Trip Report - 1/17/2018

[RidgeRacer]

Meh, the last 2 days have been pretty uneventful. Starting to get bored with skiing, I've done every single trail at Camelback ad nauseum at this point. Maybe I'll take a brief hiatus and go road biking next weekend instead.
The highlight of my day was when I was cranky this morning and some dude on the lift ride kept asking me pointless questions, like what do I do, where do I work, am I married, do I have kids, etc. He was a nice guy, but I hate making unnecessary small talk with people on the lift sometimes unless it's an interesting topic, like skiing or something.

Saltlick you're burning yourself out with these long sessions man. Do you feel obligated to get the max value from your pass or whatever? If so thats a surefire way to kill your hobby quick. Get stoked to ski, go skiing and leave when you get your fill. If that's an hour then it's an hour. If it's longer then great. If you don't feel like rolling out of bed one day then stay in bed. Just my opinion and I'm not saying this is you, but in general, when skiing becomes a job, obligation or a cost - benefit analysis you may a well give up now.

[saltyant]

1 hour ago, RidgeRacer said:

Saltlick you're burning yourself out with these long sessions man. Do you feel obligated to get the max value from your pass or whatever? If so thats a surefire way to kill your hobby quick. Get stoked to ski, go skiing and leave when you get your fill. If that's an hour then it's an hour. If it's longer then great. If you don't feel like rolling out of bed one day then stay in bed. Just my opinion and I'm not saying this is you, but in general, when skiing becomes a job, obligation or a cost - benefit analysis you may a well give up now.

 

Thanks PARidge. Good advice. Sometimes I tend to overdo things I enjoy because I forget about moderation. The only thing I'm confused on is what the hell is a saltlick?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

5 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Thanks PARidge. Good advice. Sometimes I tend to overdo things I enjoy because I forget about moderation. The only thing I'm confused on is what the hell is a saltlick?

This is a saltlick..anyway Camelback must have been bad the last two days since there's no report. 

[SallyCat]

2 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

Saltlick you're burning yourself out with these long sessions man.

I like a nice marathon session once in a while, though. I stayed at Blue yesterday past dark. The Eagles fans cleared out so there were NO crowds or lines and the snow was great. I took a long-ish break at one point, but basically was having a lot of fun so I didn't want to stop. Every run I was working on something (turning from the legs, hand/arm position, bumps, etc.) so it never got boring. It was great because with so many runs I could see and feel real improvement. I just rocked out to music or listened to podcasts on the lift so that wasn't boring, either, and when I got home I fell asleep hard and slept well. That was awesome, too.

[RidgeRacer]

This is a saltlick..anyway Camelback must have been bad the last two days since there's no report. 

Don't go higher than 170 though

If you are feeding 60 grams of Smartlyte, a commonly recommended dose, you would still not be providing the 113-170 grams of salt that your horse may need, depending on the salt content of the total diet. Y

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

15 minutes ago, SallyCat said:

I like a nice marathon session once in a while, though. I stayed at Blue yesterday past dark. The Eagles fans cleared out so there were NO crowds or lines and the snow was great. I took a long-ish break at one point, but basically was having a lot of fun so I didn't want to stop. Every run I was working on something (turning from the legs, hand/arm position, bumps, etc.) so it never got boring. It was great because with so many runs I could see and feel real improvement. I just rocked out to music or listened to podcasts on the lift so that wasn't boring, either, and when I got home I fell asleep hard and slept well. That was awesome, too.

I don't think Salty works on his skiing. He just tries to get back to the lift as fast as possible for his stats and then hopes to navigate the liftline quickly with both poles in one hand. When the lift stops it must drive him nuts. 

 

Yeah staying occupied during downtime is good.  One season about 11 years ago I used to ski with an iPod but I haven't since.  Right now I'm on hold with my bank getting info for my accountant it's brutal..I'm on hold for the third time over a very small amount of money...  

 

[Johnny Law]

20 hours ago, saltyant said:

Meh, the last 2 days have been pretty uneventful. Starting to get bored with skiing, I've done every single trail at Camelback ad nauseum at this point. Maybe I'll take a brief hiatus and go road biking next weekend instead.

The highlight of my day was when I was cranky this morning and some dude on the lift ride kept asking me pointless questions, like what do I do, where do I work, am I married, do I have kids, etc. He was a nice guy, but I hate making unnecessary small talk with people on the lift sometimes unless it's an interesting topic, like skiing or something.

No offense but you don't understand skiing, skiing has almost nothing to do with numbers, how fast, how much vert is all entirely meaningless bullshit. There is skiing as a lifestyle and skiing as a sport and your not even doing the later.

Skiing is about the turn, i don't give a fuck if I do 60mph if I didn't ski at 60mph the right way, your technique is pure survival, what can I do with my skis to get down X. Useful, fun to an extent but if you want for it to get real interesting you gotta get the ski up on edge.

Skiing, at least if you do it right, isn't also always about skiing. When you understand it as a lifestyle its about the people you ride with, the time spent with people you like fucking around skiing or drinking beers, being outside in nature and sometimes lots of time alone thinking about whatever.

