TT Ski/Snowboard/Sledding Club!

[r2473]

No, but it looks like he got bageled last year and then crushed on the consolation too. I'm guessing you won't have much trouble.

Utah is hosting #1 USC this afternoon and #5 UCLA on Sunday.

We lost 3-4 to #11 Stanford on Sunday. I didn't watch that, but I will be there this afternoon and ***maybe*** Sunday.

http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-te...nis-sched.html

[r2473]

I see now. Tarango is on the USC coaching staff.

[r2473]

I see Tarango saw the possiblility of having to play you so he withdrew.

[dParis]

Are you going to get some snow in the Rockies this year, or what?

Love going to Crested Butte, but not loving the 5+ hour drive (if the weather cooperates) from Denver. So it looks like it's going to be Steamboat or Breck this year. I get the impression that SB will be more similar to CB than Breckenridge and i like the fact that it's base is almost 3,000ft lower than Breck. This flatlander had a couple of difficult nights dealing with CB's 9,000+ ft base. Not a huge deal, but I will be more comfortable at 6,700ft. Breckenridge, on the other hand is a little closer to Denver, has more lodging options for our large clan and has access to other resorts. Seems like more of a total package as far as "the experience" goes.

Does anyone have advice on must-do experiences at either resort, keeping in mind that if either has a place half as cool as The Secret Stash in Crested Butte, I'll probably be pretty happy.

[LeeD]

Never been to either, but as a snowboard shop salesman for 10 years, they say Steamboat no good, bad attitude, while Breck more low key, but still bad attitude.

[GRANITECHIEF]

Snow season firing up. Not a bad start for snowfall.

Current state of Squaw Valley:

http://unofficialnetworks.com/curren...valley-112305/

Cool images yesterday at Mammoth:

http://mammothsnowman.com/imagegalle...2/img_6636.htm

http://mammothsnowman.com/imagegalle...2/img_6630.htm

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by GRANITECHIEF

Snow season firing up. Not a bad start for snowfall.

Current state of Squaw Valley:

http://unofficialnetworks.com/curren...valley-112305/

If Squaw looked like that, I expect Kirkwood to have no green.

[LeeD]

Bunny runs open with 3' of snow.
Blue runs need 4' or more.
Anything black, usually 6' of snowfall, and it can pack down to whatever....3-4, and work.
Expert runs, not down the middle of the runs, need 8' + of pack to clear the rocks.
Powder covers lots, but your ski/board can easily sink 2' or slightly more in slow spots and turns.
If you plan to ride 11 or 6, hike up off 4 at Kirkwood, you have to wait another storm or two.

[r2473]

Originally Posted by LeeD

Bunny runs open with 3' of snow.
Blue runs need 4' or more.
Anything black, usually 6' of snowfall, and it can pack down to whatever....3-4, and work.
Expert runs, not down the middle of the runs, need 8' + of pack to clear the rocks.
Powder covers lots, but your ski/board can easily sink 2' or slightly more in slow spots and turns.
If you plan to ride 11 or 6, hike up off 4 at Kirkwood, you have to wait another storm or two.

Wow!! What is the average base depth for the winter at Kirkwood?

[LeeD]

Snowy years, like two years ago and '96, 30' total is quite common. Our friend's 3 story cabin was covered over the top by at least 5', not solid packed snow, but 12' from a 4 day storm.
Drought years, easily 7' by Feb.
Last year, 5' by Feb, but March alone got 8'.
Deepest snowball usually accumulates around end of Feb., I'd think an average would be somewhere around 180".

[GRANITECHIEF]

472" average annual snowfall.

[LeeD]

If Tahoe get's close to 500, I wonder how much snow falls on Mammoth on a wet year and on a dry year?
Most Febs, when I start to go up, there is at least 8' of coverage in all the backcountry "runs".

[spaceman_spiff]

Trip booked for St. Anton next month, doing an off-piste course with guides and instructors all week. It was pretty fun last season, so it should be good times once again.

Still making plans for later next month and February. I might try to finally do Chamonix this season.

[GRANITECHIEF]

Cool video of 2 days ago at Squaw.

http://youtu.be/EKUlQFcoMeM

[GRANITECHIEF]

Thanks Santa Clause!

The models are in pretty good agreement with 2.5-3.5 feet of snow possible at lake level through Sunday, 3-5 feet above 7000 ft., and 4-6 feet possible West of the lake along the crest. The GFS has about a foot more possible for the West side of the lake and the crest.

http://opensnow.com/dailysnow/tahoe


Anyone else headed up to Tahoe soon?

[GRANITECHIEF]

Careful not to crash!

http://youtu.be/HRCni8DBQfw

[BlueB]

How come I didn't see this thread before?

Cypress Mountain, Vancouver BC, had over 8ft (251cm) of snow over the last 7 days! Love it!

Some old shots:

[LeeD]

Ah, little in the world like hard boot raceboard carving, especially in powder and going for jumps. Great combo for wide open uncrowded runs.
Still have my HotSpot and AvalancheIceRocket's for that.

[BlueB]

Hey Lee, you have to try some of the modern carving boards. They have come long way... Much easier to ride with better edghold. Look for the stuff built with Titanal and some decamber in the nose.

I'm cheating in the jump pic, it's a "freeride" board for hard boots, Nidecker Proto. Pretty noodly and wider, compared to real race sticks. Yeah, but hard booters are a rare site. Growing slowly though. Tomorrow I have a student booked for 3 hours, to learn pow/moguls/trees on hard boots!

[LeeD]

Back in the mid '90's, lots of guys rode powder, skiing moguls, and thru trees on plate bindings, raceboards, and hard boots. A good rider can ride with almost anything.
At SierraTahoe, the best mogul riders were using hard boots and shorter slalom boards, for the quickness and turn initiation.
I seriously DON'T believe the new stuff is sooo much better. A hair better, yes. Because I went thru the evolution of surfing, motocross, waterskiing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, skiing, snowboarding (both race boards and freeride sticks) for at least 12 years on most, and some sports, over 29 years.
I ride my mid '90's sticks as well as anyone not pro/expert or living up there for 4 season's, in most terrain, except I don't do jump parks anymores. Halfpipes, I still get 4' above the sides on a pro pipe, and that was maybe a hair better than in '99.
I guess I'm not enamored by all the new hype and marketing of the new gear....whether it's tennis or windsurfing, or any other sport. If you can do the sport back 20 years ago on that old gear, you're still amongst the best out there with that old gear today. I prove it day after day in windsurfing and surfing.
And of course, if you sucked at it back then, but practiced lots and got better NOW, the old gear seems flawed compared to the new gear.