sibhusky
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Lake Louise is more gorgeous. Less snow I think... Yeah, only 77", Sunshine at 72. I think they are open later than us. Maybe a month later. We've got a griz issue. Then again, they've got a passport issue and, I hear, DUI screening. But the loonie is still pretty low, so $ might be okay.
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Whitefish, Montana See http://www.wmr-guide.com
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Don't know why that fog picture is so smushed. Fixed it
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"Bad days" are caked in snow. But you can't see where the hell you are. This is almost a month back. More now. Husband on the injured list from shovelling.
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It's been super frigid this year, so we've had plenty of days with them.
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Have a few more.
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We already have our season (300") in. Base depth of 140, which is a new record I think. They had to extend the snow stake, anyway. Unfortunately, the body count is two so far, the second guy has not been found after a week of searching. I've been having a rough year, however, and not been out anywhere near as much as usual.
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Er. I'm not exactly active these days.. And, judging by this thread, the reason is obvious.
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Basically, Wikia bought Huddler. Huddler is no longer doing forums. The transition would have cost Vail money. Vail never really wanted the forums, they wanted the name Epic being under their Epic umbrella. They let the forums exist until it meant money. A huge number of content posters had already moved to pugski and although tuning and instruction content was probably still better on Epic, the equipment content was better on Pugski. So, many were on both. Which meant Epic was losing increasing ground. What I was seeing was more activity on Pugski, even though lurking levels were very high on Epic. But it had to mean decreasing ad revenue. Faced with the hassle and cost of a move to a new platform, they bagged it. It would have been nice to have had more notice FROM SOMEONE. All that content will be gone. 18 years worth.
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Town is at 3000 feet, summit 6800+. Lower altitude means less shock for flatlanders. I always had to overnight in Denver before skiing Colorado or I would have horrid migraines for a day or two and still be exhausted for skiing for the first half of the trip. I still have 20% more migraines if I visit my brother in Denver, but that might be a lifestyle clash as much as anything, since I'm not used to interstates and traffic anymore. I haven't heard anyone complain about altitude here, although I've had two visitors from Minnesota (not related or friends) who get woozy if the view is too expansive or something. They can't tolerate things like the Inspiration ridge line or looking down No Name. (Of course, I used to have a friend who was terrified of ESCALATORS.) Different type of issue. What else did this couple say? Just curious.
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Came across this Go Pro edit.
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I swear EWR was a big reason we moved. Not that LaGuardia or JFK are any improvement. We'd come home and hit EWR and it was always a nightmare somewhere. If not the airport, then just finding your way HOME from the airport, with the left hand exits and construction was a terror. Any time I miss good deli, I remember Newark.
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I realized when I got home I SHOULD have taken one more run, as I'd finished ONE RUN SHORT of last year's vert. I didn't think I was that close that it was worth agonizing over, so hadn't done the math before I left.
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Last run of the season:
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Really warm today. Resort closes Sunday. No surprise, given the empty cafeteria.
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Why bother waxing at all if it's only once a season, I'm wondering? It's only going to last about three days with the manmade snow. It doesn't work like lemon oil for wood, sinking in and staying there. It only goes so deep and eventually is skied out of every little hiding place in the structure and now needs to be replaced. You might get five days on soft snow at best. So, if an unwaxed ski is good the rest of the season, why do it at all? It's not "conditioning" the p-tex the way old ski "dope" conditioned old wooden skis. It's facilitating glide only as long as there is some actually on the ski. Once it's off and abrasion is occurring because the wax molecules aren't there to be sheered off instead, the ski's ability to glide on certain types of snow is increasingly impacted, but its ability to accept wax on the abraded (base burned) areas is also reduced. Slapping wax on after three months doesn't fix the abrasion, it needs a stone grind or sustained work with a base flattening/structure tool. So, I've gotta ask, if the slowly reduced performance after its three days with wax isn't bugging you, why do it at all? Maybe it's wishful thinking? Possibly the usual icy conditions there really don't even require wax for glide, and only fresh snow (natural or uncured man-made) would yield a benefit? If that is what's happening, then why spend the money? But your edges? Different story. You guys need your edges sharp. Here we need wax, but we can let the edges go most years.
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I generally just store them in a dry closet, vertical, with a plastic dish under them to protect against moisture. No storage wax any more. I do all the work pre-season. I should do a binding check every season, but confess to doing it only alternate seasons. But pre-season, they'd get "the works". However, in your case, given the lack of use, I'd only do wax of the day and go ski. Depends on what they look like when you take them out of the closet if I'd even worry about brushing them. I've had skis look brand new when I took them out in October.
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Spring conditions means the day is spent analyzing aspect angles vs. the sun, etc. to figure out what is fun and what is HELL.
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Today.
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It's a Forest Service date. You could always hike up. Bring your bear spray.
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Haven't posted in a few days. You all would have been right at home in the AM. Rock hard corduroy, top to bottom on the front today. Fortunately for the sharpness of my edges, the back was better and things warmed up later.
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Early morning.
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