Anybody skiing Blackcomb? (Or Snowbird? Or Mammoth?)

Mammoth is open, but when I skied it a couple of weeks ago it was only pleasant for a couple of hours.

On May 19, 1:30*pm, Richard Henry wrote:
Mammoth is open, but when I skied it a couple of weeks ago it was only pleasant for a couple of hours. *

Of course. That's spring skiing, idiot. Stallard probably doesn't
know any better, but every other knowledgeable skier here does.
How about that contct info? Sure would be pleasant to see if I can
get you prosecuted for making false police reports....if you ever made
a report in the first place.
How humiliating for you.

On May 19, 4:30*pm, Richard Henry wrote:
Mammoth is open, but when I skied it a couple of weeks ago it was only pleasant for a couple of hours. *

I skied Mammoth about a month and a half ago, and encountered a lot of
mushy and sticky snow even then.

I hate that sticky stuff that grabs your skis, and makes your knees
feel like they're going to explode internally. I've only encountered
it in the Sierras, nowhere else.

Dave

On May 19, 2:02*pm, Dave Stallard wrote:
On May 19, 4:30*pm, Richard Henry wrote:

Mammoth is open, but when I skied it a couple of weeks ago it was only pleasant for a couple of hours. *

I skied Mammoth about a month and a half ago, and encountered a lot of
mushy and sticky snow even then.

I hate that sticky stuff that grabs your skis, and makes your knees
feel like they're going to explode internally. *I've only encountered
it in the Sierras, nowhere else.


It's everywhere. But you're such a gumby, you didn't know that.

On May 19, 3:02*pm, Dave Stallard wrote:

I hate that sticky stuff that grabs your skis, and makes your knees
feel like they're going to explode internally. *I've only encountered
it in the Sierras, nowhere else.

Dave

It's not as noticeable if you clean your skis when it's that wet ****.
I think it's all that stuff that builds up in the snow layers over the
winter and then as the snow melts is left on top. In the spring I
don't wax, I clean.

On Thu, 19 May 2011 18:02:09 -0700 (PDT), pigo
wrote this crap:

On May 19, 3:02*pm, Dave Stallard wrote:

I hate that sticky stuff that grabs your skis, and makes your knees
feel like they're going to explode internally. *I've only encountered
it in the Sierras, nowhere else.

Dave

It's not as noticeable if you clean your skis when it's that wet ****.
I think it's all that stuff that builds up in the snow layers over the
winter and then as the snow melts is left on top. In the spring I
don't wax, I clean.


Somebody told me if you put some cooking spray on your skis the snow
won't stick. I have heard about that for snow shovels and it works.
Did anyone try it on their skis?


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On 5/19/11 6:02 PM, pigo wrote:
In the spring I
don't wax, I clean.

Best way to clean is to wax and warm scrape.

On 05/19/2011 10:09 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2011 18:02:09 -0700 (PDT),
wrote this crap:

On May 19, 3:02 pm, Dave wrote:

I hate that sticky stuff that grabs your skis, and makes your knees
feel like they're going to explode internally. I've only encountered
it in the Sierras, nowhere else.

Dave

It's not as noticeable if you clean your skis when it's that wet ****.
I think it's all that stuff that builds up in the snow layers over the
winter and then as the snow melts is left on top. In the spring I
don't wax, I clean.


Somebody told me if you put some cooking spray on your skis the snow
won't stick. I have heard about that for snow shovels and it works.

I thought you swore by Turtle wax.

Never tried the cooking spray though. When things get "sticky"
as opposed to wet and sloppy I like Zardoz "not wax" which is
apparently fairly pure teflon. Lasts a few runs and then can be
reapplied, even on a wet ski base.

The only time I use it is when snow surface goes from sticky to
wet only (it's a sun/shade condition) where body position cannot
be depended upon to compensate for the snow surface.
Did anyone try it on their skis?


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On May 19, 10:52*pm, lal_truckee wrote:
On 5/19/11 6:02 PM, pigo wrote:

In the spring I
don't wax, I clean.

Best way to clean is to wax and warm scrape.

Not for me. Cleaning the black stuff off in the morning makes me fast
all day. If I don't wax again, they stay clean and fast. I just have
to make sure to wax if it snows again.

On Fri, 20 May 2011 08:28:42 -0400, VtSkier wrote
this crap:

Somebody told me if you put some cooking spray on your skis the snow
won't stick. I have heard about that for snow shovels and it works.

I thought you swore by Turtle wax.

Yes. I put Turtle wax on my skis, AFTER I ski. I put cooking spray
on my shovel before shoveling snow. It keeps the snow from sticking
to the shovel. I just wonder how it will work on skis.


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