Thread: THE RETURN! '10/'11 Magic Mountain Stoke thread!!!

Originally Posted by makimono

Hey it sweet making a run with a few of you guys Sunday! Not sure exactly who all you were, OG, UNM I think I recognize Marcus Brody and NJfreeskier maybe?...anyways pretty sure you were all Mags and you all ripped smooth and fast. Good time!

Yep that was us. Plus PearlJam09, Speedfreak and SupreChicken I believe. Good skiing with you too. We're always good for a low angle, cross country mono-slog.

Originally Posted by MarcusBrody

Yep that was us. Plus PearlJam09, Speedfreak and SupreChicken I believe. Good skiing with you too. We're always good for a low angle, cross country mono-slog.

Yeah that Nordic Expedition was a good workout!

Fortunately I only had to do the Belly Crawl once when I clicked out at the bottom of that snow bridge over the stream and buried my leg to the hip bone.

Who's around on Friday? Gonna burn some wifey points and bail on responsibilities and get up there before the big NCP storm gets here this weekend.

Originally Posted by gravitylover

Who's around on Friday? Gonna burn some wifey points and bail on responsibilities and get up there before the big NCP storm gets here this weekend.

Just replied to your email. Will try to work it out, but it's my anniversary, so I can't really push too hard (since I already got her to agree to go skiing this weekend instead of going down to Virgin Gorda for a long weekend). Hope the weather holds.

So, what's with the lack of photos/videos/results from the comp this past weekend?

Snow was too good to stop to watch the comp. I competed in it. It was fun, but the rest of the skiing that I did was wayyyy better than standing at the top of black magic waiting for my turn.

Yo bluebird! What's it looking like for tomorrow? How did Monday treat the hill? Yesterdays little windex event do any good?

I'll do a snow report after my groomer checks in. Monday was a net gain, but definitely got crusty at the end. Yesterday saw 1-2", but probably blew off most stuff. Anything we can groom will be great, the rest will be interesting. It could warm up enough to be awesome, or not.

boy talk about noncommittal

I'll be eagerly watching the snow report and weather. I'd love to get up Saturday if the r*in is going to hold off until late...

BB - So from the snow report it looks like things may still be a bit crusty. How significant is it?

its crusty. I really have no idea how the ungroomed is going to ski. if it stays hard one could probably stay on top, if is gets nice and soft we are good; somewhere in the middle not so much. A guy was skinning on Tuesday that said it all skied well, but it was nice and sunny that day. Then again we have picked up 1-2" of wind blown snow since then. For tomorrow I wouldn't plan a trip based on skiing the ungroomed stuff. Saturday we should be nice and creamy, albeit possibly a little wet. Who the hell knows.

Crusty was a good, gentle word to describe it. Fantastic job with the groomer, it was smoove and fast. I'm thinking bumpskier is some kind of wonderwoman though, her opinion was "eh, it's just a little scratchy." Made me feel small

Saturday was full on. The bad event held off to give us some phenominal spring corn skiing. Upper Magician, Red, Black and Sorcerer were fantastic all afternoon.

Guy just sent me this video.

Just bumping this up since tomorrow is Spring Fling. Everyone got their costumes ready? Should be a nice day of corn tomorrow.

I've taken some shit on this board about some comments I made regarding Magic a few years ago, but I want to state that is a damn fine viddy posted by OG. Great editing Guy.

Thanks!, I will pass your message on to Guy

Originally Posted by radam

Just bumping this up since tomorrow is Spring Fling. Everyone got their costumes ready? Should be a nice day of corn tomorrow.

I'm still in New Orleans, so I won't be making it, but I'm just making the declaration here that I will be having my own spring fling next time I get up complete with costume, excitement, and comically shaved facial hair. It's going to be the best spring fling on the mountain.

Fear not, this weekend is spring fling sunglasspintglass weekend. So go retro, get some steezy shades and grab a new save magic pint glass from UNM.

Next weekend is mountaintop party/costume weekend.

2 weeks of fun. That's Magic.

Getting to Magic coming up 91, is it faster to get off at Brattlboro and take 30, or stay on 91 until exit 5? I know staying on 91=14 extra miles, but it stil could. Be faster.

Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki

Getting to Magic coming up 91, is it faster to get off at Brattlboro and take 30, or stay on 91 until exit 5? I know staying on 91=14 extra miles, but it stil could. Be faster.

I think it's almost exactly the same if the weather is good, with possibly a minute advantage to the highway. My GPS claims it's faster to go through Brattleboro, but it doesn't believe I'll ever get a stop light and takes me on a road at the end where if there has been snow (which would be a nice problem to have at the moment) I always lose time due to needing to drive more slowly as it's rarely well cleared compared to the highway route.

Originally Posted by orangegondola

Fear not, this weekend is spring fling sunglasspintglass weekend. So go retro, get some steezy shades and grab a new save magic pint glass from UNM.

Next weekend is mountaintop party/costume weekend.

2 weeks of fun. That's Magic.

The way I see it every week at Magic is fun

Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki

Getting to Magic coming up 91, is it faster to get off at Brattlboro and take 30, or stay on 91 until exit 5? I know staying on 91=14 extra miles, but it stil could. Be faster.

Take the shortcut to avoid the lights in downtown Bratt. but if it snowing, skip Route 30.

I know a lot of people like 30, but I prefer x6 > 103/11.

Good meeting you on Saturday Dex (even though it was only a quick hello).

I posted this in the EC thread, but thought I should repost it here: I have a few free Magic passes if anyone has friends they want to convince to get out on the hill in a next few weeks. I only ask that whoever uses the passes buy themselves some food at the cafeteria so the hill gets at least a tip from their visit.

Edit: Dibs have been called on the tickets, I'll remove this if anyone rescinds.