ShootsManyBullets
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It doesn't mean "cross here?"
Colorado ski partners wanted
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Wildabeest
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It seems more people die in the side country run off the top of Park City than they do in the Wasatch back country each year. Last year was an exception, but that was due to a single slide that took 5 lives. “Only” lost 2 on the side country run.
This is an old pic. They decided to permanently close the gate at the beginning of this season. Doesn’t mean that people don’t still ski it, but it’s an instant pass revoke if you’re caught going under the rope either exiting or entering back into the resort.
The reason I think so many people die in the side country is not because it’s more dangerous than skiing backcountry. I think instead it’s ease of access. People willing to skin up 2,000’ of vertical generally tend to be better trained and equipped than some punk kid jumping off a lift and hiking a few hundred feet out a ridge line. Darwin doesn’t always win, but sometimes he does.
And I was just busting @DouglasR’s balls suggesting that out of bounds run at Copper. #SafetyFirst!
This is an old pic. They decided to permanently close the gate at the beginning of this season. Doesn’t mean that people don’t still ski it, but it’s an instant pass revoke if you’re caught going under the rope either exiting or entering back into the resort.
The reason I think so many people die in the side country is not because it’s more dangerous than skiing backcountry. I think instead it’s ease of access. People willing to skin up 2,000’ of vertical generally tend to be better trained and equipped than some punk kid jumping off a lift and hiking a few hundred feet out a ridge line. Darwin doesn’t always win, but sometimes he does.
And I was just busting @DouglasR’s balls suggesting that out of bounds run at Copper. #SafetyFirst!
DouglasR
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Well I knew I’d been playing with fire for the past 29 days and this morning I finally got burned...
I knocked a jetboil full of hot water off the center console of my truck.
I knocked a jetboil full of hot water off the center console of my truck.
Oh no! As long as you didn’t burn the boys it’s not the end of the world…Well I knew I’d been playing with fire for the past 29 days and this morning I finally got burned...
I knocked a jetboil full of hot water off the center console of my truck.
Creepy news out of Copper yesterday:
www.thedenverchannel.com
@DouglasR - if you are into good beers (particularly IPA's and Belgian styles) - Outer Range might be the top brewery in the state and is having their 5th anniversary party tomorrow:
www.outerrange.com
I normally make the anniversary party and its usually a blast, but son has baseball tomorrow afternoon. PM me if you get over there, I won't be able to pick up my free monthly 4-pack, but it's all yours if you want it (I am allowed to send a proxy).
Sheriff's office investigating report of ski patrol impersonator following minor at Copper Mountain
The Summit County Sheriff's Office is investigating a report that a man impersonating a ski patroller at Copper Mountain followed a minor from a ski run last week.
www.thedenverchannel.com
@DouglasR - if you are into good beers (particularly IPA's and Belgian styles) - Outer Range might be the top brewery in the state and is having their 5th anniversary party tomorrow:
EVENTS @ ORB
TAKING PARTIES TO NEW HEIGHTS Building community through craft beer is what drives us,so we take having fun together very seriously.Get ready to Leave the Life Below.
www.outerrange.com
I normally make the anniversary party and its usually a blast, but son has baseball tomorrow afternoon. PM me if you get over there, I won't be able to pick up my free monthly 4-pack, but it's all yours if you want it (I am allowed to send a proxy).
Irrelevant
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Tell me more...
Wildabeest
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Either Nordica Enforcer 100’s or Fischer RC4 Worldcup slalom skis. Pretty big difference between them…
The Fischer are super quick and fun for serious carving on the groomers, but are about worthless in powder. The Nordica’s are a great all mountain, all condition ski.
Those Armada’s are actually for my son who wanted more of a powder and freestyle ski. They are way too hip for me!
I also have these 1930’s vintage Harvey E Dodd Chalet’s….
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Outer Range Brewing (in Frisco, CO) has a membership club where, amongst other perks, you get a free 4 pack each month (~$14-20/4 pack), but it doesn't roll over month to month. I never made it there in January since both times we went over the hill this month we had to take the alternate route (US40) due to storms/traffic. They allow members to designate a proxy if they can't make it.
The best perk of the club membership (I think this year they sold out in a few hours after renewals were processed) is the 'Golden Ticket' - 1 day a year of your choice, you present your ticket and you and a +1 drink free all day (plus $30 in food credit at the awesome Thai chicken place inside the brewery). For 2021, a buddy of mine flew out in December for the weekend and between him and I we opened and closed the joint and basically paid for the membership in one day.
Now back to the thread's regularly scheduled Tinder/JetBoil Spills/OOB skiing content...
Irrelevant
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Home page isn't selling me. We have a flat-brimmer with hearings, and a weakass 'stach and a knit hat...above the ears? WTF
Now back to our scheduled ski stats, lingo I don't understand and vailed tinder stories.
Yeah - I don't frequent the joint to mingle with the hipster/ski bum crowd - but their beer is impeccable and it's on the way to basically everywhere in western CO. The upstairs deck where that picture was taken and/or the Yurt in the back lawn are, IMO, the two best "Apres" locations in Summit Cty.
DouglasR
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Yeah it was the Fischer’s.Either Nordica Enforcer 100’s or Fischer RC4 Worldcup slalom skis. Pretty big difference between them…
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The Fischer are super quick and fun for serious carving on the groomers, but are about worthless in powder. The Nordica’s are a great all mountain, all condition ski.
Those Armada’s are actually for my son who wanted more of a powder and freestyle ski. They are way too hip for me!
I also have these 1930’s vintage Harvey E Dodd Chalet’s….
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I want to demo a set of carving skis.
DouglasR
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Those Armada’s are actually for my son who wanted more of a powder and freestyle ski. They are way too hip for me!
Yeah, I always saw you as more of a Vishnu guy. #slc
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DouglasR
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110 don’t mean nothing to me
DouglasR
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Seriously though, is this song about going on a ski trip?
Moosie
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Drop me an email. [email protected], lets talk. Www.PakJak.usYo @Moosie, armada’s been hollering at me, but what’s the chance of an uphill athlete getting the hook up on a packjack?
noharleyyet
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DouglasR
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Pulled out the big birds, ditched the heal lifts and picked up some custom or-thot-ics and spoilers.
Wouldn’t be surprised if team USA called me in as an alternate.
#dougligety
#garminonlyhaditat59tho
Wouldn’t be surprised if team USA called me in as an alternate.
#dougligety
#garminonlyhaditat59tho
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