I'd love to if I can save up some $. Going to Paris in a few weeks with family, so I'm trying to make sure I have all my bills, etc covered before then since I don't have a full month to take care of things. When are you thinking of going?
Damn, I want one more session to work on butters/ground tricks.
Weather doesn't look good for Summit/Bear. Looks like they'll close on the 15th so far. I'd be happy with a low to mid-40's day so it does't get too slushy.
Im flexible on dates. My current employment is running out rapidly. Right now I have zero work for May OR June.
I'd like to go up the beginning of May if no future work comes in. I could be talked into a second trip in June as well. There's a small chance that I will end up working in May but it's doubtful. June-August I'll be full time unemployed.
Cool. Yeah, I'm currently unemployed & hating it. May might be tough, as I get back from Paris in early May & I'll be in the same situation as I am for April of not having a full month to make ends meet. June holds a little more promise assuming I can find some work or get some serious $ coming in from 1 of several projects I'm working on. We'll keep in touch about it for sure, but at this point, don't wait for me if you're looking to go in May
Its official its a bust. Bear took down most of the park to set up something for Redbull and Snowboarder Magazine. They pushed A LOT of snow down where the 100 footer was and you can tell the rest of the runs are suffering. Its a cool setup but you have to be part of the comp. or whatever to get in. Anyways Ill still give you a report.
Showed up at 9:00. Lifts were not open until 9:20. It was really icy and hardpack for the first 30-45 minutes which is good because it was fast but after about 45 minutes it just went to crap. Cruised around for a while just taking it easy because of the conditions. After about two hours there was absolute NO speed what so ever. The park was ok. Still the same setup up top except where the up/down box (next to the kink rail) there is now a flat bar rail. Farther down its still the analog box with a normal box on the right. Rainbow rail is still there. Redbull plaza was fucking HORRID.. I kept skipping it for the hips. Water tank is still down by the hips. They took out the big pyramid and the jump in the middle now is a HUGE 150 footer that I just laughed at. The lower park was exactly the same.
handscreate: what do you do if you don't mind me asking? I do post production sound...TV mostly so season is ending. I'm really busy at the end of April with Pilots. So Im thinking I'll just leave town as soon as I wrap them up.
handscreate: what do you do if you don't mind me asking? I do post production sound...TV mostly so season is ending. I'm really busy at the end of April with Pilots. So Im thinking I'll just leave town as soon as I wrap them up.
I was running a small confections company that I started about 6 years ago, but when the kitchen I was renting ran into some legal & monetary issues & everyone renting in there got screwed when the locks were changed out of nowhere & no one provided new keys. I've been doing business development & sales with some start-ups & most recently worked in a law firm until I got a sweet ass holiday bonus that involved being laid off due to a lack of available work. Been sending out resumes for Sales, Management & Business Development ever since, but have had a lot of companies say they're seriously considering me - read: giving me the runaround.
At this point, I'm about to write up a BS resume (so I don't get instantly denied an interview because I'm overqualified) & get a bullshit job for shit pay somewhere. Sorry for the sob story, haha
Yeah, I figured it's likely to be slushy Sunday when I go up, but slush is better than dirt. I'm hitting Summit since I'm not skilled enough for any real fun in the park
Considering Sunday is their last day of being open this season & their annual Easter egg hunt, it's probably gonna be busy. As far as the snow, probably slushy all day & thinning out. It's typically a little warmer at High than Bear/Summit & I'm expecting slush at Summit this weekend.
Mountain wasn't to bad between 9:30 and 12. A lot better than I expected. Probably helped that I got a free lift ticket. I might try Bear next weekend with the money I saved.
Went to Mt. High yesterday and have to say I was pretty disapointed. I'm usually happy with them but was surprised that they have remained open this long. I had a free ticket but would have been pretty irritated if I spent money on one.
I was surprised they are open this long too. After the initial ice skating rink when they first opened the mountain was ridable, but around noon everywhere started thinning out. Were you there the whole day?
I'm with you. That was the feeling when I left today. My friend stayed the whole day. I don't know how. I guess he enjoys mud boarding. I guess since I was expecting worse I wasn't disappointed with it, you know?
I'm thinking of hitting summit either Thursday (after the Wed dusting) or Friday when it's supposed to snow again. Ideally I'd go Saturday (less wind, better road conditions) but that day I'm tied up.
Hopefully we get some decent snow this week, id like to test out my new bindings before the season ends :laugh:. Hate getting new gear for that reason.
Yeah, the staff at Summit was telling me that Bear was super thin & sketchy this past week/end. Summit had some pretty decent coverage on all the runs I rode on Sunday, though you could see plenty of dirt & rocks from the lift on closed runs
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