Focusing on Wailer vs Lotus misses quality of these skis. I love my Wailer 99s, my 112's not so much. The 124s share none of the too turny, almost twitchy nature of the 112s. They respond to driver...

Haven't been on the tech forum for quite awhile, but thought Id chime in. I skied the L124's all last season(Blue PW edition) and its my dedicated bc ski. I've skied L120's for about 6 seasons(3...

I too was curious about the 124's also,I guess a moot point now. I couldn't peg them as a Lotus(which I love) or a Wailer(not so much). The thought that you could get an even lighter weight Lotus(I...

Nice Mike. Glad I caught up with you for some of the W Creek goodness, rest of the time I've been clattering around on coral reef or sinking in bottomless sugar while you've been finding the goods....

I skied with the old fart today. Happy Bday dude!

Done. Mine's reading 99. BeepBeep, and skied some big lines this weekend. :cool:

Nice work Jordan. Covering the LL pass area pretty thoroughly. Nice to look out at those lines while skiing the area in the winter and know you've been up on all of them. Gonna keep it going in June?

Workin' Jordan. Gonna try it Monday. Let's hear a report!

We figured that. Kind of looked at it in a big adventure way rather than best skiing alternative.

Here's a pic from Sunday that shows part of the bowl and the lines back there. Look at the Tower...

Very interesting terrain down there. Climb out is possible, we also were trying to figure out the exit to 40. Might bring you most of the way down to the Dairy King and some fried zucchini.

Come...

Didn't see you , but we did 2 laps up there last nite also. Back at the truck at 830pm :cool: Snowing hard when we left, it's gonna ski great today. Get there if you can!

The Rites of Spring! Will the longboards be out to join us this year?

Don't forget Corn harvest on Saturday the week before. Gonna be fun as always.

Unless it's really a good storm, most snow is gonna be dust on crust in a lot spots. If it's big, it'll tend to be...

Good idea. I'm being way too responsible. See ya at Chair1 at 830!

Don't you want to wait til Sat and get some dust on your crust? If I quit surfin' and get some work done i'll see ya there then...

Get some wax dude. :) I was flyin' on the 120's. Now the formica on the top of the ridge is another story...

Syd Rocks! Congrats!

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Very good ridge day. No, better than that. Got a couple rides out to top of Field of dreams, killer lines off Velvet, Wild Child was steep and nasty, or smooth and silky, take your pick. Lucky to...

Not true. No snow moved, but my ears hurt. We traversed out above Our(Hour?) bowl to watch the fireworks. They got a bit of a sluff off headwall, but all in all, pretty stable considering the...

!3" new at LL, lots of windloading going on. Big natural on the ridge, believe it's the area called Challenger. Very tender wind slabs out there, some obvious clues if your eyes are open.

Have 2 days on the 186 mounted tele. Yesterday pow, cut up, steep semi bumps of LL. First run or 2 had to get used to the sliding carve(much slipperier than my Lotus 120's), but after that it was...

Here's Franz Saturday, pre ass-check. Not quite the epic snow the rest of the state was getting, but we had good turns. First shots from the G11 on a very flat light day.
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I'm back baby! Well almost, I think the worst is behind me. I showed restraint and skipped the exodus to W Creek this past weekend, but did a couple easy tours and a nice day at LL instead. Lots of...

Probably better snow just about anywhere in Colo, but today was wicked fun. Stiff untracked windpow on 8 that you could really lay into, super carvy. One was fun, bottom half bumps nearly gone from...

I thought I was the only one reading the forcasts. :) Last year, stopped at the Liquor store in Gunny(N Side before CB turn) and got 12 pack of Coors. They give you the voucher at the register. Ask...

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Here's the plan. Get the car that travels in snow, but spend as little as you can. Move to Silver Plume or Georgetown, get a reasonably cheap room or apt. Pay for the Loveland pass, it's gotta snow...

Analyzing this go/no go situation is one of the best ways to bring all your avy skills to a point where it actually matters. Read Trempers book and its full of situational scenarios like this that...

I'll add my 2cents. We saw a single line on No Name Fri am, thought it was pretty aggressive given the snowpack so far this season. To see the follow up in this pic speaks to the lemming dynamic that...

You're bad Mir, bad. But I kept my composure :) Just back from Xray, sure as shit broken. 3-4 wks or until it snows.

Yea. With a little planning you could send a message to the aliens. :cool:

Hey! I ordered my G11, should have it soon. But I'm benched for a few weeks(ribs), so no ski pics from me :frown: I'll...

Thanks guys. I'm getting Xrayed today, but I know the drill, sure hope 2-3 weeks will do it. Until then, I'll take all the anti-stoke you can supply. And trying hard not to cough, sneeze or laugh. So...

Hit a stump at BP fri and broke ribs. Out for who knows how long. More manky, choppy, bare in spots reports, please, to help keep my sanity. If a storm cycle hits I'm truly fucked. Gonna miss you...

Yea, I had a great day. Ripped a couple fast laps on 4, then every one after that began to kick the shit out of me. Heavy cut-up. Almost wanted to make me lock the heel down ;) Couple hikes out back...

This is right off their website, along with a video titled Jan 2-3. Are you sure you were there LAST weekend?

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14" Fresh Snow This Weekend
01/02/2010

We have been 100% open since...

They're 2 different experiences. We did guided last year,had our own group of 8, and had an awesome day. We told him we liked to hike, we wanted to ski the best terrain we could get to, and he...

Don't know. Last year we went guided, and we certainly skied areas that the unguided did not hit. hadn't snowed in 5 days and we skied nothing but untracked. We were planning to go unguided this...

Yea, glad to see LL response. We all know we've been shorted snow wise, just want to make sure there is the same aggressive attitude about opening terrain as there has been in the past. I repect the...

We're looking at this week too. TRide says 17" past week, Ston has 14", I'd say it's accurate. Big call is whether the 50% chance of snow Wed actually develops. If it does, with bluebird Fri, Sat, ...

Just too cold for pics, plus the powder fever didn't allow for time to shoot. My battery went dead in the truck, easier day w/o camera.

I think W Creek may be very good the next few days though....

We had a blast, great to see so many folks there. We skied Monarch Tues on the way down and it was off the hook too. Where'd everybody go for power hour? We milked it, first chair at 830, got on...

Great pics. I want to come ski with you guys again. Soon! And Happy belated Bday, Syd!

Yummy. Got a big box of homemade cookies from a vendor couple days ago, nearly polished off the whole thing with a bottle of red wine the other nite. Tis the season! And thanks for tipping things to...

I had my cookies. Wed it is. Plus Dave says Wed's the day. Red DPS tele, black puffy, let's do a lap!

Having trouble focusing. Ski Tues or Wed? Leave now or Tues? Ski epic pow or get snagged on impassable roads? I'm going to eat more Xmas cookies and seek clarity.

Skip all the excersize stuff, it's ski season. Like everybody else said, ski a lot. As your balance improves, you'll be using half the effort to get the same result. Off season, ride bikes, hard,...

We headed for the gulley. The roll over with trees looked thin. Gulley and 7mile was great though.

Yea, Doug's NTN=fail. He just loved my AK's. Not. He declared them submarines. 95 wide doesn't...

Some pics from yesterday...

FKNA cold
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Flylow Greg
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Doug...

Love those huts. We're up there in Feb.

She normally breaks trail, but after a couple wrong turns we made her fall into line. ;) Really, it was deep and loose in that section so she took advantage of our track. Otherwise she's generally...