It keeps you grounded and connected, it's not an escape from the rest of life and it's bullshit but it puts it in proper place.

If your bored your not pushing yourself and you aren't doing skiing the right way.

[saltyant]

I was skiing excellent Wednesday and had a lot of fun on ungroomed terrain. Then this weekend I could not ski that well no matter what I did. Im trying to improve but just felt stuck in a rut this weekend, and I dont know why. Despite a few funny jokes I've posted, I actually dont care about stats, or about getting maximum value out of my season pass... Although I am well under $1 per run for this year alone!

Ok fine I'll take a lesson. Or six.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 minutes ago, saltyant said:

I was skiing excellent Wednesday and had a lot of fun on ungroomed terrain. Then this weekend I could not ski that well no matter what I did. Im trying to improve but just felt stuck in a rut this weekend, and I dont know why. Despite a few funny jokes I've posted, I actually dont care about stats, or about getting maximum value out of my season pass... Although I am well under $1 per run for this year alone!

Ok fine I'll take a lesson. Or six.

How were the conditions at Camelback??  Maybe your skis need a tune. 

Edited January 22, 2018 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[RootDKJ]

I would think the TMR 170's would be in need of some wax by now, at the least.  Factory wax isn't that good.

[saltyant]

Just now, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

How were the conditions at Camelback??  Maybe your skis need a tune. 

The conditions and my skis were both fine. I dont make excuses for mediocre skiing. I mean my skiing wasnt terrible, I didn't fall at all. But it certainly wasnt as good as my potential. Whatever though, I'll take a more laid back approach from now on because its just about having a good time afterall. Plus I got Stowe coming up in 2 weeks!

[RootDKJ]

Please tell me you'll wax before Stowe.  Even if you have to lie to me.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 minutes ago, saltyant said:

The conditions and my skis were both fine. I dont make excuses for mediocre skiing. I mean my skiing wasnt terrible, I didn't fall at all. But it certainly wasnt as good as my potential. Whatever though, I'll take a more laid back approach from now on because its just about having a good time afterall. Plus I got Stowe coming up in 2 weeks!

Nice I bet you've been studying the trail map a lot.  Lots of good woods at stowe. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Just now, RootDKJ said:

Please tell me you'll wax before Stowe.  Even if you have to lie to me.

I even have wax on both pairs of my skis now for the first time this season.  

[saltyant]

Just now, RootDKJ said:

Please tell me you'll wax before Stowe.  Even if you have to lie to me.

Oh geeze I dont know I hit 43 mph this weekend on my current wax But I can certainly look around for wax and a waxing iron.

[RootDKJ]

Just now, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I even have wax on both pairs of my skis now for the first time this season.  

Hotel living, and now waxed skis.  LTD Doug, ltd.

[saltyant]

2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Nice I bet you've been studying the trail map a lot.  Lots of good woods at stowe. 

I looked at it a few times. At Killington I just skiied all over the place without knowing the layout and now I have much of it memorized. My plan is to hit Four Runner lift as soon as it opens, and hit up some of those blues and maybe even blacks.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

6 minutes ago, saltyant said:

I looked at it a few times. At Killington I just skiied all over the place without knowing the layout and now I have much of it memorized. My plan is to hit Four Runner lift as soon as it opens, and hit up some of those blues and maybe even blacks.

Nosedive is the easiest black..and there's skiable woods on both sides of it..hayride and centerline are also both groomed black diamonds.  If you want to try a long natural bump run try Chin clip off the gondola.  That's a neat run.  Also there's some really fun blue trails off the big spruce chairlift. 

[RootDKJ]

2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Nosedive is the easiest black..and there's skiable woods on both sides of it..hayride and centerline are also both groomed black diamonds.  If you want to try a long natural bump run try Chin clip off the gondola.  That's a neat run.  Also there's some really fun blue trails off the big spruce chairlift. 

Main Street over on Spruce can be a lot of fun.  It also holds snow well if the wind is blowing the right way. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Just now, RootDKJ said:

Main Street over on Spruce can be a lot of fun.  It also holds snow well if the wind is blowing the right way. 

Truth you know the old big spruce chairlift went higher than the current lift.  That's back when you could ski over to smugglers notch. 

[tarponhead]

I need to get back to Stowe

[toast21602]

I need to get back to Stowe

I’ve never been there but wouldn’t mind checking it out at some point


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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Back before a took a second annual ski trip out west I used to take a weekday ski trip to Stowe when Blue closed..some years it was spring conditions, some powder and a few times was death cookies...stowe has the best terrain in the east..it can also be crowded and expensive.  

[SallyCat]

1 hour ago, saltyant said:

Oh geeze I dont know I hit 43 mph this weekend on my current wax But I can certainly look around for wax and a waxing iron.

A rusty Flexible Flyer would hit 43, too, if you pushed it straight down a hill. Jaysus. Just buy a kit. Or give 'em here and let me do it. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Grayne-Ski-and-Snowboard-Tuning-Kit-with-Waxing-Iron-/332227976865

 

[Johnny Law]

26 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

I’ve never been there but wouldn’t mind checking it out at some point


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The notch is legit legit