Anybody got a recommended leave time?Quote:
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Anybody got a recommended leave time?Quote:
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I’m taking turns at the SK merch tent if anyone wants to come by.
I either ride my bike down Ferrin’s or Jog down.
We trucked out early. I rode Ferrin’s home.
Unexpectedly sick show, all hands on deck for killing in the name of at the end, won't forget that one. Think the kids know all the bad words now
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There were 16 musicians on the stage at one point. A friend of mine is a drum tech/sound, he said it was nuts setting everyone up. (And down)
Anyone familiar with this?
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So you could just lap Rendezvous if desired?Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
Yep, but it barely ever worked and when it did, it usually broke again in short order.
It was brand new in 1987 1988. My first trip there. Same as Sublette - aka, The Quad. So instead of $2 tram tickets, you could reach the top. I rode this poma lift, fell off halfway up. It had a dogleg turn. Not many people used it. I was wondering when it was gonna be mentioned here. Shit, I aint that old.
Back then, Thunder was the original double. That mountain was not tracked out quickly. Free refills?
824’ in 5min…. woof
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Originally Posted by pfluffenmeister
HahQuote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
The two years the tram was down the chair (now Marmot) was amaze balls. Had some epic days lapping the bowl. Forget who set the Corbetts record but it was a lot. Never to be repeated.
PS. Nice score on the sign.
PPS. The Union pass platter was awesome. Loved seeing the snowboarders tater halfway up.
Yup, and If I remember, you could do that little Couloir that’s just outside the rope and get back on the poma.Quote:
Originally Posted by pfluffenmeister
10-4 RUBBERDUCK, we're about to put the hammer down.Quote:
Originally Posted by RUBBERDUCK
That platter started at the base of the far drift rope which back then was about 50yards closer in.
Bottom shack was between the avy search area and the lower RS gate locations now. Went up and turned right at what may have been Poma's first attempt at an angle station. It was imperfect.
The ropes would get pulled off the tracks with too many people-rare, or heavy weather-frequent, or major riming-often.
Probably worked a few weeks total a year. By 90-92, it ran about 2 weeks a year and was pulled by 94 methinks.
One of the best jobs on the hill was to be a lifty for this...no one actually expected it to run so if it snowed you were doing back gate tram laps all day.
Thunder as a 2 seater, the towers looked like old oil derricks and the guards were made of that extruded? metal so you'd poke it with yer ski pole and it'd get stuck and snap the tip off or plain pull it from your hand.
Yeah, like 2 minutes up then 3 across. the top station window faced west so you could party in there with heat any ole time.Quote:
Originally Posted by east or bust
Those 2 years were interesting- a 300" and a 600" season. Lapping the bowl on the fat season was super rad and likely never to be done again in our lifetimes. Lapping it on the skinny season was nice as the rest of the hill was hard all season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Marky Mark Aitken was the guy. And in the skinny season to boot.
Around 120 corbet's laps and maybe 40 in the last few weeks.
Doing it 120 times would not be hard for a nkotb that's committed, but I doubt there's a one who would do it in a 300" season.
You mean Spacewalk or closer to the rope line? I imagine you could scurry back around but ther'd be a little uphill. which was frowned upon back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Yeah, ho chee min traverse, I think? I can’t remember shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
ho-chi-min was the skid’s climb/traverse that got you to the base of AV and above the Teewinot ticket checkers. It was mostly telemarker skids, who could wax up it. Of course this pre-dates the granite ridge development.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Skids for sure - not all free heelers though. Used to have friends that lived in a "summer only" house right where the ho-chi started. So much fun "back-in-the-day"Quote:
Originally Posted by TG
Skids for sure - not all free heelers though. Used to have friends that lived in a "summer only" house right where the ho-chi started. So much fun "back-in-the-day"Quote:
Originally Posted by TG
Same here, Tom and Tom lived there iirc. That was a fun winter, almost daily free skiing.Quote:
Originally Posted by jsnowut
Hah! “Get high stay high”
I can admit the crime “theft of services” now that the statute of limitations is over.
Interesting interview with the LiftBlog guy.
https://www.skimag.com/culture/peter...north-america/
^^^^
Peter is a pretty quiet little guy but he has gained a lot of respect for not only staying in Lift ops for a while now but also making something out of it besides just a job.
