but 30 mins of untracked pow might be worth a 3 hour hike

yes he is. or skiing w/ mittens and no poles.

Thanks! I am on a board. The day I went to keystone I met up with some buds and got better view points, but my computer doesn't want to open those clips for some reason. Here's an lol edit from Winter Park 8 years ago with some non-POV shots.

typical walking speed is like 3mph. hiking up a mountain in snow is going to be <1mph

In SLC right now. Went to Brighton yesterday and Alta today. They got about 1 1/2 ft of snow couple of days ago so conditions are pretty good, though most of it is tracked up. Wish some more snow was on the way while I was here, but forecast is sunny and in the mid 20's to 30. Basically spring skiing in February.

Tomorrow we're heading to Snowbasin, haven't been before so should be fun. There's a winter Dew Tour event going on there this wknd too so will prob check it out for awhile.

Trying to get some good video/pics to post when I get home.

Dcifrths, nice pics. I went skiing in Italy once, but it was a long time ago when I was a kid. Remember the scenery being awesome though.

Rckyu, nice hike/run. There's always something extra satisfying about earning your turns.

Hi Guys,

I wanna pick up some skis off the bay, im 5"9 what size do i need?

Are shorter ones easier to control?

1. what level skier are you? http://skiing.about.com/od/downhills...litylevels.htm (fwiw, i just googled "ski levels" and this came up everywhere. weird how it stops at 9 imo b/c there's other levels than that. people who are levels above me are obviously way beyond a 9. i'm prob better than the "average" 9 as are almost surely most serious skiers who post in this thread. so they basically put me and patrick deneen in the same level...that seems ******ed but i guess it's more for instructing levels than for categorizing skill per se)
2. what do you normally ski (powder? moguls? cordoroy/groomed trails?)?
3. do you want to go faster or have more control?

for reference, i ski on K2 machs 167cms and i'm 5'8". i ski moguls whenever possible and dont spend much time (unfortunately) in deeper than ankle/mid boot height powder. i enjoy the lightweight and speed of the skis through the bumps. they're very easy to control in the bumps and my skiing style is fall line/tight quick turns unless i'm going fast in which case it's carving.

they aren't as good (from what i'm told) at carving as the new skis w/ the new rockers but they get along fine.

Hi guys, i went skiing for the first time just recently and am pretty hooked

I bought these pants, before i went:

http://www.eider.com/clothes_man-1/S...html?code=4552

and after a week's skiing the bottom of the legs were all sliced up from my skiis. Is this normal? Tried to return them to the store, but they basically told me to **** off

a much needed winter storm hitting tahoe the next week should be awsome

Yeah if they're long on you and scrape the ground and what not they'll get torn up, stores aren't going to ever take that back. That wear and tear is on you.




On another note, just had a sick spring day at creek. Jumps were fun. Deff one of the best days this year for north jerz. hahahahahha. Also jealous of a friend who lives in Tahoe and is getting dumped on!

Just spent a week in Breckenridge. This is my first year skiing but I picked it up quickly and I'm already in love with it.


Peak 8 Summit 12,998 ft.

Any racers or ex racers around? Raced in Ontario for close to 10 years, then moved to NJ and raced for 2 years until I moved to ATL. Haven't skiied in close to 4 years now, but let me know if you raced.

Looks like I'm going to tahoe in april! Just had to share the stoke somewhere!

headed to whistler tomorrow. With 70+ inches in last week. (brag worthy for my subpar washington state winter thus far)

Compiled some footage from my trip to Salt Lake City last week. Quality is kind of shoddy, my camera isn't the best and I spent about 5 min putting it together. In other words, enjoy!

I'm heading to Whistler on Monday and can't wait to escape this ****** Ontario weather.

looks like alta's tram there. also there's one section in there where you or your buddy drop in slowly to a steep section and it reminds me of these sections that were in alta as well.









conditions also looked pretty sweet but less powder than i expected there for this time of year.

looks like alta's tram there. also there's one section in there where you or your buddy drop in slowly to a steep section and it reminds me of these sections that were in alta as well.









conditions also looked pretty sweet but less powder than i expected there for this time of year.

5 feet of new snow last 3 dyas and counting woooo

That tram was actually at Snowbasin. Alta doesn't have a tram, you're prob thinking of Snowbird. That's me btw.

Disgusting...and I mean that in the best way possible.

ah!! right. alta's all lifts. i did a 6 day 4 mountain trip a while back and thats the only time ive been to slc.

actually, i have a story to share from that trip. scared me a bit.

i went skiing by myself b/c my friend was sick and got to the top of the tram all set to tear up the mountain. i started down the face opposite the tram and was loving it. open mountain all to myself when i felt a slight oddity when turning. i looked down and saw my left boot about half a foot to a foot farther up the ski than it should have been and i immediately stopped.

once i stopped i immediately felt/realized what happened: my tyrolia rail bindings had lost the sole screw locking them into the ski and the whole binding shifted up. there was no way i could ski further on it so i popped out of my skis and pondered my options. at first a looked up and around to see if any patrol station was nearby. nothing in my sight.

so i hiked up mountain a bit and found nothing. i was def too far down to hike all the way back up to the tram and my choices were at that point:

1. continue to wait and maybe yell/get somebody to help,
2. try to ski on the broken ski,
3. slalom down the mountain on my right ski, or
4. hike back up

i had already decided 4 was horrible so i crossed that off.

i then figured, "hey, wtf. i'll go slow. worst that can happen is i fall a bunch." so i chose 3. the run was definitely steep and powdery so this was not going to be easy. about 5 minutes into the run (which turned out to be kinda fun and a good exercise) i see a shack!!! a midmountain stop. it was not much but i went in and prayed that they had a screw for the binding.

they didn't but the dude ended up finding "something" to work and hammered it in lol. so now, i never have to worry about my left binding coming loose again. was a bit worrying but thankfully everything turned out ok and i had an incredible day skiing despite the first half a run scaring the crap outta me.

Hope it keeps piling up!


Does anybody have a site they use to book plane flights or tips on how to get the cheapest flights possible?

kayak

5ft??!?!?!? *drooling*

Hitting Stratton, Mt. Snow and Okemo this week most likely Sadly, that seems like kiddie games next to the stuff u guys r posting. It makes me sad to thing that the end is approaching