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Thread: WOOT WOOT! Nukin' in Missoula
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08-28-2018, 09:29 PM #2526
I was just up there yesterday on my bike, and considered going up tv mtn but didn't have enough daylight left. Maybe I'll go to point 6 this weekend and check it out.
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08-29-2018, 09:22 AM #2527
So is Snowbowl putting this lift in by themselves, with Pat in charge? Or did they hire it out? They must have some sort of consultant up there at least, I would think.
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08-29-2018, 12:25 PM #2528
You don't trust Pat to splice the cable? Come on.
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08-29-2018, 12:26 PM #2529
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08-29-2018, 12:56 PM #2530
Ha. Yeah I'd assume you would need some sort of an engineering firm to determine how and where to place the footings and towers. Or maybe all that's in the instruction book that comes with the chair.
I know nothing about chairlifts but it seems like it should be done for this season.
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08-29-2018, 01:14 PM #2531
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08-29-2018, 01:47 PM #2532
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08-29-2018, 01:49 PM #2533
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08-29-2018, 02:49 PM #2534
Snowbowl, maintenance, ... you get the idea.Why must I feel like that, why must I chase the cat?
Nuthin' but the dog in me. George Clinton
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08-29-2018, 02:53 PM #2535
No video imbed. FKNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7acD4q0lp0
Why must I feel like that, why must I chase the cat?
Nuthin' but the dog in me. George Clinton
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08-29-2018, 03:43 PM #2536
The trim on the lodge got painted. That is enough improvement for me.
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08-29-2018, 05:44 PM #2537
I just hope this new chair is as slow as the other two.
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08-29-2018, 07:05 PM #2538
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08-29-2018, 07:36 PM #2539"Zee damn fat skis are ruining zee piste !" -Oscar Schevlin
"Hike up your skirt and grow a dick you fucking crybaby" -what Bunion said to Harry at the top of The Headwaters
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08-29-2018, 08:18 PM #2540
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08-29-2018, 11:31 PM #2541Registered User
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Side bet - TV mountain chairlift won't open until Jan 1st
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08-30-2018, 07:16 AM #2542Registered User
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Don't put too much faith in the engineers. I've seen a tower get shortened because someone (probably several someones) apparently forgot to account for the footing height above ground level in calculating tower height, and when they went to put the cable up they realized things weren't quite right.
I didn't ride that chair the day it opened, but as far as I know that tower is just fine (and it should be—a proper weld should be as strong or stronger than the rest of it).
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08-30-2018, 01:49 PM #2543"Zee damn fat skis are ruining zee piste !" -Oscar Schevlin
"Hike up your skirt and grow a dick you fucking crybaby" -what Bunion said to Harry at the top of The Headwaters
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08-30-2018, 07:11 PM #2544
Moved from Bozeman to Missoula about a month ago for work, school me on skiing in the Missoula vicinity. Worth getting a pass to snowbowl? How do I infiltrate the zootown backcountry community ? Spots I should know about?
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08-30-2018, 11:54 PM #2545
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08-31-2018, 08:52 AM #2546
If you can get away from work and ski during the week, Bowl pass is worth it. I mean, it's still overpriced as hell and it certainly isn't Bozeman. Good skiing when it snows a lot. Probably easy to find backcountry partners if you're better at backcountry and making friends than I am. Back/slack/side country is all pretty easily Googleable.
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08-31-2018, 07:40 PM #2547
That is up on McDonald Peak. I think the tribe has that climb closed right now for the annual ladybug hatch. You don't want to be up there right now. Probably 20 or 30 Grizzlies up there feasting on ladybugs. Not making this up, one Griz with a radio collar has made the trek from the Cabinets to McDonald Peak every year for the past 10 years.
"Zee damn fat skis are ruining zee piste !" -Oscar Schevlin
"Hike up your skirt and grow a dick you fucking crybaby" -what Bunion said to Harry at the top of The Headwaters
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08-31-2018, 08:28 PM #2548
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09-01-2018, 02:40 PM #2549
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09-03-2018, 06:27 AM #2550
I tend to think there is about a fifty percent chance of the new lift spinning this season. Having worked with Pat a bit over the years, I have found him to not be the incompetent person that many like to believe, but actually very knowledgeable on many subjects pertinent to his job. I think people who haven't installed chairlifts seem to think it's an easy thing to do.
The lift will get done when it gets done, and many of us who know TV Mountain are ambivalent, it will be sad to see mogul runs where there were powder stashes before, but holy shit, there is some awesome terrain that will further cement the Bowl as the real deal for advanced to expert skiers.I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. -אלוהים אדירים
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