EAST COAST ROLL CALL #8 14/15 A NEW HOPE

[ex-powderbroker]

I never get bored of the view of Champlain myself. +1 on all the stokes.

[buttahflake]

really?
both of those hills, suck.
MWV is weak skiing, except for this gem.
http://www.blackmt.com/mountain-guide-trail-map/

[buttahflake]

yeah thanks rog, i stand corrected.
eat me

[prsboogie]

really?
both of those hills, suck.
MWV is weak skiing, except for this gem.
http://www.blackmt.com/mountain-guide-trail-map/

You know, I get most people have favorite terrain they enjoy sliding down but I don't understand the hatred for places they don't personally like. I thought the idea was to get as many enjoyable days on snow as possible wherever possible. I love any place I can ski at which would normally be a day at work. I would love to ski at xhill every day out but if yhill is where I can go, then I will make the most out of it. Most of my decisions are based on where I can get good terrain and lessons for the groms while satiating my need to strap to sticks to my feet and letting gravity take over! Are there places I would rather be at, absolutely, but I'm not a dentite and have limited resources for recreational activities so I make do. There, rant over, soap box away.

[Mr. Multiglisse]

You know, I get most people have favorite terrain they enjoy sliding down but I don't understand the hatred for places they don't personally like. I thought the idea was to get as many enjoyable days on snow as possible wherever possible. I love any place I can ski at which would normally be a day at work. I would love to ski at xhill every day out but if yhill is where I can go, then I will make the most out of it. Most of my decisions are based on where I can get good terrain and lessons for the groms while satiating my need to strap to sticks to my feet and letting gravity take over! Are there places I would rather be at, absolutely, but I'm not a dentite and have limited resources for recreational activities so I make do. There, rant over, soap box away.

^ This. I live in a place where the hills are pretty small but we ski anyway because it is what we do and we are here. We ride slow chairlifts up 300 feet of vertical and have the time of our lives sliding down. We skin up 200 feet and snake knee-deep powder turns in untracked glades, whooping it up as stoke-filled as any brohbrah out in western Wallyworld. Like a fool, I buy a seasons pass for Jay Peak and drive 7.5 hours to ski there because I love it. I have skied at both Wildcat and Attitash only once, they were two of the best ski days of my life. I don't get the hate and sure as hell don't need it.

[Todd Zander]

Just scored some new candy canes for dirt cheap on stp, thank god noone cares that i tele. Ready for another awesome year!

[neufox47]

really?
both of those hills, suck.
MWV is weak skiing, except for this gem.
http://www.blackmt.com/mountain-guide-trail-map/

Screw Wildcat and its 6 min 2000' vert quad that accesses nothing but windy icy groomers and barely skiable brooks.

Everytime there is a new participant in the roll call I assume its Rog.

[prsboogie]

Screw Wildcat and its 6 min 2000' vert quad that accesses nothing but windy icy groomers and barely skiable brooks.

Everytime there is a new participant in the roll call I assume its Rog.

Well I'm not rog, not even sticking up for either hill, just bringing up a point. If it isn't in VT it apparently sux according to the ECRC. And I don't know the words to Kumbaya Cock, why don't you get started for me and I'll be along later.

[buttahflake]

oh shit, so much fail.
Greg from AZ called, he's holding a place for y'all.
they love Dockers and tucking in their t-shirts, perfect for you newfy.
no one ever makes fun of my home hill, ohkeymoe is the tits, amiright everybody?
MWV sucks, it's just the way it is.
candy cane, oh shit, that's funny stuff right there!

[Vt-Freeheel]

No blowing in the backyard = good times



A bit more water flowing this weekend



Light snowline [more frost like] down to top of Steins, summit in the fog.

[Generalstark]

It snowed.

[robrox]

It snowed.

Intermittant snows above 3000' in the Western Whites. It briefly lingered on the ground. Around 2PM it felt like about +34F at 3500'. I guess the little wave out of Canada was just practicing for later events

[vt_ski]

1.6" in the last 24 hours and 6.4" so far this month on top of HIGH GEORGE. Less than half of the average for October, but wintery just the same.

FIFY. You're slacking rog.

Snowmaking scheduled for the 1st - looks like temps will be agreeable

[neufox47]

oh shit, so much fail.
Greg from AZ called, he's holding a place for y'all.
they love Dockers and tucking in their t-shirts, perfect for you newfy.
no one ever makes fun of my home hill, ohkeymoe is the tits, amiright everybody?
MWV sucks, it's just the way it is.
candy cane, oh shit, that's funny stuff right there!

Here I thought Okemo was the home mountain of dockers and tucked in tshirts.

Wildcat is making a run at that title now that they have a real snow making system. Peak R is out to attract a whole new clientele. If it means more people on the groomers and less in the woods, Im all for it. Kinda regretting not getting a pass there this year. Guess Ill just have to wait and get a pass in the spring for next year.

Last model run for the weekend has me crying in my milk. Hopefully its just a one run deviation.

[NoPostholio]

affinity

Disdain was the word you were looking for -

[moops]

Just got back from Green Mountain Orthotics, got some new footbeds for my touring boots. Highly recommended, Bill knows his shit

I know it varies for everyone, but off hand, what's the typical hit ($$$) for a proper fitting that will likely include footbeds...I need to get on this...what should I budget?

[lynchdogger]

This affinity for Rog is really quite staggering.

What's staggering is the fact you keep coming back to hear yourself. Or is that pathetic? The latter.

[therudeness]

what's up all EC snow sliders. Looking forward to another great year

http://wfff.halfoffdeals.com/index.p...=2989-20141027

with WF on there this year, that's a dealz

^^^ BOOM

[dark_star]

I know it varies for everyone, but off hand, what's the typical hit ($$$) for a proper fitting that will likely include footbeds...I need to get on this...what should I budget?

Yeah, it varies depending in the bed you're getting, the fitter, etc. I'm no expert, but I've had it done twice now. First was several years ago in CO, cost me something around $140 after talking my way into a discount (Superfeet Kork). Bill @ GMO I think charged $215 for the footbeds themselves, plus fee for evaluation of foot/boot fit. Everything else after that is a la carte, but he told me honestly that footbeds were all I needed.

I'm looking at both and I can see now that Bill's appear to be much more anatomically specific and carefully made, whereas the Korks have a deeper heel pocket. It really depends on the hands of the fitter it seems (obviously)...

[Peruvian]

Wot is a candy cane?

[Bottleman]

Poll question.

Did Rog expend more energy:

A) Getting himself banned from a largely unmoderated message board

or

B) Trying to get himself back in the mix on aforementioned board using "clever" pseudonyms?

[Vt-Freeheel]

Meh.

Getting colder around here, keeping busy in the garage to make sure the house I am building doesn't freeze. Lynchy, you get that boiler replaced?

[Todd Zander]

Hahaha, stp bringin the lolz with their own stock photos.

[lynchdogger]

VTF, yes I did thanks. Major hit to the ski fund but will survive.
Maybe next time you visit I won't run out of hot H2O. . And be sure to stay clear of the coppers I this time.

[lynchdogger]

what's up all EC snow sliders. Looking forward to another great year

http://wfff.halfoffdeals.com/index.p...=2989-20141027

with WF on there this year, that's a dealz

^^^ BOOM

Score. Thanks for the link!