Went to K-Mart today, and had a decently good time. My morning started with a jonging back to snowshed to pick up my pass, but that was just a mild nuisance, as parking was very available. After tossin' on the gear and putting on the new boots (1.5 sizes smaller than last years, oof!) it was time to party. Party is an apt word as well, since I got on the first gondola with 2 old people with it reeking of weed. Ganja-la indeed. After taking a few runs and realizing what a gaper I tend to be on opening day, I went to meet up with the K-chatters/TGR crew.
The conditions were excellent, with relatively bluebird skies, a small amount of wind (if any), and the weather being a balmy 20-27 degrees. The coverage on the trails was quite good, and K-mart did a good job throwing tons of snow onto the trails, preventing any serious icing or boilerplate. This brings me to the big downer of the day, which was the snowguns. Dear god those fucking snowguns. There were about 8-10 on every trail, and it was impossible to ski more than 100 feet without getting blasted in the face by one, blinding you. After meeting up with mtn. man and spanky, I went to follow them and lost them after half a trail, as my goggles became a sheet of ice and I was functioning solely on radar. I will note here that I do not possess radar, which should give you a good idea of how I lost them. They were headed to some glade which I had no clue about, as my gaper ass depends on mtn. man's grey helmet to navigate. There were also about 10 billion grey helmets out there today, making my task that much worse.
In summation, coverage is good, weather was good, but I couldn't stay out past noon due to not being able to see a damn thing through 75% of the trail and my face getting abraided by snow gun crystals. To recreate this you can throw about thirty snowcones into a leaf blower then point it at your face. That was every trail. Should be insane this weekend.
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Thread: K-Mart opening morning TR
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11-09-2004, 04:45 PM #1
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K-Mart opening morning TR
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11-09-2004, 04:49 PM #2
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Glades? You are kidding right?
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11-09-2004, 04:52 PM #3
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I thought you liked face shots?
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11-09-2004, 04:53 PM #4
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not from snow guns. It's like getting gale-force faceshots. Of ice.
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11-09-2004, 04:57 PM #5
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Well, if you insist.
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11-09-2004, 05:02 PM #6
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thats man made frozen bukkake all over your face. and don't lie, you love it.
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11-09-2004, 05:04 PM #7
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sadly it is bukkake death, not bukkake love. Shinjuku was all up in that motherfucker today.
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11-09-2004, 05:15 PM #8
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11-09-2004, 09:15 PM #9
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Originally Posted by schuss
Define old........
Yeah the guns were the only downer......had an eye out for your combo but didn't come up with a match anywhere...plus I was too busy scraping the goggles. Good coverage top to bottom, good start. You late arrivals should be happy as long as the weather holds.
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11-09-2004, 09:37 PM #10
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Sorry that we lost you, we actually waited for a pretty long time. We did see you a little later in the day and yelled down from the lift, but the guns are so freakin' loud. I actually have a new Fuse Helmet on the way, so Matte Black is the new tracking device
I'll put my Tahoe PM sticker on it when I get it.
Overall, it was a great day if you didn't mind the guns and knew how to avoid them. Nice, soft bump lines formed all over the place, it was a blast. The jib park was packed after 11am, just hit the hip jump and flew off the side jump on one of the rails.
Called it a day around 215pm and headed back home. Was a great day on the hill. Hopefully we won't lose you next time. I gotta give you the radio channel next time. My new boots were killing me by the end of the day too. The price you pay for performance!
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11-09-2004, 09:42 PM #11
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cant wait for saturday and the crowds of death...as well as the bukkake guns of death. gotta love the hip jump, wouldnt be early season with out that thing. also , 1st day on new boots also. god, i love skiing.
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11-10-2004, 08:00 AM #12
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Yeah I looked for you guys for a bit, but just let it be after a little while, as I was useless with my goggles constantly filling with ice and snow. There's plenty more skiing left in the year anyway Originally Posted by Mtn Man
Sorry that we lost you, we actually waited for a pretty long time. We did see you a little later in the day and yelled down from the lift, but the guns are so freakin' loud. I actually have a new Fuse Helmet on the way, so Matte Black is the new tracking device I'll put my Tahoe PM sticker on it when I get it.
Overall, it was a great day if you didn't mind the guns and knew how to avoid them. Nice, soft bump lines formed all over the place, it was a blast. The jib park was packed after 11am, just hit the hip jump and flew off the side jump on one of the rails.
Called it a day around 215pm and headed back home. Was a great day on the hill. Hopefully we won't lose you next time. I gotta give you the radio channel next time. My new boots were killing me by the end of the day too. The price you pay for performance!
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11-10-2004, 08:05 AM #13
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Yeah, define old.
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