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- Oct 4th, '11, 19:30
- Forum: Chatter
- Topic: Finding the Steepest trail segments using Google Earth Path
- Replies: 25
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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...
- Sep 28th, '11, 19:44
- Forum: Chatter
- Topic: Weekly Poll - Helmets for Children
- Replies: 90
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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...
- Sep 28th, '11, 17:10
- Forum: Chatter
- Topic: Weekly Poll - Helmets for Children
- Replies: 90
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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...
- Aug 24th, '11, 19:56
- Forum: Chatter
- Topic: South Ridge Towers GONE
- Replies: 19
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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...
- Aug 24th, '11, 16:21
- Forum: Chatter
- Topic: South Ridge Towers GONE
- Replies: 19
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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...