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Took a mellow IB tour today; goddam it was good!

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Awful...

Really nice snow today for the day after a dump in May. Didn't hurt that it wasn't windy overnight. Some semi-virgin turns on porcupine saddle after noon. Didn't feel like wasting precious ski time...

^I got hamstring; no complaints. Maybe a little extra rehab, but what the hell, she'll probably be at the gym a bunch post-surgery anyway.

As far as the mental part; I mentioned this a few times...

ZING! Wait, what?

^It did, but I never got up there. Looked pretty socked-in. Prolly snowed 2+" an hour from noon on.

Skied 1-3 and it was silly I tell ya, silly!

The car after 3hrs:
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Also this:

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Shoot 'Em Up
Sin City
Napoleon Dynamite
Hot Rod
Team America
Sleeper
Tommy
Jesus Christ Superstar
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

I was up yesterday; was starting to corn up nicely. Some stuff hadn't quite softened yet, and some was really pasty and punchy; usual spring mixed bag, pretty fun though!

Tomorrow's looking good,...

Random gaper under lift 9 at the Luv today;
"I gotta work on my form"

To myself; "I gotta work on not sucking; form will follow".

^of course that was probably 4-5 hours after the slide; a lot could change in that time. I know flights was unable to respond due to weather; don't know if it was due to wind or viz or both; don't...

^that seemed to be the consensus. Never did hear anything back from LL on the subject.

Maybe I'll try asking again in the fall when the offer and intent might be better received...

Lou's and the CAIC report, especially Lou's pics helped paint a much clearer picture of the fatal mistake(s) in route choice.

Friends who were out in that area that day support the findings in...

Priceless.

There was mention earlier of seeing this show from the front row or the back. I saw it from my in-laws in NC that I left CO to visit the morning this happened. I return tomorrow, and...

Maybe it's just me, but I think I'm picking up on a recurring theme of rationalizations in this thread. They run the full gambit from "should never have been out that day, period", to group size, bad...

Maybe. I met some guys in the lodge at loveland the other day; two in their seventies, and one who was 88. Maybe they never skied BC or gave a shit about anything but lift served, but I had to...

(directed at ate'em)^I think I understand what you're saying, but life comes with no guarantees. Even playing it 100% safe, some random shit can kill you. My own risk tolerance is probably relatively...

Simple, that paints a much clearer picture, thanks. Take time to process, and don't judge, least of all yourself. This isn't the first, nor will it be the last time people make mistakes. It's what we...

Everyone should carry a GoPro so they can never be accused of being a douche.





Anyone see the ironing?

Just awful, and doesn't help that it's so close to home.

I rode my bike up LL pass a bunch of times last summer, and am very familiar with this location on the road, as it marks the last push...

Any more of my rights you'd like to give away so you can feel safer?

^Depends on who you ask.
I took two runs from 12-12:30, then got called into work early. I heard it got better later in the afternoon.

fUCKSTIx

No?

cOCKbLOCKERz?

sPLITsTREAMz?

dRIPPYdIx?

Holy crosswind! Thought I was gonna get pushed over into Jelly Roll!

Yesterday was a tough day to follow.
Today; meh. Tomorrow's looking pretty good though...

Calling for 6-16" by Wed night.

Busted! I should be roundly mocked for listening to anything anyone tries to tell me about what lifts are running while I'm trying to photograph teh porkupynz...:wave:

AFAIK the Ridge didn't slide...

The one under 2 was in the same place today, but looked a lot snowier today than yesterday!

I don't know about you guys, but I found viz on 9 really difficult. There was still plenty of great...

Only on TGR, or only at Loveland?
Sounds like everyone had fun anyway.

Anyone else see the porcupine under 2?

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8 and 9 never spun. Didn't make it out until noon, and then it took me a while to find the right skis. Thought it would be sloppy seconds so started with my 91mm waisted Rocker 92's. Wasn't enough...

I like the piece about replacing lift 2, but hopefully with a detatch, and not two separate lifts, although the mid-station seems to be working out well. Maybe a detatch with a mid-station? My...

Might as well just throw them out the window of a speeding car.
Seriously, the slightest movement beyond a steady walk and your shades are headed for the pavement=gonna have a bad time.

Till someone gives you a bear hug and wrecks your shit.

I used to have a cord with a cynch so I could pull them up around my neck. Bike shop boss wasn't impressed so I had to start carrying...

FIFY

Hey, maybe if they post pics of the victims we can take down the knife lobbies once and for all, then no human will ever commit violence against another human eva again!

Scissors are like the high capacity magazine version of knives. 2x the knife in an easily concealable package. Not to mention trowing running into the mix.

Actually, I believe this would be the most douchy, barring possibly; in a case, in a faggy pack.
On your head, hat, dashboard, or in a case in your backpack=perfectly acceptable.

Pockets; only if...

Fold, crinkle, or bidet?

Pretty sure this belongs here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGvd1UPZ88

Are those water skis?

Good For You!
3rd world problem?

This place was fun before spook opened our eyes to how mean and awful we all really are in the GSA thread.

No, seriously though, this place will always be fun, as long as there are things to make...

I'll be out for the afternoon shift, probably on something a little too skinny or a little too fat. Will be happy to discuss, whether anyone cares or not.:biggrin:

^IDK, but it was more like 5-6" down low anyway.

I lapped lift one from 12:30 to 2:30 and teched out with every poor schlub who had the misfortune of riding the lift with me.

Great snow, and...

I sent a couple of emails to LL directing attention to some of the (positive) suggestions being made in this thread.
D responded and said he would forward to the right people.

Some of the...

Accumulating more life enriching experiences for the next Hemingway post no doubt.

B.A.D. Just got pwned!

OK, tomorrow's costume will be; (drum-roll please) purple FL jacket, blue pants, I-Rocks.

^great discussion. You guys all seem to know quite a bit more about snow science than this JONG, but admitting not having knowledge is half the battle to obtaining it.

I know Loveland had...

^I'd be down with this. Blue cruisers get old pretty quick early-season anyway, and it might help restore my street cred with patrol, not to mention making the mountain safer for everyone.

Think...

^I do; this was two weeks ago, right inside the edge of what went today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPmIDUhNnJE
A few runs later (two weeks ago) I hit the high side of what slid today, just...

Prolly be out late shift tomorrow, maybe 1ish. Probably wearing Greenish-yellow pataguch jacket and black FL slacks & something fat-ypus. Earlier Fri-Sat. I'll update my costume if anyone wants to...

Mission accomplished!:nonono2:

RIP Sir. I respect the guy's desire to serve his country, regardless of the end game.

From the USDA:
US Forest Service is closing the area surrounding HWY 103 to recreational shooting from its junction with HWY 5 to County Road 170 (12.3mi) in Clear Creek County due to health and...

^Hey, I resemble that remark!

Spook, if calling you on your bullshit is being sensitive, then I guess tonight was my turn to be sensitive.