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03-19-2014, 03:16 PM
Thread: the Wasatch's new worst enemy=TALISKER
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Here's their current statement. Less douchey and...
Here's their current statement. Less douchey and more practical than SkiLink, but also pretty vague. http://onewasatch.com/?page_id=105. At least they recognize that there are backcountry skiers and...
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03-19-2014, 09:08 AM
Thread: the Wasatch's new worst enemy=TALISKER
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Ah, the annual push to fuck up a good thing....
Ah, the annual push to fuck up a good thing. Honestly, I am not totally against the intereconnect, but it would need to be done as a viable transportation plan so that the gains outweigh the losses. ...
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02-10-2014, 06:24 PM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 13/14
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Brad - This is probably a dumb question, but what...
Brad - This is probably a dumb question, but what in Broad's threatens the road? Can the Bonkers area produce a massive slide that takes out the forest down to the road? Just curious. Thanks.
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01-18-2014, 05:09 PM
Thread: Knuckledraggers sue Alta
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The world is a dumber place for this lawsuit. I...
The world is a dumber place for this lawsuit. I know the attorney who filed it. I (used to) think he is fairly sharp. But unless he just filed this as a publicity stunt, or in hopes that Alta will...
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11-05-2013, 08:01 PM
Thread: Bus into BCC
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(1) This is Utah, buses are for liberals. (2)...
(1) This is Utah, buses are for liberals.
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03-25-2013, 03:18 PM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 12/13
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[QUOTE=JTrue;3948689] I didn't notice the time...
I didn't notice the time on his post and thought he skied it this morning. Granted, even if he had, it could be different at 9 this morning than it was at 11:30 when the slide occurred due to...
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03-25-2013, 02:26 PM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 12/13
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[QUOTE=StopMakingSense;3948168]Superior was...
[QUOTE=StopMakingSense;3948168]Superior was great, nothing to note in the ways of instabilities
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02-14-2013, 01:42 PM
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Is 2 days at Highlands an option? I would...
Is 2 days at Highlands an option? I would definitely make Highlands one of your days. For the other, Aspen can be pretty sweet on a powder day. The hanging valley stuff in snowmass is pretty good...
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02-06-2013, 09:40 AM
Thread: Exciting, possible future plans for Alta!
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You can find online some minutes from an Alta...
You can find online some minutes from an Alta town meeting in which Onno takes questions on these. He actually says that Alta recognizes the Flagstaff lift idea is not very popular and they included...
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02-05-2013, 02:18 PM
Thread: Exciting, possible future plans for Alta!
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I will engage in some furious letter writing...
I will engage in some furious letter writing regarding lifts to flagstaff or up and over grizzly. I am okay with interconnecting, but I just think lifts should not provide access to flagstaff-emma...
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02-05-2013, 12:39 PM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 12/13
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I am curious as to what happened with the 100+...
I am curious as to what happened with the 100+ foot fall in Hogum. Was it out of the pfeifferhorn NW couloir? If not, where, and how? Mainly just curious. It's an odd story. Maybe if it was in a...
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01-24-2013, 03:26 PM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 12/13
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He was a time traveler, who came back from the...
He was a time traveler, who came back from the fall of 2075, by which time Earl Holding (who has stayed alive by transplanting his head onto a younger body) has placed a revolving restaurant on top...
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01-15-2013, 12:09 AM
Thread: CNN.com is unbearable
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If you think cnn.com is bad, check out the tv...
If you think cnn.com is bad, check out the tv channel sometime. I was forced to watch it in the Atlanta airport recently. It is off the charts bad, with an incredible fake sense of urgency attached...
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01-04-2013, 01:57 PM
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Glad they are getting out of there. I think some...
Glad they are getting out of there. I think some of the criticism is the result of some hasty and unthought-out statements made on their blog. I read the jhnews article and blog before I saw this...
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12-05-2012, 04:45 PM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 12/13
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Anyone get out today? How high up did the rain...
Anyone get out today? How high up did the rain get, for how long, and how much snow after the rain? Any weather observations appreciated. If you made your observation from a chairlift, just keep...
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11-05-2012, 03:23 PM
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Whitegrass, T-Line and CVR are all 100x's more...
Whitegrass, T-Line and CVR are all 100x's more fun than Snowshoe. In my many years in Virginia, I never understood why the fuck anyone went to snowshoe. Sure, it has one run that is 1500', but that's...
