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"lal_truckee" wrote in message
... Rich Heimlich wrote: I may buy the box, sit it up there, drive a mile or two with it, see how it goes One final note: be careful about driving into your garage (presuming of course that you have a garage) - numerous people of destroyed their ski box, car rack and sometimes car roof, and their garage door - all because of a tiny misunderstanding about clearances... Before I put the box on, the garage door opener is taken out of the vehicle and placed in the house. -- Marty |
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AstroPax wrote:
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 15:33:09 -0400, Rich Heimlich wrote: Here in South Jersey I have to clean off my car maybe 5 times a year. I'll take that over losing all the space in the garage for 365 days. Here in Utah, I probably get a phenomenal powder day 5 times a year. I'll take being first on the lift (because I wasn't wasting time cleaning snow off of my car) and a warm place to change the engine oil on a cold day over a few extra square feet of storage space any day of the week. Hmmm... weird. I don't have a garage and I don't have to clear off my car to go skiing. Even in the biggest dumps. -klaus |
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:42:02 +0000 (UTC), klaus
wrote: Hmmm... weird. I don't have a garage and I don't have to clear off my car to go skiing. Even in the biggest dumps. Wow, Klaus, you're definitely in the minority then. Because it seems to me as if every tele skier in Utah drives up LCC to the Alta Ski Area parking lot, and skis at Alta on big dump days. As a matter of fact, come to think of it, most of them drive up and park somewhere in the vicinity of the town of Alta *everyday*...even on non-dump days. I don't know exactly how many of those tele skiers have usable garages, but knowing tele skiers, their garages are probably completely full of garbage and junk...like old leather moldy boots 'n stuff. -Astro --- AstroPax Photography http://www.xmission.com/~hound/astropax/index.htm --- |
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AstroPax wrote:
Wow, Klaus, you're definitely in the minority then. Yes. More snow if you're in the minority. Because it seems to me as if every tele skier in Utah drives up LCC to the Alta Ski Area parking lot, and skis at Alta on big dump days. Yup. I've been saying this for years. Which is exactly why I don't. I hate crowds. I prefer fresh snow over tracked out. shrug As a matter of fact, come to think of it, most of them drive up and park somewhere in the vicinity of the town of Alta *everyday*...even on non-dump days. There's just no accounting for some people's taste. I usually notice McDonalds has pretty full parking lots, too. I don't know exactly how many of those tele skiers have usable garages, but knowing tele skiers, their garages are probably completely full of garbage and junk...like old leather moldy boots 'n stuff. Yup... leather boots. Some people just can't stand to admit when **** goes bad and continue to claim it's the best when there's far better things. Kinda like those Alta boys. -klaus |
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Marty wrote:
"lal_truckee" wrote in message ... Rich Heimlich wrote: I may buy the box, sit it up there, drive a mile or two with it, see how it goes One final note: be careful about driving into your garage (presuming of course that you have a garage) - numerous people of destroyed their ski box, car rack and sometimes car roof, and their garage door - all because of a tiny misunderstanding about clearances... Before I put the box on, the garage door opener is taken out of the vehicle and placed in the house. My brother's solution: he has a big picture of a bicycle taped over the garage door opener. He has to look at it, and the picture of the bike reminds him NOT to drive in the garage if the bike is on top. |
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:11:06 +0000 (UTC), klaus
wrote: Yup... leather boots. Some people just can't stand to admit when **** goes bad and continue to claim it's the best when there's far better things. Kinda like those Alta boys. Sure, I know exactly what you mean about **** going bad...kinda like the over-development of BCC, more specifically, Silver Fork. Funny thing though, notwithstanding the drought factor and the over abundance of backcountry skiers hogging a bunch of the town parking, it seems like Alta Ski Area is getting better and better every year...fewer skiers, better lifts. -Astro --- AstroPax Photography http://www.xmission.com/~hound/astropax/index.htm --- |
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AstroPax wrote:
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:11:06 +0000 (UTC), klaus wrote: Yup... leather boots. Some people just can't stand to admit when **** goes bad and continue to claim it's the best when there's far better things. Kinda like those Alta boys. Sure, I know exactly what you mean about **** going bad...kinda like the over-development of BCC, more specifically, Silver Fork. Silver Fork over-developed? Compared to Alta/Snowbird? Shirley.. you jest. How many beds does Alta/Snowbird have? Silver fork has about 8. I'll bet the Cliff alone has a thousand. Can't see the forest for the concrete? Funny thing though, notwithstanding the drought factor and the over abundance of backcountry skiers hogging a bunch of the town parking, it seems like Alta Ski Area is getting better and better every year...fewer skiers, better lifts. Lifts? Hmmmm... I'll consider that. Still I wonder why 90% of the pictures in the magazines of the Cottonwoods are in BCC. -klaus |
