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We ended up staying at June for the weekend. They only had one run open on Saturday, but as a first day of the season warmup it was fine, one of the better green runs anyway. Saturday they were able to open J7 with limited top run access, but coverage was early season though. Still no j6 or j4, just need more snow! All in all snow conditions themselves were still excellent, and crowds next to none. And the wife tried out hardboots for the first time! Montucky here we come!
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Yeah we are staying in June but will be riding both probably. Hoping for more snow!
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I know it's super last minute, but headed to June this weekend!
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Planning for this upcoming weekend still (3/24-3/26) if anyone might be around, hoping the weather cooperates with us!
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Unfortunately due to weather we had to change plans for this weekend, we plan to be out there next weekend and the weekend of the 25th
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Looks like my wife and I should be in June for the weekend! Will be great to ride with you again!
On 10/13/2022 at 9:50 AM, slopestar said:Katie and I will be flying back to Bishop from Colorado to ride. Katie is doing a 3 day women's clinic with one of our friends who is a level 3 instructor at Mammoth. Why? (she rides with The Legendary LCI most weekends) To support a good friend and to visit family in Lone Pine and our LA/Mammoth friends. Im sure i will do at lease Saturday or Sunday at June. Anyone planning months in advance? Probably just my wife...She rips so its all good!
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Gunsmoke is definitely my favorite, nice consistent run, great pitch, easily wide enough, you can easily see any straight liners above you and you can see it from the chair lift, even if the lift is a little slow.
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How was it this weekend? I hear traveling is still difficult especially for June, main road is still closed.
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June is pretty empty, even when it is "crowded". I have not been on holiday weekends but other busy weekends it is still nice. Just make sure to get there early on those crowded weekends, that upload chair can be over an hour wait around 10 am.
Mammoth can get pretty stupid depending on the weekend and where you are riding. I have only been to heavenly once on a weekend but I would say it is probably comparable based on that experience.
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28 minutes ago, slopestar said:
Mammoth this past Friday was fun until the clouds and weather descended all the way to base. Did some fun fast ones on 2/Stump. Spent Saturday at June and decimated Gunsmoke. Saw some guys carving in softies which was really cool. A good crew of guys. Sunday early ups at mammoths was supers fun. The weather cleared and we rode all over until finishing our day back on old faithful/Stump alley. Hooked back up with the same crew from June and did a couple laps. Loaned my Alloy DO for a run to a guy on a Knapton Twin… He really enjoyed it. We had a great time!
Sounds awesome! Wish I could have joined you!
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Some instructors definitely know! I barely strapped in thismorning and an instructor stopped me and talked about how he had one of the first asyms, and how he used to teach on them. Said he has been considering getting back into it too
Also today, besides the typical "Are those ski boots?!":
Liftie riding down the chair looks to me and says "corduroy killer! How many of those arcs are yours?" referencing the truns on the run below. A good number were mine, but there are actually quite a few good softie carvers at June on any given day.
Another Liftie "how do you like that setup? Is it like a long board?"
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6 hours ago, slopestar said:
Congratulations! Maybe you come visit CO sometime
Thanks! And we will let you know when we head out that direction!
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On 2/22/2022 at 5:07 PM, slopestar said:
Riding Friday-Sunday March 4-6. Early ups on 3/6… I’ll have alloy AZX and DO with me. Probably be on the AZX though in case someone wants to try the DO
Wish I could join you! At June this weekend (now) for a last minute trip with my fiance before our wedding, next weekend is a no go, too many appointments and last minute planning stuff haha.
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Just found this little throwback jewel for your enjoyment!
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Last minute post, I am going to be at Heavenly tomorrow, 1/8. Never been - any recommended runs? Heading out of Boulder.
Thanks for tips!
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On 3/31/2021 at 6:55 PM, dredman said:
I use a collapsible selfie stick and GoPro9. The stabilization built in the camera is amazing. I have not had to use the computer to stabilize any of the footage I have shot this year.There is even an auto level to the horizon function. Simply an amazing camera for the money.
This! I have a hero 7, which is the first one that had truly amazing image stabilization, I would say that it or greater is required, or spend an equal amount on a gimbal accessory.
One of @Ryan Knaptons tips for use on a pole is to flip the camera so it faces down not up. Your face is covered with helmet, goggles and especially now mask, everyone is more interested in your board action than your head that they can't even see looking around the mountain.
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I keep seeing all these new fancy boards in the board porn thread with some killer custom top sheets... Are there some members of our community that do these?
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For what it's worth, I took that approach the last couple seasons - the "add resistance" method. This season I went and made everything more natural and my carves have improved a vast amount since doing so.
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I missed this thread but coincidentally I have been working on and successfully completing some 360 carves my last couple days out! I love your breakdown, definitely speaks to what I am doing.
I've noticed most of mine so far on a Kessler 168 are oval or circle shaped and not the spiral shape. Not sure if that's just technique or something to do with the board or that I am doing it on very flat ground. I am not trying to do a spiral per say though, more do a 360 and smoothly stand back up
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That my binding setup needed some adjustment to be more relaxed vs "getting me in an aggressive stance"
That I can do some 360 carves!
And still working on heelside turn initiation / commitment
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Last weekend I got a few
Second liftie downloading on the chair (June Mountain, Gunsmoke, J4) where the chair is on the side of the entire run. He sees me going down and meets me at the bottom and says "that was awesome watching you come down, I thought you were going to make a full circle!"
I then started ending the runs with a 360 carve around the slow sign at the bottom
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I just played with my lift last weekend. I am at about 60/65 degrees and using TD3s, I have had for a couple years now 6 degrees toe lift on the front and 6 almost full heel lift on the back, slight inward canting. I have always felt a bit unnatural and strained while in line or waiting on the side of the slope with this setup though. Carving was ok, but not super fluid. The plus side was it got me into a more aggressive position and provided more resistance in the boots/bindings which atleast in my mind equated to more immediate power transition to the board
I decided over the last couple trips to slowly get into a more natural position. I am now at the same front settings, but rear is now a 3 degree ring with slightly more inward cant (angle relative to the binding angle- but likely numericaly less ramp due to a 3 degree vs 6 ring). I also adjusted the spring system (dgss?) to be more upright on the front foot. This has made the whole setup much more comfortable and natural feeling. I feel a bit of slop though when entering heel side (may be partly me too) so it's not quite tuned in yet, but carves felt much more natural.
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Headed to June for 2/20 and 21st if anyone wants to make some turns!
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On 11/16/2020 at 10:58 AM, thomas said:
Will be interesting to see whether Mammoth actually implemented a quota system or if they follow the Austrian model. Might head up on December 11 to 13.
Let me know how it goes! From what I've heard, they have standard social distancing measures and mask requirements. Also sounds like they are limiting day sale tickets and no day of tickets.
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That's exactly where we stayed and love it there!
Lower mountain the coverage was very good for the open run atleast. I will say it got very windy on Saturday with the storm blowing in, so much so that they closed j1 mid morning. Only way down was a snowcat on the cat trail. They piled up the skis and boards and even though my nicer board was on the top it still had some superficial base scratches from the bumpy ride.