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spwrozek
Sep 4, 2006

Sail when it's windy

kiimo posted:

It seems like yesterday someone predicted a poo poo winter this year. 81" on top of Mammoth in this storm not counting today or tomorrow. Feet upon feet upon feet. Open till mid July I bet.

Oh man, 4th of July trip.... Hmmm

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bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

that really depends on how the rest of the season shakes out. A dry March and/or unusually hot April could derail summer plans. Don't count your corn eggs before they've hatched, etc etc.

Steve French
Sep 8, 2003

My Reynaud's-having wife told me her rheumatologist said Viagra can help. So you know, there's that as an option. I think maaaybe a sufficient dose is less than a lift ticket?

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005
I'm watching the world champs Super G, for Lindsey Vonn's last ever Super G race, and oh boy did she eat it in a perfect example of why you really, really need to pay attention in inspection holy :stare:

Ola
Jul 19, 2004

HookShot posted:

I'm watching the world champs Super G, for Lindsey Vonn's last ever Super G race, and oh boy did she eat it in a perfect example of why you really, really need to pay attention in inspection holy :stare:

Yeah, she went through the gate and dragged it with her.



Got down on her own skis, so I think she's still on for the downhill.

Landsknecht
Oct 27, 2009
I hope this person is trolling, nobody can be so unfunny and dumb
so a shop screwed up the mount on some skis and are giving me a new pair of skis, my choice

how do DPS wailers ski? :getin:

kiimo
Jul 24, 2003

Current Mammoth storm count: over ten feet since last Saturday, not counting what happens today and according to the mountain cams it's "Donner Party" level blizzard still.

Razzled
Feb 3, 2011

MY HARLEY IS COOL

kiimo posted:

Current Mammoth storm count: over ten feet since last Saturday, not counting what happens today and according to the mountain cams it's "Donner Party" level blizzard still.

holy fuckin poo poo lol, odds of another inbounds avvy?

IncredibleIgloo
Feb 17, 2011





kiimo posted:

Current Mammoth storm count: over ten feet since last Saturday, not counting what happens today and according to the mountain cams it's "Donner Party" level blizzard still.

Their cams and pictures are amazing!

kiimo
Jul 24, 2003

Yeah I looked at their cams earlier and the summit cam in particular looked...biblical.


Check for yourselves...

https://www.mammothmountain.com/cams/summit-cam

ante
Apr 9, 2005

SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS
Hah, dicks.

Here's me:



Wistful of Dollars
Aug 25, 2009

kiimo posted:

Current Mammoth storm count: over ten feet since last Saturday, not counting what happens today and according to the mountain cams it's "Donner Party" level blizzard still.

drat Snow, calm down son. You crazy.

spwrozek
Sep 4, 2006

Sail when it's windy

Freeride World Tour stop at Kicking Horse was pretty sweet today. The replay is on their youtube.

Kazak_Hstan
Apr 28, 2014

Grimey Drawer
Snow in southcentral AK isn’t great for downhill but ive been out on the cross country trails and boy is it nice to glide through snowy spruce trees.

Moot .1415926535
Mar 24, 2006

Yep, that's pretty much it.
https://avalanche.state.co.us/forecasts/backcountry-avalanche/north-san-juan/

And the splitboard continues to sit, neglected.

spwrozek
Sep 4, 2006

Sail when it's windy

Sun valley and snow basin join the epic family next season...

Granted you only get a couple days there. Makes a SLC trip a lot better in epic though.

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Ikon still the better option.

Moey
Oct 22, 2010

I LIKE TO MOVE IT

highme posted:

Ikon still the better option.

Everyone needs to get the Ikon and stop going to Vail resorts, thanks.

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

highme posted:

Ikon still the better option.
despite the tragic loss of Whistler from the MC, this is still extremely true

spwrozek
Sep 4, 2006

Sail when it's windy

A bit late to the earlier request but here you go throwing it back to the '91-'92 season. I look ready to rip.

Spime Wrangler
Feb 23, 2003

Because we can.

Was that taken at boyne?

kiimo
Jul 24, 2003

They should give people a retro straight ski option for kicks at the rental places. I'd do it for a day.

spwrozek
Sep 4, 2006

Sail when it's windy

Spime Wrangler posted:

Was that taken at boyne?

That is where I learned! Haha. Mostly at the highlands. When I was about 11 ish we started going to nubs. I think I never went back to the highlands after that.

Kalman
Jan 17, 2010

spwrozek posted:

That is where I learned! Haha. Mostly at the highlands. When I was about 11 ish we started going to nubs. I think I never went back to the highlands after that.

I was so sad when I found out Sugarloaf closed - that was always our big ski trip of the year when I was a kid.

il serpente cosmico
May 15, 2003

Best five bucks I've ever spend.
Meadows had some wonderful groom today. I'm loving putting my new board on it's edges. It's been nice and cold up there.

Off-groom was pretty spotty. I slid about 50 feet on rear end down A-zone. We tried to get into Clark but it was rough getting over there on a snowboard. Getting into Clark is super variable; I've had days where I've made it without strapping out, and others where there was no way in hell I was getting in without significant hiking.

