Oh I'm here. Just biding my time son.Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWhore7
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Oh I'm here. Just biding my time son.Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWhore7
I'd put money on Killy being open this weekend...maybe only for pass and cardholders like they did last year.
Laser, sorry you're going to miss the best snow season in a decade.
therudeness posted THIS deal in the old RC, looks like I'll actually do some traveling this year. They're going fast.
You really are a whore... :nonono2:Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWhore7
:wink:
Oh the irony: when I learned that the Chic Chocs would be on the agenda again, I thought, don't get your hopes up, they'll probably send someone else, but oh yes, the accent is back ... yet sadly, I contacted Gu too late, so no freebie packets or raffle prizes from them this year, sorry!Quote:
Originally Posted by cat in january
So four of the ESAW presenters will be from outside the Eastern U.S., wow!
Abbreviated schedule as follows:
7:30 Begin showing up.
8:15 Introductory remarks.
8:30 How to make avy-related wx obs, by the same obs presenter we had in 2011 (bio second from the bottom)
9:15 Baxter/Katahdin
10:00 Raffle & rest break (plus we’ll have some vendor displays at ESAW this time)
10:15 Sidecountry human factors, by Doug Richmond, Bridger ski patrol director
11:00 Shorter sessions including Chic-Chocs (she’s back!), Eastern snowmaking avies (Roger Damon, who’s been teaching avy courses since the 1960s), AvaTech (they did a guest presentation at the avy course I was teaching this past weekend – MIT snowpit wizardry!)
12:00 Raffle and lunch
1:00 Wet snow physics that you probably won’t fully understand (but very cool to hear anything from Sam Colbeck, retired from CRREL)
1:45 Uncertainty in Avy Decision Making (by Dale Atkins, head honcho of *the* American Avalanche Association, plus in general the nation’s authority on avy rescue)
2:30 Raffle & break
2:45 Using “Avalanche Problem” Descriptors to Communicate Risk, by Tim Brown, IFMGA guide and Instructor Trainer for the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education
3:30 Shorter Sessions including Mt W’s Meteorological Variability (USFS snow ranger Jeff Lane & a person whose name would imply another charming foreign female accent but unfortunately the bio indicates otherwise), RECCO (Dale Atkins again), Bridger avy safety (Doug Richmond of course)
4:30 Closing remarks and walk around the corner to IME for some combination of more vendor displays, socializing, and beer
Checking in for 13/14. Two planks in the forecast.
Yarrrrrr
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Getting some nice low temps this week. They'll be testing the new guns hopefully.
would probably be good if the ground froze first. has there even been an appreciable frost yet?
rog
What:eek:??? Say it ain't so, oh the horror!Quote:
Originally Posted by mtl_ripper
Another one bites the dust. Free heelers and one plankers are smartening up...Quote:
Originally Posted by FussyDutchman
Mount Washington is testing the snow making system:
INTENSE LOW PRES NEAR NEWFOUNDLAND AND STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING
INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL SET UP STRONG NW FLOW CAA REGIME
FOR NEW ENGLAND BEGINNING THU. THE BULK OF THE COLD ANOMALIES WILL
SLIDE INTO THE SERN U.S. BUT SEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL STILL
INVADE THE NORTHEAST. WITH DEEP NW FLOW ACROSS CANADA...OVERALL AIR
MASS WILL BE DRY. HOWEVER...LINGERING LLVL MOISTURE WILL BE WRUNG
OUT OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN...AS UPSLOPE SHSN LINGER INTO FRI. SOME
LIGHT ACCUMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MTNS WITH THIS. MIXING DEPTHS
INCREASE WITH CAA...AND GUSTY NW WINDS EXPECTED THU FOR THE CWFA.
MAX WIND GUSTS LOOK TO BE ON THE ORDER OF 25 TO 30 KTS ATTM. TEMPS
SHOULD FALL WELL BELOW NORMAL IN THIS PATTERN...WITH HIGHS IN THE
40S AND LOW 50S...WITH LOWS FALLING WELL INTO THE 30S.
NEXT S/WV TROF DROPS THRU MANITOBA AND CUTS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
SAT...WITH WEAK LOW PRES CROSSING THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO
SUN. COLD ANTECEDENT AIR MASS AND FAVORABLE DIURNAL TIMING OF PCPN
COULD MEAN THAT FLAKES FLY WELL DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND
INTERIOR AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE HIGH TERRAIN. GIVEN LIGHT PCPN AND
RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS THOUGH...IT WILL BE HARD TO SEE MUCH IF
ANY ACCUM. IT WILL BE MORE A REMINDER OF THE COMING SEASON.
All you really needed to say. I'd go for just Miss Chic Choc Chica.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan S.
Speaking of Ski Bunnies...
