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How to make time stop: On a related note, Telemark Pyrenees is an amazing site. I ordered these skis like 4 days ago, with bindings, which they mounted and sized for my boots and had it dispatched within hours. $43 shipping to Colorado. Ridiculous.
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On the subject of Descente, this is the fart bag version of the ski team jacket I had in elementary school, spotted today at Alpine Meadows
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# ? Dec 31, 2019 02:51 |
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That's an amazing color scheme. I can't figure out whether he's wearing it ironically or not.
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# ? Dec 31, 2019 03:17 |
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More good skiing today. Super socked in so more as many pics but here are some: From yesterday: Sledding through some slide debris, looks like I know what I am doing https://youtu.be/lP_4rAE3Xt0 Little shifty drop from yesterday https://youtu.be/Qln8KI7X6P8 "Sending" it. It always looks so much bigger when you are above it and have no idea what it is going to feel like on the landing... https://youtu.be/Xi1odBP4Atg Bonus pic that my girlfriend did in colored pencil yesterday
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# ? Dec 31, 2019 03:24 |
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spwrozek posted:"Sending" it. It always looks so much bigger when you are above it and have no idea what it is going to feel like on the landing... Ok Jerry
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# ? Dec 31, 2019 03:43 |
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highme posted:Ok Jerry Haha, for sure
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# ? Dec 31, 2019 04:46 |
spwrozek posted:More good skiing today. Super socked in so more as many pics but here are some: Gorgeous! Be careful out there. Not sure where in BC you are (I could scroll back I guess but ) but a system is blowing in and backcountry avalanche risk for the Purcells is heading way way up
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# ? Dec 31, 2019 06:46 |
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New ski day! https://i.imgur.com/rXAfeui.jpg Excited to take these guys out tomorrow! My first set of skis after a year+ of rentals. Huge props to Telemark Pyrenees. France-based but somehow cheaper than anywhere in the US even including shipping and it was under 5 days from order to delivery, overseas shipping and all. They even mounted and adjusted the bindings for my specific boots. Instantly made me a customer for life.
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Bilirubin posted:Gorgeous! We are in the south Columbia zone near kaslo. We spent about 2 hours last night going in circles about what to do today. It didn't really snow yet in town. We skied a couple 33-37 degree slopes the past few days after seeing good stability. It is our last day up there today do we decided on a zone with mellow trees, there are a few other options depending on how much it snowed up high though. We are going out with one of the avalanche forecaster that works for a gold mine up in Terrace, BC.
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# ? Dec 31, 2019 16:36 |
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Tripped wrapped up nicely. There is going to be some serious avalanches with all the snow. Few pics:
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# ? Jan 1, 2020 18:05 |
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Happy New Year, Ski Thread.
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# ? Jan 1, 2020 21:09 |
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On the subject of gently caress Vail: I'd heard earlier in the season that Northstar was going to start charging for parking this year, $10 midweek and $20 on weekends. Bummer for Northstar skiers, but what I didn't realize or think about is that they announced that change after tons of people had bought season passes with no refund available. https://www.theunion.com/news/northstar-regulars-file-lawsuit-against-vail-resorts-over-paid-parking/
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# ? Jan 1, 2020 23:56 |
spwrozek posted:Tripped wrapped up nicely. There is going to be some serious avalanches with all the snow. Few pics: eww that last photo Glad you had a good, fun, and safe trip!
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 07:45 |
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spwrozek posted:Tripped wrapped up nicely. There is going to be some serious avalanches with all the snow. Few pics: So much snow. Looks like a great trip. We haven't had any fresh in the past week and it's been a bit warm. I am in the process of getting a new touring setup, my existing gear is great uphill but is too lightweight to have much fun on the downhill. So far picked up some new boots https://www.fischersports.com/ranger-free-130-walk-dyn-46?c=157 and I've been trying out some Black Crows Camox Freebirds which seem fantastic - though any opinions on alternative do-it-all touring skis would be welcome. Will probably pair them with some of the Shift bindings.
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 14:14 |
We're finally getting snow, just in time for the holiday crowds to disappear. All the people who spent thousands of dollars to enjoy their skiing holiday over Christmas here wasted their money, but at least January isn't looking quite so grim. We had to cancel multiple days of our Christmas ski camp because the ruts were getting under the base and into the rocks and trees.
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 16:23 |
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Those skis seen all the rage right now. I tired with a guy who was on them Tuesday. Seemed like he really liked them.
