Lets says its a nice spring skiings day, and a giant poisonous insect flies into my $15 dollar resort beer (I don't do pocket beers like the poors, I am a no expenses spared kinda guy). Do I drink it like a man and risk death? Or do I poor one out for the homies? What would the best skier on the mountain do? I work hard for the money.
I’m doing something right after all!
Only 4+ months to go. I’m ready. Especially on these hot days
Has all the snow from the summer solstice event melted or there some turns to be had still?
About 1 year ago Mt Colden had a massive landslide above avalanche pass. When it happened I know there were talks of it being a new back country ski line, so I’m curious. Has anyone actually skied it this past season? If so, Is there video somewhere of it?
I’m deciding between QST 94s and rustler 9s as my new skis to buy as a daily driver for east coast skiing and my only pair. I usually ski VT like Killington and Jay. I ski a pretty even split of trees, moguls and woods but I want to prioritize my experience on the second two. I don’t ski too much powder so it’s one of the lowest priority but I don’t want to absolutely fail in it. Anything that I should know that sets one over the other? They all look so similar to me and price is comparable, especially when buying used, so I’m kind of at a road block. Thanks!
I would love advice on best seasonal ski programs for kids in the Conway NH area. Last season we did adhoc lessons across different mountains but our kid is very excited about joining a ski team so we figure a seasonal ski program is the way to go.
Ideally we want a mountain that we can transition to a ski team next year. Currently 6 years old, can do black diamonds but not skiing parallel consistently.
Some people have mentioned Cranmore and Bretton Woods. We’ve skied at both but don’t know enough whether one is better than others for what we are looking for
We would love any and all input both about the best ski programs in the N Conway area and by extension if they align with the same resort’s ski team or how we should think about it?
Thank you!
I have a pair of Ogasaka KS-PGII and Ogasaka TwinKeel VII skis:
ChatGPT says they are still very desirable, but are these still desirable enough to sell on FBMP? The retail price tag is still on one pair at $745 - i know this is not what we got them at a business closeout sale. If they are what would be reasonable? Any input would be helpful - Thank You
NYC and Lake Placid are developing a joint bid for the 2042 Winter Olympics. Obviously Whiteface is one of the few places on the east coast capable of hosting the more difficult events like Downhill which require very long and wide runs. But it seems to lack the capacity to handle all of the Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, freestyle skiing and ski mountaineering events together. Back in the 1980 Olympics only Downhill, Grand Slalom and Slalom were contested for both sexes. Now there are dozens of competitions to host. The obvious thing would be to also include Gore, but even then I'm not sure that would be enough capacity, the Milan Cortina games required events at three resorts (Cortina D'Ampezzo, Bormio and Livigno) and I think that has become typical for modern Olympics. If a third resort has to be included for capacity reasons which should it be?
Obviously Belleayre is also run by the New York Olympic authority, but is too small for a lot of the events and a three hour drive from NYC. In a stretch though you could run some of the events with shorter lengths on Dot Nebel or Yahoo.
Sugarbush is reasonably close to Lake Placid and much more capable than Belleayre, but is in Vermont. There are plenty of other ski resorts that are close to NYC, but probably only Belleayre/Hunter/Windham are big enough to handle even the smaller events and Belleayre has the advantage of being ORDA run over Hunter and Windham.
Ski mountaineering at Big Snow American Dream?
Hey everyone. I currently have pair of older (probably late 2000s-early 2010s) Head skiis with Tyrolia BYS 100 bindings. Got them and the boots that came with them for free several years ago. The skiis themselves, honestly, are perfectly good enough to make me happy, but the boots, while pretty much the right size, become truly painful for me a few hours into a ski day.
That's been fine in the past when I've only been skiing like once every year or two at Bear Creek or Jack Frost, but I got an Indy Pass for the upcoming season with the intention of skiing at least 4-5 days this year on bigger mountains, and would like to be a bit more comfortable.
I've never bought new skiis or boots before, so I naively thought I'd be able to wait until summer, then go to a shop and get old stock skiis and boots in the off-season for a deal. My plan was Buckman's. I missed the fact that they aren't even OPEN in the summer.
So my question: once shops with good boot-fitters open up again, I'm sure prices will be high, so is there any chance I would be able to get just a pair of boots, fitted to my foot, to go with these older skiis? Or will I NEED to get new skiis/bindings if I want to get new, comfortable boots? I'm very interested in saving all the money I can, so I can spend it on travelling to the slopes, as well as on a good helmet which I currently lack.
I'm open to any other suggestions you experts might have for me as well, to get some comfortable skiing in without breaking the bank.
Does anyone think realistically any more Indy passes will be released this year? I’m kicking myself for not getting one …
Does anybody remember this place? Very small mountain. Only a rope tow but I think it has potential to be a destination!
I chatted with town officials about why it isn’t running rn. Long story short; it was run by volunteers
My question is: What would make Prospect Mountain a destination again? I was thinking events…. A baby slopestyle event, food trucks, Zeb Powell, idk
What makes you drive to a mountain? Is it an experience? Is it the snow ?
Looking for an alternative ski setup to play on. Since equip is expensive to play whack-a-mole with, any opinions from those that have rode any of these?
For background, expert level skier, will ski all conditions, woods, groomers etc. mostly VT based but all NE in play.