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01-22-2021, 07:15 AM #801
Hitting the road and arriving in town tonight! Skiing the village mon-fri next week, turns with friends will be had. Rumor is sirvic is making an appearance next week too...
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01-22-2021, 08:12 AM #802
Looks like a bit of a sleeper today, wasn't expecting 9 more overnight!
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01-22-2021, 08:36 AM #803Registered User
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01-22-2021, 08:50 AM #804Registered User
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01-22-2021, 09:33 AM #805
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01-22-2021, 11:02 AM #806Registered User
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I used to get out on em too a few times a year. With poles I was not so good but with a long piece of bamboo I could get around pretty well.
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01-22-2021, 11:28 AM #807
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01-22-2021, 11:41 AM #808
The rust on the edges of my tele skis mirrors the arthritis inside my knees.
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01-22-2021, 05:17 PM #809
Don’t go so low.
A two foot spread is enough. Less pain and makes lead changes quicker.
It’s great thigh burning training. Do it early season when it’s groomers only.
I tele a few days out east before skiing the big one. It’s the only way I know to get a solid leg burner (that’s also fun, eg gym lunges suck).. . .
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01-22-2021, 06:05 PM #810Registered User
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Damn Fine Day was had. #grateful
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01-22-2021, 08:15 PM #811
Any incoming mags need a quality place to stay in the village, my 2br condo open Feb 13-17 and 22-25. Can cut you a mag sized discount. Also a couple dates left in March. PM if interested
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01-22-2021, 09:25 PM #812
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01-22-2021, 09:41 PM #813
Word. No judgment — I asked because I have a few friends who have thought tele gear is THE way to get into the backcountry. They didn't know that AT gear is lighter and more capable.
Been a long time since I was on tele gear.
Tonights skies weren't as dramatic as last night's, but finishing a pow lap just before it got fully dark is always cool.
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01-22-2021, 10:03 PM #814
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01-23-2021, 07:09 AM #815
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01-23-2021, 10:16 AM #816
Thefortrees and Kokomas, you guys will be friends quick, if not already. Good minds go together...
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Yesterday sucked for me as I didn't even look at the snow report other than how much was on the pathy in the am.
Mistake.
Decided to go out anyway and promptly got behind the wydot plow.
He began throwing sand down in town at about 8:20 and slowly headed out to the village. He created a line of 25 mph traffic from town to the vill.
I roll into the ranch lot and now the mile of traffic in front of me is parking and I gots about 75 peeps right next to me.
Damn downright depressing. Told myself if I could deal with that drive, I could stand in a line for a lap.
Had another sesh as peeps booted up and rolled out.
I got in tram line right where the snow meets the dock, took an hour and 10 from there to get to the top.
There was a fair amount of obnoxiousness and a solid attempt at line cutting that got policed pretty heavily by two local boss types. GTFO.
After a cup o' joe at the summit, I rolled a firsties lap through RS, which was well worth the wait. Boottop from the gates on down, kinda felt the wind affected snow in the bowl was stiff and shallower.
Almost stopped for a pic or two but the clouds were all around and well, it just ain't my M.O..
A solitary 4k vert with about 10-20" of untracked. No suckage there.
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CS - I remember those Tele Demo days. Likely the first and last season I tele'd was 1992 at such an event.
Think I still have the Croakie with the Teton mountaineering or skinny skis logo on it with a Life-link demo phrase to boot.
I could ski them alpinish right outta the gates, dropping a knee was not hard but not too burly. Five turns off piste and I'd be deep in the Kimchi.
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Nothing, and I mean nothing, says poseur like cooking in the Tram line. I put it right up there with smoking a cigarette in the middle of the maze, or doing shots before first box.
In my tram dock time, I've seen it done maybe thrice.
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TFT, SVS, and Pfluffenmeister to turn with this week, I am excited!
Day off from the shiteshow, to get my legs strong for ripping with the Mags...
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01-23-2021, 03:49 PM #817
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01-23-2021, 04:10 PM #818
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01-23-2021, 04:14 PM #819Registered User
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~ ~ SKI THE BIG ONE ~ ~ JACKSON HOLE '20-'21
Fuckin hell today was interesting. Between catching both tips on a rock first turn into pairachutes and almost tomahawking down, skiing untracked waist deep pow (seriously) that apparently the other people hiking the hw were not interested in, then blowing myself up in the flat light bumps on wally world. Good to be young lol.
Tele turns tomorrow
Also going to shoot you a PM kokomas
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01-23-2021, 04:31 PM #820
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01-23-2021, 04:34 PM #821
Also... recently found this gem while moving some stuff. It's a scan of an old photo of mine (early 2000s) from the Squaw pond skim. That's Shane on the front, on a mono ski with 2 bindings, with Squaw legend Lee Dube behind him.
Was a lucky single-shot from a pocket point-and-shoot for me.
Still have a pair of Spatulas I got from Shane's garage. I sometimes think about mounting them with a set of Dynafits/tech bindings...or maybe I should sell 'em.
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01-23-2021, 04:42 PM #822
Can we talk about these terms for a minute?
Not doubting your experience other than it brings up a topic. In general I find people saying things like "it was knee-deep" or "waist-deep" or "chest-deep" when there is 6", 10", 18"...
People (broadly) are changing the meaning of those terms to mean "I made a couple turns and snow hit me in the (knee/waist/chest)." Like, yeah, a foot of snow billows up, but that's not the same as "waist-deep."
Not gonna argue that I can be crusty; in this case, words have meaning and I'd rather we just stick with them.
Anyone else?
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01-23-2021, 04:53 PM #823Registered User
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~ ~ SKI THE BIG ONE ~ ~ JACKSON HOLE '20-'21
^ Hehe, ok so maybe I was exaggerating a bit.. But, looking back at my trenches they were at least 2’. I would confidently say about thigh deep. I still don’t know the mountain too well but it seems this particular zone got loaded up, because the chutes directly below had about 6-8” over rocks. Ask me how I know
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01-23-2021, 05:24 PM #824
Wasn't so much commenting on YOU as a general sign of the times. When "12 inches" becomes "waist-deep", "waist-deep" has lost its meaning.
I also feel like we don't penetrate as far into the snowpack with fatter boards, so harder to truly be waist-deep on 115 underfoot.
On your tele gear you're gonna be neck-deep tomorrow!!! ;-) (I can see that as a fun reason to tele... IF one drops a knee. The Village locs who are wearing the stiffest boots in order to turn an alpine ski while not dropping a knee in 30 years.... has and always will be interesting to me.)Last edited by upallnight; 01-23-2021 at 07:04 PM. Reason: Autocorrect changed "locs" to "lots"; I changed it back
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01-23-2021, 05:32 PM #825
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