The forest service rejected the proposal today.

Yup, that's right. Skied today, on fat skis no less. What a novel idea.

When there are four lifts in Silver, one up Flag, one in Grizz, one into White Pine, they will need to make the White Pine Trailhead much larger to accomodate the public, as this will then be the...

Professional avy control isn't needed, and is often useless and unreliable. I don't know about you, but I don't need Solitude or Wasatch Powderbird "professionals" bombing shit for me to make it...

It'll go to 22 at least.

If Solitude gets a lift there, it will be on their terms, there will be no clause for ski touring. I don't know anybody I ski with that would want to tour there anymore if a lift went in. Most of...

bl2000,

It's PUBLIC land, not private land. Why wouldn't we be upset at losing the opportunity to use our PUBLIC land to what is a PRIVATE company. If Solitude gets lifts in SF, the public...

Well, I'd rather keep public land public, than have Solitude, a private company, bastardize it for their own profits. How would you feel about it if Dick Cheney was going to drill for oil in your...

So the answer is no, you don't tour enough in the Wasatch to know how quickly us Gnar Gnars track stuff out on sunny saturday's.

Next......

So have you ever skied in SF?

Yeah right.

What the fuck are you smoking? Do you even ski tour? Have you ever been in the Wasatch on a sunny, bluebird saturday?

Another piece of the Wasatch lost to development, lodges, condos, roads, lift towers, snow cats, snowmobiles, bombs, no uphill traffic. Gone, all for a private companies profits....

Which is part of the appeal. Taking the time to acquire the skills and knowledge to do so, and to do so safely. Nobody wakes up, puts on a pair of skis, and skis 21 1/2 at Solitude like Alto. It...

Goes both ways, look in the mirror. The original poster has a history of it too. There is some weird reaction by some resort skiers to think that we who only ski tour perceive ourselves as the...

And yes, Yeti, I would take "my kid" to Silver Fork on this very day. I don't have kids though, so I guess I'll go fuck my wife and try to make some.

FUCK YOU SOLITUDE!!!!!!!!!

Today we skied...

I got it, I was just reiterating your point.

I'm not an accountant, nor do I claim to be even remotely intelligent. But Black Diamond, REI, Wasatch Touring all sell a lot of backcountry gear. Does that contribute to the local economy?

We saw at least 18 people today in Grizzly, on a weekday, on a high avy danger day. Flag was tracked out, Toledo was tracked out, and Emma's, if it had more snow, would be tracked out. On a sunny...

They send it out countless times more to rescue resort skiers. And it doesn't matter because it's of no cost to the public. Life Flight and Air Med are private companies.

Another area for expansion that never gets used by the public.:rolleyes2
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Didn't have a ticket, but had to get to Mill Creek some way....

True, but you are currently the only one posting here in favor, so we are ganging up on you in the school yard.

You are the current pin cushion, every thread has one.

Silver Fork has a new designation, it's not wilderness, it's.......;)
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You mean you can't do kick turns in a switch back because of your knee?

How can you ski at a resort and get WAY more downhill skiing in every day and have that not hurt your back more than hiking...

Not to get personal Buzz, but wouldn't soft, untracked pow be less abusive on ones body than some shitty, tracked out mank so frequently found at ski resorts? Not to mention zero impact, aerobic...

This post is one of the many things about this thread that doesn't suck, er.........

Where do you live now? Can I come and do some fucking gay ass touring with you? You break trail, ok.

OK.
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Do you like long walks on the beach?

To be StraightChuter you need Dynafits, really short and skinny skis, and a VO2 max somewhere around 90ml/kg/minute. Without that, you're just another wanker on Dukes.

Now that we have all the...

Being that you're a JONG, you've already answered your own question.

This thread is dead.

Good point. Get a shovel and some bags of concrete and get to work, lazy asses. The ground might be a little frozen, perhaps next summer.

Well, like Yeti said, us trend following BC skiers are weak in the legs, so you can't expect us to really ski worth a shit. Not to mention, we aren't used to trying to avoid so many gapers standing...

I've skied about 8 days on lifts in the past 16 years. I used to race USSA, rode lifts at Bridger, and used to ski a hell of a lot stronger than I do now. My ability at skiing has done nothing but...

Save Our Canyons new recruits. Young, motivated, ruthless.
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Just a minute Poncho, that's my neck of Gaza.
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Is that BobMc or Yeti? Hard to tell with the flat light and all.:biggrin:

Yup, those are all my current fav places to ski, outside the current lines of the sheep pen. I mean, I like sheep, don't get me wrong, but..........I just don't like to ski with them.

Yeah, then much like the auto industry, Obama/Geitner will 'buy' the ski industry. We'll have a gubbernment run Wasatch Lift System.

Obama skis, right?

I put one of those counters on Argenta. I'm going for the record this year.

Hunting elk in the canyon to the north.

It's panties, not skirts. Figure it out already, dipshit.

Yup, this is true. My hunch is, me and my elitist, lycra wearing, "it's all about the up" crew, iz gunna looze.

Hey, I'll admit, I like ripping groomers on a sunny day at resorts. But racing...

You can do that now, for nominal effort, and enjoy MUCH better snow lap after lap. When there's a lift, you'll get one chance, then it'll be tracked out and suck balls five minutes later.

I...

Yeah, and the proposed lift up Flag is just for avy control. Pull your head out of the sand. Neil Rafferty at Ski Utah is salivating for the checkmate on the Wasatch. A lift up Flag, expansion...

Think what you want BobMC, this is about marketing numbers, not the actually quality of the skiing.

The lift up Flag, a lift into Silver Fork, or a lift to White Pine isn't about quality skiing, it's about marketing, and that elusive "ski the homo back bowls of XXX resort on XXX amount of acres!" ...

There's no reason to get our collective panties in a bunch, after all, we all like to ski. Riding a lift, hiking, who gives a shit.

Utah is the place of controversy and argument. It's like the...

I'll break trail into Silver Fork for you and Yeti and carry some booze in for all y'all too.

10,000 useless posts!!!!!!!! I'm a LOSER!

Buzz is a PUSSY!

Yeti is a HOMO!