Robert2 Posted December 29, 2009 Report Posted December 29, 2009 Big time comeback from that typhoon this weekend. I played on Jane's Lane , Lehigh, and Exhibition today and found %100 coverage with immaculate grooming... as C1 said ... frozen cord with some blown powder. Absolutely fantastic speeds riding conditions with up on edge carving everywhere. The holiday tourists were few and far between with the temperature freezing them off the hills and into the lodge. A few notes about -10 degree wind chills and frozen cord. First off.... this was THE DRESS LIKE AN ASTRONAUT day for sure. The wind blowing UPHILL and pushing the powder so fast that it looked like a moving 60 foot wide stream on Exhibition all day. If you haven't figure out by now that cotton sweatshirts, denim jeans, flannel, hoodies and bare hands aren't proper ski attire then today was your day to die in the woods. And frozen cord...... really one of the best rides you can have but sort of like tequilla if you don't know what you are doing. IF YOU CAN'T RIDE FROZEN CORD then take a private lesson. Once you learn to LIKE frozen cord you will ski anywhere anytime without fearing conditions that you USED to think sucked. ICE IS NICE. SPEED IS GOOD. Invest in wrists guards, kneepads, and a helmet. And wear mittens instead of gloves. I've been wearing a Burton mitten that has its own mitten liner, plus a thin glove liner, same thing as any $3 Jersey fleece glove, with a roller blade wrist guard plate between the glove liner and the mitten liner. Its not tight. It's warm. And its armor. Falling on solid ice wearing armor... and bouncing up uninjured sort of changes the whole fear of flying thing. Once you wear armor... you go faster and jump higher because you don't fear a fall. Funny thing is... when I spend more time pointing down the hill instead of checking speed for safety, I wind up riding faster and with less wear and tear on me. After the fun on the snow I got a really nice surprise.... a live band playing in the bar. JADIP 2 Quote
AngryHugo Posted December 29, 2009 Report Posted December 29, 2009 great TR, Robert! how do you like having your own personalized locker? Quote
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