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Breakfast/lunch at lawson’s / mad taco Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Presidents weekend roll call thread...2/16-17
mbike-ski replied to GrilledSteezeSandwich's topic in Blue Mountain
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nastar glen did an eagles chant on the fight to JH two years ago
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Sugar bush dirt bag skier trip (feb 8th n 9th)
mbike-ski replied to tarponhead's topic in Other Mountains
Nice, Greta weekend to be North! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
Dropped mrs snobunski off at Pico and headed north 40 mins to Brandon gap for some BC. Tele Sundays have been training for BC/xcd and today was the first of hopefully many BC adventures. Set out in 10d and 6 or so fresh in a set skin track, never so hot and cold at the same time. Setup worked great although tele skilz were untested in boot+ pow in semi steep trees. Taking a rest about halfway down along the skin track I asked an old tele dude skinning up with his dog if he had any tips and he replied, P turns, don’t try so hard. Adjusted the mindset and worked much better, I made some of the best turns of my life along with some of the worst scary oh shit moments over the two laps Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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2/8-2/9 weekend roll call thread...
mbike-ski replied to GrilledSteezeSandwich's topic in Blue Mountain
I'm out, headed up to Pico with Mrs SnowBunSki. She's doing PSIA clinics so I may try to hit Brandon Gap on Saturday, @toast21602 you should join me! -
Ha no its sucked except for going through Teton Pass (es, 2-?). That was fuckin scary but cool as shit. Just missed two big ass elk and I just had to stop at the lookout and take it all in, i never star so many stars in my life
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me either lol
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I talked about it saturday oh wait you bolted when you saw me 😏 lol
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Yea I heard JFDan is checking one out as we speak
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Yesterday I made somewhat ambitious plans for my own little "super bowl of skiing" at Greek Peak, the plan was to try out my tele skins, hit Kennedy Sf for some bcXcd, then pop over to see some GP A18/nyskiblog friends at their Super Bowl tailgate in the chair 5 lot. I set out a O’dark thirty through intermittent snow showers to get started before the lifts started running at 8:30 as required by Greek’s uphill policy. I booted up just after 7:30. The root up Alpha/Castor was smooth cord with a dusting of fresh snow with gentle flurries for stoke. About a third of the way up a patroller on a sled came by and asked how far I was going, “Sounds like a loaded question” I laughed and he said I need to be down before the lifts started and agreed I had about 15 -20 minutes to go. About 2/3 of the way up I heard his sled approaching again and gave a wristwatch/thumbs up signal, he stopped and said not to worry about it that chair #2 doesn’t run until 11 and just don't go past the lift. At the top I chatted with a hiker who had come in from the Finger Lakes Trail, he said he hadn’t been to Greek in 50 years and that it looked the same except for a little more rust, lol. My original plan was to ski Aesops Glades but it looked a little bony and being alone decided to take my same root down the fresh chord. Since the second quarter of my game was contingent on lift #2 running I did 5-6 tele runs. Nice snow, both groomed and ungroomed on Iliad, Elysian and Trojan. Ran into one of the A18 guys and rode up chair #4 with him but it was close to 11:00 by that point and needed to hit the tailgate locker room for an equipment change. A quick coffee stout and soft pretzel break at the Trunk and Tire and I was off to chair #2 with the XCD setup for a ski in Kennedy SF. The snowmobile /ski trail runs parallel to Pollux so I ducked in and bushwacked the 20 or so yards and was on my way. I ski’d the multi use trail to the Cook Rd XC ski trailhead for about a 6.9 mile loop including the harrowing ski back down Castor to the base. Even with cable bindings I can’t drive those skis, especially on warm days, those boot soles are just way to floppy. (FYI my skin track is the same root as the finish to start on the track below) It was about 2:30 when I got back to the truck. I was pretty beat but the snow was really coming down so I threw on a dry shirt, grabbed a couple of pocket beers, locked down my heals and headed over to chair #5 area to see if the A18 crew were still around. Had a fun cruise over laying down some big arcs after the morning’s work. Chair 5 lot is an unimproved lot with a tailgating scene that may even rival our row. I got there late and missed the venison spedies though... Caught one of the last chairs back over to the base so I had a burger at tracks before heading out for the snowy ride home. Legs are cooked today A great day a Greek with good snow, all the lifts running (smoothly but slowly!) and a lot of nice folks. Reminded me how much I miss the place. Hopefully this is the start of winter there and I get back up soon. Oh, and I’m more of a hockey guy than football so my Super Bowl of skiing only has 3 quarters!!
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Rode tonight meh, guns blowing gak almost sent me over the handle bars, beats watching tv and fb Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Noice boys, stop shitting up this thread with salad, meat shots only! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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potato cannon extraordinaire?
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Next time I see ya want to talk skins - want to cut some down for the skinny xcd fishscales in case I get in a jam... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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WTGAI! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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yea but which ones good?
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1/26/20...PASR day sausage Sunday..
mbike-ski replied to GrilledSteezeSandwich's topic in Blue Mountain
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yea I'm a 'bush fan as well, love the terrain and the food/beer in the the mad river valley. you get to Lawsons schif? Headed back in March again if winter ever comes
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they are both wizards