Thread: Its Baaaack: EC roll call version 4.0(beta)

I started doing my own mounts and edges a few seasons ago at my parents' house, but yeah when it comes to more involved repairs the options are pricey/limited in the city. That applies to lots of things though... you'd be appalled at what I pay for some sour diesel

could be good a week from now up in N VT, where snow showers means something more in some places...

Overnight: Snow, mainly before 4am. Low around 22. Windy, with a west wind between 22 and 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. West wind between 8 and 11 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 19. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 25. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 19. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 29. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 17. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 27. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 14. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 23. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 12. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 19. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Originally Posted by gpetrics

Ring ring... paging Rog... ring ring... no more grass* :P

just found this, LOL! nice shot tho!

i don't ski on anything without an established base. natural or manmade. give me a solid foot with a supportive crust and a foot of new on top and count me intrigued.

i take great pride in skiing a whole season and not hitting anything but snow with my skis. i know, anal.

rock on! back to the rivah monday......til burke opens........and george fills in..

rog

It's amazing that there could be any hacks down here, considering we only have like three shops left and they all have to spend 15-100K on rent every month.

Originally Posted by phishstx

Is Gavin the tech that was at the Light the Wick premiere? It sounded like their shop is coming together pretty well this season, I know they were kinda limited as far as base repairs in the past. Although hopefully I won't be needing any base welds this year

Basically, it's gavin(ski) and doug(snowboard) as the main tech's. Both were at light the wick. As things get busier I'll be working more in the ski department but I'm usually upstairs. I think our prices are redic for mounts etc but its one of those things where we go by what other people charge. We got some nice tuning machines this year so definitely stop by and check em out.

Originally Posted by Gman

Basically, it's gavin(ski) and doug(snowboard) as the main tech's. Both were at light the wick. As things get busier I'll be working more in the ski department but I'm usually upstairs. I think our prices are redic for mounts etc but its one of those things where we go by what other people charge. We got some nice tuning machines this year so definitely stop by and check em out.

Nice man! Doug was actually the guy that misquoted me on the phone but thanks to that, it was $80 total for the 2 pairs. He was a little scatterbrained imo when i spoke with him in person in the store but Gavin was great (glad the ski tech is the 1 with his head on his shoulders lol)!!

But if you could hook up a mag discount, that shit would rock! Like everyone else is saying, prices in the city are ridiculous and having a "local" go to shop this season would be tits!

Let me (us) city mags know what you find out. Thanks!

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

. and will bend brakes wider than barbara dares legs

Originally Posted by phishstx

That applies to lots of things though... you'd be appalled at what I pay for some sour diesel

haha, made my ass laugh!!

31` at the base of the Bush. We received about 7/16" of light new snow overnight. Wind is gone.
While the 103 mph gust on Mansfield was impressive Cambridge had a peak gust of 90mph.
South Starksboro on the other side of the Gap hit 75mph. Currently 19000 without power this AM mostly in Addison and Rutland counties.
6 days of upslope clipper action should help our game. Snowmaking to start soon I would guess.

Killington snowmaking:



Bush snowmaking

so i am asuming everything is going to be bullet proof today

surprisingly enough, at my parents' house last night in MD it was snowing! couldn't believe it.

and yes, I left the summer tires on

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

just found this, LOL! nice shot tho!

i take great pride in skiing a whole season and not hitting anything but snow with my skis. i know, anal.

heh... glad you liked it and laughed

almost as anal as someone who is self righteous about not having skied on McSnow yet

Originally Posted by gpetrics

heh... glad you liked it and laughed

almost as anal as someone who is self righteous about not having skied on McSnow yet

hey, the way i see it, we have a most perfect arrangement going greg. you got the natural vermont thing goin, i got the fake maine thing goin, and we meet in the middle on the big guy all winter and laugh at how fucking good we got it. WE GOT IT ALL!!!!!!!

perfect.

shit, think i'll ride my bike to work today, surf tomorrow/saturday, and mcski sunday/monday. amazing place new england is.

rog

Originally Posted by SkiFreak85353

surprisingly enough, at my parents' house last night in MD it was snowing! couldn't believe it.

and yes, I left the summer tires on

just spoke with pow pixie last night and she said it snowed and blowed all day in canaan. with a valley floor at 3300 feet above sea level, highest east of the big river, canaan valley gets snow, 251" last season.

todays cam:

http://www.routeflap.net/whitegrass/webcam.html

maybe drive west freak:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...ield2=-79.4665

rog

yea, almost hate to say it but powdr-mart has exceeded all expectations this season. still impressed with what they were able to open two weekends back, and they keep opening terrain and lifts.
it's as though they might have realized that skiers are their core market...wow

Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel

Killington snowmaking:

If like me you're looking for stoke this morning, go to facebook and run through Magic Mountain's photo's by others section

its probably the best thing I've ever used facebook for......SO PUMPED FOR THE SEASON, COME ON MOTHER NATURE!!!!

