indiggio
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I had heard, when they put in the original Challenge double, that they sized the footings/supports for a future 6-pack.
If so, they wouldn't have had to shell out the total expense when they finally converted.
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speaking of PA locals, Tom got shafted. No disrespect to joss, he's also super talented, but picking an Olympic team member based on essentially one comp win over someone with a solid record of strong results all season long is pretty crappy.
Have to agree, with all that he's done/accomplished, he's got a far better chance at a medal.
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Probably don't do shit to maintain the equipment and then just scramble when shit breaks...
Looks like the snow line is along the blue ridge, webcams look like there's hardly anything falling up there at all.
Monday when 6-pack was down, went over to quad and there was a mech hauling a blower or heater with big duct on it over to the 6-pack.
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The six broke while we were on it about 1/3 of the way up. They used an axillary generator to inch us to the top. I asked a maintenance guy what broke, he said it was an electrical problem.
Again???
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Blue's webcams look like they're not getting a whole lot of snow, but it could be an illusion.
Also, 6-pack isn't running either.
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Not what you want to happen on a holiday. Bad news.
Indeed. I'm sure they'll get some good feedback from this.
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Back from a morning session, where snow conditions were downright spectacular.
I believe they blew snow on every trail (not sure about Burma or those though...) and the grooming was excellent.
Razors was perfect cord along with Challenge. Nightmare & Dreamweaver were on par as well.
Paradise was nice and soft and Sidewinder was groomed and fast.
Main Street was wonderful, with reseeded Barney's. Unfortunately they were scraped off later down to boiler.
About 9:00am, riding 6-pack just to the crest of Challenge and eerrrrkkkk! It came to a FAST stop, luckily fellow riders hadn't put the bar up yet!!
We sat for about 15-20 mins., hearing horn going off a few times, but no movement.
A few more minutes later, finally some movement, but at a snail's pace.
After they got everyone off, they shut it down, which cut the day short, since lines at the quad and doubles were out of control, as the crowds started showing up big time around 10.
Hopefully they'll get some nice new snow out of this predicted storm, but otherwise snow conditions couldn't have been much better today.
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Yesterday was an interesting day at Blue:
Starts out with a nice coating of powder, which brings my unwaxed skis to a grinding halt.
After a couple hours, "Powder" gets skied off and down to hard-pack, boilerplate and skis run as usual.
After a couple more hours, base is warming up and have to pole to get to 6-pack.
With this temperature range, what would you all recommend for a base wax?
Do you use a rub-on glider? (Oh boy, can't wait for the responses to this one...)
Thx
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Actually this afternoon now. Business is dead.
Pun intended?
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They should be good for Sunday then, boilerplate was coming up through Friday in spots.
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You obviously aren't paying the heating bill. I have electric heat. I know my next bill will probably be the highest it's ever been...
Layer up...
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Fur diaper = boner city?
Dental floss?
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Damn! Hate when work interferes with fun...
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Good to hear. Its gotta be cool teaching your kids to do something that you love.
It's a great feeling when see your kid(s) do well on the slopes. (voice of experience).
It'll be a sad feeling when they surpass you (haven't experienced that...yet).
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It's i hope I die before I get old... Shit my freaking job has me thinking about mortality on a regular basis.
Unfortunately I am old enough to know the song, the start of my Punk Rock youth...
Wait until you get older, then you really start thinking about mortality and how much time you have left.
Different things become much more important, like stickers on Cadillacs....
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look here grandpa
the order of those words to get the intended phrase across is "i may grow old, but ill never grow up"
you cannot "grow up" without "growing old" but you can grow old without growing up.
Let me turn up the volume on my hearing aid...
What's that again?
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Reminds me of the Who song my Generation or for you younger folks the limp biskit version.
I hope I live before I die!
you grow old. you never grow up....
you wouldve remembered that if you werent so old.
Remember what?
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I wonder if Marco Andretti knows him.
I'd bet all the Andrettis know him.
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It's clear to me that the forum members are getting older......
I may grow up, but I'll never grow old!
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I'm pretty adamant about lowering the bar. I always give people a heads up and make sure no one is leaning forward to avoid the helmet bang. Blue's lifts do have an autobar which frequently lowers very early.
I prefer the bar down as it just makes sense, it's there for a reason.
However, I will go with the flow of the chair.
I just don't get the "coolness" factor that many seem to subscribe to by not putting it down, especially with boarders who have to have all that weight on one leg.
In reality though, I have not had any issues with the bar coming up/down early or late but I usually am riding with a semi-full lift with PASRs.
You need to get out and experience the "rental ward" more, far more amusing until they clunk you in the helmet...
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Looking like a potential snowstorm January 2-3rd...
Damn! Just in time to go back to work...
Should have been today's rain!
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What's with people this year and the early-drop, early-lift of the bar?
I've gotten helmet clunked a couple of times already this year after getting on the chair.
No sooner than you sit down, but someone's dragging the bar down without saying a word.
Then, you barely get to the crest of the Challenge and they're putting the bar up already!
Uh, you realize we're still 20-30' in the air and a couple of more lift supports to go before the end?
Some people are so eager to put the bar down, but yet even more eager to lift it back up.
One time I had my feet on the bar at the crest of Challenge and someone yelled "We gotta lift the bar!".
Do they not realize it takes about 2 seconds to lift it?
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Cold and dry is good, so long as it's cold enough to make snow!
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Looks like snow
in Blue Mountain
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Guess my ski patrol source wasn't all that reliable...