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Uhh tele only good for the worst part of the BC, going up. I used to ride park all the time to and then you get to some real mountains with real snow and it just doesn't seem as fun. The adventure aspect of the BC is just so much better. I don't know a ton of stuff about splits as I don't really snowboard but I know a bunch of guys who do. Take a look at Prior stuff. Sometimes they have demo splitboards for sale on their site, as well as blems normally they go on sale around October. Though the split kit isn't a bad idea, I heard it is hard to do though and if your in icy conditions people have been known to have problems getting them back together. Are you going soft for pow pow or hard for everything else ? Crampon wise the Grivel G10W will work with all boots including the softs, I know its CO and crampons may seem unnecessary but trust me you will want them eventually. Skin wise your good the Tractors are supposed to be the best. Stay away from the ones Burton made they peel back. Beacon wise watch out if you buy and S1 and use your phone alot, the phone will cause ghost signals and if you have a Iphone it can really screw with the beacon. If you want a beacon that is relatively
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Sick Bird ! That's a gnarly cliff to stomp the landing the maybe ten times I've hit one that big I just sort of crash/back slap the LZ serious props to the rider.
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That's up to you and how hard you want to push it. I sleep in a lean-to or we tented one year. If you have a nice sleeping bag or are drunk you won't be cold unless all hell breaks loose which happens from time to time up there. Hike from Pinks to Hermit lake (where you sleep) is 2.9 miles straight up it can be rough with alot of weight on your back but anyone who isn't in a wheel chair should be able to do it. I would say on average it takes 2 to 4 hours depending on the weight your carrying. From Hermit lake to the Hilmans area is 5 mins with maybe a 20-30 boot pack up hilmans or dodge's. From Hermit lake to the bowl is 1 mile and maybe 20-30 mins at most. Same dealio with the boot pack. Skiing to work ratio is much lower than riding a chair but that isn't what BC skiing is all about. Tucks should be done at least once by any semi-hardcore EC skier the vibe on the deck alone after sking is worth the trip and if you get a good lean-to it can get somewhat rowdy. The terrain is nearly unmatched on the EC and should provide plenty of excitment. Skiing wise I've always had a pretty good time though its good to go with low expectations, on a good day maybe I would do 5 or 6 runs but I'm lazy so who knows. BC skiing is all about the experiance and the fact that you saw a mountain and went and skied it, if you want alot of runs or defined conditions I would ride the lift. Word of warning it can get pretty sketchy up there if you hit some real nasty weather........
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I didn't know they were so popular, with the super light and reliable MSR and Snow Peak jobs I don't know if I would go with it alone. We tried to light ours during the night when it was super cold and it needed some help from the regular stove. Still cool as shit to have a stove made out of soda cans.
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Good..... now that I have your attention I present for your entertainment a EC BC TR Dates: April 4 -6 Location: ADK High Peaks Characters: Lenni-Lenape Powder Clowns Music: (Seriously listen to this it makes the TR better) Setup: Every year the high peaks region calls to me to come attempt to claim its gnar. Unfortunately, the ADK
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Nice pics and it is mad cool you got to ski the slides
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Nice work as always
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I will be up there that weekend and maybe the next too, I broke my hand last weekend so I may be a little slow on the bootpack but our lean-to will have plenty of Sly Fox so stop by and grab a beer.
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Whats the closest mountain to burlington VT?
Johnny Law replied to Boarder1x9's topic in General Chat
Bolton Vally is roughly 20 mins way closer than Stowe but go to Stowe -
Dude cover up there is seriously deep higher up, I'm going to Marcy this weekend and Van Hov at 1000ft shows 40" of settled depth. http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/interactive/htm...amp;x=0&y=0 I heard at the top of Marcy snow is 10 feet deep. Whiteface isn't a whole lot lower so I could see it being good.
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The key to any mountain is the doucebag to acre ratio For example Powder Mountain has an extremly low d-bag to acre ratio maybe 1 dbag per 100 acres. Hunter on the other had is 100 douchenozzles for every acre. The dbag/acre study is the true measure of any mountain.
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But what did you eat ? What highways did you take to get there ? Sick pics I envy your location I need to relocate
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End of Pa. season PASR Day at Camelback 3-29th
Johnny Law replied to phillycore's topic in Camelback
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End of Pa. season PASR Day at Camelback 3-29th
Johnny Law replied to phillycore's topic in Camelback
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I don't know what the benefit of this is but most Gondola's uphill capacity is actually lower than high speeds, Sunday River is generally a cold cold mountain. I'm pretty sure the coldest place on earth is Sugarloaf with Sunday River a close second. Larry's don't like to sit on an open lift in the cold so maybe they think this is a good mix of uphill capacity and protection from the weather. I wonder what the lift line will look like ? Could you wait for a Gondy if you don't want the open chair ?
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tons of places in VT & NY too, if you through in a Tux's trip I don't think I have to stop skiing until early May
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End of Pa. season PASR Day at Camelback 3-29th
Johnny Law replied to phillycore's topic in Camelback
I'll be there Sat and Sunday though Sat. is a solo mission Blue Jay Peak tshirt, brown pants, black 10mx helmet, multi color Armadas I'll be there 9 - ? Offer greetings and salutations if you please Edit: I'll have one of those new fangeled light boxes fur takin picktures -
Nice man I think that is the most snow I have ever seen Okemo have.
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Holga just arrived at my door stoked to try this beast out
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I don't know how I missed this but sick pics
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cool TR - use to post your pics Biglines is a good host but everyone prefers something different
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Seriously though his presentation sucks but a group summit should be something we do. I've done the EC mini with TGR and its good fun. Basically pick a day and a mountain at the end of the year and set up a little area to booze and schmooze. What seperates good boards and shitty boards is community.
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dibs on a pair of gloves pending pics
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They should just let you run Blue, you have to be there nearly as much as anyone else and I can't think anyone else has such positive energy for the place. Do you know who owns that land that boarders their operation ? I doubt they see any real benefit to doing so but unlike alot of other Pa hills they have a ton of room for expansion ?
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Why should anyone care ? How about you post some pictures or at least attempt a real TR, instead every one of your posts is the virtual realization of the cool aid dude busting through the front door of my house while waving his unit around screaming "look! everyone look at my penis! I have a big problem with people calling sprinkles jimmies but that isn't really interesting to anyone on this board therefore I don't post about it. Every truly next level rider I have ever met or have had the privilege of calling a friend almost never talk about how gnar they ride. Instead it's the self righteous Larry's that always feel the need to challenge people and spout off about their sick air on that mega booter. I don't know you or really care to but your constant bs to generally good people gets old fast.