Forum: Nordic Skiing
April 16th 10, 10:38 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 13
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glide wax, tent for backcountry
On 15/04/10 6:33 PM, wrote:
Skins are rather a pain to get to stick to wax. There used to be some
skins that didn't use glue, but I doubt if they're still being...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
April 15th 10, 08:27 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 13
Views: 5,861
glide wax, tent for backcountry
On 13/04/10 3:45 PM, wrote:
This will tell you a lot you'd need to know for snow depths:http://cdec.water.ca.gov/misc/SnowSensors.html
Does anyone have suggestions...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
April 4th 10, 08:12 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 13
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Tuolumne meadows/CA 120 conditions
On 02/04/10 10:30 PM, wrote:
Has anyone recently skied Tuolumne meadows? Is Rt 120 plowed? Is there
a reliable resource for current snow depth in that area? My friends
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 11th 10, 12:01 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,677
Damn it's hard to buy Nordic Skis Nowadays!
Bob Schwartz wrote:
Actually I was thinking about the ill advised war on mountain
biking. By the mid 90s the Sierra Club would have been well into
their effort to alienate outdoors oriented...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 10th 10, 11:59 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,677
Damn it's hard to buy Nordic Skis Nowadays!
wrote:
I'm no longer a member, but aging was so much the case in LA by the mid
1990s that they were actively working on more youth-oriented
recruiting. The Bay Area seemed a fair...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 10th 10, 01:25 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,677
Damn it's hard to buy Nordic Skis Nowadays!
jeff potter wrote:
Our local outdoor shop only sells mountaineering stuff -- but not
really -- that can't last either. The kids cannot be buying much
climbing rope in an area 1000+ miles from...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 8th 10, 11:26 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,677
Damn it's hard to buy Nordic Skis Nowadays!
Eugene Miya wrote:
Hmmmm.
Maybe all skier numbers going down, but I certainly know a few who stick
to XC due to downhill cost. The industry as a whole is certain
evolving, especially in a...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 8th 10, 02:57 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,677
Damn it's hard to buy Nordic Skis Nowadays!
Edgar wrote:
Its also interesting that SMS's wife wanted lighter skis than here
E99s with NNN-BCs, but Marmot didn't have 3-pin bindings.
Marmot was sold out of three pin bindings. REI Saratoga...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 8th 10, 01:17 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,677
Damn it's hard to buy Nordic Skis Nowadays!
Bob Schwartz wrote:
SMS wrote:
It's pretty bad that an area with a population of 3.5 million people
can't support a single actual mountaineering store.
Let me get this straight. You...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 7th 10, 03:40 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,677
Damn it's hard to buy Nordic Skis Nowadays!
wrote:
One thing in the trend of stores getting out of x-c skiing is that the
equipment has become so specialized and expensive over the past two to
three decades. The overhead...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 7th 10, 02:01 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,677
Damn it's hard to buy Nordic Skis Nowadays!
Jeff Potter (of OutYourBackdoor.com) wrote:
Interesting report!
Yeah, it's weird times for XC.
I also note that Nordic does not equal Mountaineering.
Yes, this is true. The store in...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 7th 10, 01:01 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,677
Damn it's hard to buy Nordic Skis Nowadays!
The spousal unit really hates her 16 year old Asolo Blisterfield II
boots, and wanted NNN-BC boots and bindings. She also really needs
lighter skis than her Europa 99's for the kind of stuff she...
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
April 9th 09, 03:33 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,195
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Forum: Backcountry Skiing
March 18th 09, 06:52 PM Posted to rec.skiing.backcountry
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 17th 09, 02:57 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 10th 09, 09:49 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,036
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
March 8th 09, 06:03 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 18
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
January 13th 09, 04:34 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 17
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Why no 215 or 220 cm skis?
jeff potter wrote:
I've seen full-length skis fading in the touring market.
They still comprise the race market so they have to WORK best.
I think a market hurts itself when it assumes...
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Forum: Alpine Skiing
January 6th 09, 01:13 PM Posted to rec.skiing.resorts.north-america,rec.skiing.alpine,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 35
Views: 6,287
Ski Resorts Where Lifts Go Directly to Hotel
NoGodForMe wrote:
Agree, Reno is great, the Southwest Tahoe Express takes people from the
airport to the resorts. Then you walk from your hotel to the gondola.
The South Tahoe Express is $46...
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Forum: Alpine Skiing
December 28th 08, 06:12 AM Posted to rec.skiing.resorts.north-america,rec.skiing.alpine,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 35
Views: 6,287
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
December 25th 08, 05:47 PM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Views: 2,076
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Forum: Alpine Skiing
December 11th 08, 08:49 PM Posted to rec.skiing.resorts.north-america,rec.skiing.alpine,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 35
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Ski Resorts Where Lifts Go Directly to Hotel
pigo wrote:
All that, and you are right. Using the casino for "home base" would be
FUN.
The good thing about south shore is that the gondola comes down to a
real town, not just a ski resort...
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Forum: Alpine Skiing
December 10th 08, 11:03 PM Posted to rec.skiing.resorts.north-america,rec.skiing.alpine,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 35
Views: 6,287
Ski Resorts Where Lifts Go Directly to Hotel
Calif Bill wrote:
Go to Costco in Calif, the have some discount tickets for Tahoe.
That's true. Also REI sells a bunch of discount tickets at their stores.
Personally if I were the original...
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Forum: Alpine Skiing
December 10th 08, 03:06 AM Posted to rec.skiing.resorts.north-america,rec.skiing.alpine,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 35
Views: 6,287
Ski Resorts Where Lifts Go Directly to Hotel
W wrote:
I am looking for (affordable) ski resorts in the Western US or Canada that
meet these criteria:
- The resort's ski lifts go directly to the hotel or condos (or within 100
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Forum: Nordic Skiing
September 24th 08, 05:59 AM Posted to rec.skiing.nordic
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,236
Inno Ski Box Length
Sylvain Fauvel wrote:
Hello,
Anyone has Inno Lowdown Cruiser Ski Box.
Can i put 210cm XC skis in this box. I assume i have to put them
diagonally.
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