Fifty Three
Oct 29, 2007

Lake Louise was a great time last weekend. Much more snow than we expected the night of our arrival, then bitterly cold temps on our second two ski days cleared out all the crowds. We skied onto the gondola all day on Sunday and Monday.

Then my buddy blew his knee out in a freak accident on an easy run and had to be toboggan'd down. :( At least it was right at the end of our last ski day and he didn't have any other big trips planned this year, but... yeesh. No idea what the damage is yet but x-rays indicated a possible ACL tear. A damned shame, he's an awesome skier and most of the reason I got into it.

ironlung
Dec 31, 2001

I think I had my best turns of the season today... this winter in CO is blowing last yr out of the water. Heard WC has already passed last season's total snowfall. We've gotta be getting close too.

e: just looked it up, we are officially past last year after the current storm cycle

ironlung fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Feb 7, 2019

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005
Hey Vancouver people how likely is it that Grouse has enough snow to hold a slalom race next week I want to know if I need to mentally prepare to race slalom at home instead, since I plan on skipping the Grouse races because I don't want to drive into the city at the beginning of a race series.

Kimberley was super fun and productive this year. I scored in every race pretty hard. Dropped my SG points by 15, and my DH points (which were artificially inflated thanks to only one finish last year) by 112, but still like 70 if you take off the penalty for the one finish.

fknlo
Jul 6, 2009


Fun Shoe

ironlung posted:

I think I had my best turns of the season today... this winter in CO is blowing last yr out of the water. Heard WC has already passed last season's total snowfall. We've gotta be getting close too.

e: just looked it up, we are officially past last year after the current storm cycle

I've taken the past couple weeks off because my knees among other things have felt like poo poo :corsair:

I think I'm gonna try to get a couple days at Steamboat next week.

ante
Apr 9, 2005

SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS

HookShot posted:

Hey Vancouver people how likely is it that Grouse has enough snow to hold a slalom race next week I want to know if I need to mentally prepare to race slalom at home instead, since I plan on skipping the Grouse races because I don't want to drive into the city at the beginning of a race series.

Kimberley was super fun and productive this year. I scored in every race pretty hard. Dropped my SG points by 15, and my DH points (which were artificially inflated thanks to only one finish last year) by 112, but still like 70 if you take off the penalty for the one finish.

I don't think stuff has really been melting, it's just been frozen and nothing new coming in

ImplicitAssembler
Jan 24, 2013

HookShot posted:

Hey Vancouver people how likely is it that Grouse has enough snow to hold a slalom race next week I want to know if I need to mentally prepare to race slalom at home instead, since I plan on skipping the Grouse races because I don't want to drive into the city at the beginning of a race series.

Highly likely. While they haven't had a ton of snow, we also haven't had any real warm fronts pass through and I'm pretty sure they've been running the snow guns over the last week or so. (And it's forecast to stay cold for another week).

Ola
Jul 19, 2004

kiimo posted:

They should give people a retro straight ski option for kicks at the rental places. I'd do it for a day.

I'm thinking about buying an old pair second hand if they're not too beat up, for straight line speed.

Eejit
Mar 6, 2007

Swiss Army Cockatoo
Cacatua multitoolii

ironlung posted:

I think I had my best turns of the season today... this winter in CO is blowing last yr out of the water. Heard WC has already passed last season's total snowfall. We've gotta be getting close too.

e: just looked it up, we are officially past last year after the current storm cycle

Yeah man I skied the gated stuff off Bliss at Snowmass yesterday (Buckskin, Rock Island, etc) and a few of my lines were actually and without exaggeration waist deep

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005

ante posted:

I don't think stuff has really been melting, it's just been frozen and nothing new coming in

ImplicitAssembler posted:

Highly likely. While they haven't had a ton of snow, we also haven't had any real warm fronts pass through and I'm pretty sure they've been running the snow guns over the last week or so. (And it's forecast to stay cold for another week).


Sweet, thanks both of you!

Wistful of Dollars
Aug 25, 2009

Demo weekend this weekend; going to test me some sticks!

Fifty Three
Oct 29, 2007

Addendum: Brahmas are like cheating compared to standard cheap rental skis. I need to find me a cheap used pair.

knox_harrington
Feb 18, 2011

Running no point.

Off to Megève today for the weekend. I did some careful laps of the kids slope (kill me) at Villars last weekend to test out my knee and it felt good, so going to show a mate who hasn't ever been on the snow before the basics.

Obviously being very careful not to gently caress my knee up again but it's great to get back on skis.

Ola
Jul 19, 2004

Ragnhild Mowinckel putting in a good downhill effort in the combination. I think tucking your hands behind your boots (Svindal style?) in a jump just looks so drat cool and confident.

HookShot
Dec 26, 2005

Ola posted:

Ragnhild Mowinckel putting in a good downhill effort in the combination. I think tucking your hands behind your boots (Svindal style?) in a jump just looks so drat cool and confident.



It's the second most aerodynamic way to go off jumps, which is why they all try to do it. Technically, according to the wind tunnel tests, the most aerodynamic is to have your hands behind your back/rear end, but it's too hard to do it and stay balanced for the most part, since you have to start off the jump pressing down to get the body forward.

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highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Current forecast for Hood is 6-10" of new with highs in the teens on Saturday & single digits on Sunday. I have a comp to work on both days and I've never wanted to see our events cancelled so badly.

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