Johnny Law

Too much convergance moisture couldnt move north....shit happens

In the last half hour the snow line moved from about 20 miles north of Jim Thorpe to Walcksville, that is maybe 5 miles as the crow fly's from Blue, nothing life changing but I'm going to hit up the RAW session and 1" of cream cheese to smooth everything out is better than nothing.

ehh This year has been about the funny storms dicking with the models. This one would be a great storm to go to WV for, higher elevations south and inland do better than Blue or the Pocs. 1-3 seems about right but if it moves 20 miles north or south the amounts go from jack to a foot maybe. Kinda bummed shit was set up right but nothing really worked out this year for PA, really wanted a 2" qpf noreaster bomb for PA.....want to ride blue the true in knee deep PA cement.

Nice dude and don't be so hard on yourself on the form front you look alot better than just two years ago.

Nice dude, killing it, super jealous.

hahahahha lol

Trail work is tough.....alot of people like the idea a hell of alot better than spending 10 hours trimming trees and burning brush piles

“If we start criminalizing what we all think is dumb, we’d have an endless avalanche of legislation,” said Sen. Joe Benning, R-Caledonia. LOL Good to hear, keeping people safe is far more important that the minimal amounts of money we are talking about.

Alot of ski areas in popular areas are essentially permanent leases. Its a 99 year lease with pretty much unlimited re-ups. So Alta is no boarders right but Alta is just the buildings and the little big of land under the lift pads, everything else is FS. Now Alta leases that land from FS in a 99 year dealio, in exchange for expansions and shit you normally do some kind of land swap. So Dick Bass owns the Bird, Dick Bass wants to expand the Bird, Dick Bass is very important mining dude so he goes to the FS and says I'll give you 10,000 acres in no where's ville UT for the 500 acres I want near the Bird. Done deal. More accurately he calls his congress person who he golfs with and says get me a deal for Mary Ellen Gulch and the congressperson and FS work something out. The other problem is some spots have historical abnormalities so when Alta wanted to put a lift up flagstaff for avy mitigation they released an ownership map of LCC, it looks like the most complicated jigsaw puzzle ever. Basically FS owns the vast majority, Alta has a little and there are a bunch of little private plots all of the place. Single acre jobs that were before the FS/National Park system. These people can cause trouble because mostly they own the land for lease $$$$ though there are certainly some houses here and there. In the NE you have a couple of problems, first the Daks have the strictest laws anywhere because they provide all of NYC's drinking water. You can't have a trail wider than 10ft outside of Whiteface though they have some really draconian shit to deal with as well. In the Whites its predominantly FS but with random private pockets from 100's of years ago. Randolph Mtn Club was an old rich dude's play houses and when he died he gifted them to his club, the FS essentially says run this shit for us but you better follow our rules. Hence why RMC has three cabins/huts and pretty much runs the show in the King/Castle area. ADK too, the JBL/LOJ are historical private plots merged into the larger ADK park rules. Shit outside of the high peaks most of the Daks are a private/public partnership as people lived there before it became a park. The Greens are a real clusterfuck, the state owns some shit, the feds own some shit, UVM runs shit on the behest of the state, private parties own shit. There are tens of agreements resorts have entered regarding everything from expansion to simple trail maintenance. Jay got popped about 10 years back for getting too crazy on the tree trimming and had to give some $$$ and sign a we will be nice to the trees contract. So when those two red necks clear cut little jay shit got nasty for the resort even though they didn't directly do anything. Additionally most of these places need to do Environmental Impact assessments and probably some kind of mitigation. For Mary Ellen Gulch that's a two year process though that probably isn't the best example. LCC/BCC shit is touchy. Add in financing for the larger expansions and the shitty nature of ski area expansions and it can be a long ass process. For Blue I believe they are in a far better position, most of the land there is privately owned by them. They have some rules regarding the AP trail and shit but the permitting process is more streamlined. I assume they have to do an Enivo Impact Assessment but honestly don't know. Additionally any land up there would be state or local which is a hell of alot easier particularly because I have to believe Barb is a kinda of a big bopper in that neck of the woods. I haven't hung out in Palmerton every really but what they hell else is in that area with that kinda $$$. A particular problem to PA is electricity/water usage. Spring can blow alot of snow because they can drain that river and are positioned very close to lots of houses so the local plants have the necessary peak capacity for when the pumps and guns switch on. Bear on the other hand has to go ponds and can't run everything at once because the power company can't provide that kind of peak power. I don't know about Blue's power issues I assume they don't have any really due to their location and I think the high voltage lines go that way anyways. I think they used to have water issues, about the time they did the Paradise expansion I remember a bunch of water trucks parked near the newish pond next to the quad. I haven't seen that shit recently but I was also about 12 so maybe I got that expansion wrong in my head.

Sick Bird!!

I think it's even further than that, like toast said about a mile down the ridge or half way to schaffer rd.

Assuming they are a rossi binding you got a decent chance its a P series and there is a worm screw on the heel, adjust that correct the din and off you go. PX series has a tab FKS has about a 1bsl adjustment in the arms Most skis can do three mounts and be ok, two no problem. Four if its got alot of metal but your probably out of real estate by then anyways. If the patterns overlap drop a heli-coil in the hole and that fucker ain't going no where. In other news the Look Nevada is 63 years old this month.....crazy because every modern binding is essentially a look Nevada with less metal.

