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Thread: WOOT WOOT! Nukin' in Missoula
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09-05-2018, 04:26 PM #2576
Yeah, that's my thought on TV Mountain. I mean, it's not high enough to really get a lot of snow on a normal year, but if it's 800-1,000' of blue trails, it'll be great to move the lesson/beginner crowd over there.
That being said, go look at the lifts at Disco, then look at the lifts at Snowbowl. None of them are high speed, but they're bigger and more comfortable and don't swing wildly leaving the wheelhouse, and I'd assume it's easier for kids to get on them. Yes, I'm aware they'd probably need to replace all the towers to do that. Hey, maybe if they keep skimping on Ski Patrol staffing and driving away all the talent that would command a higher wage, they'll one day be able to do it. Probably not.
Ah, you beat me to it.Last edited by stuckathuntermtn; 09-05-2018 at 04:26 PM. Reason: late
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09-05-2018, 09:28 PM #2577
Was riding up butler creek today, planning on just going to the gate, but got there and decided to keep going. Found some chairlift towers
There was one up at the bottom
I didn't have time to go to the top but it looked like there were a couple up there too. none in the middle
Good amount of space back there. Here's a run
I don't know how long it takes to put up all the towers and then the cable and chairs but it seems like they're running out of time to have it done this year.Last edited by jamal; 09-06-2018 at 12:08 PM.
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09-05-2018, 11:29 PM #2578Registered User
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Good to know that I can try to shoot for a dozen good runs of power line if the season cooperates... (Also I bought full pass this winter), anybody know when we're supposed to pay the full price if you paid the deposit initially?
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09-06-2018, 07:49 AM #2579
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09-06-2018, 10:52 AM #2580
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09-06-2018, 11:25 PM #2581Registered User
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Glad they aren't going to build TV mountain lift. El Nino might still bring the suck here though(or maybe lots of warm storms so a stable snowpack?). Also why is our thread so active right now, we're a forgotten place on this board typically unless it's semi-dumping(it never REALLY dumps here).
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09-07-2018, 11:23 AM #2582
Oh man, growing up I remember there were some horrid seasons for the bowl. My cousins in Missoula would constantly bitch about it, and more often they'd drive up to ski Big Mtn vs. the other way around.
El Nino certainly isn't a guarantee, but it's def got me spooked. We're overdue for a bad season.
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09-09-2018, 07:41 AM #2583
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09-09-2018, 07:48 AM #2584
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09-09-2018, 03:10 PM #2585
Which makes sense, it was cheaper, and had mostly beginner and intermediate terrain. Snowbowl's terrain limits its appeal to families with young children, and casual occasional skiers, which are majority of skiers actually. That's a big reason why places that have a lot of beginner and intermediate terrain get more traffic than Snowbowl.
Snowbowl also due to it's Southern aspected slopes, leads to some horrendously bad conditions, making much of the mountain challenging, to painful, for good skiiers. Beginners and intermediates avoid challenging conditions, and aren't lured by steep terrain either, which is most of what Snowbowl has. Add that to a road that many are afraid to drive up (even now that it's all wide and easy), many less experienced sno-goers go elsewhere. Thank God!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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09-09-2018, 03:21 PM #2586I 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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09-09-2018, 10:16 PM #2587lysterine
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09-10-2018, 08:59 AM #2588
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09-10-2018, 09:25 AM #2589Registered User
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Back in the day, Marshall was always a foot deep of boiler plate man-made snow. As long as the temps are low, the snow would have lasted. Economics was likely the main problem. I remember that main lift getting pretty old and costly.
They did have a killer night racing series. Tuesdays(?) for the dual slalom team series on downhill boards. I think Wednesday was the tele dual slalom series. Lots of fun and late nights up there.
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09-10-2018, 09:40 AM #2590
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09-10-2018, 09:49 AM #2591Registered User
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09-10-2018, 10:44 AM #2592
I did those nighttime tele races at Marshall for a couple years. The always icy course was challenging on those old skis. I remember doing a lot of sliding around. Then beers in the lodge. Fun times.
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09-10-2018, 10:50 AM #2593
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09-10-2018, 03:18 PM #2594
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09-12-2018, 05:09 PM #2595
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09-15-2018, 01:25 PM #2596
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09-15-2018, 05:16 PM #2597
You might be onto something.
Although they've had some really good days the last few years.
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09-15-2018, 07:35 PM #2598
You will have a bad time.
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09-16-2018, 01:04 AM #2599
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09-16-2018, 08:00 AM #2600
I think that's marketable. Like how Snowbird posts their one star reviews from people who say it's too hard.
"Snowbowl: don't bring your weak shit here, because there's usually horrendously bad conditions."
I'm sure a lot of high level skiers will be excited to rise to the challenge.
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