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Should I take a day off and go to Meadows tomorrow? 🤔
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Jan 13, 2020 22:43
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I think I'm finally gonna make it out tomorrow. I was hoping to have a better winter wheel set for my car, but the roads already look doable and what I have should work. Of course I had some friends come out and go to keystone this year when I only grabbed the ikon pass. At least I can use a buddy pass to knock the price down a little.
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Jan 13, 2020 22:56
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spwrozek posted:I am feeling for you guys real hard right now. Just a terrible situation over there. This was the biggest change from the Epic pass to Aspen. There is no chasing rope drops. There's just nobody loving there. Like yes, if you so catch a drop that's great because you are now in a ski movie, but if you show up to the zone two hours late no worries because there are still plenty of untouched lines. If I still was doing the Summit/Eagle thing, high chance I'd also mostly prefer the bc too
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Jan 13, 2020 23:10
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Has anyone skied at Kirkwood with a new skieer? My fiancee can do greens and easy blues (mostly on the Cali side at Heavenly) but i'm not sure how much fun she/we would have there (I've only done kirkwood on my own as a fairly advanced skier)
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Jan 13, 2020 23:17
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WHERE MY HAT IS AT posted:Only Toronto gets the army for snow storms! Can confirm it is insanely cold
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Jan 14, 2020 03:12
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Bilirubin posted:Can confirm it is insanely cold Yeah I said gently caress it and just went snowshoeing instead, will likely do the same the rest of the week unless we get a crazy snow day.
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Jan 14, 2020 03:18
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Eejit posted:This was the biggest change from the Epic pass to Aspen. There is no chasing rope drops. There's just nobody loving there. Like yes, if you so catch a drop that's great because you are now in a ski movie, but if you show up to the zone two hours late no worries because there are still plenty of untouched lines. If I still was doing the Summit/Eagle thing, high chance I'd also mostly prefer the bc too On my way.
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Jan 14, 2020 03:36
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luminalflux posted:Fiancée wants to go up to her in-laws in the sierra foothills on MLK weekend, which would be nice for skiing since they're like 90 minutes from south lake tahoe. Except I got an epic local pass and not the full pass which means blackout dates. Guess i'm going to Sierra-at-Tahoe Blackout days are also half price vs window on epic local, so still slightly cheaper than sierra-at-tahoe.
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Jan 14, 2020 05:20
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Re: my broken leg Orthopedist said that it's a clean fracture of my fibula and I should be walking normally in 2 weeks or so and there's a chance I can ski again this season so that's my good news for today http://imgur.com/a/26BguvX
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Jan 14, 2020 08:09
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regulargonzalez posted:Re: my broken leg Hell yeah. Best possible leg break scenario.
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Jan 14, 2020 13:59
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Foxfire_ posted:Blackout days are also half price vs window on epic local, so still slightly cheaper than sierra-at-tahoe. I can't figure out how to get the half-price tickets online, can you only get the discount in person at the mountain?
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Jan 14, 2020 16:40
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When I've done it before (New year's with family), I went to the pass office day of (less line than general window) and got stuff there + bought full price ones for nonpass family
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Jan 14, 2020 21:31
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Seattle area skiing has become such an overcrowded shitshow on the weekends that Crystal is eliminating walk up lift ticket sales opting for online pre-purchases only so they can somewhat limit the number of people that show up per day. Movax & I tried going to Stevens to use our Epic Local Passes last weekend, spent 4 hours driving in stop/go traffic, and got there after lots had filled so we had some beers at Leavenworth and came back when lots opened for night skiing at 3PM. At least our snow has been good  Seattle Times even wrote an article about it. https://www.seattletimes.com/life/o...f-local-slopes/ resident fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jan 15, 2020 |
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Jan 15, 2020 00:38
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luminalflux posted:Has anyone skied at Kirkwood with a new skieer? My fiancee can do greens and easy blues (mostly on the Cali side at Heavenly) but i'm not sure how much fun she/we would have there (I've only done kirkwood on my own as a fairly advanced skier) The Timbercreek side of Kirkwood was a lot of fun for my new-ish friends. I think all the runs are technically blue (TC Express Lift), but they are pretty easy ones. They really liked the "Ditch of Doom" and "Trench of Terror" runs which are like narrow, curvy paths that take you along for a ride. There's also a bunny hill on that side as well. The complete other side of Kirkwood (Lifts: Snowkirk, Caples Crest, and Iron Horse) also have pretty manageable blues, but if I recall, there are a bunch of flat areas, so snowboarders going slow can get stuck. Resonance22 fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Jan 15, 2020 |
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Jan 15, 2020 00:52
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resident posted:Seattle area skiing has become such an overcrowded shitshow on the weekends that Crystal is eliminating walk up lift ticket sales opting for online pre-purchases only so they can somewhat limit the number of people that show up per day. Coincidentally, I recently found this amazing video of when an apparently patrol-triggered avalanche took out a lift there a few years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwQNnjS2E-s
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Jan 15, 2020 02:47
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Headed to CO tomorrow. Have a giant ski bag. Life is good.
