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Stinger posted:Remember kids, vote for snow! Those buttons were awesome. Too bad the convention was actually pretty useless. No swap area and prices were no better or worse than CSG's SkiRex anyways. In other news, Joel is forecasting 6-18" for CO over the weekend with potentially more to come on the 14th!
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Bought my Mt. Hood Meadows season pass this weekend.  Can't wait to get on the hill.
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| # ? Nov 6, 2012 20:13 |
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Telluride crushing Summit on the Powder poll; I guess everyone's just pissy about traffic 
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| # ? Nov 6, 2012 20:33 |
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Eejit posted:Those buttons were awesome. Too bad the convention was actually pretty useless. No swap area and prices were no better or worse than CSG's SkiRex anyways. Soooo sounds like we should be skiing Sunday then eh....
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| # ? Nov 6, 2012 21:06 |
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this is a beautiful sight: (all models in agreement)
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| # ? Nov 6, 2012 21:08 |
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How long does it take for a snowboard to wear out? I've had a Ride Timeless for probably 6 years now. I don't even think they make it anymore. I can't say I've noticed any difference in how it feels over the years, but it did start out as a very stiff all-mountain board, so perhaps that gives it additional life?
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| # ? Nov 6, 2012 21:10 |
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spwrozek posted:Soooo sounds like we should be skiing Sunday then eh.... I'd say yes, but... Keystone  Abasin  Abasin at least has a pretense of snowcover, Keystyone is either all made or absolutely barren. Hopefully they don't groom everything down too. I am probably out for Sunday as I have to work a party late Saturday, sadly, but if it snows midweek I'll head out then. It would be fun to potentially get one untracked run in before Thanksgiving. Hopefully we can start getting some action here so we get a decent base leading into Christmas (when I have relatives and friends visiting).
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| # ? Nov 6, 2012 21:21 |
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If by wear out you mean get floppy (softer) it varies based on construction and level of abuse. Obviously park boards tend to go faster than boards used exclusively for freeride, and if someone only hits rails they'll kill a board faster than a halfpipe rider. Usually what ruins boards are isolated incident kinds of things, like an edge tear out or cracking the core on a bad landing. Mine tend to last about 3 seasons. fffuuuu actually, really glad I'm not making 10 mile bike rides @ 230am in that weather
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| # ? Nov 6, 2012 21:22 |
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Please snow Friday night. Please please pleeeeease just a couple inches I just want a taste man
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| # ? Nov 6, 2012 21:51 |
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Hooray snow in Bend proper 
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| # ? Nov 6, 2012 22:18 |
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drat not a single line passing through Tahoe. Close enough I guess. Seems like resorts will open late Nov early Dec. drat I can't wait any longerrrr
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 01:11 |
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Arrath posted:Bought my Mt. Hood Meadows season pass this weekend. High five Meadows pass buddy! Stormrider (and others with a good experience with the recent Burton product line) what's your opinion on the Hero from last year? I'm picking up a new board this season for my son and REI has one in his size (low 150s) on clearance. He's an intermediate & progressing. He's going to be on the snowboard team at school this season so with comps & coaching I expect his skills (freestyle especially) to increase significantly. I'm leaning towards a Capita Indoor Survival more than the Hero, but figured checking it out wouldn't be bad.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 02:42 |
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add me: Conan the Librarian (Heavenly/Northstar/Kirkwood, Cali/Tahoe) Hey, good to see the new thread up. I'm in the bay area but I work for the parent corporation of Heavenly/Northstar/Kirkwood (Vail) so I've got a pass there. Technically I'm the backshop lead at my local store but I've worked sales and other retail positions. If anyone in the southern SF bay area wants advice/help with ski gear choice or is just looking for a possible carpool partner please let me know.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 06:57 |
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ironlung posted:this is a beautiful sight: Is there something that explains the legend on this? I'd like to be able to make better sense of it for future reference. I assume that it shows the major weather models of an up coming storm?
