Bear Mt 2-22-13

On 02/22/2013 07:39 PM, Richard Henry wrote:

Blubird!

Yeahyeahyeah. When isn't it?

Great snow.

Softer than I like. The snow on Ego Trip is usually firm longer than on
the other runs, and it's generally not crowded. Unfortunately,
yesterday they closed it all morning for racing. BUT given that the
only lift running was #2, we saw NOBODY on it until around 10:45, when
we saw half a dozen guys going down at once. East Why is almost as
good, but the snow seems softer for some reason.

If tey're going to close a run to the public for racing, why not start
racing at or 7:30 or8:00 so they can open it sooner? They also didn't
open #7 until late, apparently not realizing that there was a HUGE crowd.

They had entry lanes set up on #3 and #7, which I haven't EVER seen;
Mostly there's just a couple of people ahead of you when you arrive.

We only went on a Friday because previous days were unsuitable. If this
is representative (the Patrol guy said it was due to the new snow) I'm
absolutely certain I'm right in avoiding holidays, weekends, Mondays and
Fridays.

I've actually had good days at work that were better than yesterday :-(

crowded only on Ch 9 late morning - which I avoided by
skiing elsewhere.

That explains it. They were all at Summit. Elaine and I agreed that it
was the worst day we'd ever had jointly (3, maybe 4 years), and it was
second in awfulness only to the day I broke two ribs.

Geronimo snow condition was as good as I have ever seen.

I wore myself out.

Likewise (by 11:30), but it was due to constant braking to avoid the
unpredictable moving slalom gates. On hard snow I can go until 1:00.

Still haven't finished tweaking the GPS stuff. I really envy those
pretty android/iphone GPS apps, the stuff available to my Garmin
Forerunner 201 is pitiful and requires wrestling to the ground in order
to accomplish anything.


--
Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++
"...so she told me it was either her or the ham radio, over."

On Feb 23, 2:10*pm, The Real Bev wrote:
On 02/22/2013 07:39 PM, Richard Henry wrote:

Blubird!

Yeahyeahyeah. *When isn't it?

Great snow.

Softer than I like. *The snow on Ego Trip is usually firm longer than on
the other runs, and it's generally not crowded. *Unfortunately,
yesterday they closed it all morning for racing. *BUT given that the
only lift running was #2, we saw NOBODY on it until around 10:45, when
we saw half a dozen guys going down at once. *East Why is almost as
good, but the snow seems softer for some reason.

If tey're going to close a run to the public for racing, why not start
racing at or 7:30 or8:00 so they can open it sooner? *They also didn't
open #7 until late, apparently not realizing that there was a HUGE crowd.

They had entry lanes set up on #3 and #7, which I haven't EVER seen;
Mostly there's just a couple of people ahead of you when you arrive.

We only went on a Friday because previous days were unsuitable. *If this
is representative (the Patrol guy said it was due to the new snow) I'm
absolutely certain I'm right in avoiding holidays, weekends, Mondays and
Fridays.

I've actually had good days at work that were better than yesterday :-(

crowded only on Ch 9 late morning - which I avoided by
skiing elsewhere.

That explains it. *They were all at Summit. *Elaine and I agreed that it
was the worst day we'd ever had jointly (3, maybe 4 years), and it was
second in awfulness only to the day I broke two ribs.

Geronimo snow condition was as good as I have ever seen.

I wore myself out.

Likewise (by 11:30), but it was due to constant braking to avoid the
unpredictable moving slalom gates. *On hard snow I can go until 1:00.

Still haven't finished tweaking the GPS stuff. *I really envy those
pretty android/iphone GPS apps, the stuff available to my Garmin
Forerunner 201 is pitiful and requires wrestling to the ground in order
to accomplish anything.

--
Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++
"...so she told me it was either her or the ham radio, over."

As for the crowds - many local schools had last week off for Winter
Break since Monday was a holiday anyway. My season pass was blacked
out Sunday and Monday, so I planned to go Tuesday, but the weather and
roads kept me home. Wednesday was out because I was scheduled to
help with the HS soccer game, but that was postponed late in the day
because of the snow and ice on I-8 (the opponent was driving in from
Calexico). Thursday was out because of the rescheduled game, so I had
to go Friday.

It is my ambition to go one day a week or more until they shut down or
my truck dies.

Chair 1 is still broken? At least on the Sunday I went with my son
they started up Chair 11 to relieve some of the crowd.

On 2/23/13 2:10 PM, The Real Bev wrote:

We only went on a Friday because previous days were unsuitable. If this
is representative (the Patrol guy said it was due to the new snow) I'm
absolutely certain I'm right in avoiding holidays, weekends, Mondays and
Fridays.

It's the new snow. Everybody's desperate for freshies. Mobs come out.

(why ask the patrol guy if you're not going to hear what he says?)

On 02/23/2013 03:00 PM, Richard Henry wrote:

On Feb 23, 2:10 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
On 02/22/2013 07:39 PM, Richard Henry wrote:

Blubird!

Yeahyeahyeah. When isn't it?

Great snow.

Softer than I like. The snow on Ego Trip is usually firm longer than on
the other runs, and it's generally not crowded. Unfortunately,
yesterday they closed it all morning for racing. BUT given that the
only lift running was #2, we saw NOBODY on it until around 10:45, when
we saw half a dozen guys going down at once. East Why is almost as
good, but the snow seems softer for some reason.

If tey're going to close a run to the public for racing, why not start
racing at or 7:30 or8:00 so they can open it sooner? They also didn't
open #7 until late, apparently not realizing that there was a HUGE crowd.