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 16:25 |
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Got out skiing for the first time this season at Heavenly and did 4 days. This season I got my own skis (K2 Mindbender) and boots (Salomon S/Max), while my fiancée rented skis and boots for the season. We both took whole-day lessons on basically 4 hours sleep (since we got up at 5am anticipating heavy traffic from Sacramento that ... never materialized). I got a really rad female instructor in her 50's who's one of the top 100 instructors in the US, who took us to ski trees which I had always feared. Basically the rest of the time I just skied trees since the steeper blue runs are all ungroomed and full of bumps and the black diamonds lacked a lot of snow coverage. Both my partner and I had really lovely time with our feet going numb, and we ended up getting her a pair of custom-fitted Nordica boots from the bootfitters in South Lake Tahoe. She ended up going back 3 times for adjustments since each time we thought we had it dialed in, we got to the mountain and she couldn't feel her feet after we got up the first lift. Thankfully if you get boots at the custom boot place, they do free adjustments over the lifetime of the boot. Mine are breaking in, so each day feels a bit better, but still very irritating. All that aside I had a great time, and going with an instructor gave me the confidence to go in the double-black "Experts only enter only through the gates" of Mott Canyon.
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luminalflux posted:Both my partner and I had really lovely time with our feet going numb, and we ended up getting her a pair of custom-fitted Nordica boots from the bootfitters in South Lake Tahoe. She ended up going back 3 times for adjustments since each time we thought we had it dialed in, we got to the mountain and she couldn't feel her feet after we got up the first lift. Thankfully if you get boots at the custom boot place, they do free adjustments over the lifetime of the boot. Mine are breaking in, so each day feels a bit better, but still very irritating. They should get a bit better - but if you weren't already doing this, you may have a better time loosening the boots when you're not actively skiing downhill. Particularly if you have odd-shaped feet. I have some race boots which tend to have thinner liners and my feet go to sleep pretty quickly if I don't remember to undo the second buckle on chairlifts.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Ok, just read the OP but didn't see anything about buying skis. TLDR: I only ski 1-2 times a year but am sick of renting. Would it be sufficient to just go to evo.com and grab some all mountain skis 160-163cm (5'9", 175lbs) and some bindings/boots to dick around with my kids? Or should I buy local so I can try it all on first?
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 21:16 |
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knox_harrington posted:They should get a bit better - but if you weren't already doing this, you may have a better time loosening the boots when you're not actively skiing downhill. Particularly if you have odd-shaped feet. I have some race boots which tend to have thinner liners and my feet go to sleep pretty quickly if I don't remember to undo the second buckle on chairlifts. Yeah I was doing this on every lift ride. They’re getting better and at the end of day 4 I spent a few cycles of ski-lift-ski forgetting to unbuckle since my feet weren’t reminding me.
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 21:25 |
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Evo will be fine for skis and bindings. You should buy boots in person.
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 21:26 |
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Not much of the goods open at CB yet. Very bony. Still fun. Thinking about taking a tune-up lesson tomorrow. I have the steep bumps shanks.
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 23:03 |
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spwrozek posted:Evo will be fine for skis and bindings. You should buy boots in person. Yeah that makes sense, thanks!
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 23:08 |
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Any word on best conditions in Austria right now? Going to be there in a week and currently have Gastein, Kühtai, and St Anton as our stops but still flexible if there are options w better snow.
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# ? Jan 2, 2020 23:21 |
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Planning to buy some new smartwool long johns and trying to decide if I want 200 or 250 weight? Anybody have any opinions? I mostly will be riding in above 20 degree conditions in the PNW.
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HookShot posted:We're finally getting snow, just in time for the holiday crowds to disappear. All the people who spent thousands of dollars to enjoy their skiing holiday over Christmas here wasted their money, but at least January isn't looking quite so grim. Yuns fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Jan 3, 2020 |
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HookShot posted:We're finally getting snow, just in time for the holiday crowds to disappear. All the people who spent thousands of dollars to enjoy their skiing holiday over Christmas here wasted their money, but at least January isn't looking quite so grim. LOL it's now supposed to snow 23cm, except the freezing level is basically at the lodges. So it's going to rain the equivalent of 23cm.
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 01:45 |
Yuns posted:We didn't have much open at Christmas but we ran the kid's Christmas race camp which of course pissed off the non-racers since they had to share the slopes with the whole race team. Yeah, a bunch of people were mad that we got half of a run to stick like 15 stubbies in over Christmas.
