Oh, had a question: Is Snow Summit more along the lines of a freeride type of mountain compared to Big Bear? Are they better trails for carving and going fast?
IMO, yes. Bear has got some decent runs but I enjoyed cruising at SS more. Geronimo is fun at bear when there's fresh, but other than that, I personally think SS is superior.
Snow summit has a bunch of runs. Definitely something for everybody. A lot of them are open runs with some features, but theyve also got some steeps to bomb that arent very crowded. Looking toward the mountain, the left side is where you do that (not sure what the lift #'s are). Ive never been to Bear mtn, but from everything ive read and been told, its mostly a snowboard park.
Niceee! If I wake up this time around, I'll be at Mt. High too. I'm going to hold off on Snow Summit & Bear when I have a pal or two with me. I can't talk to myself for an hour & 1/2 If you see a short guy with a black Analog jacket, grey pants and white boots; that should be me!
Mt High was pretty good today. Had this white stuff lapping up over my board and hitting my ankles, very unfamiliar feeling this season. Most pow stashes tracked out by 11, until ducking the closed ropes but that was a bit rocky in places. Never ridden the west before. Nice setup, liked their lines of various size kickers.
Almost diverted to ss this morning, but I still have no chains.
I'm glad I didn't go to S.S. I have no chains! There was a sign on the 15-N saying that you need chains if your going to the mountains and I was pretty worried but the road conditions were completely fine! I was slow to get up so I got to Mt. High at 10:40am or so. The snow was nice! I went up to the right side of the mountain after a good amount of time getting used to things again in the green trails. It was soooo nice up there! Better snow, super hazy, it was awesome! I was unfamiliar with the trails up there but I think I avoided the black diamond trails :laugh: Not ready for that. I'll put up some pictures I took on my phone. I'm really tired! Today was my first time riding for the season and the first time on my own setup. The response on my board was so much better than the Burton LTR's I rented at the resort I need to put on the Rome stomp pad that came with my bindings. I didn't expect my topsheet to be soo slick in the snow. I've seen people without them so thought it would be fine but it was way too slick, it was very hard to skate. I got more used to it as the day went on but still not easy.
hahaha dude its totally me. I zoomed in on it. I can see my green gloves, acid green forces, and gray DC pants. thats fucking funny.
BTW, i dont think you can change photo size on the iphone. It should be full size, but if you text it to yourself or something it resizes it to small like that. The full size image should be in your phone.
EDIT: Just realized you said phone, and not iphone.
Hahah! Nice find, detective I have an android phone, it's tough to tell with the original version.
What are the odds! I took that picture when I just got to the base. I was looking for Zombaco in a black helmet(should have been a white one, whoops!) and a beard. Did ya see a short guy falling a lot in a black Analog jacket and grey pants?
edit: Oh! Nevermind, the actual version is pretty damn huge. I'll upload it on a file sharing site.
Haha. Yep, white helmet. Spent most of the day on the right side. We probably passed each other at some point. Nice pics. It was strange that cloud just sat on the top of the right hill most of the afternoon
me and a buddy are supposed to be there tomorrow..change of plans. supposed to drive there and ride all day..but we're gonna spend the day in l.a. when we fly in and will head out and night board at summit, and all the next day (friday) and maybe even saturday...with possibly bear mtn in there somewhere too.
got me some dc judge boots few days ago..so comfy..but can't wait to try out all my new gear! not like i'll know any difference with anything else, since i'm teh virgin snow noob, lol.
watching the forecast..hope more snow gets dumped!!
Hope the weather predictions work out and more snow is dumped on Thursday.
Can't go out there till Saturday, and projections says 55 degrees. >.<; Not sure if its even wroth going up there considering how fast the snow will turn to slush.
You guys should've gone today too. Great conditions, 45F, lots of untracked pow to enjoy (or get stuck in after hitting a rock & smacking your knee real good, as I did, haha) & no lift lines. Rode the entire mountain several times from 8:30 - 4 with my buddy. Hopefully it's still nice tomorrow & thru the weekend for everyone who is planning to go up. If my buddy gives me his pics & videos I'll post them up.
Sorry, I thought I said I was at Snow Summit, but upon reading it again, I guess I didn't. I was freakin tired after yesterday. 1st day up this season (sadly) and it took a lot more out of me than I anticipated... Went with my buddy, but neither of us are skilled park riders, so we stuck to Summit & hit Westridge, Ego Trip, Cruiser, Sundown & some of the other park runs there to hit boxes, a few low kickers & jib off random stuff. It was also my 1st day on my new board & bindings, so it took a few runs to get a feel for everything
I may go to mt high or bear Thursday.. I can't decide
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