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Originally Posted by icelanticskier
You're just a regular old wooly caterpillar, aren't ya? Geezus.
naw I just like to think that I know EVERYTHING:fm:
rog
He'll be back Rob, they almost always come back. The only exception I can think of (before he has a chance to respond) is rog, but he's just too stubborn to admit he misses his single plank days...either that or he can't remember back that far:biggrin:!Quote:
Originally Posted by neufox47
oh I remember. independent suspension is my preferred method these days. my only single plank has a stringer and offers either thruster or quad options.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by FussyDutchman
chilly George!!!
rog
Could someone near the top of page 1 link to the EC Ski Deals thread? I think that would be helpful.
Best PTT ever...Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDaddy
Done.Quote:
Originally Posted by neufox47
I made the switch back to fixed Jan.4 and have not skied free since. I may pull out the Arkos Greenlands at some point this winter and flip flop around a bit, maybe not.
38.3` bob, got down to 37.8` last night, coldest night this fall by one tenth of a degree. the previous coldest temp was during the August cold snap. Rog is right[is he not always?] that some ground freezing would be good, the upper 4-500' of the mountain looks to have a little frost on it.
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Originally Posted by MyNameIsAugustWest
most likely, you're all welcome!
17 degrees and 1.6 inches of new snow for George.
http://www.mountwashington.org/weath.../deck/deck.jpg
from k-ton
"4:57 p.m. 10/21/13-- What’s that sound? Still cheers from the Red Sox victory? Never mind, that’s the sweet, sweet sound of KILLINGTON SNOWMAKERS doing what they do best.
That’s right, the snow guns are locked and loaded! We’ll be making snow whenever Ma Nature permits – that means we’re building our season’s base, starting with any and every open window of low temps this week.
We know you’d like to hear about that magic Opening Day, and we’ll let you know as soon as we do – expect a weekend outlook on Thursday.
In the meantime, get your gear tuned. It’s game time."
rog
The banana belt colder than the mts?! I guess there's always a first! Solid 32° this morn in the UV :party:Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
Sheeeit! I'm slow to move this year..only up to 100 tele jumps in the pool...
The skis have been ready to go since the day after Memorial Day, but I am looking to get to 500 before attempting Glisse in the new season. 500 is a long session.
BTW, it looks stupid but it works wonders. When I get above 100 jumps, angulation comes into it...hands low, face and shoulders angled as though down the fall line. Goggles essential for tele jumping in the pool, probably for fixed heelers too
Getting in on this all important thread so I can continue to use the "participated threads" tab almost exclusively.
Let me know when you get to Gore and I'll give you the tour. Don't worry, there will be tons of climbing for no reason and I'll loop back on myself three or four times just for the hell of it. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
Thanks, mang... a lot of home grown in that vid, from skiers to singers.Quote:
Originally Posted by MyNameIsAugustWest
Silly, but hopefully fun (and not too tiresome for the 100th time posted).
I'm having a hard time digesting Laser being in FL- the state that defines flat. Man, it's a good thing he loves golf because that is a long way from the mountains. Wish you the best down there man!
Wait.... what? How does that work? You're doing split jumps in a pool?Quote:
Originally Posted by robrox
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Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds!
I would guess it would be like lunges except a little easier on the joints and a little more bouncy with the pool.
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds!
Started doing that because of the bum knees. Bouancy cuts down on the impacts, but the water slows the jump up too. Kind of a win/win.
As I get to 350-400plateau, it becomes typical that after warming up a while, my hips clear chest deep water on lots of jumps...until I get tired.
This stupid trick has changed my game a bunch.
Edit: Shudder! When I was finishing rehab after TKR* my RPT** colluded with my PT*** to make me suffer...
Suffer what you ask? Suffer Bulgarian splits off a Attachment 143142 box to a Attachment 143142 Bosu, while carrying weights in both hands.
The things we do..
* Total Knee Replacement
** Registered Pain Therapist
*** Personal Terrorist
Prezackly! Gets funny looks from the "swimmers"...like they were gaping at something they don't understand.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoWork
Sick deal. Any one wanna link up for this and do it in one shot?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
... i am a parallel skier
Cold out this morning. I've "arranged" to have Fridays off with my son this year, so there's going to be lots of skiing in my future. Most of it on the bunny-hill, but I'm still excited.
Just purchased. Sick deal. Can't wait to chase some storms around. God am I excited for skiing. Sunday river can't open fast enough. I'm already planning out my ski rotation for the day and that I want to get there early so I can get some time on SL skis before it turns to gaper moguls. The first step is admitting you have a problem...Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
Sorry, we call it French fries here.Quote:
Originally Posted by daught
Yes, but what's the problem?!Quote:
Originally Posted by neufox47
And seeing this is the east coast thread and it's the mutha f'n World Series....
GO RED SOX!
Freedom fries, traitor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Powder Pussy
Damnit with the page toppers :cussing:
lets just do the whole damn page!!!
PSA for all the Heady lovers, growlers!
http://t.co/ellECDMp2X
I'll play along.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylr2D...yer_detailpage
Addit for more details on the growlers.
http://www.alchemistbeer.com/exciting-day/