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 01:46 |
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HookShot posted:LOL it's now supposed to snow 23cm, except the freezing level is basically at the lodges. So it's going to rain the equivalent of 23cm. You need to move to interior BC. There is nothing really keeping you in Whistler if I recall.
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 02:36 |
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HookShot posted:LOL it's now supposed to snow 23cm, except the freezing level is basically at the lodges. So it's going to rain the equivalent of 23cm. Yeah, I was gonna say... I left Whistler yesterday and it was like 8 degrees and raining in Creekside. What a dumpsterfire of a year
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 04:40 |
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I feel as this is my fault as I decided to go to Whistler this year. Hopefully things will be better in 3 weeks?
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 04:41 |
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IncredibleIgloo posted:I feel as this is my fault as I decided to go to Whistler this year. Hopefully things will be better in 3 weeks? There's no base, mang If it starts nuking today, it'll be okay. Or like, two good storms But snowshowing in Callaghan Valley was nice Or this
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 04:53 |
spwrozek posted:You need to move to interior BC. There is nothing really keeping you in Whistler if I recall. I actually really like Whistler as a town, and in good years the skiing is awesome. I whine about Vail and a lot of other things, but the reality is I'm happier here than anywhere else I've lived, and I haven't yet visited somewhere that makes me think I'd be as happy as I am here. We've considered moving elsewhere, and Rossland came kind of close to happening, but in the end Whistler ticks literally every box we have (apart from the affordable housing box lol, but hopefully in the next year or so we'll be buying a small place). After this year, when I'm not racing anymore, we're going to do random trips to the interior when they're getting powder dumps, too. This is just a total trainwreck of a year, weather-wise, which happens. There were worse years according to people who have lived here longer than me. Apparently 2005 (or something along those lines) was even worse than this. ante posted:But snowshowing in Callaghan Valley was nice I hope you had fun, you may have seen my mom around there, she came over for a few days and went cross-country skiing, apparently it's super nice up there right now.
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MMD3 posted:Planning to buy some new smartwool long johns and trying to decide if I want 200 or 250 weight? Anybody have any opinions? I mostly will be riding in above 20 degree conditions in the PNW. I’d say 200 if your pants are insulated. 250 if they’re not, especially if your pants have ventilation zippers so you can still wear them on 40-45 degree days and not overheat.
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 08:41 |
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Wait, you wear a lower baselayer on 40+ degree days?
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 17:03 |
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I don't even wear a jacket if it is 40+
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 17:12 |
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I'm looking at buying my first set of skis, could use a sanity check/suggestions. I'm an advanced/expert boarder but this will be my first season on skis more than a couple days a year. Yes I'm buying skis at peak season and yes I am an idiot. I can sort of manage my way down blues at current skill level but it isn't always pretty. I'm 6' tall and weigh ~180lbs, and I ride Sunshine/Norquay/Lake Louise probably 40-50 days a season. I think the standard advice is just get a set of cheapos off of craigslist or whatever but I'm very much afraid I'll be wanting to replace them halfway through the season and pickings seem slim. 4FRNT has some display leftover MSP107s in size 175 that I can pick up for $530 CAD, and I can get a set of Marker Griffon 13 IDs for another $220 which gets me out the door at $750. Seems like a lot for a beginner setup but also seems like I wouldn't outgrow it any time soon and from what I've read those skis should be great for where I spend my time. Is that insane and I should just be patient or buy some $100 crappers from a consignment store? On a related note does anyone have a boot fitter they recommend in Canmore? I've heard good things about Brad at Outside Ski & Bike and they have a 1 year fit guarantee. WHERE MY HAT IS AT fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Jan 3, 2020 |
# ? Jan 3, 2020 17:44 |
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In the 30s and 40s, I'm skiing in a t-shirt and my jacket.
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 17:53 |
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Depends on if it’s sunny out. Which usually is the difference between skiing out west and east.
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# ? Jan 3, 2020 18:33 |
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WHERE MY HAT IS AT posted:I'm looking at buying my first set of skis, could use a sanity check/suggestions. I'm an advanced/expert boarder but this will be my first season on skis more than a couple days a year. Yes I'm buying skis at peak season and yes I am an idiot. I can sort of manage my way down blues at current skill level but it isn't always pretty. Probably not what you want to hear but I'd get nice boots and rent piste skis until you can do it a bit better, and make a better decision about what you want. If you want to buy straight away can you rent some of those 4FRNTs and see how you get on? Are you interested in backcountry / touring? Different setup needed. Also get lessons at this point and avoid being a hacker in future.
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