TMB Skiing Thread

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by TheChatch, Dec 6, 2015.

  1. Paddy Murphy

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    As is always shared, take a lesson. Send your kids to ski school and go get an adult lesson in the morning. If you are athletic, you will pick it up quick. Skiing is fantastic and a great things for kids to pick up early.
     
  2. Paddy Murphy

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    The perfect advice, and a second recommendation for Copper
     
  3. Han Solo

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    Thankfully the Dad of the family we’re going with taught ski lessons in Breckenridge for like 5 years out of college so I am bringing him a bunch of beer in exchange for teaching us. Depending on how that goes, we still may opt for another lesson our next time up.
     
  4. tjsblue

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    Schoolmarm at Keystone is perfect to learn/ rest. The blues on the front side are very doable once you get going…. As long as it isn’t iced over. My kids went from beginner to blues in a weekend there. Jealous. Hit up Steep at the base or off the main drag. Great brewery/ coffee and decent food. Good people.
     
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  5. Oranjello

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    Going to Steamboat at the end of Feb for WWG. Fingers crossed it dumps snow between now and then. Would much prefer to spend a few days on the CO/WY border getting my ass kicked on a snowmobile than skiing or snowboarding. But it sounds like there hasn’t been enough snowfall this year to make snowmobiling worthwhile

    :feelsbadman:
     
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  6. RalfBully

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    you mind c/p this?
     
  7. Bert Handsome

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  8. UrsaGrande

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    That’s a good choice. The C2 profile is forgiving and magna traction will help with edge hold.
     
  9. bro

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    heading to crested today :badger:
     
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  10. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    I'm excited to test it out when in a couple weeks after it arrives. Sounds like it'll still be good in powder because usually it's pretty snowy but the past two weeks have been dry as shit in the PNW while the South gets snow down to New Orleans.
     
  11. UrsaGrande

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    I ski in Tahoe and feel your pain. As a PNW resident you’re sorta required to have a Mervin board built in Sequim in your quiver as well.
     
  12. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    This was posted just today about the local effort to buy Mt. Bachelor ski resort. They've raised a shitton of money but the company selling hasn't given them much of a consideration as they have to the big private companies like Vail.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/mt-bachelor-ski-resort.html

    After reading some more online it sounds like this group that was originally local is now seen as being just as opaque as the other companies putting in bids, it's turned a lot of people off. Specifically on Reddit I saw several people saying that they hope Alterra buys it, they are likely the least of all evils.
     
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  13. RalfBully

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    I mean, they are virtually in a no win situation. Very similar to golf right now.
     
  14. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    Annnd I might as well fess up because I'm learning a very painful lesson about trying to respect my body and comfort, I fractured a pelvic bone.

    As I mentioned it's been very dry and sun shiny, no snow in the past three weeks almost. I went up yesterday and did a few too many runs when I shouldn't have and was clearly tired. I took a bad fall, although I have lots of protective gear like impact shorts, and fractured my inferior pubis ramus. I thought I just sprained my groin because I was able to get down the mountain without too much trouble, but as soon as I started to walk on both feet it was clear something was wrong. The good thing is that there's a urgent care clinic at the ski resort I go to so I immediately hobbled over there in intense pain and got x-rays. It looked like to the doctor there wasn't a fracture but something odd showed up in the x-ray, a radiologist confirmed that it was likely a fracture and I needed to go to the ER to get a CT scan.

    It's about 90 minutes of a drive back to my house and thankfully they let me drive to the ER at a hospital not far from my house, it was suggested at first that I might have to take an ambulance and leave my car.

    I can't believe how quickly I was able to be seen in an ER because they were able to call ahead a couple of hours before. I was there maybe just two hours total. Thankfully the bone isn't load bearing so while it will take several weeks to heal, I might still be able to swim for exercise as long as I can tolerate the pain. I guess I should be very thankful that driving isn't painful nor is moving around, just putting a lot of weight on my right leg. I'm on crutches in the meantime.

    Until I'm much much more skilled, I think the lesson is to never go out without the conditions being a lot better. I was trying to go up once a week just so I could try to improve skills, I should have been more patient and gone when things would have been more soft.
     
  15. bro

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    Feel better breh
     
  16. bro

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    Crested needs more snow but I’ve had an awesome two days. The conditions are bad all things considered.
     
  17. Lawnole23

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    Broken pelvis sucks. I’m heading to Eldora tomorrow will try my best to avoid a similar fate.
     
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  18. 2

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    Heal up quick :respek:
     
  19. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    I got prescribed prescription ibuprofen, just double the dose of regular, and hydrocodone which I'm not touching lol. I'm shocked at how well the ibuprofen is working now, I can actually walk on both feet without intense pain. I think I'll be fine in a couple of weeks. I honestly got off easy, because while I was at the ski onsite urgent care I saw two kids with really bad bone breaks. Since the same doctor was treating each of us, I could see each xray on his computer monitor. One kid completely broke his radius and ulna and they had to give him nasal spray fentanyl to reset it along with some injections. He took it like a champ, that shit really helped him.

