Mid-Atlantic Rollcall

[tomicogs]

Any mags headed that direction this weekend? I'll probably be at T-line and/or Whitegrass. Would be good to ski with some folks, maybe get some people willing to photoslut...

50/50 I'll be kicking around WG this wknd, saw nice looking clip up on the site today...things are filling in. Probably make the call tomorrow afternoon.

edit to add:

page top...needs a leettle stoke, eh?

Gravity at CV last Saturday, retrieving a friend's runaway ski, good for a laugh...just enough snow to not churn up too much grass & leaves.

[sb]

in the bc last week

[ame="http://www.vimeo.com/17768092"]Yokum and Sinks on Vimeo[/ame]

[MarsB]

Any mags headed that direction this weekend? I'll probably be at T-line and/or Whitegrass. Would be good to ski with some folks, maybe get some people willing to photoslut...

SuperChief and myself will likely be riding at T-line Saturday, hit me w/ a pm.

[tomicogs]

plans change...driving down tonight, good chance I'll be at T'line tomorrow, if so I'll either be on beat up Bro's or black WorkStinx, white helmut w/ a couple WG stickies....or skinnin' WG on Bro's. Probably a meadow skipping tour w/ housemates on the leathers at WG on Sunday.

[Southeast Maggot]

Starting for T-line early early from DC tomorrow, hoping to be there between 8-9. Bright blue jacket, white helmet, Line Prophet 90s or Moment Tahoes, tall and goofy, ask for change

[Southeast Maggot]

Trees in certain spots starting to fill in:



Still need to stay alert for graboids.

Nice cold chalky snow for most of the morning:

[sb]

still having problems with the codec, sorta works

[ame="http://www.vimeo.com/18314223"]Pharris Knob ski on Vimeo[/ame]

[Southeast Maggot]

^^^Sick. Wanna ski that place so bad, but need to know the right peeps...

[tetzen]

Great powder in there!

Maybe it's just the video perspective but it didn't seem too steep in there contrary to what I've heard about Pharis.

[Grape_Ape]

still having problems with the codec, sorta works

Pharris Knob ski on Vimeo

Sweet soundtrack, bra.

[DRZ1050i]

Probably heading out to Timberline tomorrow, anyone else going to be there? Blue jacket/ black pants/ prophet 90s.

[sb]

Probably hit up Kalame in the PM, sounds like it will be a tad windy.

[DRZ1050i]

Kalame? Yeah I saw that it's supposed to be a little windy, but around 15 mph from what I've seen- not too ridiculous. And I plan on spending a lot of time in the trees, so maybe the wind will just take some snow from the trails and dump it into the trees. You gonna be able to make it out at all? I could be convinced to go to Canaan instead..

[tetzen]

Was really itching to get my new new black diamonds out. So tonight for a test run I went to winterplace. Found some nice stashes under the upper chairlift there. The trees were even skiable but I opted not to because of lack of light.

Not bad for having visited winterplace the last time in 1994.

I'll be in the valley for the weekend.

[sb]

Made it to Kalame on Wed. for EPIC but BRUTAL conditions, 18"+ of WV fluff with waist deep drifts. No video of that day as it just would not have turned out. We even got stuck on the lift for almost 30 minutes in 40+mph winds. It was blower face shots all day! We poached the crap out of the trees and C lift line. Even nicer was the "snowday" $16 lift tickets and as I chatted a nice lady she gave me a couple $2 vouchers for Tslime the next day.

Thursday we went to Tslime to use the vouchers and the snow was still very good but not as good as Kalame. Friday was a low key backcountry day at our Piste Off Creek Hollow(POCH) ski area.

[ame="http://www.vimeo.com/18903885"]Tline on Vimeo[/ame]

[Grape_Ape]

How bad did the rain fuck things up last night in Canaan Valley? Anyone?

[MarsB]

Made it to Kalame on Wed. for EPIC but BRUTAL conditions, 18"+ of WV fluff with waist deep drifts. No video of that day as it just would not have turned out. We even got stuck on the lift for almost 30 minutes in 40+mph winds. It was blower face shots all day! We poached the crap out of the trees and C lift line. Even nicer was the "snowday" $16 lift tickets and as I chatted a nice lady she gave me a couple $2 vouchers for Tslime the next day.

Thursday we went to Tslime to use the vouchers and the snow was still very good but not as good as Kalame. Friday was a low key backcountry day at our Piste Off Creek Hollow(POCH) ski area.

Tline on Vimeo

Heh. Me and my crew at the lift @ ~5:10 after your Pearly Glades exit. Those lines lasted surprisingly well into the day; gotta love those powder Thursdays when we can get 'em!

[mbs28]

Skiied all Sunday at Whitetail. Lines were packed from 11-4, but it was amazing how much it cleared out by 430. It was like a bell rang. Heading back on Jan 30.

Anyone have any suggestions on good instructors there? I could use a lesson to help me ski parabolics better (been trying to do it for about 3 years now after a 7 year skiing hiatus, but still can't carve properly).