We rode up together the day they pulled the towers and topstation of Sublette and talked about its new alignment etc. He told me about the chair sale and was hoping for a cheap locals sale too.
I gotta ask him how he affords all that travel on JHMR pay...
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Damn, I forgot about that old ho chi min trail. Started up above the old boneyard and the 105 mount in the woods iirc.
Getting on the mtn. for free or next to free used to be soooooooooo easy. Just get to know the Ticketchecker. Right Ticketchecker?
What was the name of the bootpack from far moran face up to the air force hut? It's on the tip of my tongue...
Good question, wondered that myself. Looks like he gets a bit of ad revenue from his online publishing...meaning it's a business venture and he can likely write off any lift-related travel.
Any of you guys go to see Moe. at Snow King today?
There was a weather hold, so I rode my bike home down Ferrin’s. Not sure what the status is.
Bummer on the rain hold. Out in Bondurant I had .04 inches all of July and am now sitting at .23 for the month. Bad timing for that storm coming through but I’m so thankful for it.
We hiked down after JGB (which was great) and before the storm hit. Curious if Moe got to play.
I 'member that thang... Second turner in a blizzard head down-not 'xpectin notin' but a top shack,... behind the one at Brokenridge in the 70's, I almost got caught off gaurd by dem both.Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
FRANK ZAPPA?
Welcome back!
Frank!Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Long time. Hey, is tobacco still your favorite vegetable?
Call any vegetableQuote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Call It by name
Oh, you know it! - Copenhaskoal has been my favorite mixed veggie for awhile nowQuote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Yo FZ!! Good to see you. Still down Boony Vista way?
Down wind... Buenie blows,... Salida sucks, as the old timers say....and the winter winds blow, too... From Oct thru May.
Sup, B?
Getting old, knee degrading, shipping the little girl off to college here in a few weeks.
Playing support role for the failing inlaws while L does the yeomans work of feeding, cleaning and doctor appointments. I only get called in for emergency room grade stuff. Ties us down.
Still hitting Silverton a few times a year, Taos less often since I've not been doing the Ikon the last year. Haven't been to T'ride, Monarch or Wolf Creek in ages. PNW overcrowded with small windows of sweet.
I hope you're well. What's up with you?
(and TH/DJ, ask Mark N if he knows what's behind the weedy, reference Vars/Risoul)
Came in to ask a question, stumbled across the chair-auction debate. Years ago, I worked for a smaller area in Vermont that tried to sell chairs, succeed with a handful, and then seemed to avoid keeping an eye on the rest as the number in the back of the parking lot dwindled. I regret being too practical and not asking for one, because now I have somewhere I could put one and every chair-purchase opportunity I've seen has been decidedly more money than I'm willing to part with.
Question to JH folks: anyone got a connection at Pirate Ship? (shipping ecomm outfit, mostly remote with a Jackson HQ) I recently submitted an application and I'd love to (a) nudge it in the right direction and (b) hear from anyone with actual knowledge about what it's like to work for them. Many thanks.
They recently went through (are going through) some institutional turmoil. Lawsuits between the founders, who were friends. Basically, one got bought out with terms that he agreed to at the time, business blew up way higher than they expected, and now he’s trying to claw back some cash. I know one of the players, but I don’t know enough to have an opinion.
HTH
Thanks. I got pointed to the news article on that, which reads as you described and it's tough to read much into that without knowing more than is in the news. It's actually reassuring that you know one of the players but not enough to have an opinion, because (absent more info) it would suggest a "this is why you need to be able to separate business decisions from personal feelings" versus a "yeah, that guy does stuff like this all the time" situation.Quote:
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Just saw this, sending you a PM.Quote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
Hey all. Hope you are enjoying your summer's.
Question for the local mags.
See that the bridge construction and intersection is progressing at WY22 & WY390.
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Wondering whether this is all going to be wrapped up before
the ski season commences ? And if the reconstruction will
have an effect on mitigating the traffic jam on 390 leaving
the ski hill at the end of the day ?
Status of the traffic jam is going to influence our choice of
accommodations location for this winter. Trying to nail down
a place now. Never to early.