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Hit up Les Grand today, delayed start due to a lot of wind at elevation. The guide recommended we stop for coffee on the way there to let things open up. We got on snow around 9:45 when the lifts opened. Had a few really good runs but I have no idea how much snow we actually got because it was so windy. The guide showed us to a magical forest that was blocked from wind and it was really good. They ended up closing the mountain around 2 because of wind and evacuated everyone off from mid station. We all got towed by a sled back to the other side of the resort since the lifts were not spinning where we were stuck and skied down from there. Hit up a real fun zone on the way back to the base and as we got lower in elevation the snow got wetter and heavier with every turn. It’s raining currently in town so hopefully the snow line is not too high and we will get more good turns tomorrow! I didn’t take many pictures today maybe justo will post some. Everyone waiting to load the cat for the evacuation The boys after letting go of the rope from the tow behind the sled Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s real deal, absolutely mind blowing. The resorts are unlike anything I’ve ever seen, they are massive and it is super easy to get around town and from resort to resort. The cheese and wine is pretty amazing as well. Highly recommend to anyone that can swing it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm here now. Arrived at 8 and am breaking for lunch. It's really good, though starting to get scraped a bit. It's been wet snow all morning but you can see and feel the layer of ice under everything. No crowds, of course. They are blowing snow in a bunch of diff locations. (We have exams this week; mine is tomorrow, but I don't have to proctor today, so I'm free to shred the blues in old lady style. I will stay into the evening because I like marathon days. Plus it's damn fun!

Lost by one point. To a team of 6 (plus, methinks) employees. $30 giftcard almost paid the tab since I'm not drinking tonight. Maybe next week! oh, also we were TeamPASkiandRide.com again, and the dude next to Pops at the bar asked how to join, lol, so if he's reading, hello. Decided to reprise the name at the last second instead of going with Team 170 RTMs

Not nearly enough snow, no joke your going to blow a bone out fucking around in the woods with 2"

OK out for tomorrow. In for tonight.

There are many, many ways to be smart. I think we devalue manual-labor professions and that's a shame. I know lots of kids who are hands-on problem solvers for whom a job as a mechanic or something similar would be an awesome fit, but lordy, if one of our kids didn't go the college route.,. I mean, how would that look!? I sponsor a school club run by a boy who is mad for bicycle repair. He and five friends find and rehab old bikes and donate them. The boy who runs the activity is an amazingly talented wrench and a good teacher to the other boys. I would hate to see him give up his passion and talent and major in psych or whatever

THE JACKSON HOLE DAILY SNOW Mixed showers and temperatures in the teens to single-digits will be the story over the weekend. We'll then shift to Sunday night through mid-next week for a good-looking pattern to develop over the northern Rockies. We could receive snow every day next week so wax your skis and boards this week and get ready for a return to POW town!

Who needs a good crash as motivation to start/continue drinking???

Great evening with fantastic snow, awesome people, and tasty beer. Razors was on point.

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I'm in my golden years. (67 tomorrow). Here's my experience with old knees. I have two pair of Fischer skis that I'll swap out depending on conditions. My "fat" skis are Motive 95-- 134-95-122, 17 radius and 174 length. I bought these skis as all mountain skis to use out West and the occasional powder day at Elk mainly, and they cut through soft snow, and end of day crud with ease (if you ski fast and don't make a lot of turns =). ) They also handle groomers well, but prefer to be skied aggressively. My "skinny" skis are Progressor 800-- 122-74-103, 12/15 radius (two sweet spots) and 170 ! length. These skis are very responsive for the average PA skiing conditions. Hardpack and icy at times. They do not have to be "ridden hard" and cruise easily. The "old knees" part. Last week a bunch of old farts went on our annual trip to NH. I skied hard for three days in a row in excellent conditions, on my "fat" skis exclusively. Soft packed powder on groomers for the most part, although the Bretton Woods glades were sampled and spectacular. I woke up the fourth day to pack the car and head home and my old right knee said, "hold on old fart, you need a couple of Aleve this morning." At no time did I twist or injure it during the past days. I attribute the pain to the extra effort needed to turn the wider skis three days in a row. (And a previous injury.) Earlier this season I skied my "skinny" skis at Elk just to see how they felt compared to the "fat" skis I'd been skiing the last two seasons, and I really had a fun day. Much easier to turn with a lot less effort. So, I agree with the article, and find using a "fat" ski or a "skinny" ski has merit depending on conditions, and can also keep "old knees" feeling less abused as well..

6ish. You? That sounds reasonable. See ya there.

^^^^i think all the skis you have will suck with that forecast. And maybe not even take your own skis, thats just a huge pain in the ass, and pisses of the airlines. just get some when you get out there. I remember something in here about a ski Volkl makes. TMR's?

Certainly not me, but Salty should

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My oldest best friend was a history major. Graduated, did a Peace Corps stint, and then got an AMEX internship. Now he's COO of a hedge fund in Los Angeles. He makes a tiny bit more money than me, but I like my job a whole lot better than he likes his. I have a nephew who's getting his PhD in Korean linguistics at Busan National University largely on South Korea's dime. He was a gamer who got interested in Asian cultures in high school and just followed his interest from Japan to Korea and from mathematics to linguistics. He's going to have all kinds of opportunities when he graduates and he loves what he does. Almost any major can lead you to occupations you aren't even aware of in college. Unless you're on track for med school or engineering or something like that, it's not necessary to treat college as vocational training (though it's understandable, given the bonkers cost of a 4-year degree). It's often better to follow a genuine interest and see where it leads, because chances are there's a career niche to be had or made that will be satisfying and interesting as well as paying the mortgage. I'm not convinced that the world needs to keep churning out hundreds of thousands of business majors.

