BC/XC anything but resort skiing.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Just now, toast21602 said:

Yeah, shouldn’t have posted it. I trust the people here but ya never know who lurks. 

There’s like five times more lurkers than posters. 

[toast21602]

2 hours ago, Mixilplix said:

Fuckin righteous dude.....

Split boarding terrain 👌

[Justo8484]

Got out for a flat tour around the parks by my house tonight. Not much breaking trail since this route sees a lot of hiker traffic. It’s pretty cool since there are a lot of little bridges across small streams. The lake that the one trail loops around is almost totally frozen, which made for some nice scenery. I also managed to not almost fall in the river tonight, very much unlike when I biked this route last week. Are dynafit toes always a pain to step into, or am I doing something wrong?






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[mbike-ski]

Some good shit ! I headed out along the tracks for a night ski, headlamp took a shit but didn’t need it any ways.

So cool to basically ski out the front door - well had to walk a half mile down to the tracks

 

 

[Barb]

Got out for a flat tour around the parks by my house tonight. Not much breaking trail since this route sees a lot of hiker traffic. It’s pretty cool since there are a lot of little bridges across small streams. The lake that the one trail loops around is almost totally frozen, which made for some nice scenery. I also managed to not almost fall in the river tonight, very much unlike when I biked this route last week. Are dynafit toes always a pain to step into, or am I doing something wrong?






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Dynafit’s have a learning curve. Flat ground they are not too bad, but on a slope with powder....Jesus!


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[skiincy]

18 minutes ago, Justo8484 said:

Are dynafit toes always a pain to step into, or am I doing something wrong?
 

you’re first few times suck but it gets better as you get use to it

Although .... when I first got mine, I had a helllll of a time. I finally connected with someone who was like - it looks like they were installed incorrectly. I took them to like a “corporate” Dynafit office in Boulder and they fixed them on site. 

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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 minutes ago, skiincy said:

you’re first few times suck but it gets better as you get use to it

That’s what she said Bahahaha 

[Justo8484]

So i thought about it some more, and I think it has to do with the fact that my boots have a DIN sole, not a 9523 touring sole, which is a bit thicker. There's little shoulder nubs on the binding right in front of the pins that should align the toe lug, but since my soles are thinner, I think they drop down into the toe piece ever so slightly too far to be able to just seamlessly step into them. Gotta see if there's a toe height adjustment I can fiddle with which should solve the issue, I think.

[Justo8484]

Took a little detour today and tried to follow in@toast21602’s footsteps. Thanks for breaking trail the other day!



Snow was absolutely f’d. 1” sun crust, 2-3” of heavy wet dense queso, then the untouched dry underneath. Some of the most difficult snow I’ve ever tried to turn in.





Too bad some xc nerd completely trenched your skin track.



Stream crossing getting a little technical, but didn’t have to take the skis off at least.

Hoping these smaller storms over the next week get things back in good shape. I saw a few other little zones that look like they could be pretty fun.


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[toast21602]

Looks good in the sun! @mbike-ski and I might head back tomorrow depending on the snow, or later in the week depending on future weather. This snow is going to stick around for a bit!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Could be a storm Tuesday and Thursday as well. At least in the poke N Hoes

[toast21602]

anybody interested in getting together for a short tour over the next few days/evenings/weekend?

[mbike-ski]

yes, I think I might do another monaca-ski night train tracks after work this evening. I'm definitely down for an after blue morning adventure somewhere this weekend

[GSSucks]

7 hours ago, toast21602 said:

anybody interested in getting together for a short tour over the next few days/evenings/weekend?

Planning something large for Saturday, having friends is always cool! Slide into my DM's if youre interested. 

[Mixilplix]

Anybody think the gas line is rideable ....

[toast21602]

6 minutes ago, Mixilplix said:

Anybody think the gas line is rideable ....

Yes. I was considering going this evening if I can get some work done.

[Mixilplix]

3 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Yes. I was considering going this evening if I can get some work done.

I was thinking on trying it out after Blue this weekend....

[toast21602]

It may not be Colorado, but this line in PA is still pretty damn good. I was able to get some video too for those who want to see it. This afternoon I took a ride over to Blue again to get in a lap on the same line that I did last week after the storm. After a few refresher systems that came through the last week I was hopeful that things remained in good condition. Ended up doing almost the exact same loop as before. The conditions were a bit better than expected since everything remained mostly shaded. The snow was soft and I didn't really break through to any crunch except for when I took my skis off to put skins back on. 

The skin out is almost as enjoyable as the run down. Its really nice and scenic as long as you don't look up at the power lines 😂 

The stream crossing is a getting a bit more spicy as well. Not much separates from a fall a few feet down off the ledge anymore.

 

 

[Benm]

20 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

It may not be Colorado, but this line in PA is still pretty damn good. I was able to get some video too for those who want to see it.

Thanks for including a video. Legit. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Sidewinder the second run this morning was better.  

[Mixilplix]

Thanks for posting that...

[toast21602]

23 minutes ago, Benm said:

Thanks for including a video. Legit. 

 

6 minutes ago, Mixilplix said:

Thanks for posting that...

Of course. It gives a better perspective than pictures from the top or bottom.

[Schif]

Touring Gear is officially on my short list. Looks awesome up there!

[GSSucks]

I ordered this book at the beginning of the pandemic not knowing the outlook of the season and I started studying. The goal is to check off all of the lines eventually. Huge props to [mention]mbike-ski [/mention] for joining and leaving his house at 3am to make an early push for the summit.

Started today with Mount Graylock and skiing the Thunderbolt Race Trail that was built by the CCC in the 1930’s. This was a class A race trail and has a ton of history, there is so much ski history in the north east.
This is a great video on the Thunderbolt if you have any interest.

We met at the trail head ~730 and it was a warm 5 degrees, till we got skins on and booted up we could not feel our fingers. We took our time on the skin up and made the summit in about 3 hours, chilled at the summit for a bit then started our way down. The snow was great and the skiiing was supper fun natural soft bumps the whole way down. Ended the day with about 6.5 miles and 2600’ of vert. I’m ready for the next one!












Done and claimed

View from the trail head to the summit


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[AtomicSkier]

Awesome boys!  @GSSucks @mbike-ski ... Way to get after it.  Wish I could’ve joined you!