the skiing sucks... I was in mammoth January of 1991 and they only had chairs 1 and 2 open. EVERY ski area is only as good as its snow. 1998 So Cal had 10+ foot bases, Baldy's runs are as good as mammoth with that much snow. Baldy's lifts, lifties, parks, and road will always suck. Basically I see local ski areas as better than hiking for my turns. I have lived in Jackson, Squaw, Park City, Breck, and Mammoth for full winters. No, Baldy will not compare to those places due to size, but they are not sitting above the loverly LA smog. A few days doing laps up on the thunder chair, will get you ready to ski better at the bigger ski area's. The other So Cal areas will only make you hate crowds or maybe get you hurt in a collision with a guy on a cell phone bluetoothed to his lame ass helmet.
"If it's white its all right, green or brown just go around"
FREE Ski Season Passes Available at Mt Baldy
For Baldy fans or anybody skiing and snowboarding on a budget in Southern Cal will love this tidbit of news.
Mt Baldy is giving away season passes. I know, I know, I had to read it twice. Here is what I found:
http://www.pr-inside.com/free-ski-lift-season-passes-offered-r1519535.htm
I felt compelled to call the ski area directly and see if this was on the up and up. Sure enough it is. They told me it is some that the Mt Baldy Chamber of Commerce is doing to promote the mountain.
Grabbed a pair of season passes for myself.
Roondog
Re: FREE Ski Season Passes Available at Mt Baldy
Thanks for posting this info!!! They sold out of the passes last week but then they reopened the deal again this morning with a bunch more available--I got mine when they had 400 and 1/2 hour later there were only 199 left. The admin fee for the pass is now $49, but still the best deal out there! Thanks again for the post.
Unnecessary!
Sure Baldy has its good days. I went at least 10 times last year. But to give it so much prestige and to ramble. bla bla bla. Dude itll never be as good as mammoth or park city. Its under funded and poorly taken care of. The mountain faces multiple directions and lacks consistency. It will never be a Park City or Mammoth. I went one day and the lifts were closed at the top untill 930 because the lift operators were still at home snoozing. The map that shows the expansion site has had like 3 separate opening dates. Its never going to open man face it! Ill still go and hell ya I have fun riding at Baldy. But in order to stop the whining this place needs to upgrade an make themselves look good, maybe make there own snow. The mountain is for sure more challenging than any other resort in socal which keeps you feending while you wait on the chair lift from circa 1930. Socal mountains are not worth bragging about. None of them!! Overall I give this place a 7. Score yourself some cheap tix and see for yourself.
P.S. Dont take your brand new sleds unless Baldy gets dumped on. The workers dont clean out rocks on the runs. Youll be shredding hard gs turns on a run the next second you have a massive core shot.
sure, i'll bite
Looks like a good troll.
It's ridiculous to think Baldy will ever be as good as either of those, it's not even close to that level, I agree, nor will it ever be. Then again, if you want Mammoth or PC, then go there! ;)
It's the decidedly non-commercial "mom+pop" feel that gives this place a vibe I like. Or maybe it's the old tank-parts they like to call chair lifts. Or maybe it's the steep, challenging terrain. Or the scruffy locals that run the place. I like the fact that this place is a scrappy little hill with enough steeps to freak a lot of people out. Nothing more, nothing less.
Slow to open? Yep. Stockton Flats will never happen? Yep. Will keep riding there? Yep.
You sir, are a loser
Way to abuse the review process. If I wanted to read THIS review I would have searched under "Douchebags who love Baldy."
I'm sure Baldy is great, but this review and its location are ridiculous.
Grow up.
Review process abusing, Baldy loving "Douchebags"
Yes such an abuse... And You Sir Charles Riley are a kook.
Please introduce yourself sometime so you can tell me to grow up in person. I'll make sure you will eat my cold smoke as I pass your silly ass like you are standing still.
whats a "pro" skier??,
whats a "pro" skier??, anyway skiing challenging conditions like what you find in so cal most of the time will make you a better skier - ice, crud, mashed potatotoes, mank, junk and on the good days powder or great spring corn. Anyone can ski utah champaign pow
Answer: What is a pro skier?
Remember back in the '70ies. Hank Kashiwa and the Mayer Twins. How about Spider Savitch?? Ahh professional skiers. They probably made enough to eat and by gas. Chicks were the real pay I would estimate. An AIDS free play field. Awsome.
Hank is probably now a ski tech at Oshman's sporting goods.
Mr. Gaff
pro-skier
A pro skier. That's easy. Remember Hank Kashawa and the Mayer twins? or however you spell their names. The 70ies "pro skiers". These were pro skiers. They made just enough to ruin their lives, and ensure they will never really enjoy a retirement. It must have been nice back then, no AIDS or anything.
I used to ski, but too expensive for me now. Hell, I'm trying to send kids to college. Plus you might consider skiing a bit narcissistic. I mean, like surfing, you are using gravity to pull you down a hydro hill. Hell you should be in the library trying to find a cure for cancer or something, compared to feeling the snow pass under your p-tex ski bottoms.
Anon.
Hear! Hear! Long live
Hear! Hear! Long live Baldy.
Baldy reviews
The review with the "1" rating was from last year when snow cover was inadequate. So the problem is not necessarily that the poster doesn't know how to ski, but that he doesn't know Baldy and follow the weather closely enough to determine independently whether there is adequate coverage.
I'm sure Paul didn't set foot on Baldy in 2007 because he probably knew better.
^ 07 bad o8' epic
^ you are absolutley right. I went up there once last year I think, not sure maybe 3. It was Baldy's worst year in history, so I guess the guy who was pissed has a right to be mad. Plus I was in Utah for a while too that year; However even on big years like 06' or this year, I still hear people bitching about this or that, because they are not a custom to steeps that are not like a freeway and groomed perfectly, or they decide to go up when the wind is blowing like 60 miles per hour...and then they don't have to sence to go into the middle of the bowls or trees to where the snow loads up. Anyway- I was a bit harsh on the dude- I hope he actually comes back up this year, to see it good, because it really is epic this year as many have in the past.
PK
Baldy Owes Me Nothing
love baldy, i'll suffer several less than epic (still better than work) days for one decent day there. I've rode so many places and there was one day at Baldy that I still consider the best day yet. There are a lot of hills packed to the gills with styled out bluebirds brimming with the delusion of self entitlement. Thank God I can go to Baldy and get away from those people.
love the bluebird line
love the bluebird line