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Jan 15, 2020 02:48
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Headed to CO tomorrow. Have a giant ski bag. Life is good. Welcome! Where you headed? good storm coming for Friday.
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Jan 15, 2020 02:57
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spwrozek posted:Welcome! Just out to Purgatory for this trip. My dad is just south of town so free lodging!
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Jan 15, 2020 03:02
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so goons I am gonna be in Nelson from the 18th Jan til the 29th and riding Whitewater and maybe a day or two at Red. if anyone is around and wants to meet an aussie goon and watch them poorly try to ride in snow deeper than anything I have at home, please hit me up. Sprowzek I owe you beers for your helpful information so plz come collect.
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Jan 15, 2020 03:13
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Anyone ever been to Zermatt in Switzerland? We're going in late February for a week and still looking for tips/advice on how to spend our week besides epic riding and gawking at the Matterhorn.
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Jan 15, 2020 10:35
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Laserface posted:so goons I am gonna be in Nelson from the 18th Jan til the 29th and riding Whitewater and maybe a day or two at Red. if anyone is around and wants to meet an aussie goon and watch them poorly try to ride in snow deeper than anything I have at home, please hit me up. I wish I could but I will not be back up there until February 10th. Have fun though man.
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Jan 15, 2020 14:40
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Mummy Xzibit posted:Anyone ever been to Zermatt in Switzerland? Cancel the whole rest of your trip and just do the Haute Route to Chamonix
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Jan 15, 2020 17:45
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Mummy Xzibit posted:Anyone ever been to Zermatt in Switzerland? What do you like to do? It's a lovely place. I'd say to get the international pass so you can ski Cervinia as well, food is great and cheap in Italy. Do the 20km run from the klein Matterhorn to Valtournenche as well if it's open. It's worth bothering to walk up the steps to the viewing platform at the klein Matterhorn, it's an amazing view. There hasn't been new snow since Christmas so off piste is skied out, but more is forecast this weekend. There's quite a bit of "in bounds" freeride on the Gornergrat side if the snow is good. Or yeah do the haute route instead, or the trip from Gressoney over Monte Rosa to Zermatt (on my bucket list).
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Jan 15, 2020 22:08
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Mummy Xzibit posted:Anyone ever been to Zermatt in Switzerland? One of my friends went there last year. He didn't care for it at all as a snowboarder. He said he was constantly walking due to catwalks. Outside of that he said he loved it there.
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Jan 15, 2020 22:35
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fknlo posted:One of my friends went there last year. He didn't care for it at all as a snowboarder. He said he was constantly walking due to catwalks. Outside of that he said he loved it there. There's several peaks at Zermatt and some sides of the mountain are better than others for snowboarding imo. The scenic area near the matterhorn isn't so great for snowboarding.
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Jan 16, 2020 00:21
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fknlo posted:One of my friends went there last year. He didn't care for it at all as a snowboarder. He said he was constantly walking due to catwalks. Outside of that he said he loved it there. a friend invited me to go in December and as I was researching how it is I saw a lot of complaints about this at all... stories that it can take 2 hours to get from the town to a run because of all of the lines and catwalks. I've been there in the summer though and would love to visit in the winter even if I just focused on snowshoeing or crosscountry or something. Switzerland in the winter is a dream bucketlist trip.
