HoarfrostHubb Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Just awesome as usual. Lots of Chugach action. Quite the spanking that one wipeout was. "When you let go, that's when the real adventure starts." Hope you leave the relative safety of WAWA and chase some bigger kicks this year Dave. Go Go Go !!!!!! Well, I have been to a number of New England peaks and to Whistler... Variety and challenge is good, but reality is a b**ch WaWa is free this year and close but maybe I can parley the savings into trips north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 45F. Too moist but used to it. Where will you be at 5k? I'll be at 2K (Wachusett) Saturday about 3 miles south of mt. wash. i'll probably hike the ridge line to about 5500' ......i will have about time to do about that....it's a hike i'm a bit more comfortable with i hauled butt up last week at 330 by 515 i was way above the glen boulder (which is an interesting view) http://www.adventuredrop.com/3834_Glen-Boulder-Trail-:-White-Mountain-National-Forest.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Well, I have been to a number of New England peaks and to Whistler... Variety and challenge is good, but reality is a b**ch WaWa is free this year and close but maybe I can parley the savings into trips north There will be a blessed day in the not to distant future when Magic Mtn. gets a powder bomb. It's close and cheap. I will meet you and Pickles there and guide you to the stashes. You choose how big we go. I promise it'll be a good time. (MRG would be the best but few ever follow through and meet me there, maybe the freak this year.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 There will be a blessed day in the not to distant future when Magic Mtn. gets a powder bomb. It's close and cheap. I will meet you and Pickles there and guide you to the stashes. You choose how big we go. I promise it'll be a good time. (MRG would be the best but few ever follow through and meet me there, maybe the freak this year.) why not just meet us at wa wa ....well even go to the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I hope Magic gets nailed this year. I will try MRG but it might be embarrassing Not a technical skier by any means...but I would try it I gots me a helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 why not just meet us at wa wa ....well even go to the top I don't frequent those kind of places. Too dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 49/44, still a pretty warm night for late October. We'll put up another + on the lows, but sat/sun should be pretty close to normal with highs around 56-57 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I don't frequent those kind of places. Too dangerous. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 lol Is Ski Ward still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowMan Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 49/44, still a pretty warm night for late October. We'll put up another + on the lows, but sat/sun should be pretty close to normal with highs around 56-57 or so. good to see you on here this evening... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 I hope Magic gets nailed this year. I will try MRG but it might be embarrassing Not a technical skier by any means...but I would try it I gots me a helmet I've never lost anybody. Well, there was that one time but he didn't listen. Anyway, serious offer, great place for intermediates to try some steeper stuff while still having plenty of wide open mellow terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 mellow steep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I've never lost anybody. Well, there was that one time but he didn't listen. Anyway, serious offer, great place for intermediates to try some steeper stuff while still having plenty of wide open mellow terrain. Bare spots, rock skis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 issue 5/days. ha that was good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Bare spots, rock skis? My son and I saw dudes shooting sparks hitting rocks this past season. Cool looking but naso good for da bases You think ENSO is bs for New England? Tell me more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Bare spots, rock skis? That one pic was of the upper part of Redline, not the best cover that day. Magic needs a healthy snowpack to make the steep stuff viable. When its good its really good though. I always travel with a pair of rock skis or two. There is something very liberating about skiing boards that you can trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Is Ski Ward still around? Yup, never been though, I just go to wawa. good to see you on here this evening... Thanks! I've never lost anybody. Well, there was that one time but he didn't listen. Anyway, serious offer, great place for intermediates to try some steeper stuff while still having plenty of wide open mellow terrain. I'd die on that haha. My skiing could use some work. I can't even do the "black diamond" trails at wawa. Well, maybe I can, but I haven't yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 My son and I saw dudes shooting sparks hitting rocks this past season. Cool looking but naso good for da bases You think ENSO is bs for New England? Tell me more Bases are easily fixed with P-tex. Shark bites out of your edges are the killers. You should get a tuning kit and learn how to sharpen your skis. Keeping them razor sharp all season will give you greater confidence in marginal conditions. So many people get a tune at the beginning of the year and then call it good for the season. Big mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowMan Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Yup, never been though, I just go to wawa. Thanks! I'd die on that haha. My skiing could use some work. I can't even do the "black diamond" trails at wawa. Well, maybe I can, but I haven't yet. Anyone out here snowboard or just ski? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Yup, never been though, I just go to wawa. Thanks! I'd die on that haha. My skiing could use some work. I can't even do the "black diamond" trails at wawa. Well, maybe I can, but I haven't yet. You'll never know until you try. Don't be afraid, just take it slow. The worst that can really happen is you'll fall. If you do you just get up and do it some more. Eventually you'll shred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Anyone out here snowboard or just ski? Hahaha, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Bases are easily fixed with P-tex. Shark bites out of your edges are the killers. You should get a tuning kit and learn how to sharpen your skis. Keeping them razor sharp all season will give you greater confidence in marginal conditions. So many people get a tune at the beginning of the year and then call it good for the season. Big mistake. I took in the boards 4 times to get edged last season but needed them done more Hard to do it without the machines/grinders? Lost art for most of us. Steer me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Yup, never been though, I just go to wawa. Thanks! I'd die on that haha. My skiing could use some work. I can't even do the "black diamond" trails at wawa. Well, maybe I can, but I haven't yet. The "black diamonds" are not difficult at all... Just depends on the idiots. Wachusett attracts lots of chuckleheads that have no problem running over a 9 year old. Go midweek nights. Quite fun10th is no more difficult than Conifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowMan Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hahaha, please. Afraid to have both legs attached to one object? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 I took in the boards 4 times to get edged last season but needed them done more Hard to do it without the machines/grinders? Lost art for most of us. Steer me... http://www.sierratradingpost.com/swix-deluxe-alpine-ski-tuning-kit~p~1869u/?utm_source=PriceGrabber&utm_medium=PaidShopping&utm_term=Swix_Deluxe_Alpine_Ski_Tuning_Kit&utm_campaign=PCPRGRABBER11&codes-processed=true There are tons of different kits and methods. This is a basic one. When I was a kid family friends owned a ski shop and we used to go there at night to tune up our skis. A flat file, scraper and a few sticks of P-tex is all you really need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Frost Advisories up for areas away from the coast.....the Gulf Coast that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 You'll never know until you try. Don't be afraid, just take it slow. The worst that can really happen is you'll fall. If you do you just get up and do it some more. Eventually you'll shred. Yeah I know. Part of the problem is most of my friends never really got into skiing, and neither did I until the last few years. I only ski with either my cousins or with just my dad. Hopefully in college I'll be able to get out there more. The "black diamonds" are not difficult at all... Just depends on the idiots. Wachusett attracts lots of chuckleheads that have no problem running over a 9 year old. Go midweek nights. Quite fun 10th is no more difficult than Conifer Yeah...that's why I put it in quotes. Yeah I've done Conifer but not 10th. It was extremely icy when I did it...so it wasn't in great shape...but it wasn't a big deal at all. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Afraid to have both legs attached to one object? I used to be way into skateboarding, I have snowboarded but I find it a far less graceful and effective way to get around in the alpine. Very steep tree covered terrain like MRG demands skis, that's one o the reasons they don't permit snowboarders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowMan Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I used to be way into skateboarding, I have snowboarded but I find it a far less graceful and effective way to get around in the alpine. Very steep tree covered terrain like MRG demands skis, that's one o the reasons they don't permit snowboarders. Decided to stop once the long locks were getting caught in the wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowMan Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 00z run...who's with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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