Charles J. White Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Any Skiers or Boarders In The House? If so, let's hear where and why! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Equal parts skier and snowboarder. Still a little too hot in LA to even think about hitting the slopes. Check back in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 I have skied in Arizona at Snowbowl - but never LA, what's it like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Well, once it snows it's great. Mountain High is the main ski resort for the L.A. area, although there are other ski spots in the San Gabriel mountains that are northeast of downtown L.A. LA-area ski spots were among the earliest to welcome snowboarders and build snowboard-specific runs, so whether you like to ski or snowboard, there are plenty of fun runs to choose from. One benefit to L.A. is being able to hit the beach in the morning and the slopes in the afternoon for a surf/ski combination. Unfortunately, we are at the whim of Mother Nature...sometimes we get a good winter, other times it's time to crank up the snow machine. If the snow is late coming to the LA mountains, there's always Mammoth up in the Sierras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Check out Sugarloaf in Carabassette Valley in Maine sometime, great spot, same with Saddleback in Rangeley Maine. Good glade skiing through the trees, and excellent double black diamond runs. Alberta is a great spot on the West coast as well - LOVE Nakiska and Sunshine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Some of the best powder I ever found was in Utah. Great place to ski. Then there was Europe. Once I learned to ski, I graduated from the slopes of Deutschland to the Alps of Austria, France, Italy, and Switzerland. That was paradise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Check out the Jumbo Ski Resort in Northern British Columbia which is open 365 days a year. Fall/Winter/Spring vertical of 5,627 feet and in July/August 2,300 vertical feet. Jumbo is going to allow North American Skiers to compete on an even foot with our Europeans brothers and sisters for the podium! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowblue Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Any Skiers or Boarders In The House? If so, let's hear where and why! Our ski season is still on (well, closes this week) so I'm guessing most people currently on the snow would be here, NZ or South America. I've stuck with skiing, since 1980 and got all my 5 kids onto it but the 2 oldest have switched to the dark side Went down 3 weeks ago, beautiful conditions And so far I've only ever skied Australia but between them the offspring have taken it to NZ, France, Canada, Japan and my son and his fiancee are going to USA in Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Tell us about Australia skiing? Good spots? Types of runs and so on? Where are they? Same with me, my son and daughter both learned to ski at 23 months of age. They are on the local race team. Anyone in Quebec check out Le Massif - Excellent spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlam Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I'm a cross-country skier. There are cross-country tracks everywhere in Finland during winter so it is a good hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bong-Man Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Haven't skied in two years due to surgery, but I'm going for a test ride this year. Only skied out West once, and that was at Heavenly Valley. Skiing in Michigan is like comparing the soap box derby to Formula one, but it's still a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Haven't skied in two years due to surgery, but I'm going for a test ride this year. Only skied out West once, and that was at Heavenly Valley. Skiing in Michigan is like comparing the soap box derby to Formula one, but it's still a blast. Mount Bohemia Ski Resort in Michigan has 820 vertical feet which is a nice little mountain that I skied at many years ago when I was there for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bong-Man Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Mount Bohemia Ski Resort in Michigan has 820 vertical feet which is a nice little mountain that I skied at many years ago when I was there for work. Yes, but that's a long way away for me.....I could almost get to Vermont in the same amount of time. Plus, that place is off of Superior and gets whacked with serious lake-effect snow. A guy from work grew up by Houghton-Hancock on the Keewenaw and school was cancelled 48 days because of snow. They had make-up days until the middle of July. Hell, there's more snowmobiles than cars up there ! Making it to Boyne Highlands is about the best I can do on a weekend. Even that 4 hour drive has turned into 15 during a storm. Did you work in Marquette ? I love skiing because after two runs.....I forget about everything. It's the only sport that does that for me. lol....could be the fear of injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Closer drive and more fun would be Whiteface New York for you - highest vertical in Eastern North America at 3,400 ft. Catch on a cold day and you have lots of ice though, catch it on a warmer day and you could have 2 feet of fresh powder. Also check out New Hampshire - closer compared to Vermont and has some great spots as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowblue Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Tell us about Australia skiing? Good spots? Types of runs and so on? Where are they? I'm not suggesting everybody should rush down here we have plenty of 'snow-snobs' who say they'd only ever ski overseas and that here is too expensive but I always have fun. Plenty of Northern Hemisphere instructors come down for our winter. There are 10 resorts, 8 in the mainland 'Snowy Mountains' between Sydney and Mebourne, slighty closer to the latter. Official season is June - Oct but best conditions probably mid-july to early September. Our highest mountain is only 2228m (about 7000ft), highest lifted point just over 2000m and the typical natural winter snow-line about 1650m but random falls down to 800m. So there's not big verticals (probably 1000ft at the bigger resorts, although one claims 1800ft, obviously with snowmaking assistance on the lower slopes). The largest resort has 50 lifts and a skiable area of 1245Ha (about 4.5 sq. miles). They all have a selection of green, blue and black runs. The larger resorts have pipes, parks, etc. What people would see different here is the vegetation - trees are snow gums (evergreen eucalypts rather than conifers) and the fauna - as the resorts are in National Parks there's wallabies, wombats and the like, which don't hibernate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bong-Man Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Sorry to point this out but are we actually skiiers or skiers ? Is it skiing ? That's actually the only word that looks right besides ski itself. I've actually been to the 'Skiing Hall of Fame' in Ishpeming, Mi. I have no idea why it's located there except maybe for the crazy hard-headed Norwegians and Swedes that migrated to the U.P. to mine iron ore. Supposedly the largest ski jump in the world lies in the U.P. of Michigan by Ironwood....and I hear they have ameuter night ! If you're dumb enough to go, they're smart enough to watch ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 ^^^ Welcome to the wonderful world of English, Bong-Man. It is skiing…as in, "I am going skiing this weekend." It is skier…as in, "Patty is a marvelous skier." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Hardcore skiers and borders is a different lifestyle. When I travel in the winter, the skis ALWAYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 Hardcore skiers and borders is a different lifestyle. When I travel in the winter, the skis ALWAYS are with me Just had to correct that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 Killington in Vermont has the snow making fans/guns fired up. Sugarloaf and Saddleback in Maine both had more snow yesterday. Cannon in New Hampshire had more snow. Le Massif in Quebec has been getting some flakes as well. Going to be an early season this year!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 Sugarloaf, Sunday River, and Killington are all open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 It was so cold last night I thought I might see some snow on the mountains this morning...but no dice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 I'm going to Sugarloaf at the end of the month for a few days - just the Mrs and I, the kids are hanging out with the grandparents. Should be fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 The conditions in Maine are spectacular right now for this early in the season - best it has been in 5 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 I'm screaming like a 12 year old girl at a Justin Bieber concert right now with the news that Saddleback is going to get 30 inches of snow on Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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