Scott.Creer

I signed up. Question is 170vsr(r12) or 160vsr(r7)? Or softies?

Today was pretty good. There were some responsible course setters today, so steep 2 and easy 2 were ridable. 7 and 1 both were closed for racing. Got pretty sporty and was almost hit twice. Snow was really good though.

Got there in time for first chair on 7 at 9:30 and they are already setting 3 courses on 7. Went to 2 and there were 4 courses set there and the whole run closed to general public. Got a few runs in on 1 before they set another course there. They also set a 5th course on 2. The frustrating thing about all of the course setting today, was there was about 30-40 racers total between all of the courses on 7, 2, and 1. On 2, 3 of the courses were set with identical spacing between Gates, but they were not running head to head races. Mini-trent (who I rode up the chair with, super awesome by the way) had her own slalom course set for her. In highschool, I used to help the race program at my local hill set courses. There was a rule that only 1 run could be closed for racing/practices and all the teams had to use the same run/courses. I do not understand why that wasn't done on a day like today, when you know the hill is going to be mobbed and you have a lower volume of racers and kids. Gripe over.

This morning was cold, hard, and fast. I spent most my time on 7. Met up with Joe for a few runs. It was good. My legs were dead by noon. On my way back from hylands I saw 12 was open and the BX was open without jumps or anything. I took 1 run on 12 and realized my legs were too dead to continue.

Took runs on the magic carpet this morning. It actually seemed like the snow was holding up really well considering the warm temps.

Things were pretty amazing this morning. Gates all over 1+2. 7 had Gates by noon. I rode my knapton, and got a few compliments from the ticket scanner guy.

Unfortunately I am out. I need to be at home for the morning, my oldest has pneumonia. Good wishes for conditions for you all!

Should have built one of these...

Easy 2 was awesome. Best place on the hill. Hero snow. Steep 2 was full of dips and bumps. Everywhere else just wasn't as good. I lasted a few hours. Tons of people were trying to talk to me. I had my headphones in, plus layers so it was hard to hear sometimes.

It makes me mysterious. I thought mysterious was sexy.

I think I am gonna try to make it for the morning. I have a meeting that afternoon I need to be at.

Everything was sugar on teeth chattering boiler plate this morning. Super flat light. I left after 30 minutes. Things looks a little better this afternoon when I went back with the 4 year old. Magic carpet was in good shape.

Never been down in that area, and the boss has a friend down there to visit. I don't have my hopes up.

I went for about 30 minutes on Sunday. Hero snow. Limited runs open. I only brought my rocker like a dummy, cause the kids were gonna come out for their first lesson. That didn't happen, so I just went home. Gonna try Mount Kato this weekend.

Thank You Trent... Saved me a trip out there. I guess I will use these home show tickets instead.

I hope to get out Saturday morning for an hour or so. Too much to do.

People can't cut through a course that is set properly on one side or the other of a trail. And I agree for races, or even a GS course, but for kids slalom practice Jerrys are going to stay out, and even if they do enter it isn't a big deal. In this particular case, there was another closed trail to use. Or they could have set ropes up down the 1/2 of the trail, instead of closing the whole thing. Glad I was working on home stuff yesterday.

Today was a hero day. Squeaky snow and perfect. Except the cold. Even with boot heaters my feet froze. I lasted till about 11:15am.

Today's conditions were good.... But someone needs to talk to them (probably gonna be me) about consolidating what runs they close for races and gate practice. I get why the closed 1 today, because there were two courses on it. But 2 was completely closed and there was only gates set on easy two really. Steep two was completely open, but roped off. 7 was also closed for gate training, even though it was only one course for a total of ten kids running it. Talked to the coaches, and they were very nice and said they didn't have an issue with me riding down as long as I wasn't in the gates. That was great for to runs, till the lifty at the top yelled at me for it. I left after that. They should have been training on steep two, which was closed anyways.

-16 with a windchill to about -40

Well folks with the forecast calling for some silly cold temps, Afton might not even be open. They have closed in years past due to these types of temps.

intuition luxury. they are really nice. I rode them on Monday and what a difference for my feet. although if I knew I was going this route from the get go, I could have downsized the shell a bit.

1/21 Cold but conditions were really good. Spent most of my time on 7 where snow was more consistent. It was really good.

1/19 I was out for a few hours this morning. Snow was actually pretty good, considering. There were gates on 1 and 2 so I spent all my time on 7. Terrible feet pain made me stop for a few minutes. New liners are here, just haven't gotten them ready yet.

I won't be able to be out till Sunday.