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A vise isn't "absolutely" necessary, but tuning skis is a PITA without one. You can do a search on Google for some homemade alternatives. But, everyone I know who has gone this route ends up getting a real vise sooner or later. The brass brush is used to clean your bases before hot waxing. The nylon is used after waxing. If you don't race, these two are good enough. If you race (and are good), you could add a horsehair. Totaly unnecessary if you are just a recreational skier. The cork is used for rubbing in fluoro overlays. Again, just a race item. And only if you are good (Gold handicap or better). The binding check is to check the release torque and forward pressure settings of your bindings. No, you can't do it yourself. Hope this helps.

Ski is right, all ski boots have some abduction built in. The two boots getting the most press this year are the Fischer SOMA's and the Nordica Dobermann Aggressor's, which have much more abduction built in. They each approach it slightly differently however, with the Fischer's being abducted from the center of the foot while the Nordica's are abducted from the center of the heel. Is it a gimick? Probably not. Are they right for everyone? Probably not. And depending on your leg shape, as Ski points out, they could end up being really wrong.

Peak gets it. Not sure any of the other operators do. Below is from an issue of the Deerfield Valley News: "According to Mount Snow general manager Kelly Pawlak, this was the busiest she

Using Google Earth, the elevation of Camelback's upper overflow lot is 1440'. Big Boulders parking lot is 1820'

So, $15 million in winter revenue. Well, that would be ticket sales only. On top of that there would be services margin, food and rentals. Any guesses on operating costs?

Anyone know what Camelback's annual skier/boarder visits are? Any any guess what the average ticket yield is? (Not a trick question, I don't know the answer)

The elevation at Camelback's base is approx. 1300 and the elevation at Mount Pocono airport is 1916. Tannersville is approx. 900'.

Higher location as in higher elevation? What figures do you have for Mount Pocono vs. Camelback vs. Tannersviile for elevation? Look them up and you'll see Mount Pocono is better correlated to Camelback than Tannersville is.

Use Mount Pocono's current weather for a better comparison Camelback's weather conditions.

Thanks. I ordered my copy today.

Thanks.

11/26/07 9:15 pm

I've run NASTAR, but never a slalom. This may be a dumb question, but why wouldn't you also need shin guards? Is it because at this skill level one is not going to be that close to the gates?

Agreed, excellent shop, one of the best. But you better call first. You will probably need to leave your skis there and have them shipped back.

What exactly are you looking for? How far are you willing to travel?

What shop?

It's a reply to an existing thread and the link is to Head's racing 07-08 boot catalog. Seems like the Racing forum is the right place for it. I've spoken with some people who skied on pre-production models late last winter. The RD models are reported to have 95mm lasts. The others are 98mm lasts, I think. All are reported to have a very low instep, similar to the Salomon Falcons.

The new Raptor series. Early reviews are very positive. Note: Link is a 2.3 mb .pdf download.

Jonathan. He's a Level 1 ski instructor. But, Friday was his last day, he's moving to Maine.

Date(s) Skied: Friday March 9, 2007 Conditions: Packed Powder Trip Report: Arrived aprox. 8:10 am to blue skies and low temps. Was meeting my brother there, who is an Elk instructor. Got my ticket, booted up, and we hit the lift. Conditions were just superb. Started with the runs on the east side and worked our way to the west side during the course of the day. Lift lines were short, but longer than the typical mid-week day. Clearly many people came out to take advantage of such a great late winter day. However, once you started down you basically had the run to yourself. For me, was probably the best skiing conditions I've ever experienced. Everyone was talking about it being such a great day. I forgot my camera, but was such a nice day I snapped a few pictures using my phone. Thus explaining the quality of the pictures below. Elk upon arrival> Susquehanna> Looking north> Upper Tunkhannock>

I won't make you click on a link if/when I post a Pa.-based trip report, I'll post directly on PASR. But, I'm not posting the same trip report on multiple discussion boards.

January 18, 2007 Hunter Mountain Trip Report.

Yes, thanks!

Sib (or others), Can you give us a crash course on how the FIS points system works? Or do you have a link to a web site that explains it? Thanks.

Life is too short. I just thought if anyone on here cared about Hunter, they would enjoy the multiple trip reports and videos posted on Alpine Zone. When winter arrives in PA and I get some skiing in locally (probably Elk next week) I'll post a more normal trip report for ya.