sibhusky

I wonder if they are adjusting for water content or reporting period? It sure is confusing.

Things are rough here as well, but I am telling myself it's "conditioning skiing" anyway. They opened up Marmot and Black Bear, but I don't know WHY!!! They are full of bushes and trees sticking through. I think the people skiing them must think there are only the tops of trees and not also large rocks and logs under the snow. They are NUTS. I'm still downloading at the end of the day. I took the front side return cat track one day and it was full of icy moguls and narrow. No thanks, gave up that stuff when I left the Ice Coast. Maybe the 1-3 inches will actually show up Tuesday night. That would be a thrill. I'm glad I don't work for the resort answering phones from panicked tourists wanting to cancel their reservations.

Don't know if you're talking 01-02 or 02-03, but I skied about the same amount each of those years, sort of amazing how identical they were. I see I started MUCH earlier in 02-03, though. Otherwise, same number of days and within 2000 vertical feet of each other...

We aren't opening here at Whitefish. I don't know where this La Nina stuff is hiding, but there is only 25 inches at the summit so far. Ridiculous!!! Some of the resorts south of us are open, but not here - they don't even have a "re-scheduled" date yet, because there is NOTHING in the forecast. My skis are tuned and ready and my locker and pass are set up, but....we are just waiting. It's probably something to do with the lack of a bonfire to Ullr at the Pray for Snow party this year....

PC, just saw your sig.... Now I need to find out what brought that on!

Then again, PC, maybe you should try and win this trip to Montana; http://www.epicski.com/t/107143/tell-your-out-of-state-friends-to-enter-this-contest

We sort of liked The Canyons when we went, BUT most of it was closed because it was one of their first seasons and apparently they had "closed for the season" and then the snow started dumping, so they opened back up, but they couldn't get enough lifties to run all the chairs. But, we found some great cruising runs in the area that was open.

Hmm, interesting list. I've been to Telluride, Steamboat, Vail, Beaver Creek, A-Basin, Copper (a lot), Aspen, Snowmass, Winter Park, Mary Jane, Breckenridge, Deer Valley, The Canyons, Park City, Alta, Snowbird, Lake Louise, Sunshine, Big Sky, Bridger Bowl, Red Lodge, Montana Snowbowl, Big Mountain, and Blacktail...and that's just in the Rockies.

You KNOW what my vote always is...

Maybe ask over on Epic. Those guys know all the discounts.

When I used to live back east, we rented from that place just before you get to The Loft, don't remember what it was called. Normally it was brand new equipment for the seasonal rentals which then went into their normal rental pool the following season after we returned it. Don't remember the name of the place, otherwise I'd try and see if they are still open.

When they used to be open here on Thanksgiving, we'd ski in the AM and make dinner when we got home. Not sure where your issue is, GSS.

Well, I think we can sum it all up as....it only takes an instant for your life to go wrong. One nanosecond, one slight misstep. I've found this out the hard way over the years. Some things are the results of what you've done over an extended period, but other things it's just some blip that either you or something else set off. I don't want to get into assigning the cause of this guy's death, but I do feel for those he left behind.

One of the benefits of seasonal rentals over buying and trading is that you can get the right size boot for the kid at the beginning instead of sticking them in boots that are too big to allow for growth. And the rental program I used allowed me to get a different pair of boots mid-season because the first pair hurt - when they are young it's hard to determine the fit well until they start using them. Same with ski lengths. Start small and get longer as they get better or grow.

Definitely do seasonal. FAR less hassle. Also, at his age, if you get a season pass, you can sometimes get a free seasonal pass for him as well. That definitely removes some hassle. I started my daughter at 3 and the whole process needs to be as EASY as possible.

Bad sign, NZ. The first year my husband didn't buy a pass was the beginning of the end. There were two odd years in the 20 since then that he did buy passes, but got injured on BOTH opening days. Now he hasn't been out in years because of the fact that there has to be a "first" day.

Sounds like he triggered the avalanche himself? That report is sort of confusing as it lists People Involved Caught: 1 Carried: 1 Partly Buried: 1 Injured: 1 Killed: 1 Makes it sound like there were five people involved, but reading it only two are mentioned?

Airfare here, first Wed-Wed: $629 No rental car needed LIfts, breakfast and lodging, Hibernation House, 6 days, $474 Tickets separate from lodging package: $302 if frequent skier card purchased now Best Western: $438 Total without meals: $1103 - 1369 But, are you saying a rental car is needed for Utah? Siblet and I were there for 10 days, skied Deer Valley, Park City, The Canyons, Snowbird, Alta. Never rented a car, used buses to get around. That had some sort of cost, but I believe it was cheaper than a rental car and ended the parking problem.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that Jackson didn't win...yet. However, in all fairness, you named a SPECIFIC area when you named Jackson, rather than a WHOLE STATE when you said Utah. I'm sure if it was individual ski areas or even canyons in Utah, the results would have been more widely dispersed.

And mine started skiing when she was three. I'd ski in the AM and the hubby would come with her in the PM (because he wanted to sleep late, not because I was refusing to let him go.) The fact that he was less interested in skiing than I was actually worked out.

Speaking as someone who lives in the woods, has a well, and loses power all the time... All you need to flush is water in the tank. We stockpile water bottles under the sink so that we can refill the tank when the pump from the well fails. Now, I don't think this is an issue if you have city water and you are down hill from the reservoir. Because during Floyd we had no drinkable water and no electricity for quite some time, but I don't remember issues about flushing. Certainly it won't be an issue for quite some time. Even we get about two or three flushes per toilet during blackouts and we are relying totally on water in our pipes to make that flush happen. City people will still be getting water from the city pipes for far longer.

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That would be Chadd's Ford near West Chester.

No, that's why he's humping here. LMFAO

He meant "hump" I'm sure.