I'm just glad all these places around here are making money.

Speaking of acreage... Guess how many skiable acres can be found at Mountain Creek resort?

They are getting snow right now. Things will change. Go. Maybe you can get a cheap Frontier flight.

the correct answer is: Throw away your piece of shit RTMs.

Only night skiing there? That sucks. Wrong. Cameltoe is ~165 skiable acres and Seven Springs is ~ 285. Seven springs is significantly bigger. It's not all about vert.

Here is the opposite article. SKIING 101: Safer Skiing – The Case For Fatter, Rockered Skis http://blistergearreview.com/features/skiing-101-safer-skiing-the-case-for-fatter-rockered-skis/2

At some level it's just simple physics, the ski is a lever so if you make it bigger its generally going to be a more powerful lever and very slight changes in angle will result in a much different application of force, in this case the load over the various body parts. That said I would take a bet that it's a factor of which it's not the main factor. For one thing for different types of skiers this would seem to matter less as it relates to both how you ski but probably more importantly the muscles/genetic factors in your legs. For example the quadriceps dampen shock to the knee joint thus depending on the strength of the persons quads load is applied differently, then lets add in all the other factors, I'd bet in reality 90% of skiers require some level of boot fix for lateral alignment and the degree to which they can flex their ankles, plus we aren't even sure whats actually applying the force. This is sort of unrelated but it's cool. So we all kinda get to carve the ski you roll your foot but there is a bunch of disagreement over what muscles are actually doing the heavy lifting. This is important in WC racing which at some level comes down to how strong are you in the right places so there is actually a decent amount of study and one camp is that's it's mostly muscles of the foot and a smaller camp that says it comes from the glutes and soleus and that among many other things what really really really fast skiers due is build up and apply a rotational force out of their pelvis, think of a spring. Which if someone told you what separates really good WC skiers from those that just dominate is muscles of the pelvis you'd call out and out bullshit. The biomechanics of skiing are only sort of known and the whole whos doing what in boot ankle dealio is at best confusing. So I mean does it matter ? Sure but it's probably in reality a very nominal factor if you added up everything that goes into the turn but it's also the easiest to fix. To fix muscle or technique you gotta spend alot of time actively engaged in changing your body or you could say screw all that and just pay 600$ for narrower skis......so once again the answer is to buy more skis.

ok.

I vote copper. Lot more intersting and youre not in the middle of nowhere

Truth..trudat Salty your hope is that there is some groomed and some ungroomed to practice in. I heard the best skis for powder are 170 rtms. I rode the lift with a guy an hour ago that was on 177 RTMs..badass

ditto!

Tomorrow's groomers should be niiiiiiiiice.

I'll be there for opening tomorrow as well before heading in to work. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

My boss cancelled his staff meeting for tomorrow morning so I'm in for opening tomorrow AM.

Oh, trails! Night-Weaver was scrapey, but main st and sidewinder are winners. Lazy is great fun. The terrain park trail next to Main st is closed for snowmaking. Paradise is only so-so. Lot of ice patches already. switch was fun but looks to be treacherous after some use scrapes the natural off

Or get a good night kiss.

Whistler is priming the pump for my arrival in a few weeks. This is just practice so Mother Nature remembers how to deliver when I get there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think the majority of people here wouldn't even consider waiting for somebody off of the snow, like in a hotel. What a waste of time.

I majored in criminal justice. I thought it was the coolest thing back in college. After working in that field post graduation (and making peanuts) I quickly realized that what I thought would be fun and exciting wasn't and got out. Now with my oldest getting ready to make these decisions, I'm going to be damn sure that she's aware of the importance behind her decision (don't do what I did) and guide her as best as I can; but ultimately the decision is hers. The good thing is she's a lot more mature than I was back then so I'm certain that whatever she decides will stick.

When I'm skiing anywhere bigger than Blue on a busy day, this is what I have done, only I'm more friendly about it. When I see someone guarding a table and I want to sit to eat, I just sit down, and tell them in the most enthusiastic friendly way possible that I'm joining them for lunch, and don't really give them an option to say no. Usually works out.

Skiing sick is a lot better than doing just about anything else sick..

I'm still stoked that Sally didn't leave for good a few months ago. Would've been a huge hit to the site had she did.

Paradise is a pretty steep trail..for a green..ive hiked up it in the summer and it has a decent amount of pitch. Those people who say paradise is pretty steep help pay Blue mountains bills.and keep the place open into April for people like us!!

Ha ha, it feels that way. I have to keep reminding myself that this is season two for me when I see the PASR crew go screaming down Challenge at eleventy-thousand MPH whooping it up. I want to ski like that when I grow up. I have been drinking longer than any other PASR though, I'm pretty sure.

I really think that at 18 or 19 (usually when you're selecting what to major in) you're way too young and naive to know what the hell you want to do with the rest of your life. Shit at that age I was listening to the freaking "jerkey boys" thinking that I could possibly make a living recording prank calls and it releasing worldwide

6ish. You?

Well, there are girls in bikinis there too I once went to the CB hotel in search of Starbucks. Didn't find coffee, but the view of surfers there was spectacular.

Be careful salty people are gonna think you're a nerd if you post videos like that.

That's when I like to have a beer or two and then go back out, but just stay on easy trails and work on good form. Takes you out of your head enough to at least end the day with some confidence restored. Or if you don't drink, maybe just a skis-off break and some loud music. It's like a basketball session: never leave the gym until you've made a net-only jump shot.

Bus crowd NEVER hits the bumps or grinds the spine. Therefore, I’m good