Should I stay or should I go now?

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 02/09/2018 at 11:11 • Filed to: None

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Pluses:

1. There isn’t anyone up there yet.

2. You can see for miles, and miles, and miles.

Minuses:

1. It’s cold AF.

2. No really, it is cold AF.

WilliamsSW > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2018 at 11:18

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that new 3" must be super light powder...

facw > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2018 at 11:23

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Always go! Dress warmly!

Ash78, voting early and often > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2018 at 11:26

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No such thing as cold weather, only wrong clothes.

I think Yvon Chouinard said that. Put on your big girl panties (and preferably some other stuff) and go!

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2018 at 11:53

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Stay. I don’t know if it’s the thinner air, the dryer climate, or what, but anytime I’ve been out west skiing and it’s been cold it never feels as cold as it does in the Midwest. When I went to Big Sky some years ago one of the days had a high of -1F and I remember thinking that it didn’t feel as cold as even 10F back in Wisconsin

vicali > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2018 at 12:11

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-21 is not af.

But if you have more important things to do..

lone_liberal > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2018 at 12:15

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Is that Big Mountain?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Ash78, voting early and often 02/09/2018 at 14:20

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I went, it was good.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > lone_liberal 02/09/2018 at 14:20

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Yep.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > WilliamsSW 02/09/2018 at 14:23

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Wind blown, scrapper ice or nice soft pow

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/09/2018 at 14:24

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The wind was a factor but the sun was out so it felt fine.

lone_liberal > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2018 at 14:24

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Beautiful. I’ve never been up there. My wife’s family were big in to skiing and did a lot of volunteering at Lookout so we’ve been up there but we’ve never gone over to Big Mountain. We might have to change that.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > vicali 02/09/2018 at 14:25

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It’s been a warm year I don’t think we’v Seen even -10 f yet.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > lone_liberal 02/09/2018 at 14:42

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It’s a very large ski area with reasonable prices. The snow is usually very good. I hope you like tree skiing.

lone_liberal > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2018 at 15:04

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I’m not a skier and my wife hasn’t gone for a long time. We’ve gone up in the summer for the scenery and for her to show me around and point out things her grandfather and dad did up there and where her sister broke her leg. Things like that. I just enjoy getting up in to the mountains in the summer and Montana is always a good road trip, once you get off from I90 and the ever present construction, anyway.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > lone_liberal 02/09/2018 at 15:48

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Big Mountain is open in the summer to lift rides and hiking. They even have the restaurant and bar open at the summit and base lodge. Great place to pick huckleberries and observe wild flowers. We hike the Danny On trail quite a bit.

lone_liberal > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2018 at 15:53

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My wife’s company owns a hotel in Kalispell so it that would be a cheap base camp to go out from. This is starting to take shape in my brain..

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > lone_liberal 02/09/2018 at 15:56

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So if a token liberal and a highlander get together is it a token highlander then?