Absolutely beautiful day, getting a little crowded so I'm outa here.....after a couple of cold ones.
Thursday report
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Thursday report
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Absolutely beautiful day, getting a little crowded so I'm outa here.....after a couple of cold ones.
Absolutely beautiful day, getting a little crowded so I'm outa here.....after a couple of cold ones.
Re: Thursday report
Your "max altitude" was 300 feet below the summit?
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"when is JG gonna figure out that since i OWN HIM, there is no need to respond to him"
-- tellitlikeheiwishesitwas, stumbling into a new way to handle being publicly called out for lying: a clumsy duck and weave with a dollop of self-delusion
"blah blah Okemo is awesome blah"
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Re: Thursday report
Non-WAAS capable GPS units are not all that accurate in altitude.
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Re: Thursday report
Yup, never took the K1 max altitude was at the top of South Ridge.JerseyGuy wrote:Your "max altitude" was 300 feet below the summit?
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Re: Thursday report
What a spectacular day. Sunshine, blue sky, warm temperatures. Did Spring come early? More people than earlier in the week but, for the most part, avoidable crowds. Worst place was Bear - lower Bear Claw was just a mob scene coming down and Wildfire was carnage in the bumps. No reason to stick around there. Panic/Needles was pretty good, although the middle of Needles was fairly scraped for a bit. Middle Superstar was good. Lower was scraped but quiet skiable. Lower Skye Lark was bumped up, with a lot of ice to battle your way through. Only bad part was H did a core shot along the edge of one ski but I don't think it's fatal. Otherwise, all was good. Some pics http://good-times.webshots.com/album/579379226iBqNWo
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Re: Thursday report
Great weather today. Nice to see them blow snow on Ovation, but it was quite solid and thin in many places.
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Re: Thursday report
My run of the day, trail under the South Ridge Triple, the final drop off skiers right coming into the chair, nice natural snow ... Sweet
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nice Junior.
again, always good to see people love on pico. I would have gone but situations prevented me from doing so.
did laps on skyburst first thing and it was sweet under the beautiful sunshine.
they were getting ready to blow vertigo and accidentally did not rope off one of the crossovers. someone i rode up on needles eye skied it and said it was great. needles eye liftline looked really good too.
did SRT and then cut over to glades and canyon quad and lapped those areas. all in all a very nice beautiful sunshine-y day.
see you next week ... and happy new year.
again, always good to see people love on pico. I would have gone but situations prevented me from doing so.
did laps on skyburst first thing and it was sweet under the beautiful sunshine.
they were getting ready to blow vertigo and accidentally did not rope off one of the crossovers. someone i rode up on needles eye skied it and said it was great. needles eye liftline looked really good too.
did SRT and then cut over to glades and canyon quad and lapped those areas. all in all a very nice beautiful sunshine-y day.
see you next week ... and happy new year.
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Re: Thursday report
spectacular day. haven't had too many sunny days so far this season so today was a real treat. lower wildfire went through many tranformations. very early it was very wet sierra cement. then before lunch with the guns now off, it was spring skiing. last couple runs end of the day it was starting to set up. and lower ovation was interesting as well. but the most interesting was roundabout. yikes ...
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Re: Thursday report
I think you rode the lift you my friends who skied Vertigo because the snowmaking team dropped the roipes but I think they eventually put the ropes back up.pbolo wrote:nice Junior.
again, always good to see people love on pico. I would have gone but situations prevented me from doing so.
did laps on skyburst first thing and it was sweet under the beautiful sunshine.
they were getting ready to blow vertigo and accidentally did not rope off one of the crossovers. someone i rode up on needles eye skied it and said it was great. needles eye liftline looked really good too.
did SRT and then cut over to glades and canyon quad and lapped those areas. all in all a very nice beautiful sunshine-y day.
see you next week ... and happy new year.
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Re: Thursday report
Have been tempted to try roundabout but was wondering if the streams were still very prevalent. By your posting I would say we need to wait a little more to try itlskiadikt wrote:spectacular day. haven't had too many sunny days so far this season so today was a real treat. lower wildfire went through many tranformations. very early it was very wet sierra cement. then before lunch with the guns now off, it was spring skiing. last couple runs end of the day it was starting to set up. and lower ovation was interesting as well. but the most interesting was roundabout. yikes ...
Re: Thursday report
most likely.
name was Greg. he turned to me and said "do you like fresh snow ?!" I was like,,, umm yes.
we both commented on what a nice run of days it had been since monday, and that we both needed to give our bodies a break from the awesome skiing.
and his friend Joe works for snowmaking.
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name was Greg. he turned to me and said "do you like fresh snow ?!" I was like,,, umm yes.
we both commented on what a nice run of days it had been since monday, and that we both needed to give our bodies a break from the awesome skiing.
and his friend Joe works for snowmaking.
admins: feel free to remove names if they shouldn't be revealed.
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Re: Thursday report
pbolo wrote:most likely.
name was Greg. he turned to me and said "do you like fresh snow ?!" I was like,,, umm yes.
we both commented on what a nice run of days it had been since monday, and that we both needed to give our bodies a break from the awesome skiing.
and his friend Joe works for snowmaking.
admins: feel free to remove names if they shouldn't be revealed.
Those are not the names of my friends so others must have skied Vertigo before they put the rope back up.
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Re: Thursday report
My report will be short. I skied South Ridge, Bear, some Canyon, Snowden. Did some runs twice including Ovation - the first one was a surprise to see lower open and then second one was because that's the fastest way tio get back to the K1 side of the mountain. Conclusion was good but not as good as yesterday under the guns.