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you could always use dante licktenwaller again!

the bar...seriously. everyone boots up at the seating area right there. top lodge

bummer, sorry to hear that - wish i could commit but it just ain't working for me this year. you and brian may want to go up tonight, i'm sure you could find spots on a team...

not alot of help but nastarr glenn is in the same camp as last year - monday meetings, could be an alternate in the #7 spot

nice! junior and i are headed up in a few weeks

I'll send an email over to nastarr glenn too, he had expressed interest last year but was jammed up with monday night meetings

gonna hit mondays bc showing

glen plake is going to be doing commentary, very cool http://www.bcmountainresort.com/winter/custPage.aspx?id=71

if you need it i'd be interested in the 6 or 7th roster spot to do a few nights - i just can't commit to the 6 weeks this year baaaagh! there were plenty of guys ripping on on twins last year

shit dats deep

went up wednesday afternoon to meet up with another family at the new digs. woke up thursday morning to 2" fresh snow and steday continuing snowfall. open trails were in great shape and poached a few wood shots as well. cover in the trees was a little thin maybe 6-10 but a few knee deep shots in spots - just enough to cover lots of lurking snow snakes. new years eve was cool with a decent buffet at the base lodge, torchlight parade, kick ass fireworks, some sammy winters and a big fat ashton. back to the hotel lobby to toast in the new year with champagne served by the owner/builder himself - great hands on kinda guy new years day more of the same for a total of about 6" or so for the weekend. ski'd solo from 8:30 until bout 10 when my kids texted me they were on there way over. ended up running boot deep leftovers on the elysion mini bumps for a few before hooking up with everyone and heading over to mars #5. my buddy was poaching the woods there and said there was even better cover than ronnies. skiid til about 2 then headed over for my xmas present from mrs snobunski - a facial and massage! a few cell phone pics: looked a little breezysaturday morning so i headed into the woods for a little xc before checking out stayed ahead of the groomer for a while until my loop back gettin my glide on the fresh cord can't wait to get back up

or sports chalet on 309 in allentown

$10 lift tickets tomorrow Bear Creek celebrates our 10 year Anniversary on Wednesday, 12/23 and to celebrate they are offering $10 extended lift tickets. Since everything is open, this is a great deal! There's some other stuff going on as well. Check out the website for more details. http://www.bcmountainresort.com/winter/custPage.aspx?id=70

it can work that way and does every once in awhile - i had a gold/14 or something silly hc day a few years back at greek. i had a good run - not quite that good tho it works pretty well most days

the pacesetter concept is that in any given race your racing against the national pacesetter - us ski team member darron rhalves in the past, not sure this year - based on a mathematical formula determined by the local pacesetters performance on the course. If my times give me a 25 handicap it basically means i'm running it 25% slower than the national pacesetter's theoretical time if he were on the same course.

last year was a little frustrating, mike meyers was the pacesetter most nights and must have been bodie'd up or something during the national pacesetting trials then would come out and kill it thusday nights - somewhat skewing the handicaps. add on top of that what i thought were some pretty difficult course sets most nights resulted in higher handicaps for hacks like me one of the fun things for me about racing and nastar is you typically see a real quantitative result/progression as your skiing improves. last season i felt i was skiing better but the result were going the other way. still a good time any way you cut it though

thats good news!

good to see yer gettin some johnny! hey nastar glenn was asking about ya - i told him you were livin the dream then headed back for some tuesday night gate action

i dig the first 2 shots of pc and parr - looks like frickin mt mansfield

nice way to start the winter! i was hoping to hit a bike ride in the snow but mrs snowbunski needs help with the christmas candy

yo happy winter soulstice everyone

yea unfortunately i'm out this year but its a blast and real easy to enter a team, all the info is here

great spring-like conditions tonight

dont understand these wednesday openings with the rain we had and marginal snowmaking temps between now and then

i think i'm gonna go up after work