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 02:28:27 +0000 (UTC), klaus
wrote: AstroPax wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:11:06 +0000 (UTC), klaus wrote: Yup... leather boots. Some people just can't stand to admit when **** goes bad and continue to claim it's the best when there's far better things. Kinda like those Alta boys. Sure, I know exactly what you mean about **** going bad...kinda like the over-development of BCC, more specifically, Silver Fork. Silver Fork over-developed? Compared to Alta/Snowbird? Shirley.. you jest. How many beds does Alta/Snowbird have? Silver fork has about 8. I'll bet the Cliff alone has a thousand. Can't see the forest for the concrete? Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that there are a bunch of new houses up in BCC, at Silver Fork? All spread out, all over the place. I'll be skiing Solitude a little more this year, and doing some photography there. Guess I'll have to take a closer look at the development, but it sure seems to me that there are a bunch of houses up in BCC. Funny thing though, notwithstanding the drought factor and the over abundance of backcountry skiers hogging a bunch of the town parking, it seems like Alta Ski Area is getting better and better every year...fewer skiers, better lifts. Lifts? Hmmmm... I'll consider that. Still I wonder why 90% of the pictures in the magazines of the Cottonwoods are in BCC. Maybe you should read something other than "Modern Architecture" & "Alpine Home Designs". Looking through Powder, etc., I tend to see many more pics of Alta and LCC than of anything in BCC. -Astro |
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AstroPax wrote:
Silver Fork over-developed? Compared to Alta/Snowbird? Shirley.. you jest. How many beds does Alta/Snowbird have? Silver fork has about 8. I'll bet the Cliff alone has a thousand. Can't see the forest for the concrete? Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that there are a bunch of new houses up in BCC, at Silver Fork? All spread out, all over the place. New houses.. Yah.. tons.. One this year. I'll be skiing Solitude a little more this year, and doing some photography there. Guess I'll have to take a closer look at the development, but it sure seems to me that there are a bunch of houses up in BCC. About 200 residents. Better than Sandy or Alta. And no huge concrete monoliths. Or 50,000 sq foot ridgetop "patrol shacks". Just compare how much heavy equipment is at AltaSnowbird right now and how much is in BCC. I really think you are mistaken about which is more developed. But you already knew that. It's like saying Heber is a bigger tourist town than Park City. Sorry dood. No way. No effin way. Jeezus.. have you looked at Snowbird? That point is downright laughable. You can do better than that. I mean bring up tobacco road issues or something where you at least have half a leg to stand on. Looking through Powder, etc., I tend to see many more pics of Alta and LCC than of anything in BCC. Because they claim Wolverine is in LCC. Where do they take pictures of LCC? And as you say, looking at Powder, the newest issue.. how many LCC, how many BCC?? I see page 28. BCC. No LCC. Last year, final issue, one of "Solitude Backcountry", none LCC. Pretty common. I loved that shot last year in I think Powder where they captioned a picture as being Alta. It was clearly Wolverine. Which actually is a Good Thing(tm). Keep 'em over there. So which issues are you talking about and where were the shots taken? But really, whatever. I'm really glad people like Alta. *Really* glad. I hope they put in that new road in LCC, and bigger parking lots, and faster lifts. People love that ****. Just look at Park City. But Park City can't compare to LCC. There, a 50,000 sq, foot "patrol shack" would be against building regs. Pretty bad when LCC is more open to ridgetop development than Park City. Pretty bad. -klaus |
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 04:18:38 +0000 (UTC), klaus
wrote: I really think you are mistaken about which is more developed. I'm not mistaken because I never made such a stupid assertion in the first place. I never stated or implied that BCC is more developed than LCC, which of course, it certainly is not. I simply stated that BCC is "over-developed", period. At which time you started comparing the development of the two canyons (and ragging on LCC), as you always seem to do. More magazine pics of BCC than LCC? Bwaaahaahaa!!! I'm willing to bet that if you went back ten years through all the past issues of Powder Mag, and counted all of the pics taken in both LCC and BCC, the number of pics that state "Alta Utah" in the credit would out-number all of the other LCC and BCC pics combined. Sure, I might be wrong about that, but I don't think so! -Astro |
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