Obski: You just can't make this stuff up

OK, what is the joke about Texas skiers & bull****?
Well take a look he
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1179...googlenews_wsj

Sam "A-Basin is too hot above 65 degrees" Seiber

Sam Seiber wrote:
OK, what is the joke about Texas skiers & bull****?
Well take a look he
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1179...googlenews_wsj

From TFA:

"Texans made up 6.5% of all visits to Rocky Mountain area ski resorts
last year, second only to Coloradans, according to a survey by the
National Ski Areas Association, a trade group in Lakewood, Colo."


If this helps keep 'em down where they belong, good on Bearfire.


"The technology that makes it possible, which is known as Snowflex, uses
water-misting systems to create a nonrefrigerated surface -- think of
wet, white Astroturf with bristles -- that is slippery enough for skiing
but with enough grip for turning. A few Snowflex slopes are operating in
Europe, including one that is open year-round in Noeux-les-Mines,
France. It is built on old coal-mining slag heaps in an area near Lille
that isn't naturally conducive to skiing.

But this is Texas, so it must be bigger. With 650,000 square feet of
skiable surface, the Bearfire slopes promise to be six times the size of
the artificial slope in France. The mountain's superstructure is
supposed to rise about 240 feet and require 7,000 tons of steel."


240 feet of vert? Man, that's almost as big as Mt Trashmore.

//Walt

In article ,
Sam Seiber writes:
Sam "A-Basin is too hot above 65 degrees" Seiber

Yesterday was about perfect. The breeze kept everything cool.
The skiing was kind of boring. I'm not going back up until they put the
bumps back on Ramrod. The levelled everything to let some people in
tight suits run a race course.
That avalanche last year really spooked them. There is a bunch of terrain that
was closed with a lot more snow than what I remember skiing in previous years.

Bruno.

On May 17, 2:26 pm, Walt wrote:
Sam Seiber wrote:
OK, what is the joke about Texas skiers & bull****?
Well take a look he
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1179...?mod=googlenew...

From TFA:

"Texans made up 6.5% of all visits to Rocky Mountain area ski resorts
last year, second only to Coloradans, according to a survey by the
National Ski Areas Association, a trade group in Lakewood, Colo."

If this helps keep 'em down where they belong, good on Bearfire.

"The technology that makes it possible, which is known as Snowflex, uses
water-misting systems to create a nonrefrigerated surface -- think of
wet, white Astroturf with bristles -- that is slippery enough for skiing
but with enough grip for turning. A few Snowflex slopes are operating in
Europe, including one that is open year-round in Noeux-les-Mines,
France. It is built on old coal-mining slag heaps in an area near Lille
that isn't naturally conducive to skiing.

But this is Texas, so it must be bigger. With 650,000 square feet of
skiable surface, the Bearfire slopes promise to be six times the size of
the artificial slope in France. The mountain's superstructure is
supposed to rise about 240 feet and require 7,000 tons of steel."

240 feet of vert? Man, that's almost as big as Mt Trashmore.

Personally, I was hoping they'd convert the old Astrodome in Houston
to an indoor "snow" resort. It'll be interesting to see if these guys
can come up with the money.

On May 18, 7:38 am, TexasSkiNut wrote:
On May 17, 2:26 pm, Walt wrote:





Sam Seiber wrote:
OK, what is the joke about Texas skiers & bull****?
Well take a look he
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1179...?mod=googlenew...

From TFA:

"Texans made up 6.5% of all visits to Rocky Mountain area ski resorts
last year, second only to Coloradans, according to a survey by the
National Ski Areas Association, a trade group in Lakewood, Colo."

If this helps keep 'em down where they belong, good on Bearfire.

"The technology that makes it possible, which is known as Snowflex, uses
water-misting systems to create a nonrefrigerated surface -- think of
wet, white Astroturf with bristles -- that is slippery enough for skiing
but with enough grip for turning. A few Snowflex slopes are operating in
Europe, including one that is open year-round in Noeux-les-Mines,
France. It is built on old coal-mining slag heaps in an area near Lille
that isn't naturally conducive to skiing.

But this is Texas, so it must be bigger. With 650,000 square feet of
skiable surface, the Bearfire slopes promise to be six times the size of
the artificial slope in France. The mountain's superstructure is
supposed to rise about 240 feet and require 7,000 tons of steel."

240 feet of vert? Man, that's almost as big as Mt Trashmore.