[Moeghoul]

Anyone been to Blue Knob this season? Significant snowfall is in the forecas, but their site indicates that most of the good stuff is closed. No pix or webcam, not sure if the trails/glades are closed today vs, been closed all season.

[tomicogs]

How bad did the rain fuck things up last night in Canaan Valley? Anyone?

Dave's WX site indicates no loss of snow, still @ 12" on the ground, imagine it's pretty saturated from the rain and warmth and soon to be quite solid with the cold air on the way to lock it all down. Calling for 8" or so of fresh into Friday, guessing it'll be 6-12" of cold fluff over a fast & loud scrapey base for the wknd...probably a lot like it was two weeks ago.

[Grape_Ape]

Anyone been to Blue Knob this season? Significant snowfall is in the forecas, but their site indicates that most of the good stuff is closed. No pix or webcam, not sure if the trails/glades are closed today vs, been closed all season.

I have been skiing Blueballs for 20+ years. A few things you can count on with them:
1) They lie about what is open just to get you to the top of that fucking mountain where you have no choice but to stay and spend money.
2) They have great terrain, but the fucking retards that "cut" the glades did so in such a manner (i.e. 2-3' stumps, throwing the cut trees to the side) that it takes a SHITLOAD of base to ski the trees in any safe manner.
3) The new owners are running things from California and the workers on the mountain are in LOW MORALE (unless something has changed since my last visit in 2008).
4) If that mountain can ever get its act together, it would be a great fucking mountain...but as it stands right now, it is the biggest piece of shit disappointment on the east coast.

And I truly love that mountain...

Don't count on them ever opening those glades unless they get a 2' dump (at least). I have skied the glades when they were "closed" (many times) and they actually deserved to be closed as it was truly dangerous with all of the trees strewn everywhere.

[sb]

^^^

That is too bad to hear about BK, I have never skied there but intended to. Sounds a lot like Tslime, they had some really nice glades and the loggers came in to cut logs so they could pay bills and messed up a large area. It is skiable but not like it was.

Most ski areas just do not know how to manage glades to enhance the customers skiing experience. We have been cutting glade runs on a buddies mountain property for several years now, it is very labor intensive and dangerous. With only a handful of folks it takes time but we got some darn good runs in a few years. Next up we plan to start some mountain bike trails and cut a couple more traverse trails up the mountain so the skin track is not so steep and we can access other areas on the mountain. It really takes a lot of planning and fore thought.

[Grape_Ape]

^^^

That is too bad to hear about BK, I have never skied there but intended to. Sounds a lot like Tslime, they had some really nice glades and the loggers came in to cut logs so they could pay bills and messed up a large area. It is skiable but not like it was.

Most ski areas just do not know how to manage glades to enhance the customers skiing experience. We have been cutting glade runs on a buddies mountain property for several years now, it is very labor intensive and dangerous. With only a handful of folks it takes time but we got some darn good runs in a few years. Next up we plan to start some mountain bike trails and cut a couple more traverse trails up the mountain so the skin track is not so steep and we can access other areas on the mountain. It really takes a lot of planning and fore thought.

I have skied both Tslime (I like that) and Blueballs glades...Tslime glades are 10x better than BK...if you can imagine that!

The people that work at BK are, if I were to generalize, total rednecks (worse than WV) and they don't give a flying fuck about what goes on. I wrote an email to BK recently to say that REI just opened a distribution center just south of the mountain...get some of those hippies involved in bettering that mountain!

It's just a damn shame. BK has some serious terrain but you need A LOT of snow to ski it.

[Moeghoul]

I have been skiing Blueballs for 20+ years. A few things you can count on with them:
1) They lie about what is open just to get you to the top of that fucking mountain where you have no choice but to stay and spend money.
2) They have great terrain, but the fucking retards that "cut" the glades did so in such a manner (i.e. 2-3' stumps, throwing the cut trees to the side) that it takes a SHITLOAD of base to ski the trees in any safe manner.
3) The new owners are running things from California and the workers on the mountain are in LOW MORALE (unless something has changed since my last visit in 2008).
4) If that mountain can ever get its act together, it would be a great fucking mountain...but as it stands right now, it is the biggest piece of shit disappointment on the east coast.

And I truly love that mountain...

Don't count on them ever opening those glades unless they get a 2' dump (at least). I have skied the glades when they were "closed" (many times) and they actually deserved to be closed as it was truly dangerous with all of the trees strewn everywhere.

Appreciate the unvarnished review and saving me the 3.5 hr trip out there. I'll head up to Elk on Friday, the Poconos may get some decent snow tonite.

[sb]

The people that work at BK are, if I were to generalize, total rednecks (worse than WV) and they don't give a flying fuck about what goes on.

WOW, that is a scary statement.

We have always tried to be nice and chat to the "lifties", over the years got to know a few. Some are a$$holes and most are not. To many its just a job and they are trying to make ends meet which I can understand. We most always say "Thanks" when they help you on to the lift.