Originally Posted by buckethead

yea, almost hate to say it but powdr-mart has exceeded all expectations this season. still impressed with what they were able to open two weekends back, and they keep opening terrain and lifts.
it's as though they might have realized that skiers are their core market...wow

was really nice to see them go for it for early season opening this year. i used to ski there and it's neighboring powder paradise hill back when i had an asc pass. really liked the hill.

if only they gave a better deal to us shop rats. 39 bux where most other places are free-15 bux. ah well. less of us on the hill i guess.

will be interesting to see how long they stay open.

rog

NYC mags should contact ME for binding mounts. I'm far more affordable than anybody within 100 miles and been doing it for about 30 years now.

Gman - New machines? Does anybody there know how to use them?

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

will be interesting to see how long they stay open.
rog

yea, that's where they failed last year - and the one before that when they closed on a saturday, as it marked the end of the pay cycle!

with the walkway, they will have the option of late season downloading - though SS is obviously where it's at.

Originally Posted by icelanticskier

just spoke with pow pixie last night and she said it snowed and blowed all day in canaan. with a valley floor at 3300 feet above sea level, highest east of the big river, canaan valley gets snow, 251" last season.

todays cam:

http://www.routeflap.net/whitegrass/webcam.html

maybe drive west freak:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...ield2=-79.4665

rog

hmm thanks for the looks! i'm already committed to VT and I'm kinda pumped for the road trip, even if I will be going at it solo. Miss Vermont, didn't make it up there at all last year with the whole Utah thing...I'll def make it out to WV this winter though, I've always turned my nose to it, but I think I've come around...

Originally Posted by gravitylover

NYC mags should contact ME for binding mounts. I'm far more affordable than anybody within 100 miles and been doing it for about 30 years now.

Gman - New machines? Does anybody there know how to use them?

+1 what gravitylover said, he did both the mount for my naxos as well as the mount for my alpine bindings. Both were done by hand and still came out stellar.

He also works around the corner from EMS so it's not like he is out of the way.


As far as the new machines, I'm learning how to use them and gavin seems to be good at them. It's also why I'm practicing on my own skis and not some customer's skis.

Originally Posted by cmurda646

EMS downtown did a great job mounting these planks for me and at a really great price!

The guy misquoted me on the phone and honored the price of $40 a pair. But the actually going rate is $80 a mount which is still highly competitive considering the prices at pgon ($125) and ski barn ($100) out in NJ. Its such a new shop too i'm positive one would be able to bargain the tech (Gavin) down from $80....

Except he wasn't cool bending my wide brake a little to get it around the new P4's which ill have to do myself (but also understand the liability factor there as well).

Now lets just prey this rain turns to snow so i can finally shred some turns!!

I visited the shop a few weeks ago picked up some new skins etc. The staff was very helpful and friendly and they had tons of great gear in stock for a ski shop in nyc. They have an awesome selection of new AT boots, got to fondle some new Scarpa Mobes and Titans. Ski selection was kinda weak, heavy on the girlie sizes.

How's the temp swing up north?

Originally Posted by laseranimal

If like me you're looking for stoke this morning, go to facebook and run through Magic Mountain's photo's by others section

some good ones, snow will come soon...

Originally Posted by thin cover

some good ones, snow will come soon...

Dams dood... I need to throw a couple in there, but talk about bringing the A game! Woo-woot!

Pretty forecast the next several days... chin up!:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...&FcstType=text

FWIW, I drove down 89 from VT to BOS yesterday afternoon in the storm. It was an "interesting" ride, kind of like going in and out of a hurricane!

things are looking good for the loaf!

...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS WEEKEND...

LOW PRESSURE ROTATING NORTHWESTWARD IN FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC
WILL BRING SNOW TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT. AS
MOIST AIR MOVES IN OFF THE ATLANTIC... SNOW MAY CHANGE TO RAIN
ESPECIALLY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS ON SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
WILL BE IN THE NORTH AND THE MOUNTAINS WHERE PRECIPITATION WILL
REMAIN SNOW FOR MOST OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS FURTHER
SOUTH.

MEZ007>009-030630-
/O.NEW.KGYX.WS.A.0020.101204T0500Z-101205T0000Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON...
WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM...
JACKMAN
304 PM EST THU DEC 2 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING.

TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVIEST ON
SATURDAY MORNING. A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN IS LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigw...er+Storm+Watch

Yea...storm is going to roll westward off the ocean. Bring Snow to the higher terrain of Maine and then start setting up a large blocking pattern which as I wrote on FIS should really get the upslope snow going in northern Vt and to a a lesser extent the ADK.