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Guess my ski patrol source wasn't all that reliable...

I had heard, when they put in the original Challenge double, that they sized the footings/supports for a future 6-pack. If so, they wouldn't have had to shell out the total expense when they finally converted.

Have to agree, with all that he's done/accomplished, he's got a far better chance at a medal.

Probably don't do shit to maintain the equipment and then just scramble when shit breaks... Looks like the snow line is along the blue ridge, webcams look like there's hardly anything falling up there at all. Monday when 6-pack was down, went over to quad and there was a mech hauling a blower or heater with big duct on it over to the 6-pack.

Again???

Blue's webcams look like they're not getting a whole lot of snow, but it could be an illusion. Also, 6-pack isn't running either.

Indeed. I'm sure they'll get some good feedback from this.

Back from a morning session, where snow conditions were downright spectacular. I believe they blew snow on every trail (not sure about Burma or those though...) and the grooming was excellent. Razors was perfect cord along with Challenge. Nightmare & Dreamweaver were on par as well. Paradise was nice and soft and Sidewinder was groomed and fast. Main Street was wonderful, with reseeded Barney's. Unfortunately they were scraped off later down to boiler. About 9:00am, riding 6-pack just to the crest of Challenge and eerrrrkkkk! It came to a FAST stop, luckily fellow riders hadn't put the bar up yet!! We sat for about 15-20 mins., hearing horn going off a few times, but no movement. A few more minutes later, finally some movement, but at a snail's pace. After they got everyone off, they shut it down, which cut the day short, since lines at the quad and doubles were out of control, as the crowds started showing up big time around 10. Hopefully they'll get some nice new snow out of this predicted storm, but otherwise snow conditions couldn't have been much better today.

Yesterday was an interesting day at Blue: Starts out with a nice coating of powder, which brings my unwaxed skis to a grinding halt. After a couple hours, "Powder" gets skied off and down to hard-pack, boilerplate and skis run as usual. After a couple more hours, base is warming up and have to pole to get to 6-pack. With this temperature range, what would you all recommend for a base wax? Do you use a rub-on glider? (Oh boy, can't wait for the responses to this one...) Thx

Pun intended?

They should be good for Sunday then, boilerplate was coming up through Friday in spots.

Layer up...

Dental floss?

Damn! Hate when work interferes with fun...

It's a great feeling when see your kid(s) do well on the slopes. (voice of experience). It'll be a sad feeling when they surpass you (haven't experienced that...yet).

Unfortunately I am old enough to know the song, the start of my Punk Rock youth... Wait until you get older, then you really start thinking about mortality and how much time you have left. Different things become much more important, like stickers on Cadillacs....

Let me turn up the volume on my hearing aid... What's that again?

I hope I live before I die! Remember what?

I'd bet all the Andrettis know him.

I may grow up, but I'll never grow old!

I prefer the bar down as it just makes sense, it's there for a reason. However, I will go with the flow of the chair. I just don't get the "coolness" factor that many seem to subscribe to by not putting it down, especially with boarders who have to have all that weight on one leg. You need to get out and experience the "rental ward" more, far more amusing until they clunk you in the helmet...

Damn! Just in time to go back to work... Should have been today's rain!

What's with people this year and the early-drop, early-lift of the bar? I've gotten helmet clunked a couple of times already this year after getting on the chair. No sooner than you sit down, but someone's dragging the bar down without saying a word. Then, you barely get to the crest of the Challenge and they're putting the bar up already! Uh, you realize we're still 20-30' in the air and a couple of more lift supports to go before the end? Some people are so eager to put the bar down, but yet even more eager to lift it back up. One time I had my feet on the bar at the crest of Challenge and someone yelled "We gotta lift the bar!". Do they not realize it takes about 2 seconds to lift it?

Cold and dry is good, so long as it's cold enough to make snow!