They had entry lanes set up on #3 and #7, which I haven't EVER seen;
Mostly there's just a couple of people ahead of you when you arrive.

We only went on a Friday because previous days were unsuitable. If this
is representative (the Patrol guy said it was due to the new snow) I'm
absolutely certain I'm right in avoiding holidays, weekends, Mondays and
Fridays.

I've actually had good days at work that were better than yesterday :-(

crowded only on Ch 9 late morning - which I avoided by
skiing elsewhere.

That explains it. They were all at Summit. Elaine and I agreed that it
was the worst day we'd ever had jointly (3, maybe 4 years), and it was
second in awfulness only to the day I broke two ribs.

Geronimo snow condition was as good as I have ever seen.

I wore myself out.

Likewise (by 11:30), but it was due to constant braking to avoid the
unpredictable moving slalom gates. On hard snow I can go until 1:00.

Still haven't finished tweaking the GPS stuff. I really envy those
pretty android/iphone GPS apps, the stuff available to my Garmin
Forerunner 201 is pitiful and requires wrestling to the ground in order
to accomplish anything.

OK, I did it. 13 runs, top speed something like 35 mph, not counting on
the road before I remembered to turn it off :-( Spent way too much time
in the #2 lift line.

As for the crowds - many local schools had last week off for Winter
Break since Monday was a holiday anyway. My season pass was blacked
out Sunday and Monday, so I planned to go Tuesday, but the weather and
roads kept me home. Wednesday was out because I was scheduled to
help with the HS soccer game, but that was postponed late in the day
because of the snow and ice on I-8 (the opponent was driving in from
Calexico). Thursday was out because of the rescheduled game, so I had
to go Friday.

It is my ambition to go one day a week or more until they shut down or
my truck dies.

That's what I've been trying to do. Last year I got in 15 days spread
over 6 months. This year so far: 7.

Chair 1 is still broken? At least on the Sunday I went with my son
they started up Chair 11 to relieve some of the crowd.

Somebody said major overhaul. A Person who appeared to have some
Authority said it would be open 'weekend efter next' which I guess means
7 days from today.

Last time a glop of roller-grease dropped onto my WHITE jacket and I
tried to brush some of it off with my black glove :-( They said they'd
clean it and have it ready for me when I came up next time.
Unfortunately it was in the Bear Mountain office -- I didn't have time
to either go or wait, so they said they'd bring it to SS security and
will be there next time. We'll see.

--
Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++
"...so she told me it was either her or the ham radio, over."

On 02/23/2013 03:53 PM, lal_truckee wrote:

On 2/23/13 2:10 PM, The Real Bev wrote:

We only went on a Friday because previous days were unsuitable. If this
is representative (the Patrol guy said it was due to the new snow) I'm
absolutely certain I'm right in avoiding holidays, weekends, Mondays and
Fridays.

It's the new snow. Everybody's desperate for freshies. Mobs come out.

I like it after it's been beaten down and before it's been piled up into
annoying piles.

(why ask the patrol guy if you're not going to hear what he says?)

I tend not to believe people who have a vested interest in the answer to
the question, especially if the answer is too glib. I've been there on
first no-chain days after a nice dump and it's NEVER been like this.
Monday/Friday has GOT to be a major part of the problem; the closure of
Chair #1 doesn't affect the total number of people on the hill, just the
number in the Chair #2 line.

--
Cheers, Bev
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On 2/23/13 6:50 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
I've been there on first no-chain days after a nice dump and it's NEVER
been like this.
I forgot to mention -
Around here last week was ski week, all the kids were on holiday from
school.
Try threading your way through 5-6 groups of 20-25 hot skiing 6&7 year
olds. They behave like a swarm of bees, right in the middle of where-ever.
Amusing enough, the Squaw kid coaches all brought their swarms to Alpine
for the "variety" yesterday & Thurs. They were gone today, which was
good - just our own Alpine kids; didn't have to worry so much about
clobbering a kid, just about being clobbered by jerk intermediates.

On 2/23/2013 10:46 PM, lal_truckee wrote:
On 2/23/13 6:50 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
I've been there on first no-chain days after a nice dump and it's NEVER
been like this.
I forgot to mention -
Around here last week was ski week, all the kids were on holiday from
school.
Try threading your way through 5-6 groups of 20-25 hot skiing 6&7 year
olds. They behave like a swarm of bees, right in the middle of where-ever.
Amusing enough, the Squaw kid coaches all brought their swarms to Alpine
for the "variety" yesterday & Thurs. They were gone today, which was
good - just our own Alpine kids; didn't have to worry so much about
clobbering a kid, just about being clobbered by jerk intermediates.

sound like home.

On 2/24/13 10:58 AM, VtSkier wrote:
On 2/23/2013 10:46 PM, lal_truckee wrote:
On 2/23/13 6:50 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
I've been there on first no-chain days after a nice dump and it's NEVER
been like this.
I forgot to mention -
Around here last week was ski week, all the kids were on holiday from
school.
Try threading your way through 5-6 groups of 20-25 hot skiing 6&7 year
olds. They behave like a swarm of bees, right in the middle of
where-ever.
Amusing enough, the Squaw kid coaches all brought their swarms to Alpine
for the "variety" yesterday & Thurs. They were gone today, which was
good - just our own Alpine kids; didn't have to worry so much about
clobbering a kid, just about being clobbered by jerk intermediates.

sound like home.

it was g