    I had to get two sets of xrays, the first set they thought my break was an artifact and said "your scrotum might be in the way we need to take some pictures again to be sure" which I interpreted as I've got some nice balls.
     
  20. Bert Handsome

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    Get yourself to a dispensary for some dr feel-good and watch some insane Alaska

     
  21. Bert Handsome

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    Is anyone familiar with Sun Valley? Where would be the best place to try and stay? Warm Springs? Ketchum? By Sun Valley/Dollar Mountain?
     
  22. Lip

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    We’re doing Snowbird/Alta next month. Anyone have recs?
     
  23. Lip

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    you’re a weird guy, ace
     
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  24. Paddy Murphy

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    Wonder if we will unknowingly pass each other in the lift line.
     
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  25. AHebrewToo

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    just booked a house in Big Sky for April. We will be driving there from Michigan. Pray for me.
     
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  26. Nole0515

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    as someone that likes driving? 20 something hours fuck that
     
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  27. AHebrewToo

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    Ya. I’m going with another family and they are very cost conscious. So it was either they don’t come or we drive. It’ll save us a little money and we will have three drivers. So we can split it up.
     
  28. cal2431

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    Are you staying up the canyon or in the Salt Lake valley?
     
  29. Boom TittyMilk

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    My mom broke her shoulder today at steamboat. Got ran over near a lift, guy coming down the mountain thought it was clear, looked over his shoulder for his wife and guess turned around to find my mom infront of him.

    ER doc said she didn’t need surgery. Will be in a sling for 6-8 weeks.
     
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  30. Lip

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    The Cliff Lodge
     
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  31. Lip

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    damn. Scary stuff. Wish her a quick recovery
     
  32. Boom TittyMilk

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    First day. Last time we went skiing at steamboat like 18 years ago i fell first day of skiing hit a patch of ice with my head and knocked my self out and got a nice concussion.

    probably need to nix any potential trips there in the future
     
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  33. cal2431

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    That’s legit. Cliff is known for the rooftop pool and hot tub so definitely check that out. Tram Club is another must at the ‘Bird.

    Snowpine lodge is a cool spot over at Alta for food and drinks.

    You can ski keyhole to go from Snowbird to Alta which will give you fresh tracks as it’s inaccessible aside from the connector.
     
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  34. tjsblue

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    Just got off Northstar. Great day. Decent snow. I little packed and ice in some places. Here for the next week. Probably doing Heavenly and Northstar again. This weekend could get a ton of snow.
     
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  35. bro

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    sounds like a future lawsuit. hope she is okay. did you fill out an incident report with Steamboat?
     
  36. bro

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    not doing my Tahoe trip until mid to late March. I think everywhere could use a snowy February.
     
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  37. portlandspartan

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    Was at Northstar and heavenly last week. Groom was fine. Off groom was an absolute no go.

    Rode Northstar twice, Heavenly once. Stayed closer to Northstar and that was the only reason we did that twice. Both very nice.
     
  38. tjsblue

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    We were 76% off groom and it was OK. Spotty ice in some places. Groomed was randomly filled with assholes going out of their way to kill Anison
     
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  39. Lip

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    he probably deserved it
     
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  40. tjsblue

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    So Tahoe about to get 30+ inches this weekend. So that should be fun….
     
  41. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    It's fucking finally snowing along the west coast including here in the Cascades, that would have helped before I ate shit on what felt like concrete.

    Somehow I'm feeling insanely better given that I couldn't move around without crutches from last Friday through Saturday evening, the prescription ibuprofen really helps. I don't think I could go running right now but I can at least start swimming if the pain gets no worse than what I felt today.
     
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  42. Lawnole23

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    Heading up to Eldora today. Both kids in ski school so I can actually ski with my wife and not worry about whether the 7 year old took the wrong path or a hit a tree behind me.
     
  43. colonel_forbin

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    I’m heading to telluride tomorrow for three days of skiing, which I have not done in 20 years.

    how many pairs of baselayer do I need? Is it like a just use the same pair for all three days? Or a different pair every day?
     
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  44. Space

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    Did you book this?
     
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  45. Lawnole23

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    I would bring one for each day. It’s been warm and I’ve been getting sweaty out there.
     
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  46. Lip

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    nah - Europe got vetoed by some wives. We’re doing Snowbird/Alta instead
     
  47. ono

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    I can generally get by reusing my leg base layers a couple days but yeah definitely do different tops for each day
     
  48. 2

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    Oh man, I’m sorry. The snow is trash. Not safe out there at all, just was up today. You can ski in a t-shirt.
     
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  49. bro

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    Ya January was a let down on the snow front. Getting snow Friday night so I’m going up Saturday.m

    telluride getting 20 inches from next Thursday to Saturday.
     
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    Tomboy Tavern has a great bourbon selection
     
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