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Jan 16, 2020 00:57
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MMD3 posted:a friend invited me to go in December and as I was researching how it is I saw a lot of complaints about this at all... stories that it can take 2 hours to get from the town to a run because of all of the lines and catwalks. I've been there in the summer though and would love to visit in the winter even if I just focused on snowshoeing or crosscountry or something. Switzerland in the winter is a dream bucketlist trip. I've skied there a lot and can't really see 2 hours being true tbh. Maybe 1 if it's super busy. I guess part of it is that the vertical difference is big so it naturally takes a while to travel 2km upwards. Zero queues last week at any rate.
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Jan 16, 2020 02:23
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fknlo posted:One of my friends went there last year. He didn't care for it at all as a snowboarder. He said he was constantly walking due to catwalks. Outside of that he said he loved it there. Maybe this is true for beginners, but I had no issues there. It's definitely not the best resort for advanced riding, but it does have amazing views and of course the iconic Matterhorn. If you want to get to the top it does take a while, but that's more because the highest point is 7500 ft above the base and if you were to go back down to the base it would be up to a 16 mile run. It's also not necessary and there are plenty of good runs all over the mountain.
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Jan 16, 2020 18:50
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Guten Morgen meine Damen und Herren. Today you'll find me on die Senderbahn. 
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I tried to be a real telemarker and replace my old broken poo poo with used gear but apparently all the other telemarkers never sell anything until it's more old and broken than mine. The primary ankle buckle on one of my boots failed and the tele community's answer was "don't worry about that one, just leave it loose and feel your way through the turn." Then the bellows developed a crack. I found one pair of 75mm boots for sale locally that almost fit but were a generation older and wouldn't lock into ski mode. The tele community's answer to this is "skiing in walk mode is cool and you just have to feel your way through the turn more." Well gently caress that the future is now! First turns tonight and a shitshow of a bohemia powder day tomorrow. 
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Jan 17, 2020 18:58
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Eejit posted:Guten Morgen meine Damen und Herren. Today you'll find me on die Senderbahn. Love it.
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Jan 17, 2020 19:08
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Spime Wrangler posted:I tried to be a real telemarker and replace my old broken poo poo with used gear but apparently all the other telemarkers never sell anything until it's more old and broken than mine. Is that NTN? Let me know if you ever want a cheap set of Axl’s. I have some kicking around in a box from circa 2013. Maybe have 15 days on them.
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Jan 17, 2020 20:19
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Day 1 on my 25th season riding Hood. 3-4ish of new over packed stuff. Place is pretty empty and I'm just rolling up to the chair unimpeded. So I've got 15k in 2 hours and my legs are definitely feeling it. Doesn't help that I slightly tweaked my hamstring playing soccer last night.
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Jan 17, 2020 20:19
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The key to snowboarding flats is to always go with skiing friends. Poles aren't so bad to carry even on the steeps.
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Dangerllama posted:Is that NTN? Let me know if you ever want a cheap set of Axl’s. I have some kicking around in a box from circa 2013. Maybe have 15 days on them. Yep, went with the Outlaw X. Thanks for the offer but I've already got a pair of axls to move and if these things work out I don't see myself buying back into 75mm again.
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Jan 17, 2020 20:35
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So my trip to big white is just over a week away. I checked their rental catalog and it seems pretty good. Having only ridden 4 snowboards in my life I'm pretty tempted to give the rentals a shot. Anybody way cooler than me want to take a look at this list and point out some of the cooler boards? I currently ride a fullbag diamond blade for reference. Buttering and riding switch isn't too high on my list of priorities!
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Jan 17, 2020 22:10
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Looks like Alpine Meadows had an inbounds avalanche today : https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/several-unaccounted-victims-after-avalanche-at-lake-tahoe-ski-resort-sheriff/2217005/
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https://squawalpine.com/explore/blog/incident-statement-january-17-2020
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Was just reading that. Crazy stuff this year.
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