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by Sgt Eddy Brewers
Oct 4th, '11, 19:30
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Finding the Steepest trail segments using Google Earth Path
Replies: 25
Views: 4060

Finding the Steepest trail segments using Google Earth Path

Maybe I’m too obsessed waiting for the snows to come but I bumped into this little toy at Google Earth that I really like. The Google Path Elevation Profile tool. Navigate to location in Google Earth the pick Ruler off the Tools Menu at the top. Then choose the Path tab off the Ruler page and set th...
by Sgt Eddy Brewers
Sep 28th, '11, 19:44
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Weekly Poll - Helmets for Children
Replies: 90
Views: 6027

Re: Weekly Poll - Helmets for Children

Thanks Mister Moose.... nice to hear someone with similar passion for freedom. I'm probably one of the few holdouts for your position on the Snowdon Quad. I would gladly keep that slow old chair instead of watching the bowl get overrun with impatient gapers who hadn't been patient enough to ride the...
by Sgt Eddy Brewers
Sep 28th, '11, 17:10
Forum: Chatter
Topic: Weekly Poll - Helmets for Children
Replies: 90
Views: 6027

Re: Weekly Poll - Helmets for Children

I think they should pass laws which require kids to wear helmets. But not just when skiing. They should be required to wear helmets 24-7-365. It is easy to show that if kids ALWAYS wore helmets they would end up having less head injuries. Kids hit their heads getting out of bed somewhere on earth al...
by Sgt Eddy Brewers
Aug 24th, '11, 19:56
Forum: Chatter
Topic: South Ridge Towers GONE
Replies: 19
Views: 1757

Re: South Ridge Towers GONE

Fair enough I guess.... but it is interesting that the tear down happened so quickly. Hard to imagine that the resale value alone (as scrap?) would drive the fast action. Your theory is that the Devil's Fiddle Quad Towers are standing in storage for future resale and/or use but the Triple towers wer...
by Sgt Eddy Brewers
Aug 24th, '11, 16:21
Forum: Chatter
Topic: South Ridge Towers GONE
Replies: 19
Views: 1757

South Ridge Towers GONE

New to the board. Just kicking around up on South Ridge and noticed that the towers have been removed. No towers visible on lower Pipe Dream or lower Jug. I would have tagged this on to the thread about the South Ridge lift being decommissioned but that was getting old and this seems like news to th...