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01-19-2023, 04:18 PM #276
Will be an Abasin skier tomorrow, just not interested in the bag of dicks
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01-19-2023, 04:39 PM #277
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01-19-2023, 04:41 PM #278Registered User
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01-19-2023, 04:57 PM #279
I'm sure the locals have better info, but when I was down there a couple weeks ago it looked the wind had done a number on the SGs, especially at top (I didn't see any entrances that went clean). They also had some pockets pull out to the ground during mitigation and I would imagine those have to fill back in.
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01-19-2023, 05:35 PM #280Registered User
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01-20-2023, 09:06 AM #281
The place was better when it was run by a dog food company.
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01-27-2023, 12:25 PM #282Registered User
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A sneaky very fun 1" out there this morning. puts me in a better mood to work the rest of the day. stilllll blasting the gullies heavy, have talked to some friends on patrol and sounds like some of the chokes are still very rocky so I assume the snow just won't stick in there. did not sound like a staffing issue. surprised janitors still hasn't opened though.
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01-30-2023, 06:05 PM #283Registered User
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Today was very good. They opened some steep gullies today and I was first public in 4 of the season which did not suck. was a little bit of tip toeing/ cautious skiing at the very top but then I could start to tell the pack seemed to be providing better coverage so I went for it from this point down. face shots were had.
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01-30-2023, 06:26 PM #284
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01-30-2023, 06:28 PM #285
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01-30-2023, 06:29 PM #286Registered User
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Hell yeah!
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01-30-2023, 07:09 PM #287
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01-31-2023, 09:34 AM #288
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01-31-2023, 11:01 AM #289Registered User
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How's the demo inventory at A-basin's rental shop?
I'm gonna be in denver for ~10 days in February for some medical stuff--might be able to get away for a day or two of skiing and I've always wanted to ski A-basin.
Would be nice to avoid checking skis to be able to choose skis based on conditions (plus there are a lot of skis out there I haven't tried yet)...but I don't want to get stuck on some Rossi Experience 86s or 175cm M6 Mantras because that's all they've got left.
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01-31-2023, 03:22 PM #290
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02-01-2023, 10:00 AM #291
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02-01-2023, 10:14 AM #292Registered User
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02-01-2023, 10:24 AM #293
I do love chalky, we don't get that much back here on the ice coast.
thanks mang
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02-02-2023, 09:21 AM #294
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02-05-2023, 04:18 PM #295Registered User
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Very warm out, hopefully we can get something out of this system headed here. At least even just a little snow and wind to buff things out would be nice.
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02-05-2023, 05:28 PM #296Registered User
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Busy day, lots of team summit children clogging everything up. But overall sun and that good wind grooming made it really fun.
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02-06-2023, 09:47 AM #297
Team Summit apparently didn't get the memo that A-Basin sucks (literally) and Breck/Keystone have much better skiing.
Crowds yesterday (and folks parking down the hwy) reminded me of the old Epic days. Didn't ski Saturday but one of the dudes working in the lot said it was the busiest day of the season so far. Al has limited the number of passes and daily tickets, but IKONers are a huge variable. Based on friends burning quickly through their days (due to massive crowds at Copper and WP) maybe we'll see a dip before too long.
Speaking of Al, I ran into him a few weeks back in High Noon ironically around noon ("I'm really good at directing traffic"). Gotta love his management style.
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02-06-2023, 10:03 AM #298
It was the team summit foundation cup...a free big mountain/mogul competition not just for the Team Summit kids, but for the local community in general. Team summit donates coaching and A-Basin donates lift tickets for any and all kids who wanted to come out and try it. It is a great event. My kid did this a few years back and getting to compete in a low-key event like that at a young age helped cement his love for big mountain skiing. He now competes in the IFSA competitions.
At any rate...yeah it was crowded, but good things were happening for a lot of kids yesterday
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02-15-2023, 11:56 AM #299Registered User
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Thanks for the tip. I ended up skiing at Vail yesterday instead (friend from grad school happened to be on a trip there so I coughed up the extra $100 and 30 minutes of driving to see him), but I was able to hit up Bent Gate and try out some Deathwish 104s. Not a lot of places to demo Moments and they are on my list for my next daily driver so it great to try them.
Despite the fresh snow that fell Monday night, skiing was pretty shit. I don't know Vail well (and its so damn huge) so part of the problem may have been that it took me all day to find decent snow, but I guess it had been warm and sunny recently so it was just a couple of inches on top of nasty refrozen crud.
There's a reason stuff still looked like this at 3PM...you ski it once and then you say "that sucked, let me try somewhere else"
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02-15-2023, 12:11 PM #300
Yeah - Back Bowls after sun? No thanks.
Someone should have told your buddy that Vail sucks.
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