Zaskar
Well-Known Member
Looks man/machine made
21-22 Ski/Snowboard thread
- Thread starter TheGerd
- Start date
- Status
Nice looking day there. Where are we?
Rockbottom
Active Member
Barney's bumps at Blue Mountain. A mogul run with great symmetry. Rare indeed
don
Well-Known Member
Ran up to Stowe literally last minute Sunday night and rode the last 2 days.
Overall conditions were good.
Monday had some nice left overs from the storm in the woods and some of the sides of trails but blue ice scratch on some of the steeper trails. Tuesday was soft spring conditions so most of the laps were on the low angle groomers. Great day for switch turns, ollies off knolls and trying to get elbows on the snow with deep carves.
Overall conditions were good.
Monday had some nice left overs from the storm in the woods and some of the sides of trails but blue ice scratch on some of the steeper trails. Tuesday was soft spring conditions so most of the laps were on the low angle groomers. Great day for switch turns, ollies off knolls and trying to get elbows on the snow with deep carves.
Attachments
Blue usually has a a couple of runs with some seeded bumps. It's a rare day when they are soft.
don
Well-Known Member
Got a few days in at Snowmass, CO. I've never been but was very impressed. Lots of terrain and plenty of steep stuff. The mtn had a good layout too - big but not too hard to get around. Aspen in a close drive and while not cheap the food was incredible. This place checks off a lot of boxes. Hope to go back when there is some fresh snow!
My buddy Pete is on ski's - he's been there a bunch over the years but we explored a bit and did a few runs that were his first time as well.
My buddy Pete is on ski's - he's been there a bunch over the years but we explored a bit and did a few runs that were his first time as well.
Attachments
This should make all the Epic Pass holders feel warm and fuzzy when they get on a Vail lift.
State finds Vail Resorts’ failure to replace equipment contributed to Stowe zipline employee’s death
“Mr. Lewis would not have been killed if the primary attachment lanyard had been replaced due to aging and (wear) of the lanyard,” a report by the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration concludes.
vtdigger.org
don
Well-Known Member
This should make all the Epic Pass holders feel warm and fuzzy when they get on a Vail lift.
State finds Vail Resorts’ failure to replace equipment contributed to Stowe zipline employee’s death
“Mr. Lewis would not have been killed if the primary attachment lanyard had been replaced due to aging and (wear) of the lanyard,” a report by the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration concludes.vtdigger.org
Fucking Vail. What a horrible story all around. I know it's a business but when the zip line company says to replace an item annually then why the hell not? For a corporation like Vail how much is a laynard even if you have to buy a hundred of them??
My wife and I rode that zip line a few years ago (2019?) and she had a weird thing happen at the last leg (where Lewis had his accident). If you haven't zip line'd you pull down on the handle to go faster and let go to slow down/stop. She came into the end zone and wasn't slowing down. She had done the other 2 sections at a slow rate so she knew how to operate it. She ended up running into the buffers and she was fine but scared the shit out of her (and me!).
I wonder if something in the mechanism fails with heat and use from the 2 previous legs? It sounds like Lewis had a failure and the laynard gave way when he couldn't stop at the end.
I miss the old Stowe with the somewhat shabby alpine slide where people got wrecked but it wasn't at 82 mph at 20+ ft in the air.
That is pretty unbelievable....I mean how many cables on a ski hill are holding the lives of humans? 12? 20? Like you would think when you put together the yearly maintenance plan...#1 item would be..."hey lets check these cables that can't fail" I mean there is no "fail safe" for a zip line cable....it fails and you fall....so it cant ever fail.
don
Well-Known Member
100% - so many variables that can cause problems - I feel like some cables would be easy/no brainers
Anyone making this trip for ski/bike lift service this weekend?
I think @Wrong Way Dan said hes going......I wouldnt ski that garbage for free....Killington has some balls charging $63 for that. Its like a statement on everything wrong with skiing in the east...."here is a big pile of SHIT...and we are going to make you pay out the ass for it as well"
I did go ski Killington yesterday with @Kev. It was so much fun skiing in shorts and a t-shirt. Had a huge shit eating grin on all day.
Are you in that tree?
- Status