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11-01-2012, 08:56 PM
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Have we extincted that thing yet? Cause I'll...
Have we extincted that thing yet? Cause I'll sleep a lot better once we have. Chupacabra too.
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10-22-2012, 06:55 PM
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awesome trip report. I've been to Istanbul and...
awesome trip report. I've been to Istanbul and have always wanted to see more of Turkey. A paddle trip sounds like the right way to do it.
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09-23-2012, 10:00 AM
Thread: If you could interview the Grateful Dead?
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I definitely think they could have used a long...
I definitely think they could have used a long break or two in the 80's or 90's, but I think Kreutzman's memory is probaby a little selective regarding the fact that Jerry had financial obligations...
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08-22-2012, 04:20 PM
Thread: Breck Peak 6 battle goes Facebook
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It don't think anyone will argue it is going to...
It don't think anyone will argue it is going to be an environmental apocolypse. But it won't help the watershed. Look at the land around the lifts at Solitude or Brighton in the summer. It looks...
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08-17-2012, 02:15 PM
Thread: the Wasatch's new worst enemy=TALISKER
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UCPM got significant tax credits for that...
UCPM got significant tax credits for that donation. They made a calculated move to increase net revenue at the time. Maybe I'll ask United Way to return last year's donations. Things are a little...
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07-31-2012, 09:46 AM
Thread: Why is everyone afraid of the AR-15?????
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I get the hunting angle. As I mentioned in my...
I get the hunting angle. As I mentioned in my first post, I have lots of friends who have been lifelong hunters. I've eaten lots of elk friends have killed and I completely understand why people like...
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07-30-2012, 09:58 AM
Thread: Why is everyone afraid of the AR-15?????
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Thanks for dumbing the conversation back down to...
Thanks for dumbing the conversation back down to your level. I guess I should have just ranted about dumb rednecks and how they love powerful guns to compensate for their small penises. I did not...
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07-27-2012, 09:43 PM
Thread: Why is everyone afraid of the AR-15?????
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I can kind of understand that. (Except quoting...
I can kind of understand that. (Except quoting the Nuge, who I think is a point on my curve charting psychological instability and the love of guns). But, why not one shotgun for people entering...
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07-27-2012, 09:04 PM
Thread: Why is everyone afraid of the AR-15?????
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Answering the title of the thread - because they...
Answering the title of the thread - because they are tools specifically designed to maim and/or kill people. Lots of shit is dangerous, cars, booze (especially when mixed), knives, etc. But,...
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07-17-2012, 10:12 PM
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fucking ridiculous. beautiful.
fucking ridiculous. beautiful.
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07-06-2012, 03:45 PM
Thread: the Wasatch's new worst enemy=TALISKER
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By the way, this is sexist you douche. Lots of...
By the way, this is sexist you douche. Lots of wives, mine included, "shred."
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07-06-2012, 01:53 PM
Thread: the Wasatch's new worst enemy=TALISKER
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You know, snowjoke, I revisited my comment...
You know, snowjoke, I revisited my comment yesterday and almost took it down. It's the meanest thing I've ever said to anyone. I'm actually a pretty polite guy in real life. But your arrogance and...
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07-04-2012, 01:20 PM
Thread: the Wasatch's new worst enemy=TALISKER
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I am a life long passionate skier too. I am...
I am a life long passionate skier too. I am pretty middle of the road politically. I have floated ideas for better alternatives for connecting the resorts that do not require giving up a strip from a...
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06-27-2012, 04:05 PM
Thread: the Wasatch's new worst enemy=TALISKER
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One corporation profiting off the backcountry,...
One corporation profiting off the backcountry, another looking to turn the backcountry into part of its resort. It's not apples and oranges, it's apples and dumptrucks.
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06-27-2012, 03:28 PM
Thread: the Wasatch's new worst enemy=TALISKER
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This is where itsnowjoke will come back in and...
This is where itsnowjoke will come back in and say "there will be no roads built with skilink." He may also add in a "there will be no other development associated with it." He will probably dismiss...
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05-30-2012, 01:55 PM
Thread: Alta missing persons
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It's a strange story all around. The news...
It's a strange story all around. The news stories make a passing mention of his car being moved to Sandy, but don't even try to explain how that fits with the original story that he went missing on...
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05-27-2012, 02:41 PM
Thread: Alta missing persons
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I thought that from the outset. Hopefully the...
