Should rename The Face and make it The Luge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Full Trucker
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Should rename The Face and make it The Luge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Full Trucker
Haha. So bad. Will always take that one last brutal ride up 8 in the wind if its an option.
The pro tip is to just never ski chair 8
If this is a description of a lift at Loveland, as compared to the other options there, holy cow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Soups
I believe this is accurate. Totally worth it for the 400’ sustained vert of In the Mood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Putting a double black luge run at the bottom of a big intermediate area with The Face makes perfect sense if you don’t think about it... Weren’t they going to cut a new cat track after one of the fatalities that closed it for the 2nd half of the season a few years ago?
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I’ve just now decided to start calling it The Facepalm.Quote:
Originally Posted by bendtheski
I just straight-line it, hit the last jump and send it over I70.
switch to the lodge!Quote:
Originally Posted by The SnowShow
The thing that makes 8 worth skiing is the hut on an April day*. Best place for burgers and beers on the mountain.Quote:
Originally Posted by adrenalated
* Except this season cause no grills due to the VID.
FIFY.Quote:
Originally Posted by adrenalated
"In the mood" is the perfect run to bomb at Mach loony speeds, making 3-4 GS turns the whole way. It is super fun. It does make chair 8 worth it. I am always amazed at how many people confuse "tunnel face" (the best run at Loveland) with "the face" (the worse run at loveland).
Came here to say that exact thing. If you can't have fun doing that in the wind recycled pow or chopped up soft, then I don't know what to say🤷🏻Quote:
Originally Posted by skiracer88_00
I mean... it takes two lift rides to get there (up 4, down a cat road, then up 8) and then it's 3 turns per 9 minute lift ride, then you either have to ski another cat road or down Facepalm to get back to any other worthwhile skiing once you get bored of those 3 turns.
I maintain that the pro tip is to not ski Chair 8.
I don't know man. Most runs on the ridge also consist of a cat road/hike to 3-4 turns as well, but that doesn't mean the ridge is not worth skiing. One of the best runs at Loveland in the spring is 13010 to rock chutes to in the mood to Super East Ropes/A Tow. They should really bring that little area back in bounds. So much better than facepalm.Quote:
Originally Posted by adrenalated
Before the Ridge was just 3-4 turns.
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Geezus - I see that many turns and think someone doesn't like to go fast. :wink:
I see that many turns and I think, "That guy knows how to ski."Quote:
Originally Posted by hatchgreenchile
When you hike for your turns, you make more of them. At least I sure do.Quote:
Originally Posted by hatchgreenchile
This was prior to installation of Lift 9.
Nice shot of Wild Child. Ahhh, those were the days before Lifts 8 and 9.
Here's a photo from Zip Basin last March after the lifts stopped turning but before uphill access ended.
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It's generational. It just means you are OLD :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hacksaw
I say that with the utmost respect for my elders, especially someone with as much history at Loveland as you!
Here are a couple from "in the mood" around that same timeQuote:
Originally Posted by andy m
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First guess was Field of Dreams coming towards Tickler, but then I thought no... it's south of chair 9. Jelly Roll? No... Wild Child? Yeah, that seems right. Been a minute since it's been that filled in, from what I can remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by doebedoe
Thanks...Quote:
Originally Posted by skiracer88_00
I hope you know that was said in jest. By the way, I really appreciate all of the super cool historic photos of loveland you have been flooding our facebook feeds with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hacksaw