Johnny Law

Anyone ever ski it ? So I have a climbing trip to Katahdin coming up and wondered if you can actually ski it. I know there are touring routes but anything downhill ? I have done alot of the chocs, nearly all of the slides in the ADK book, Gothics, Marcy, and Mt. Washington and I'm out of ideas for our anual EC BC trip. Anything near Blue Mountain ? hehehe

You never know just a slight change in the weather and it can dump stay hopefull.

I would bet shitty lifts but you would have to check their permits to be sure unless someone knows which models they run

The snow today was sweet in the morning then it all went to shit at noon

Just go in through the state park if you really want to ski the slides, they don't own the actual land so there isn't jack sh@t they are going to do. Be safe I think it is slides 3 & 4 that get lots of frozen waterfalls.

The first year of a place though is not a great indicator, the first year of the change over to Bear saw a large investment influx (20 millionish if memory serves me) and not a whole lot of traffic. I think that year was the last time I parked in the first row. I wasn't at Bear last year alot but this year you can definitely see a significant amount of growth from the first year. Additionally they made money last year (5 millionish) I would assume that does not reflect any sort of extensive debt repayment but that is still very good. I would wait a year or two to see what happens with Sno, I don't know what the casino situation in Scranton is but that alone could vastly change Sno's outlook.

From the double secret back bowls.........Bear will close when they stop making money and/or the weather gets shitty. This week looks good and they should blow all week but if its warm next week all that snow will melt and people will stop showing up. PA is a crap shoot so we will see.

Nice TR ! You can ski that chute in the fifth pic from the top and its wide so its pretty easy.

Hunter = pure shit go north or Bell if you have to stay in NY

I is me.....I took them off TGR who it seems took them from NS. Serious about what ? Armada ? I have like 5 or 6 pairs already I don't need any more right now unless you got a pair of ARGs for cheap....best reverse camber/sidecut ski.

worn boots or crappy techs

The IRS feels that I owe them $$$$$ so any where I can pick up a discount ticket ?

Well it isn't a standard Marker design, the toe piece is actually based off an old tyrolla design. Marker due to there design including the biometirc toe and the way in which the forward pressure intergrates with the heal piece favor release over retention. This is good if your a jong from jersey and ski once every five years but if you push it or ride in alot of fall you die terrain you only want the ski coming off in the worst of situations. Ever notice they are the only company that makes a 30 din binding, essentially they make up for the fact that there design is shit by blowing the din through the roof. For obvious reasons this is deadly for knees. The P series from look was alot different in that it operated almost entirely from the toe piece where as Solly's and the new PX series are from the heal piece. People had problem with Sollys because on anything other than the 916 the suport structure in the heal was plastic and they had manual toe cup adjustment. What would happen is the screw would slowly back out from riding, this in turn would expand the toe cup and remove any forward pressure. It always seemed that this would go down at all the wrong times. Looks have far more points of contact and the ability to pull the toe and heal out around 35mm which is essential when you rip and all you really want is the half a second to get your shit back together and ride on.

Dude do they run Nastar on Saturdays ? I love Nastar I'll be there rocking a brown argyle jacket and brown pants

How crowded will Sno be on Saturday? I would like to check this place out and Bear will be a mad house. I can do crowded but not Bear Creek Presidents Weekend Saturday crowded......maybe I will just go to Burke.

It was the Flying Spaghetti Monster

It is, dimensions don't change but I think they got rid of the variable sidewall....though that may have been last year. pics - Ar6 is third one from the right Sick Sick Sick....I hope I can get them through proform early next year but they may not be the poser forms I have acess to.

Those are the best, its best though when your friend all of the sudden disappears. I heard loveland has been kind of full this year. Propaganda ?

For your weight I think a p18 or 15 may be overkill, though if you have the cash grab them because they won't be around for long and they will last forever. You could go with a 12 or 14 which will save you money since your not a giant. Regardless, the p series is the best binding ever made so you can't go wrong. If you look in the right places you can pick a p10 up for 50-75 and p12/14 100 the P15 or P18 is going to be more costly. Additionally old p18's have no wide break option so you have to bend them, if you a problem let me know and I can help you with this. Also the P series has a tight heal screw pattern skis light fat skis may present a problem but for tonker park skis no need to worry. Ski wise you can fix all the shit if you are really interested, if not rock whatever you can pick up on the cheap and push the savings into a trip. My only advise ski wise is to avoid the invader....not trying to be a dick just saying.

Even if you think touring is for hippies or people that can't afford lift tickets these have to give you a boner. DIN AND DYNAFIT compatable keyed/sliding system blocks, adjustable flex up to 110, 3.8lbs, BOA Closure System and cheap MSR is 700.

Keep the old ones and buy a real pow ski, for 200 - 400 you can get a sick 100 plus ski and not have to sacrifice on performance. EC twins are easy to pick up cheap, look on-line right at the end of the seaon or watch Gear Swap on TGR. I like the AR5/6's for mixed EC skiing and you can pick up a pair of those for like 300 end of the year

It is elsewhere but I don't think Bear has ever made it to April 1 though that would be mad cool if they did

I can wear this one, but gaper day historically is a random day in March

Your 100% right and there is stuff that is 5 minutes OB in the east that will kill you. The Slides, most of Mansfield, Remember Alec Stall ? (that traverse wasn't five minutes but wasn't hours of skining either) Experiance and knowledge can significantly reduce your possibility of being killed or serious injured in an avalanch but never elminate it completley. A gentlemen who I took WFAR with and had Avy 3 level training rode that train to the white room last year. There is alot of BC in the east and though it isn't on the West's quality and scale, slides happen frequently. The whites were going off yesterday additionally I have heard many reports from trusted friends about small slides on Mansfield yesterday. Report on the Stall incident http://www.stowemountainrescue.org/Stall_R...tall_Report.pdf GSS did you ever get out to Bear Pond in the winter when you were at UVM ? I want to check this area out but it may be a waste.

I don't know if there is a direct replacment the Kung Fujas is kind of the new Seth (95 waist) I don't know the waist for the Extreme but the Disorderlylooks closest.