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ah yeah well Lake Windermere is machine groomed, the usual 2 x classic tracks & groomed for skate in the middle. Weekends the lake gets busier with fishing / ATVs / sleds / random red necking.
Its still a cool thing to have in town. No-one goes out at night so with MTB lights the place is yours, also new years morning no-one else was out save a couple kids skating near the beach.
Protect the dome!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gripen
Wasatch isn't that great for crust. Uinta's are ok, but we just have small windows for that, not to mention not a lot of suitable terrain. The Uinta's are the place, in the spring.Quote:
Originally Posted by tellybele
No but you have nodickQuote:
Originally Posted by huckbucket
I know, I've been thinking about that. I got quite the scolding the other day when I skied up the biggest hill I could find and came down in a tuck. I would die in a helmet XCing.... just need to not be dumb I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by huckbucket
On a related note, I have two awesome 500 lumens MTB lights, one a Leyzne and one a Serfas.... do they make attachment for a head mount or something?
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Originally Posted by Trackhead
This looks goooooood.
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yes, 3-pins can be mounted on XC skis- as long as the hole pattern in the 3-pins will still fit on the surface width of the XC ski. XC skis are much easier to remount than downhill.
it's been too long since i've been XC skiing- we have decent trails behind our house, but it's been a while since anyone's gone down them on a snowmachine. i get frustrated classic skiing through chunks or deep snow. and our trails are just a little too narrow for skating. would love to skijor with the dog more often, but skate skiing is much easier for skijoring than classic. sigh.. i need to motivate!
not sure.... I have Aye-ups w' head lamp straps, extension lead keeps the battery in my pocket & warm. Most of the guys I ride with have Niteriders & they have head lamp straps also. Surely you can find / figure something out (?).Quote:
Originally Posted by Gripen
It's all skiing. We've just gotten a little carried away with the specialization of the equipment.
I loved the question about mounting three pins on XC gear. That's where it started before NNN, SNS, etc.
Watch some of the stuff Scandanavians can do on skinny skis. It's really amazing to watch someone in terrain park on XC skis.
I did classic a lot when I lived in the midwest a long time ago--wood skis, pine tar on the bottoms, wool clothes--the whole deal. More recently I've tried skating--hell, there's no low gear. In classic you can shuffle, stride, kick--whatever speed you're in shape for. In skate it's pretty much all out. Definitely a work out.
More importantly, have you told your family? I know they may not all approve, but you shouldn't shut them out of your life. They may surprise you.Quote:
Originally Posted by huckbucket
Get out of my head man!!
Trying to conceal the purchase, but considering getting the kids into it if I can ever get them out of the dance studio (their mother's interest). Then again, mom wants a new coat, so maybe we can call it good, good.
Coo. We can get an early crust up in the high meadows when a HP system parks itself over us accompanied by an inversion. It was looking that was going to happen but luckily it might not. I'd rather have the fresh! But even when it may appear to be bad(HP for days with no new), there is actually fun to be had doing somehing different. A lot of the 'biler groomed roads cruise by big open meadows. Is the shadow of the Wasatch PC or? Do you do much Nordic skiing in teh PC zone?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
Bumping this thread because I just got back from the first skate of the season and as usual, it kicked my ever loving ass. Damn that sport is hard.
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Got out on the Birkie for training today, have skied every day this week, legs feel like rubber.
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here in ct where theres hardly ever enough snow for an AT setup some rossi bc 70s with nnn bc bindings have become my favorite skis. Great for low angle tele turns. I certainly dont look pretty doing it but nordic skiing is at least radder than snowshoeing and a great way to move around the bc quick
My beater fisher crowns see the most action of all my sticks. Now that there's a proper winter pack @ 420m, walking the dog, little one learning the skis or in the chariot, or just out to take in some air all from the front door. But today was sled virgin 40cm pow to skin track base, a couple hours of skinning then back down through the chute and sled out. Oh, and finish shovelling the drive - lol. No xc tonight.
Kedar is comfortable with his sexuality.
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^ herd
i recently spperated sum rbs skkng w sum bears at nigght, grlz may have ben thier, no beer was hurt.
you have not lived until you have broken a rib off the spine! exquisite!
(bag on nordic/be on the ground panting and giving up/not ghey)
Ghey b00tseks
Also RIP Gripen :'(
The coolest place I ever went on xc was Bryce Canyon National Park. Nobody there! Hoodoos look surreal with snow. Can't ski down into canyon, apparently the cliffs are prone to mud slides in winter, but you have a National Park all to your self. I went there on a passing lark and ended up staying a couple of days. Red Rock and Snow is stunning.
I feel your pain. I never knew I could fear a sneeze.Quote:
Originally Posted by byates1
2nd... was there in the winter solo once. Incredible experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by snojones
Stuck in the Midwest for the season, taking care of my 93 y/o Mom. Ate some gummy’s and went Nordic skiing. Had a blast. Glass half full. Mom having kidney surgery tomorrow, fingers crossed.
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Will cross ours too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
Was out last night, skating under a nearly full moon. Enjoyed fresh corduroy and -8C temps. Had a cow moose share the trail for a moment, and had an great grey owl buzz me. About 12km and 250m elevation.
Wishing you and your mother the best tomorrow Harry!
Best wishes for your Mom, Harry.
Gummies+Nordic= nirvana.
Hoping for a clear night for the upcoming full moon!
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That looks tasty!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
Way to get after it.
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I’ve made fun of nordic skiing over the years for sure but do enjoy my time on the misery sticks. Looks like the nordic nerds thread was deleted??
I have a fear about coming down one of the hills at speed, at night with a fading headlamp, and running into a moose. I know they’re out there...Quote:
Originally Posted by BCMtnHound
no
Thanks for the kind thoughts everyone.
Truth. I’ve been stressed over this situation. Getting in several hours of aerobic work and letting my mind drift free was just what I needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Laps
Yeah, I could not find that thread so I bumped this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Crank
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Nordic snowboarding anyone?
Rockin the triple entendres
Skoocher
While running into the swamp donkey on a steep corner is possible, my experience is hitting that little chink of ice or soft spot in the corduroy sending me flying through the moonlight into the rhubarb is a far more likely occurrence. The cow last night did not sink into the snowpack at all - at the least there could have been the possibility of ducking right under her belly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Crank
I picked up some pearl izumi tights for skate skiing and biking in cold weather recently. While I doubt they've made me faster, I definitely look faster and much cooler in my tights! If they came in red, I'd probably be as fast as Jessie Diggins.
Good luck to your mom, Harry
Best to your mom, Harry.
I miss nordic skiing, wish I lived somewhere it was readily available close by. I have to drive too far (if I'm gonna drive that far I may as well ride a lift) and the only place to regularly ski anything groomed are expensive touring centers.
my thoughts exactly, eldora charges way too much for their grooming frequency/quality and everywhere else is too far. I do enjoy it when we get enough snow for them to groom in town, but that hasn't really happened this year yet...Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
yep. CU South is fun skiing when there's enough snow.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbomike15
I've always been envious of places like Anchorage, which (supposedly, I've not skied them) has an extensive in town network of lighted trails. If i could go for a 45 minute or an hour spin on the long skinnies as a regular thing, my life and fitness would be much better.