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 07:17 |
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I'm guessing those are different models for the jet stream.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 07:22 |
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New Salomon Freeski episode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWFWTugad6U Focuses on storm skiing, which I absolutely love. More often than not it starts to bucket snow and a good majority of the people will head inside to the lodge leaving me and my lady to ski the mountain. Wonderful feeling.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 08:40 |
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Just got an epic pass! you can add me to the Colorado list. More specifically; Castle Rock, CO. Now all i need is a board and gear and I'll be set!
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 08:45 |
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I'm looking to fly out to Europe for a week to snowboard with a few friends. I'm pretty open to anything (France, Italy, Switzerland, ect.) Are there any must go-to resorts to someone who hasn't done too much snowboarding to Europe(Only snowboarded in Chamonix, France). Hooray for snow season!
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 10:59 |
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Austria has runs for days to my understanding. Like Innsbruck.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 11:06 |
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I LIKE COOKIE posted:Just got an epic pass! you can add me to the Colorado list. More specifically; Castle Rock, CO. Now all i need is a board and gear and I'll be set! Holy poo poo, someone else from the Castle Rock area? Sup fellow farthest-flung suburb buddy   
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 14:31 |
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Heisenburglar posted:I'm looking to fly out to Europe for a week to snowboard with a few friends. I'm pretty open to anything (France, Italy, Switzerland, ect.) Are there any must go-to resorts to someone who hasn't done too much snowboarding to Europe(Only snowboarded in Chamonix, France). When are you going? (pro-tip: avoid school holiday weeks in the countries you're visiting) Are you all snowboarders? Park, piste, powder? Nendez, Laax, Les Arc/La Plagne are pretty good. Lots of awesome smaller places too but they tend to have more drag lifts than chairs which doesn't work well for snowboarders. just reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gl_FTwQOeU
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 15:30 |
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Epic Pass more like Epic puff-puff-pass now am i rite
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 16:51 |
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deong posted:Is there something that explains the legend on this? I'd like to be able to make better sense of it for future reference. I assume that it shows the major weather models of an up coming storm? It's a spaghetti plot of the GFS ensemble, which just means that they take the GFS weather model (one of many models out there, and the newest) and then adjust each model run for various meteorological variables and see how it affects the storm. On this one they all agree, which in this case is good for CO since we are in the bullseye. A lot of times the lines on the plot will be all over the place.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 16:56 |
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I need to move out west  I barely got to ride at all last year. I have a brand new Pickle that's been ridden like one time, on a lovely day.I think I'm taking my christmas bonus and going out west for a week.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 16:59 |
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Hahahaha supposedly Silverstar's cross country skiing opens in two days. Not if you look at the webcams, it doesn't. They better bloody hope they get some snow in the next two weeks before they're scheduled to open. They had a good covering a week or so ago, but I guess they got the same warm front we got in Vancouver because it's almost all gone except at the summit.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 17:08 |
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I suppose I should give you some details so you can throw my name up on the Colorado list. I live in North Denver suburbs (Lafayette) and I ski at Winter Park/Copper (Rocky mountain superpass, superpass for short)
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 19:23 |
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You may also add my name. Live in Sacramento and I ski up in Tahoe. Got the season pass for sierra. Carpool okay as long as you aren't an axe murderer.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 19:54 |
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washow posted:drat not a single line passing through Tahoe. Close enough I guess. Seems like resorts will open late Nov early Dec. drat I can't wait any longerrrr Tahoe should get at least a few inches at lake level with this upcoming storm. NOAA is saying Donner Summit should get around a foot on the tops by this weekend.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 21:52 |
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Sierra Nevadan posted:Tahoe should get at least a few inches at lake level with this upcoming storm. NOAA is saying Donner Summit should get around a foot on the tops by this weekend. For CO goons the latest forecast is 1-2' in the southern San Juans and 4-10" everywhere else.
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 22:14 |
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Telluride crushing Summit on the Powder poll; I guess everyone's just pissy about traffic And lift lines And bro-brahs Eejit posted:For CO goons the latest forecast is 1-2' in the southern San Juans and 4-10" everywhere else. Do you know how frustrating it is to watch wolf creek get puked on and just get the edge of the storm, which is usually about 1/10 of what they get?
