Helmetcam video from my new favorite tree run

shortski · Post by **shortski** » Mar 8th, '05, 11:26

skiadikt wrote: ranting and not skiing today?

Need a day off, skied every day since Feb 4, with only two days off, legs aren't getting a chance to recover, going to get some badly neglected stuff done around the house and maybe a couple of loads of laundry, oh joy.

tyrolean_skier · Post by **tyrolean_skier** » Mar 8th, '05, 11:51

shortski wrote:
skiadikt wrote: ranting and not skiing today?
Need a day off, skied every day since Feb 4, with only two days off, legs aren't getting a chance to recover, going to get some badly neglected stuff done around the house and maybe a couple of loads of laundry, oh joy.

You should be doing the laundry at night after happy hour is over instead of wasting a good ski day.

MrsG · Post by **MrsG** » Mar 8th, '05, 12:00

tyrolean_skier wrote:
shortski wrote:
skiadikt wrote: ranting and not skiing today?
Need a day off, skied every day since Feb 4, with only two days off, legs aren't getting a chance to recover, going to get some badly neglected stuff done around the house and maybe a couple of loads of laundry, oh joy.
You should be doing the laundry at night after happy hour is over instead of wasting a good ski day.

Hey Ty, it's not the laundry . . . some of us "age challenged" do have to let the legs rest . . . especially when the following day promises to be an epic one

Dr Z · Post by **Dr Z** » Mar 8th, '05, 12:45

MrsG wrote:
tyrolean_skier wrote:
shortski wrote:
skiadikt wrote: ranting and not skiing today?
Need a day off, skied every day since Feb 4, with only two days off, legs aren't getting a chance to recover, going to get some badly neglected stuff done around the house and maybe a couple of loads of laundry, oh joy.
You should be doing the laundry at night after happy hour is over instead of wasting a good ski day.
Hey Ty, it's not the laundry . . . some of us "age challenged" do have to let the legs rest . . . especially when the following day promises to be an epic one

Learned that the hard way last week myself. :(

shortski · Post by **shortski** » Mar 8th, '05, 12:48

tyrolean_skier wrote:
shortski wrote:
skiadikt wrote: ranting and not skiing today?
Need a day off, skied every day since Feb 4, with only two days off, legs aren't getting a chance to recover, going to get some badly neglected stuff done around the house and maybe a couple of loads of laundry, oh joy.
You should be doing the laundry at night after happy hour is over instead of wasting a good ski day.

Happy hour is for drinking not laundry, I'd hate to mix things up and end up drinking the wash water, and like Mrs g said us age challenged need a day to rest after skiing 30 out of the last 33 days, the legs are shot after a couple of hours, need to let them rest for the big dump we're getting. The local forecast just up'd the snow totals to 10-14", YEEEHAAA.

Post by **spanky** » Mar 8th, '05, 12:51

skiadikt wrote:however if a patroller saw him or anybody else for that matter from the lift, you can be sure there'd be a welcoming committee at the bottom. i don't think ski patrol wants anybody on that thing particularly in that condition. can you imagine them dragging a sled down it. the reason has nothing to do with whether you have the skills or not, but as i was told after a bust on an early season poach, if something happened and they had to rescue me, they'd be putting themselves at risk.

You bring a good point skiadikt. But does this put the patroller at any more risk than if I was in say, Centerpiece or Devils Den? Not that I'm condoning what I did, but is there any difference?

Also, it they did need to get a sled in there, it's an easy traverse through the woods from Devil's Fiddle.

I'll have to ask our neighborhood patroller - TreeRat, how they handle woods extractions.

skiadikt · Post by **skiadikt** » Mar 8th, '05, 13:18

spanky wrote:
skiadikt wrote:however if a patroller saw him or anybody else for that matter from the lift, you can be sure there'd be a welcoming committee at the bottom. i don't think ski patrol wants anybody on that thing particularly in that condition. can you imagine them dragging a sled down it. the reason has nothing to do with whether you have the skills or not, but as i was told after a bust on an early season poach, if something happened and they had to rescue me, they'd be putting themselves at risk.
You bring a good point skiadikt. But does this put the patroller at any more risk than if I was in say, Centerpiece or Devils Den? Not that I'm condoning what I did, but is there any difference?

Also, it they did need to get a sled in there, it's an easy traverse through the woods from Devil's Fiddle.

I'll have to ask our neighborhood patroller - TreeRat, how they handle woods extractions.

i guess they just leave the carcass to rot or for the critters to snack on. :)

i certainly have no problem with you skiing the trail. was just pointing out that if the patrol had seen you, they may have had a problem with it. a few years ago, a patroller saw us skiing powerline from the lift and raced down to greet us.

as difficult as centerpiece or devils den may be for a rescue, i assume that if it's 'open', they're trained and prepared for a rescue. if you're skiing a closed trail or 'out-of-bounds', then perhaps like he said, you're putting them at risk. when you hear back from tr, i'd be interested to hear what he has to say.

TrailRider · Post by **TrailRider** » Mar 8th, '05, 14:23

This is great stuff.

snowsprite · Post by **snowsprite** » Mar 8th, '05, 14:44

That's one reason I won't let my kid in those particular tree runs, let alone some of that other crazy stuff I hear of folks doing. Way too tight and steep...ridden w/ rocks and cliffs. And if something happens, will a patroller get there in the 10 min it takes for a person's brain to shut down? Doubt it. I guess it pays to ski w/ someone you know can do CPR. But most people can't.

I have enough trouble spotting people in the trees when I know they are there. Can you imagine how tough when a person is down, and presumably in a bad/tricky spot?

I shudder to think how long tree rescues take, and how unsuccessful most of them probably are...
Sprite

DMC · Post by **DMC** » Mar 8th, '05, 14:51

snowsprite wrote:I have enough trouble spotting people in the trees when I know they are there. Can you imagine how tough when a person is down, and presumably in a bad/tricky spot?

yes... But apparently you still have to follow the Skiers Responsibilty Code in the woods too..

snowsprite · Post by **snowsprite** » Mar 8th, '05, 15:13

Dude, I'm talking about ski patrol having to spot and then untangle a mangled person from the bottom of a ravine or rock/stump garden. But yeah, I look uphill in the woods too (on the rare occasions that I'm skiing them).

I'm not just lookin' for skiers either. Moose, bear, wildcats. Their way of dealing with Responsibility Code violations is a lot more colorful than people's (well, usually

).

Sprite

scratch · Post by **scratch** » Mar 8th, '05, 15:16

eh looks kind of flat but i love the sound of tree skiing

G-smashed · Post by **G-smashed** » Mar 8th, '05, 18:20

Looks really nice. I think I know where it is but I won't blow your cover.
I may see you in there this weekend.

tyrolean_skier · Post by **tyrolean_skier** » Mar 8th, '05, 22:02

Spanky who was the snowboarder in there with you? I don't recognize the getup.

XtremeJibber2001 · Post by **XtremeJibber2001** » Mar 8th, '05, 22:24

Very nice spanky.

My problems with the woods is my group can't get in there and ski well. So if I go alone....I normally lose my bearing (i still don't know my way around the building) and I choose not to stay on the trail because I'm not sure where it ends. Marked tree trails are fun...but the ones that aren't I get worried about where I'm headed.

I went on a tree trail at K off the side of a trail that looked just like that....don't know if it was off centerpiece though (dunno where center piece is)

I guess it would be best for most of us to pick up a mountain biking trail guide....that trail spanky was on looked like a bike trail

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