Personally, I was hoping they'd convert the old Astrodome in Houston
to an indoor "snow" resort. It'll be interesting to see if these guys
can come up with the money.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I was just reminded by an Aggie coworker of Mt. Aggie at College
Station (home of Texas A&M University):

http://www.abc-of-skiing.com/north-america/usa/texas/
mtaggieskischool.asp
http://sports.webshots.com/album/194106881JfRtoC
http://wikimapia.org/122407/

TexasSkiNut wrote:
On May 17, 2:26 pm, Walt wrote:
Sam Seiber wrote:
OK, what is the joke about Texas skiers & bull****?
Well take a look he
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1179...?mod=googlenew...

From TFA:

"Texans made up 6.5% of all visits to Rocky Mountain area ski resorts
last year, second only to Coloradans, according to a survey by the
National Ski Areas Association, a trade group in Lakewood, Colo."

If this helps keep 'em down where they belong, good on Bearfire.

"The technology that makes it possible, which is known as Snowflex,
uses water-misting systems to create a nonrefrigerated surface --
think of wet, white Astroturf with bristles -- that is slippery
enough for skiing but with enough grip for turning. A few Snowflex
slopes are operating in Europe, including one that is open
year-round in Noeux-les-Mines, France. It is built on old
coal-mining slag heaps in an area near Lille that isn't naturally
conducive to skiing.

But this is Texas, so it must be bigger. With 650,000 square feet of
skiable surface, the Bearfire slopes promise to be six times the
size of the artificial slope in France. The mountain's
superstructure is supposed to rise about 240 feet and require 7,000
tons of steel."

240 feet of vert? Man, that's almost as big as Mt Trashmore.

Personally, I was hoping they'd convert the old Astrodome in Houston
to an indoor "snow" resort. It'll be interesting to see if these guys
can come up with the money.

My query is how long is this slope going to be? IMHO snoflex heats up skis
even quicker than dendex, and on a hot day I start overheating the bases of
my skis (sometimes too hot to touch) on one run of our 130m slope with the
sprinklers on but no wax on my skis. now for a Brit I am on the large side
6'1" and 17st but I also suspect Texas may be a just a tad warmer than
suffolk


--
Chris *:-)

Downhill Good, Uphill BAD!

www.suffolkvikings.org.uk

MoonMan wrote:
TexasSkiNut wrote:
On May 17, 2:26 pm, Walt wrote:

With 650,000 square feet of skiable surface, the Bearfire slopes..

My query is how long is this slope going to be? IMHO snoflex heats up skis
even quicker than dendex, and on a hot day I start overheating the bases of
my skis (sometimes too hot to touch) on one run of our 130m slope with the
sprinklers on but no wax on my skis. now for a Brit I am on the large side
6'1" and 17st but I also suspect Texas may be a just a tad warmer than
suffolk

Assuming the piste is square, 650,000 square feet translates into an
806' x 806' ski area. That's 245 meters for people who don't use
archaic measuring systems.

Alternatively, you should be able to calculate the run length by
crunching 240' and whatever percent slope you think they might build.

Since this is Texas, I'd bet on a 65,000' x 10'foot area with a nearly
flat pitch.

//Walt

Walt wrote:
MoonMan wrote:
TexasSkiNut wrote:
On May 17, 2:26 pm, Walt wrote:

With 650,000 square feet of skiable surface, the Bearfire slopes..

My query is how long is this slope going to be? IMHO snoflex heats
up skis even quicker than dendex, and on a hot day I start
overheating the bases of my skis (sometimes too hot to touch) on one
run of our 130m slope with the sprinklers on but no wax on my skis.
now for a Brit I am on the large side 6'1" and 17st but I also
suspect Texas may be a just a tad warmer than suffolk

Assuming the piste is square, 650,000 square feet translates into an
806' x 806' ski area. That's 245 meters for people who don't use
archaic measuring systems.

Alternatively, you should be able to calculate the run length by
crunching 240' and whatever percent slope you think they might build.

Since this is Texas, I'd bet on a 65,000' x 10'foot area with a nearly
flat pitch.

You have to remember plastic is about 6 times slower than snow so a nearly
flat pitch won't work.

I can work in iether meters or Yards, but feet are only meeningfull to me up
to about 6'


--
Chris *:-)

Downhill Good, Uphill BAD!

www.suffolkvikings.org.uk

MoonMan wrote:
I can work in iether meters or Yards, but feet are only meeningfull
to me up to about 6'

Heh. That's hard to fathom.

-klaus

klaus wrote:
MoonMan wrote:
I can work in iether meters or Yards, but feet are only meeningfull
to me up to about 6'

Heh. That's hard to fathom.

Now, that's a deep thought if I ever heard one.

//Walt