Yep, it is well toasted here in midA. Might still get a storm or two for k n g if you are there for it.
Still got way more than last year so i got that going for me.
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Yep, it is well toasted here in midA. Might still get a storm or two for k n g if you are there for it.
Still got way more than last year so i got that going for me.
Hey Laps - how did you make it around this turn?
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Pretty cool for the American Cross Country Ski community. I've been working on this project for 1.5 years, and was in Minneapolis for 8 weeks leading up to the event.Quote:
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We were pretty close to disaster with the weather leading up to the event.
That corner had a drop of about 40’. I guess all the tree dodging we do in the east had me ready for the jerry slalom.
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I still have PTSD from a glare ice hairpin at the bottom of a hill from a race a couple years ago.
So...was it fun?
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any thoughts on mounting a voile HD mountaineer 3 pin binding on a pair of black crow ova freebird or similar cambered bc ski for moderate tours/meadowskipping? I'm looking for a waxable touring ski and skis in this class are crazy cheap right now .....
growing up, I can remember old-timers touring with a 3 pin binding mounted on used alpine skis
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I mean, if those are the skis you have, why not? Otherwise for that purpose, I’d pick a ski with fish scales, and only use skins when you have to.Quote:
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yepper. I have an old pair of karhu 10th mountain that fit that description.
I want a pair of touring skis I can wax so I can keep up with the GF
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I’ve got pins on a pair of 180 Explosivs, so go for it.Quote:
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It was a blast. The culture and vibe of that event are pretty impressive. I have to go back and do the point to point race sometime.Quote:
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Season is still going strong in parts of the BC southern interior. Things really rallied in the latter part of the season. It kind of culminated with the recent BC Championships, which had a strong turnout and good conditions. Who would have thought that back in January?
We’ve had the rare combo this week of skiing midwinter conditions while it’s still light after work.
It’s been fun for us nordic nerds but looks like the weather’s going to start warming up in the next couple of days
The boot comment is just to save couple of $$. I'm not familiar with Rossi boots, but Salomon second tier is quite excellent, and S-lab has a different fit. And of course skis depend on many things, and I spoke out of my biased position. I ski on hard, old, cold snow for the most part, and am about 200#, so need to go to top of the line models to find stiff enough skis. Someone under 180#, and skiing on different snow probably has broader selection on skis.Quote:
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Anyways, just got new S-lab skate skis, and S/Max boots this winter. Can comfortably ski for at least 3 hours where I started to have all sorts of fatique and soreness around 2 hours on my Equipe 9 gear.
Calling McCall ID home for the next while, been scoping the Nordic centers around town. Close, nice and look good. Cheap.
Went through Stanley today, also nice scenic Nordic track outside of town.
I generally ski w a 50bmg for biathlon training.
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i'm looking forward to that ..
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Saw this kid out double poling up a hill the other day, made me feel like a wuss for feeling tired after a two hour skate.
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FKNA. Inspirational.
Nevermind soccer hooligans, Norway has skiing hooligans. XC skiing won't make you ghay, it will make you drunk and disorderly! https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...-fans-fighting
South Summit at Loup Loup still skiing really well for skate and classic - and its snowing here in Winthrop atm
Doing 2 hours of Nordic usually leads to me taking an afternoon nap, not getting drunk and fighting random people.Quote:
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Yeah, I lied earlier. It’s really good there now.Quote:
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Right? Buncha crazy Norwegians need to lay off the sauce.Quote:
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100%. Awesome. New definition of double poling.Quote:
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Bear Basin is off the charts. Heard Ponderosa is incredible too. Phenomenal ski town considering the lakes and summer are the economic drivers.Quote:
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Is there biathlon in McCall? Where's the range?
Been a rough nordic season here in Whitefish.
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The bad winter weather has meant that the lower elevation stuff is constantly in bad shape or...literally just grass/gravel.
The stuff up at the resort is holding snow (and grooming out OK some of the time, but I also crashed on a grooming irregularity on a descent the other day)...
...but honestly, it is just too hilly to be fun at my current fitness level. Like...I can do it, but I have the most fun skating when I can feel the speed I'm generating and that means more rolling or flat terrain. I'm just not interested in a long uphill slogs followed by extended descents (at that point I'd rather just skin the resort and "real" ski down) and I really don't have fun past about the 1 minute mark if I'm going up hills that are too steep for me to generate any glide.
Was really counting on those early season golf course and meadow laps to build up those skate muscles! Has also meant no skiing for my pregnant wife besides one day up in Canada as she's basically restricted herself to green trails with freshly laid classic track and soft snow.
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He was kidding about the biathlon part, I assume, since a 50bmg is a 50-caliber Browning machine gun.Quote:
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WG got a recharge, not gonna make it out but happy to see it.
We also got a brief recharge here in VT, so glad I blew off Alpine today. Fast and stable, sugar snow is one of my favorite conditions.
I love Nordic skiing
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^^ Quit post holing on the track!
Glad to see you guys still getting some. Forecast to hit near 20C by the weekend here, and last night we didn’t get back to freezing temps overnight.
Last Sunday was the final Jackrabbits session, track was so thin many spots weren’t clean enough for the group learning skate technique, but we made the best of it. Had a fire for roasting hotdogs and marshmallows after, usually the fire is down 3ft in the snow, this year it was on bare earth.
At least there’s some logging up near treeline up the local peak that opened the roads up (no big hauling, just cold-decking for after the melt. Roads are just too soft now) Will be happy to get a few laps in the subalpine meadows on corn over the next couple weeks of spring break with the young-un.
Rosie Brennan took a third in Norway yesterday....she still has that mojo.
So awesome and Julia Kern taking 7th was icing on the cake.Quote:
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I'd like to interrupt this program for some old school Nordic ski flying https://youtu.be/12B13_QnhdY?feature=shared
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Great morning for a neighborhood crust cruise in Teton Valley
Jessie Diggins won the World Cup overall title!
edited to add a smiling face.
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Post made me member bout wednesday night gelande at howelson bitd. Good to see it still happens. that's a lot of good time for $20.
https://www.sswsc.org/winter-program...d-flight-night
jeffco gnardic lines are fast and fat right now
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Plenty of mank in the IPW. Still a great day. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...08eca73d1a.jpg
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it's on like Donkey Kong ....
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Beautiful!