They have to get approval from the state to move the road so that alone takes forever. Blue needs more trails, they need to thin the noob herds across the mtn. ....lol like that will ever happen.

That's actual reporting with like numbers and stuff..... The ski industry certainly doesn't need it but this should be one of a billion reminders in why throwing money at a hill can fuck your shit up. Read the article and the real problem sticks out like GSS in a memorials conference, 12 million for the snow cove with 4 mil in annual income. That's a Vegas like bet that peeps are going to flock to Scranton to ride a lazy river. Anyone know Blue's situation, Cash and debt, straight cash ? They are in a much better position to borrow money but you can see the same underlying problem, too big for your britches syndrome. What is wrong with just having a place with frozen water on inclined planes, throw up a couple lifts and a building to cook shitty food in. Every place doesn't need a million room hotel with spa and conference center, water park, casino and a banana stand.....

That's a definite sick bird ! Enjoy dude may it be bottomless blower.

I know right they posted pictures with actual pow skiing whereas this is totally sick bird nothingness bullshit....circle. jerk

There should be no law regarding helmets, if you don't want to wear one that's fine. However its a pretty god damn good idea to protect your brain with some plastic and kevlar while traveling at 40mph 20ft away from 100's of very hard trees. Shit's nice for when an edge gives and you slide out or if a ski puts you down. The chair lift thing is ridiculous, I love that the same peeps who are all self responsibility on the VT thread are the same ones who can't sit on a moving coach without falling off. If you ever noticed it sits of the hanger at an angle as well. Don't fuck around on the chair and you'll be just fine.

Because in every major study as many people fall off the lift with the bar down as up. If you can't ride a moving couch without falling off.....shit homey life's going to be real tough. Lots of places don't even have bars, Alta has no bars and yet somehow everyone manages to stay seated on the lift.......When it comes around you sit down, when it gets to the top you stand up....sounds so difficult

SAR in the EC is Stowe Mountain Rescue, big dogs, real professionals, they have the helicopter. You only see these guys in big problems or around Stowe. Keene Valley Hose and Ladder Wilderness Response team, not as big as SMR but they have alot of real legit professionals. New Hampshire Fish and Game has some kind of team as well. The rest is a loose consortium of randoms who like to do good things in life. Regardless all of them are volunteers with the possible exception of the main dude at SMR. They work with National Forest service, RMC, AMC, ADK rangers and about a billion other groups, AVSAR, Mt Rescue Service, New England K-9, Mt. W Volunteer Ski Patrol, Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team, Pemigewasset Valley SAR. All of them with the exception of a few individuals are volunteers who have a wide variety of other jobs and for some reason like to help others. As far as I know they do not really complain rather its the state and towns who have to pay for there work that are salty.

I don't think I've ever had that problem....is this some kind of issue I've just somehow missed.....runners are weird

First of all we are talking like less than a dollar on a 90 some odd dollar ticket. Second of all this isn't about keeping people out of trouble its about paying for it. Joey's are going to do what joey's do. Lastly a distinction has to be made between peeps leaving the resort and BC skiers doing their thing in a dangerous environment. Charging prepared people who run into trouble on the rock pile or Marcy cone is just stupid, these are dangerous environments in which every possible problem cannot be planned for. A highly experienced tourer on TGR ran into serious trouble on the rock pile when first gen dyna inserts failed, that ain't something you can prepare for. He needed the helicopter and that shit ain't cheap but I don't see why he should be paying some kind of fine. The absolute most important thing is that people not be killed or injured, the cost is minor and secondary. All you hardcore take care of yourself types I bet don't tour and don't understand how fucking fast this shit can turn on you through no fault of your own. Puffery......

So assuming you don't get home delivery of the Rutland Herald, its the NY times of VT LOL, a mother fuck ton of people got lost at Killy and required professional extraction. It was mostly over Christmas break and was certainly helped by the truly excellent base but around 22 people had to get pulled out of the woods in two weekends. Every single one of them was non-VT, Massholes, CT, NJ, NY. Well this pissed alot of people off and in response came a VT house bill that would; 1. ski resorts liable for the rescue of a skier that has left its boundaries and needs rescue. 2. ski resorts can add a fee onto their ticket prices to defray their potential costs 3. making each skier liable for their rescue and allows resorts to then turnaround and try to recover costs from the rescued person. 4. No more than 500$ for skier rescue I don't like this, I know it sucks to pay for stupid fuck heads but if one person dies because they didn't want to be charged $500 than it simply can not be supported. I like EC BC insurance, everybody pays a couple of bucks on each lift ticket, the money goes into a statewide pot to pay for rescues of the mighty joey. Thoughts ?

I didn't even think of that but that's the way to go. Opens up Sidewinder which is a good skiing trail and gets the park people some space as maybe noobs won't be able to see it from the lift. I'm thinking just a big wide straight down the line trail......

Even the night session was good. Rain stopped at 7 and nobody was there.

Good to hear they are doing this the right way. They own alot of land so I think expansion was always the idea, I know I've heard the hotel thing for at least 10 years. A steeper switchback would be the way to go in my opinion, get a real trail designer and have something with some vert but with a double fall line and actual turns. A turnier Dreamweaver or a steeper switchback kinda thing....another noob tube could work out though and they certainly need it.