GeorgeS

Hi Slopestar I'm the other MH east rider here. Maybe this season we'll have more than two hardbooters at east at the same time. I ride there weekends and the odd day off. Post up here when you are going. Like Theo said, west is pretty good at night or late afternoon, just stay on the steeper runs and use chairs 5 and 6 more than the quad. I got there at 3 pm one spring day and some of the runs off of chair 5 looked like untracked freshly groomed spring snow. I also go to Summit a bit, with our family having 3 birthdays in December we take advantage of the free birthday passes. Look here for the carve sessions at Summit, it's always fun riding with a group and the grooming there is the better than MH. I think I was there about 7 times last year.

Wow, hope you get well soon. You should be better before anything good opens.

I rode my Madd today at MH. Got on the snow at 2:30 and rode until 4:40. One run open top to bottom no lift lines and pretty good snow for October:). There will be insane crowds there during the next 3 days.

Hey Loc, your ATV would be a cool board at Baldy, but it's too nice to take there.:) I'll be sure to post when I'm going up there.

Pictures and video from opening day. Pretty insane, over 4000 people. One hour lift line wait. http://www.mammothsnowman.com/

I bought the MH pass and the Baldy one. The Madd will be ok on some of the runs at the top but not to ride down to the parking lot.

The Mammoth web site had a picture of a large lift line in the morning. They took it off the site later on. The combination of free tickets and most So Cal College students being off on Fridays is the perfect storm for a crowd. Plan on going after the next storm later this month.

Theo Thanks for posting this. I got mine right away. Baldy is close to home for me. I guess I'll have to get out the rock board.

I'm hoping for a late October opening also. I've been there early the past few years before thanksgiving and I don't think I will go again if only Broadway is open. But then again I may NEED to go. I agree about the heat. It's hard to imagine Loveland making snow while I'm burning up at work.

Hi Loc check out this link http://webpages.charter.net/tcrocker818/ Scroll down the page to the "History of Southern California Snow Conditions" Look at the 97/98 and the 82/83 seasons, both good El Nino seasons. I rode Mt Baldy on the Memorial day(May 25th 1998) and Mammoth on the last day of June. Baldy had good coverage on Thunder Mt. and was open till the end of May I believe. Check out the May reports for '98 on this one (3 ft of new snow in May)! http://webpages.charter.net/tcrocker818/Southland_TC.htm George

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The copy is in process already! Maybe use a dvd this time.

I just got this friday off, so I will be there Friday and Saturday. The snow should be pretty hard in the morning. Hopefully I'll see another Madd and an Angrry.

Hey Theo, how do I get a printout? Don't tell me I need to drive up there! "I ended the season on a high note, carved a nasty black diamond top to bottom at a safe speed" So I take it the newer Coiler works well or were you riding the delam special.:)

Hey Terry I'll be there Thursday, Can't miss one last day Summit. BTW, your sig is great, I want to make it into a bumper sticker:)

Hey Theo, we should switch boards for a couple runs this weekend. Don't you want to see if I can bend that coiler with my 125 lbs.:lol: I know you could bend my Silberfiel, and my Madd(F1 flex)is too soft for you!

There were four of us carving at June, Niel, Kerry,Ilia(on a Prior)and myself, we just weren't all together. Just wish I could see better with the snow and wind. I almost stayed Sunday night but couldn't blow off work. I knew Monday was going to be an awesome day. There was over a foot of snow on top of my car from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon.

I'm from So Cal and it looks like I can make it to June and Rose. I haven't been to either one in a long time so it should be fun.

Kerry it was nice meeting you and Lorrie in January. Talking about Baja trips with you really brought back memories. I'm pretty sure I will be at June on Sat, so I should see you there. I need to try out my new BTS and my old Td2s.

You're just lucky that I don't type as fast as I talk, or I'd have thousands of posts.:lol: The Madd actually feels close to my F2 but the Madd has less camber and is softer which is what I wanted. It likes hard snow better than my F2.

Erwin: I'm glad you're ok after the collision. What an end to a great day. I think I'm buying a helmet tonight. Julian thanks for posting the video and thanks to Andrea again for filming. It's very helpful to see what I look like compared to how I feel riding. I need to get lower, more on toeside turns maybe. Also Julian you were right about the BTS being $59 my eyes must be getting old and I saw $49 Sat night. I'm still buying a pair for my boots.

You can add me to the list Julian. I'll be there at 8.

Good to see you riding again Aaron. I think "carvealicious" is the word I was looking for to describe the snow on Thursday. I was just telling Brenden on Thursday that it helps to get low(and back hand front cuff) and that I have seen pictures of rail grab backside (heelside) turns. Don, I tried to catch up to you two but always seemed to be about halfway up looking down, maybe next time. Keep watching the ride board. Tomorrow looks like a Baldy day, though Valentines day may cut it short.

You guys have fun. The snow was great today and there were 4 carvers on the mountain. Nice to meet you Brenden and Janet, and Don and Rick. I think I may finally be retiring my Raichle Snowboarder boots, my Deeluxe Track 225s are working so much better.