If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Jake wrote:
Moving to Utah soon...can't wait to be able to ski powder on a regular basis. I have skied the crude on the east coast most of my life. So I guess that means I can ski anywhere! As in crude oil? -- Chester Bullock, Ethical, custom website hosting, design and programming Tenxible Solutions, http://www.tenxible.com Web Based Autoresponder and DRIP system, http://www.toolsre.com AIM: tenxible YahooIM: ccb247 |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Moving to Utah!
Moving to Utah soon...can't wait to be able to ski powder on a regular
basis. I have skied the crude on the east coast most of my life. So I guess that means I can ski anywhere! Any locals in the SLC area have any recommendations on where to ski? Thanks, Jake |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"Jake" wrote in message ... Moving to Utah soon...can't wait to be able to ski powder on a regular basis. I have skied the crude on the east coast most of my life. So I guess that means I can ski anywhere! Any locals in the SLC area have any recommendations on where to ski? Thanks, I knew quite a few "easterners" that came this way and the powder ate them up. Waist deep means that. Not the highest point that it blows up onto your body. There are only two (Alta and Deer Valley) area that do not allow snowboards. If you haven't been to one in a while, you will be amazed at the quality of conditions. Locals coupons and seasons passes are about to go off sale. It might be a good idea to line up one of those soon. If you're going to live in the park****ty area the Deer Valley coupons let you ski for about $38 per day. If you'll be living in SLC the Alta ones get you about $32 per day. If you don't have the revulsion to snowboards that I do, try Snowbasin too. Email me if you have some more questions. I'll go up and ski with you when you get here. pigo |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:08:15 CST, "Jake" wrote:
Moving to Utah soon...can't wait to be able to ski powder on a regular basis. I have skied the crude on the east coast most of my life. So I guess that means I can ski anywhere! Any locals in the SLC area have any recommendations on where to ski? Lift-served skiing in Utah? Sure. I recommend one of the following: The Crayons Park ****ty Dear Valet Brightoff Soliturd Xxxx Blowbird Blowbasin Powder Boarders Mountain Nordicked Valley Eat Beaver Mountain No-Dancing-Without-Sunlight-Between-The-Two-Allowed Brian Gives Head Elk Meadows Massacre -Astro --- maximum exposure f/2.8 http://www.xmission.com/~hound/astro/03-04/index.htm --- |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 at 16:08 GMT, Jake penned:
Moving to Utah soon...can't wait to be able to ski powder on a regular basis. I have skied the crude on the east coast most of my life. So I guess that means I can ski anywhere! Any locals in the SLC area have any recommendations on where to ski? Thanks, Jake I don't live in Utah, but check out Solitude. -- monique Unless you need to share ultra-sensitive super-spy stuff with me, please don't email me directly. I will most likely see your post before I read your mail, anyway. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
On 14 Oct 2003 17:35:08 GMT, "pigo"
wrote: //snip// I knew quite a few "easterners" that came this way and the powder ate them up. Yea, me too. For example, here is one of those unsuspecting "easterners" (Hi Tom !) that was eaten alive, and eventually spit back out. http://www.xmission.com/~hound/astro/alta_stuck.jpg No harm done. Waist deep means that. Not the highest point that it blows up onto your body. There have been times, like after a double blow-out and attempting to maneuver around without skis on, where I was literally "armpit deep" in the powder. A few powder pointers: #1: Get yourself a good pair of mid-fat or fat skis. #2: Put some big powder baskets on your ski poles. #3: Get a good pair of goggles...and strap them on TIGHT. #4: Avoid the untracked flats on deep powder days. #5: Don't traverse across a MY line, untracked or otherwise! ;) -Astro --- maximum exposure f/2.8 http://www.xmission.com/~hound/astro/03-04/index.htm --- |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
"AstroPax" wrote in message ... (snip) Waist deep means that. Not the highest point that it blows up onto your body. There have been times, like after a double blow-out and attempting to maneuver around without skis on, where I was literally "armpit deep" in the powder. Oh yeah! But I was refering more to the obvious vacationers that you hear from time to time. Sometimes in the bar at the end of the day or (for me) on the shuttle I was driving. They'd go on about the knee or waist deep when I'd been skiing the same area all day and it was *maybe* 8-10". A few powder pointers: #1: Get yourself a good pair of mid-fat or fat skis. #2: Put some big powder baskets on your ski poles. #3: Get a good pair of goggles...and strap them on TIGHT. #4: Avoid the untracked flats on deep powder days. #5: Don't traverse across a MY line, untracked or otherwise! ;) On their first days out I'd suggest be there (at the lift) 1/2 hour before the lifts open and it might be a good idea to hit DV. There is a wider selection of pitch and it just seem to me that it might be easier for someone that is learning to have more options. The main thing is to GET OUT THERE! You've got to get out when it snows. EARLY! To get substantially untracked. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Moving to the UK...Dry Slopes!!! Eeek! | Tom Holmes | Snowboarding | 11 | March 16th 04 01:16 AM |
TR Utah visit | Ken Roberts | Nordic Skiing | 5 | February 3rd 04 06:23 PM |
Search Resumes for 3 Utah Snowboarders | i n k | Snowboarding | 0 | December 27th 03 05:55 PM |
Moving to Utah soon | AstroPax | Alpine Skiing (moderated) | 4 | September 25th 03 10:25 PM |
Ski Utah! | [email protected] | North American Ski Resorts | 1 | September 13th 03 01:19 PM |