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"AstroPax" wrote in message ... Bwaahaahaaaahaaa !!! From the NWS Forecast Office, SLC: ...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH NOON FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL OF THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST IDAHO THROUGH NOON ON FRIDAY. ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY NOON ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 AND A HALF FEET. AREAS FAVORED BY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. -Astro Woohoo!!! We're getting a ton of new snow at Tahoe as well. I'll be at Squaw Saturday. : D Martha |
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"Monique Y. Herman" wrote in message .. .
On 2004-02-26, MattB penned: AstroPax wrote: On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:08:44 CST, klaus wrote: It's coming down hard. 2"/hr. I already have at least 8" on the driveway. Sounds great! Can you post a depth/accumulation report, about every 15 minutes, or so...for the next 24 hours? -Astro They say it's headed this way too. Just in time for the weekend! Matt (weekend warrior these days) Oh? We have an overnight in Silverthorne planned. Spend Saturday at A-Basin, then Sunday at Beaver Creek (never been). Unfortunately, it looks like it's going to miss Summit County. It's still pretty much blue sky up here this morning (2/27). They say 1" to 3" overnight. The Basin is still pretty thin. Beaver Creek is probably your best bet. snoig |
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On 2004-02-28, snoig penned:
"Monique Y. Herman" wrote in message Oh? We have an overnight in Silverthorne planned. Spend Saturday at A-Basin, then Sunday at Beaver Creek (never been). Unfortunately, it looks like it's going to miss Summit County. It's still pretty much blue sky up here this morning (2/27). They say 1" to 3" overnight. The Basin is still pretty thin. Beaver Creek is probably your best bet. Heh. Well, here's what happened ... Got to A-Basin super early. The visibility was poor and got poorer. I actually had a few great runs to start out, but the combination of the visibility and the conditions (dust on crust) got to be too much ... I torqued my knee several times when I edged for hardpack and hit powder instead. (Any advice on how to handle those kind of conditions?) We tried a few bump runs, but while I could see the bumps, I couldn't see how deep the troughs were ... There were some fun spots in the trees, but there just aren't that many trees at A-Basin ... not ones I can ski through, anyway. I have to say, the visibility didn't bother me all that much, and neither did the hardpack -- pretty similar to much of my Eastern experience. But repeatedly torquing my knees definitely took its toll on my ability to relax and enjoy. Anyway, skied from 8:30 to 11, then came in for a break, as apparently everyone else did, too. Granular being accelerated into your face by the wind just isn't all that fun. Eric was coming down with something, too. In the end, we decided to head home for the weekend. I would have stuck around and skied -- I need that Beaver Creek pin for my collection, and I'm thinking tomorrow will be much better snow, anyway -- but Eric wanted to get home to recuperate, and I know that I'd want the same courtesy if I were sick. So here I am ... -- monique |
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Monique Y. Herman wrote:
... I torqued my knee several times when I edged for hardpack and hit powder instead. (Any advice on how to handle those kind of conditions?) Uhhhh.. move to a ski town... Or at least where it snows? -klaus |
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:46:33 CST, "Monique Y. Herman"
wrote: torqued my knee several times when I edged for hardpack and hit powder instead. (Any advice on how to handle those kind of conditions?) Simple. Don't handle it at all. In other words, avoid it all together. -Astro --- maximum exposure f/2.8 http://www.xmission.com/~hound/astro/03-04/index.htm --- |
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Monique Y. Herman wrote:
Got to A-Basin super early. The visibility was poor and got poorer. I actually had a few great runs to start out, but the combination of the visibility and the conditions (dust on crust) got to be too much ... I torqued my knee several times when I edged for hardpack and hit powder instead. (Any advice on how to handle those kind of conditions?) So, nothing's changed since I was there last week? Anyway, about the knees. It sounds like you maybe get a bit sideways in crusty conditions? Slight skid? I always found that in variable cond it's vital (as in vital to my knees) that I have no sideways component in the skis - be centered and ride a carving ski, with the skis close enough together that they each always see the same conditions. Then if conditions change my only reaction needs to be the weight distro between skis. Equal for the pow, unbalanced to the outside for the hardpack. Nothing untoward can happen. If I have a sideways component, when I run from crust to pow I get an unpleasently torqued knee; so I try not to do that. How'd you like A-Basin? I liked it. I thought it had more character in it's bunny lift than 10 Vails. A real ski area, as lift served goes, created by local skiers before the "industry" discovered money could be made enticing vacationers if the slopes were easy enough, and started putting lifts everywhere there was a slight incline. |
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On 2004-02-28, lal_truckee penned:
Monique Y. Herman wrote: Got to A-Basin super early. The visibility was poor and got poorer. I actually had a few great runs to start out, but the combination of the visibility and the conditions (dust on crust) got to be too much ... I torqued my knee several times when I edged for hardpack and hit powder instead. (Any advice on how to handle those kind of conditions?) So, nothing's changed since I was there last week? If my description rings true, I guess not! Anyway, about the knees. It sounds like you maybe get a bit sideways in crusty conditions? Slight skid? Well, I think of crusty as hard ridges -- tracked-out snow that has hardened in the sun. This was more of the "some fluff on top of solid hardpack" thing. In any case, you may be onto something. I had (what I believe to have been) beautiful turns for the first few runs. Then, as visibility became an issue, I tried to slow myself down, and my implementation probably involved skidding my tails. I always found that in variable cond it's vital (as in vital to my knees) that I have no sideways component in the skis - be centered and ride a carving ski, with the skis close enough together that they each always see the same conditions. Then if conditions change my only reaction needs to be the weight distro between skis. Equal for the pow, unbalanced to the outside for the hardpack. Nothing untoward can happen. If I have a sideways component, when I run from crust to pow I get an unpleasently torqued knee; so I try not to do that. I will probably have to think about this quite a bit before I quite get what you're saying. You're definitely describing my symptoms, so I need to figure this out =) If the visibility had been better, I probably wouldn't have had quite the trouble dealing with the terrain. When I was skiing through the trees, the visibility improved and I didn't have these problems. How'd you like A-Basin? I liked it. I thought it had more character in it's bunny lift than 10 Vails. A real ski area, as lift served goes, created by local skiers before the "industry" discovered money could be made enticing vacationers if the slopes were easy enough, and started putting lifts everywhere there was a slight incline. Well, of the 11 days I've skied this year, 6 have been at A-Basin, so I'd have to say that I like it a lot. I like the "local" feel to it, the lack of a commercialized base "village," and the terrain. People complain about the lack of sunshine and the cold, but it seems like these are precisely the factors that allow snow at A-Basin to stay fresh longer than it does at other areas. And on days with fresh snow, A-Basin is a wonderland. In fact, I think my ideal pass would be an A-Basin/Winter Park combo pass. Both have the "local" feel, and both have not only terrain that challenges me now, but terrain that will challenge me as I continue to improve. Granted, every resort has something nice to offer, and a posh resort every now and then won't ruin me. I do like Vail's bowls, if not their lift lines. The current compromise solution of a Colorado pass and a Winter Park fourpass is definitely working out nicely -- tons of variety for a low, low price. -- monique |
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