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We've got a trip planned for Breck here in a week and I had a quetion
about bowl skiing. First of before the flames start... I am not and do to claim to be an expert skiier. I take a couple of trips to the Rockies each winter and am more than comfortable on blue and fairly comfortable on most blacks (I suck a bumps though). I would consider myself and advanced intermediate skiier I suppose. My question is about the bowl skiing at Breck. Should a skiier of my estimated skill level even consider taking the t-bar up or should I keep my lamer arse down where the little people ski? I'm just trying to get an idea if hitting the bowl would be complete suicide or if it is reasonable. I'll admit they seem intimidating, yet alluring at the same time. There it is... be gentle... Danko |
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danko wrote:
We've got a trip planned for Breck here in a week and I had a quetion about bowl skiing. First of before the flames start... I am not and do to claim to be an expert skiier. I take a couple of trips to the Rockies each winter and am more than comfortable on blue and fairly comfortable on most blacks (I suck a bumps though). I would consider myself and advanced intermediate skiier I suppose. My question is about the bowl skiing at Breck. Should a skiier of my estimated skill level even consider taking the t-bar up or should I keep my lamer arse down where the little people ski? I'm just trying to get an idea if hitting the bowl would be complete suicide or if it is reasonable. I'll admit they seem intimidating, yet alluring at the same time. There it is... be gentle... Danko This may not be an issue because the bowl may not be open next week. Mikey will know... -- 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 |
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"danko" wrote in message
om... We've got a trip planned for Breck here in a week and I had a quetion about bowl skiing. First of before the flames start... I am not and do to claim to be an expert skiier. I take a couple of trips to the Rockies each winter and am more than comfortable on blue and fairly comfortable on most blacks (I suck a bumps though). I would consider myself and advanced intermediate skiier I suppose. My question is about the bowl skiing at Breck. Should a skiier of my estimated skill level even consider taking the t-bar up or should I keep my lamer arse down where the little people ski? I'm just trying to get an idea if hitting the bowl would be complete suicide or if it is reasonable. I'll admit they seem intimidating, yet alluring at the same time. There it is... be gentle... Danko If you're an intermediate skier, and you want to try something steep, you must be sure you know how to do the (ski) Pole Arrest, and actually practice it a time or two on a steep blue or very short black with a runout. If you fall on something steep, above all else you must concentrate on immediately stopping yourself from sliding. If you don't you can get going 40 mph or more on your nylon. That said, sure you should try the T bar. If you don't like the aspect of actually turning in a place on the hill, you can sideslip, side step, traverse and kick turn, or, all else rejected, do the old "butt turn". Do watch the slide on the nylon though. |
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Chester Bullock wrote:
This may not be an issue because the bowl may not be open next week. Mikey will know... Correct. See info from snoig that talks about Peak 8 not even opening until the 15th (I heard the 13th) and that will most likely not include the T-Bar. As far as the T-Bar and bowls, should they be open, give them a go! Breck's bowls offer the unique combination of steep and minimal or no bumps (due to the frickin wind). If they are packed, remember to stop yourself immediately should you fall since there are no bumps to slide into. We enjoy sitting on the picnic table down below on those days and scoring the sliders. Link to Breck pics below. Mike... -- See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us Carpe powder-diem |
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Let Mikey Ski It! wrote:
If they are packed, remember to stop yourself immediately should you fall since there are no bumps to slide into. We enjoy sitting on the picnic table down below on those days and scoring the sliders. Counting on bumps does not always lead to an agreeable stop - guy at Heavenly fell on the Gunbarral a couple of years ago and battered himself to death (literally) bouncing against the bumps. Course, the Gunbarral is a tad steep and usually made of set Sierra Cement. Although, other than this case, most such efforts usually have a more amusing denouement, as you point out. |
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lal_truckee writes:
Let Mikey Ski It! wrote: If they are packed, remember to stop yourself immediately should you fall since there are no bumps to slide into. We enjoy sitting on the picnic table down below on those days and scoring the sliders. Counting on bumps does not always lead to an agreeable stop Tell me about it. I fell high up on Upper Avalanche at Eldora last year while I was wearing my slalom suit, which has about as much friction as a lubricated baggie. Kabumpetybumpetybumpetybump. After a bit of that I figured I'd better take the chance on sacrificing limbs to save my spine, skull, or internal organs, and started digging in everything that stuck out, including skis, poles, elbows, etc. I did stop before I hit the woods, but not before I'd gone down almost all the bump section. 'Twas a cheap lesson as lessons go. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::: Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, Other days you're the bug. |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
I was wearing my slalom suit, which has about as much friction as a lubricated baggie. Ooo! - the image! the image! the image! And you wear this out of the privacy of your sleeping chambers? In public? On the ski slope? |
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lal truckee writes:
Mary Malmros wrote: I was wearing my slalom suit, which has about as much friction as a lubricated baggie. Ooo! - the image! the image! the image! And you wear this out of the privacy of your sleeping chambers? In public? On the ski slope? Well, yes. It's blue. And shiny. Kabumpetybumpetybump, -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::: Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, Other days you're the bug. |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
lal truckee writes: Mary Malmros wrote: I was wearing my slalom suit, which has about as much friction as a lubricated baggie. Ooo! - the image! the image! the image! And you wear this out of the privacy of your sleeping chambers? In public? On the ski slope? Well, yes. It's blue. And shiny. Kabumpetybumpetybump, Please post pictures of you in lubricated baggie. Thanks, Mike... -- Littleton, Colorado (reply to msaemisch at yahoo dot com) See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us Carpe powder-diem |
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