sibhusky

My Recons just arrived, in WONDERFUL, shrinkwrapped, new condition. Now my husband has to "hide" them from me until Christmas.

Sounds like a bankrupt ski area's dream.

Read the comp guide cover to cover, attend meetings, ask questions. Sit down and try to suss out what the HECK they are doing with race points, and penalty points and those other things, World Cup points. Explain it all to your kids. Then, look ahead and help to map out how they can achieve their dreams. This involves not only talking to your coaches, but college coaches, regional coaches, etc. See if you can find out where PARA meetings are and go to them. Sure you may keep your mouth shut in embarassment at not knowing what they are talking about, but after a few meetings it kicks in.

Well, on Sunday they were still running the chair and I hear there were boarders who didn't mind hiking back up the hill for partial runs. Unfortunately, we don't open until Turkey Day. This stuff will melt anyway.

Not quite. I'm at 3700 feet, this is up at 7,000 feet.

you mean what mountain? It's at the Summit House at my mountain in Montana.

For less than two weeks the last two Januaries, we've had negative teens and twenties as highs for the day. I've skied them. The only really bad part is the main chairlift gets slammed with wind as it crosses over the bowl. Once you are down in the trees, it's not that bad, and the snow stays great. You can take a slower chair that doesn't get slammed with the wind, but then you sit still longer. I am not sure which is worse.

Yikes, there is a new pic today:

It's something called Epoch Accessories. He's listed a lot of skis as if he's a dealer, BUT, I notice most of his past sales were for some kind of "parts". I think he's Chinese. Maybe these are smuggled out of the factory in China. I think before the auctions closed he had close to 10 pairs listed, most of them not being bid on for some reason........ hope that isn't bad news for me.

They've been in the 30's at night at the house. Up on the mountain, I would knock off 8 to 10 degrees.

well, I was working today and I'd have to hike up there tomorrow it's raining in the valley

Closing day for summer

Loved it, loved the shots.

Some guy in San Francisco.

Just picked up new K2 Apache Recons on Ebay. Hopefully they will arrive and are as advertised.

Siblet came in third one of the times she raced Cliffy. I think she was a J3 for that one. She didn't place quite as well when it was a cup race, but I know all three times she was so comfortable on the hill, that she enjoyed it. (2003 had two cup races at CB.) Also, those two races in 2003 were her best races of the season due to home field advantage.

I think it alternates, one year J3, the next year J1/J2.

I'd bring them to the parents meeting in October or whatever.

Since I was talking to someone else online about this hike, I converted it into slideshow format and uploaded the UNEDITED whole thing, for those who are interested. Go to the first posting if you want to see it, as I put up a URL there to the pictures.

I've never known an Almanac to have any relationship beyond coincidence to what happened. I don't even trust the NWS. I mean, if they can't get today right, how are they gonna predict the next six months? We had an usually DRY winter, followed by an usually WET spring, followed by a record setting WET June, a really DRY and hot July, and a fairly dry and cool August. Based on that, what should I expect? Last year, one thing I know for sure, we got our snow TOO EARLY. Remember that White Halloween pic I posted? That right there was our death knell. But, even tho we closed early, we had super ski conditions in February while it wasn't snowing, because we had ACTUAL SUN. Which doesn't happen in February. March rolled around and it started snowing. We closed with tons of unused powder. So, who can tell? The main thing is to get out there when you can and not expect things to get better next week. Just load up your ski days as soon as the place opens and don't risk getting shortchanged when the season doesn't shape up the way you thought.

Years ago they used to let Margies bump up, as I recall. They even had bump contests on it. I don't recall them ever splitting Big Poke in two, but the older version before the fence went in at the bottom of the pitch (on Hell's Half Acre) might have given them room to do it.

I can't have a goal for it, but if you count ski off chair to ski into lift line, I am sure it can be done in three minutes or less. You need to establish an official start and finish.

I am sure it is something to do with the state park. It's only been in recent (say last 15) years that CB took over maintaining the park, etc. in return for being allowed to expand. At one time there were actual rangers there.

Not again!!!!! Of course, how often are these things even close to right?

On another board I'm on, it seems a lot of people are nuts about the Atomic Metron B:5, to the point I am willing to consider an Atomic. Anyone here ever try them?