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| # ? Nov 7, 2012 23:35 |
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So I've been boarding for a few years now out in Arizona, which sucks (I'm in Flagstaff). I'm planning a big trip with some buddies to CO, as I now have a friend who lives in Westminster outside of Denver. If any CO goons could offer some advice as to where to go to have a few fun days on an epic mountain that would be awesome. For reference, I'll probably make two trips, one to teach my friend living in CO how to snowboard, and another to actually go snowboarding. I've heard Breckenridge is great for beginners through experts but are there better ski areas that are closer that would be good for learning?
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Spudalicious posted:So I've been boarding for a few years now out in Arizona, which sucks (I'm in Flagstaff). I'm planning a big trip with some buddies to CO, as I now have a friend who lives in Westminster outside of Denver. If any CO goons could offer some advice as to where to go to have a few fun days on an epic mountain that would be awesome. We get a ton of people from flagstaff, and have the longest green run in North America if that's your thing.
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Moot . posted:We get a ton of people from flagstaff, and have the longest green run in North America if that's your thing. When you say you, do you mean Breckenridge or elsewhere in CO? I ride blacks/double blacks here, mostly in the trees last season though. I like to teach on greens (I'm not a teacher but I took a college class and had lessons 3 times a week for 7 weeks so I sorta know how to teach people), and we have such lovely greens that it's mind blowing so that could be cool. Even so, Snowbowl is fun and we're getting some new runs as of this year. Also we're blowing snow! with poo water  still not sure how I feel about that!
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Spudalicious posted:Also we're blowing snow! That's worse than my home resort last year. They used almost the whole lake up blowing snow, and a few hills were covered in fish guts with flocks of birds feeding.
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Spudalicious posted:When you say you, do you mean Breckenridge or elsewhere in CO? Telluride. Much closer than the I-70 resorts for you Arizona folk. Although looking at the weather forecast you may want to consider Wolf Creek.
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| # ? Nov 8, 2012 02:35 |
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Sierra Nevadan posted:That's worse than my home resort last year. They used almost the whole lake up blowing snow, and a few hills were covered in fish guts with flocks of birds feeding. Oh what the gently caress? They don't filter it? Also which resort is this
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| # ? Nov 8, 2012 04:21 |
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I think we really need to have a "Ski and Ride Summit and Eagle" section of the OP. But if you head up this way, as your Westminster friends might be wont to do, I would suggest staying in Summit Co. Specifically, Breck, Frisco, Dillon, or Silverthorne. Breck has a lot of nightlife, although it is pretty much full of every bro and ho you can imagine. You can catch a free bus to any of the lodging areas outside of Breck (and from any ski or lodging area to another for that matter), so you can party it up there then bus back to the condo. People like hating on the I-70 resorts for various reasons, but truth is that most have decent terrain around the hills. It's not the best terrain I've ever skied by any means, but the area is optimized for vacations and works pretty well for Denver. But there's plenty to do, if you stay in Summit there are three mountains to ski, overall it's not a bad gig. Grab a goon who rides those areas for a day and you'll learn the good spots that make these areas still legit. However if I were planning a trip I'd probably go to Telluride too. As far as resorts close to AZ, that's your best bet and it's just overall badass. Otherwise, if something compels you closer to Denver, I'd ski Summit. And there you're looking at Breck, Keystone and Abasin, with lodging and "the action" at Breck, or a bus ride away from Breck.
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| # ? Nov 8, 2012 05:38 |
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Please add me to CO. I'll be working at Beaver Creek with W TH F off and skiing pretty much every one of those days if anyone wants to do Vail, Breck, Keystone or BC. I prefer mid level glades but If there's enough powder will drop most stuff. I don't mind a day cruising blues and drinking either. Edit: Huge back country hiker, looking to get into back country skiing red donkey kong fucked around with this message at Nov 8, 2012 around 07:02 |
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red donkey kong posted:Please add me to CO. I suppose this is a good time to post this then! https://avalanche.state.co.us/pub/edu_cal.php Most of these are three day clinics and run $330. I'm going to look at doing one mid-December if a few things go right, otherwise it'll be mid-Jan.
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Man how have I missed these vids until now: https://vimeo.com/channels/askiersjourney
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