I thought that from the outset. Hopefully the guy's okay. As someone mentioned before, it sounds like he has a kid. Kids need their parents. There are other possibilities - Since it sounds like...
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05-10-2012, 01:43 PM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 11-12
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Can you drive to the timpooneke road now? Or, how...
Can you drive to the timpooneke road now? Or, how far up AF canyon can you drive now? (I've never really been clued in as to how the road openings work down there).
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04-10-2012, 06:47 AM
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Awesome. I think I read the same trip report of...
Awesome. I think I read the same trip report of the grand and thought the same thing about the east face line on the middle. Hope to get up there and ski that some day. It looks less puckering in...
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04-06-2012, 05:33 PM
Thread: Wasatch Conditions 11-12
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UAC website had some photo from some where along...
UAC website had some photo from some where along the PC ridgeline this morning. It looked surprisingly brown. This 8 inches may cover it up, but probably not enough.
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03-13-2012, 03:31 PM
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I hope you're right. I just told my broker to go...
I hope you're right. I just told my broker to go long on 210 K2 Comps and rear entry boots futures.
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03-09-2012, 03:20 PM
Thread: Talisker SkiLink reality check video
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I noticed that too. It doesn't look good. ...
I noticed that too. It doesn't look good. However, if they sent a notice extending the leases on April 30 and Talisker took their checks and did not say a word about it until Dec., Talisker could...
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03-09-2012, 03:06 PM
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They actually are owned by one or two Utah...
They actually are owned by one or two Utah families.
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03-08-2012, 11:35 AM
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The recent news and guide update says one guy is...
The recent news and guide update says one guy is onufer, but that the identity of his partner remains uncertain. It doesn't really matter who it is, someone's in trouble, but has someone figured out...
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03-07-2012, 09:17 PM
Thread: Talisker SkiLink reality check video
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I've got a better idea than all your contrived...
I've got a better idea than all your contrived restrictions and $25 charges to access to public land -don't build skilink. Build a connection over guardsman if you really want to connect PC and upper...
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03-07-2012, 01:30 PM
Thread: Talisker SkiLink reality check video
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First of all, as long as we're throwing out...
First of all, as long as we're throwing out personal insults (something I refrained from doing out of a sense of decency), go fuck yourself, you dumbfucking mouth breather.
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03-06-2012, 03:22 PM
Thread: Talisker SkiLink reality check video
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itsnowjoke lives near the canyons and has a pass...
itsnowjoke lives near the canyons and has a pass there. He's the guy defending the canyons on their facebook page and on the sltrib comment boards. Anyway, as someone who lives near the canyons,...
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03-06-2012, 03:00 PM
Thread: The Gaper Spirit Animal
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Any chance that those pants were used one time by...
Any chance that those pants were used one time by a person playing the GSA role in Beaver Creek? How do we know Biff's morgan stanley gym photo was taken at a morgan stanley gym and not on the stair...
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03-01-2012, 06:43 PM
Thread: The Gaper Spirit Animal
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Perhaps you should ask Bif Kazim what he knows.
Perhaps you should ask Bif Kazim what he knows.
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03-01-2012, 04:13 PM
Thread: the Wasatch's new worst enemy=TALISKER
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Get compromising pics of parvo , said daughter...
Get compromising pics of parvo , said daughter and a ham and cheese sandwich, send to Jack , induce heart attack, problem solved.
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02-29-2012, 03:39 PM
Thread: The Gaper Spirit Animal
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At alta, within a day or two of the...
At alta, within a day or two of the well-documented Snowbird sighting, so it's not really news.
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02-29-2012, 02:00 PM
Thread: The Gaper Spirit Animal
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I just realized what this thread is about. I...
I just realized what this thread is about. I want to believe, but I am pretty convinced the GSA is some maggot trolling. How did a picture of him training in the morgan stanley gym make it to this...
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02-29-2012, 12:57 PM
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They were making a story. The problem is there is...
They were making a story. The problem is there is no story there and, by merely asking the question "gee, why can't we bomb every mountain face in the wasatch" they lend an air of legitimacy to the...
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02-29-2012, 10:39 AM
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And the award for worst media story on avalanche safety goes to . . .
KSL. No big surprise there, but the stupidity of the overarching question in this article - why can't the feds just conduct avalanche control everywhere? - is over the top.
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