WOOT WOOT! Nukin' in Missoula

[tone capone]

Wow, you guys have a base, with some snow on top of it, and actual snow in the forecast. Cool.

[hialtitude]

A chair fell off griz in 2005 and was declaired user error for swinging. I believe it was an exchange student and compressed his spine. That one didn't get much press either...

[inthemtns]

Faulty chairs or not, you guys at least have snow to land in when they come off. Like Tone said, at BB we've got nothing with nothing on the way.

I got roped off of chairs a total of 5 times in the 11 years I skied the bowl. I also got stuck once so long that I had to pee off the chair (to many PBRs at lunch). It was always the Griz. My buddy Blaise used to be a lifty. He made me watch the video of the lift rolling backwards (that SB shows to lifties every year).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8rXiN_Oys4

That's when I decided that if I ever felt the Griz start to shift back I was jumping. The only spot that would be sketchy is over the lower section of Griz. That's a tall section.

Stay safe up there. Enjoy the snow that you have. I might have to come over in the next few weeks to ski it. Bozeman is hurting...

[Fear Of A Flat Planet]

LT getting hammered right now..

[RootSkier]

Snowbowl deleting Facebook questions/comments re Lavelle on the regular. Weak sauce.

[406]

Ronnie said some one came in hot to the lift and the newb lifty didn't stop the lift and a sign got in the way resulting in the cable derailing. What ever happened chair #29 is no longer in rotation. No failed welds:


In other news, rains sucks. Oh and I broke my binding again in West. Skied lower west and then got a ride from Pat down the out run. 3rd time I have done that...always on west.



It was a fun day, until binding broke after lunch at least. Wet, but nice turns on the upper half.

[0oMtnRidero0]

All Ski Area Special Use Permits, issued by the USDA Forest Service, should be put out for competative bid when they come up for renewal. If a ski resorts wants to make significant money by operating their business on public lands, the public should have an influence is the resorts business plan. Say a public board of directors or the like. This would have significant influence in the gripes you hear regarding the Bowl, particularly in the arena of public access...

I dream of the day when the City of Missoula owns Snowbowl and runs it as a non-profit. Similar to the Bridger Bowl model...I can dream right?

[CountryFunk]

you have seriously flawed judge of character and personality. why defend someone who wrongfully attacks others FOR NO REASON?

FYI - Leaky Dickhole, aka Uncle Crud, aka Gonzostrike - the name changes, but the douche remains the same.

This one is eerily ironic - http://www.epicski.com/t/12882/good-...nded-to-offend

And this one - http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/29353/open-apology can't help but bring a tear to the eye, even from the King of the Interwebz Toughguys

The name changes, but the douche stays the same

[RootSkier]

All Ski Area Special Use Permits, issued by the USDA Forest Service, should be put out for competative bid when they come up for renewal.

No, they definitely should not.

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406, thanks for the info. If you need to borrow any spare 7tm parts, let me know (although that looks like a ski problem...I probably have some bros with 7tms you could borrow if you need some skis).

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Countryfunk: amazing. It makes a lot more sense now.

[RootSkier]

In other news, Snowbowl fails yet again at Social Media 101. Seriously, get off the computer, whoever it is running that show.

[elesquiador]

I also had a Facebook post deleted by Snowbowl. Mine was deleted within 1 minute of my posting it. If this is truly a non-issue like their communications claim, I don't understand why they are trying to sweep it under the rug. A clear explanation of what happened and what they've done about it would go a long way in assuring customers that their equipment is safe. Their actions here have just given me more reason for doubt.

[stuckathuntermtn]

I always feel like I'm taking my life into my own hands getting on the lifts at the Bowl.
And I really get the feeling the people who run Snowbowl are hermits or something. Or maybe some of the Beavertail Mafia.
I'll be at lost trail tomorrow with 2 boarders. Yell "fuck you" at the guy in red and grey with hellboy enforcers.

Oh yeah, and 406, that wouldn't happen on alpine gear. bwahahahahaha!

[406]

406, thanks for the info. If you need to borrow any spare 7tm parts, let me know (although that looks like a ski problem...I probably have some bros with 7tms you could borrow if you need .

Thanks. Trailhead had the part and said they could fix by Friday, so hopefully I should be good. Otherwise I might take you up on the offer or look into renting alpine gear.


Looks like some blue on the radar over the bowl.

[RootSkier]

Sometimes I miss LT.

[rockcreek]

c you @ LTPM on 12/29/11 folks woot woot!!!!!!

[elesquiador]

The independent has a few more details about what actually happened to the lavelle chair:

http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/...-loses-a-chair

[Bob Loblaw]

and in other news from around the state, a chair fell off the willow creek lift at Red Lodge yesterday, injuring two teenagers.

[stuckathuntermtn]

LT was, um, interesting.
Snowbowl deleted my comment about their comment deleting, so I made another comment about comment deleting and being straight forward.
They will probably delete it.
Probably following the same thought process that includes having a webpage with frames.

[406]

LT was, um, interesting.
.

explain.

[stuckathuntermtn]

A little crowded and slow to open all the lifts. Chair 4 never opened, and it didn't snow all day as forecasted. Sunny and warm. Lot of crud. Both my snowboard friends got stuck at separate times. It was funny.

[creaky fossil]

FYI - Leaky Dickhole, aka Uncle Crud, aka Gonzostrike - the name changes, but the douche remains the same.

This one is eerily ironic - http://www.epicski.com/t/12882/good-...nded-to-offend

And this one - http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/29353/open-apology can't help but bring a tear to the eye, even from the King of the Interwebz Toughguys

The name changes, but the douche stays the same

You sure know me!

I wonder if you realize two things important to the above stuff you spent so much time digging up: (1) I don't take the internet seriously -- at all -- and never have; and (2) I play around with fiction on the internet, fiction which looks awfully serious to many if not most readers.

You should keep massaging that _________ you seem to harbor for me, though. It's swell.

And I mean that punnily, bro-heem.

Meanwhile, try sending me a PM with a threat of violence. Works for Backcountry Racks Boy!

You: "I'm not much of a skier, but I play a real badass on the TGR forums!"

Me: "Maybe you could note the ironies at play here, Big-Brain!"

[creaky fossil]

you have seriously flawed judge of character and personality. why defend someone who wrongfully attacks others FOR NO REASON?

OMIGOD! I GOTZ INZULTED ON TEH INTRAWEBZTOOBZ!

MOMMY! HE SAID THE INTERNETS WERE A JOKE!

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And hey Siggy Catbreath, you're a clever one! You've decided that fictional posts are the core essence of a person!

I can see you now, watching some satire and saying to yourself, "This is the most un-funny stuff I've ever seen. Marge, don't forget to put more starch in my tightywhities! I like it when they chafe, it's like wearing a hairshirt in jockstrap form!"

NO ONE SHOULD EVER MAKE FUN OF THE INTERNETZ CUZ THEY ARE DED SEERYUS BIDNETH!

[RootSkier]

Hey crud, did you get to PSIA level 2 yet?

[Bobcat Sig]

CF - you sure spit a lot of vitriol and acidity for it only being the internet and it not being serious. Someone piss in your cheerios there, Tiger?

[stuckathuntermtn]

creaky, stop thrunting. Seriously. It's old.