Glenn

... yeah but you are probably the most entertaining member of the board IMHO.

If he wants to make himself look like an idiot in a thread he started, I'm not going to stop him. If he starts messing with the rest of the site, things will be done

... those riding shots kept interrupting the lift interviews.

Really? I can't imagine they would be that prohibiting, but I don't ski.

There is no reason a relative n00b should be on a 50+ foot jump... ever. For pro size parks, would it be such a bad thing? At the same time, for little intro jumps the relative danger is WAY smaller, and there is little reason these should be of much concern to anyone. I'm pretty confident this has everything to do with what the insurance companies feel are safe, and a lot less with what on the hill his actually safe/not. Likely the law suits that are easy to win are those involving jumps, and insurance ponies up for that. It's also interesting that at least at CB the insurance companies have a say in how jumps are built, and repeatedly the specs that they have are considered unsafe by the skiers/riders. So it's not so much, what will give you bumps and bruises, but what will cause serious injury and result in successful lawsuits.

... local ski shop?

It's incredibly frustrating that there isn't some formal process that can be done to protect high risks activity producers. It's what the back of tickets are supposed to do... The alternatives for those of us who don't lawyer up at all opportunities are much more dangerous. I'd rather break myself at a resort where there is emergency staff readily available. I think the same people who complain about the prospect of park passes are the ones who end up suing the resorts as well.

All jumps? Small jumps just aren't that dangerous and can still be a ton of fun... Bizarre.

I'm thinking I'm gonna try to make it happen.

... where did Jordan go?

I got in an informal race with a sentra once on some back roads. He wasn't a very good driver, but man did he have some HUGE balls. At the end of the 4 mile stretch through winding tight mountain roads, I wanted to shake his hand for being the craziest dude I've ever met, but he drove off when I pulled over to get out of the car.

Dec 2 @ 7:00 P.M.

Gotta check my work schedule. If I can make it I will, since there will be a boarding movie...

Please ask permission BEFORE you post pics of Jeff on an open forum. Mmmkay, thanks.

Nope the mountain calls it an "M rail" and the two "flat" parts you mentioned aren't at the same pitch. So it could be a down-down-flat-down or a flat-down-up-down, or a up-down-up-down. Perhaps if you arranged it the other direction it could be a flat-down-down-down.

M rail eh...

4k.... WHAT?!?!?! Well that certainly explains alot.

The question isn't weather it will be profitable, the question is will it be done. Peak has a history of snowmaking early and staying open late. They are setting for snowmaking and others in this thread have stated they are hyping the snowmaking they are about to do. What makes you think they won't follow through?

This happened last year as well. Whats the deal with these NC mountains and early snow making temps?

I guess it depends on the hotel and the mortgage.

So if I'm not prying too much, do you simply plan to rent/stay in hotels until you are ready to make the big move, or is the big move imminent?

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9 out of the next 11 days will have snowmaking temps (<28). I'd say they have a shot at opening at least 1 or two trails, if thats their goal.

I would agree except... Pocono has a pretty long history on this board of not trolling. Why would he offer up this as a troll now?

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