P06781 Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Might head up to MHM i the am for some of tonights pow. Crowds will be bad I know but might go anyways .... Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Jim, looks like you caught the tail end of the storm. Big Time!!! 14" , yeah!! Maybe Monday, wishfull thinking that the crowds will be smaller. Hope you had a great "Tanker Day" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P06781 Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Jim, looks like you caught the tail end of the storm. Big Time!!! 14" , yeah!! Maybe Monday, wishfull thinking that the crowds will be smaller. Hope you had a great "Tanker Day" Yes Bryan had a great time and it wasnt that crowded! Hit all the favorites and didnt have too wait at the bottom. Rode the Tanker 192 and it snowed all day! You should have come along.... Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Nice!! Glad you got it!!! Yep, sounds like I missed a good one!!! Hard to guess these holiday crowds I guess. Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Blue skys, cold, and both Vista and Cascade lifts opened. Crowds? Yes. But making pow laps on Vista helped me not feel quite so bad about missing yesterday. These photos taken today. (1) Mt Hood's SE side from Shoot Star Chairlift (2) Mt Hood's S side from the area just west of the Vista chairlift's top. (3) Mt Hood from White River bridge. (the site of the huge mud/rock flow last year that closed the road for over a month, as in no access to Mt Hood Meadows!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P06781 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Hey Bryan, It looked pretty nice up there! Are you heading to Mt bachelor now? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Not quite a clear and sunny today. Finally some good groomers!! Not nearly as crowded as yesterday. Still heavy traffic but not many lines to speak of. Tried out my new Tinkler TNT, very interesting feel. It is like it is following the snow and doesn't let pressure off one edge until the other is already tracking. Starts and finishes softer yet I can crank on it hard in the middle. Very nice. Look forward to more time on it soon!! 1 , lower S/S Ridge, first couple runs were sweet, full carved it with ease. 2 , S/S Ridge, edge to edge , left side softer than right. Really nice. Should have stayed there even longer!! 3 , I am sure you are bored with Mt Hood summit shots, just liked the light and the bird in this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Last I heard Heather Canyon had still not opened. Word was , not till Wed?? Flat light sort of took some of the fun out of the carving (it was starting to get rougher too). Then the sun came back out and I got out the new TNT. Good decision!! It was a nice early afternoon afterall!! 1 Tail of Tinkler TNT 2 "Stadium", they super groomed for the racers yesterday and then cleaned it up nice today, probably the best groomer of the day for me. Steeper. 3 Nose of the TNT, on edge partially flexed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Thanks Bryan! :lol: At least 2 more weeks of PT before I can even think about getting on snow. Nice shot of lower SS, don't think I've been on it when it isn't a little bumpy. you lose :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hi Galen, glad to hear you won't have to wait much longer, just take it easy!! Yes, it was about as smooth as I have seen it. Didn't take long to get bumpy again though. If it doesn't rain or get ugly , it would be really good Wednesday. Look forward to having you on the far side of the chair soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I was up today too - New Year's day. I found some softer snow on S/S Ridge and buried the nose once... :freak3: Otherwise, we were riding HRM and did a couple of laps on Vista later in the day. Great snow, firming up nicely after all the crowds yesterday. If we didn't have more snow coming our way, tomorrow/Thursday would probably be just about perfect chalk. We saw your tracks for sure...was wondering who that was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hey Dan, here I thought I was the only alpine rider on the mt. I did see an O-Sin from the Vista chair, but the rider was using soft boots I thought. You? I think I made two laps on HRM but that is it. I did a half dozen on Vista. I spent more time on Stadium (Yellow) than I have in years. No line, slow chair but little waist getting to the goods. :o I had my radio on all day? You? I am going to stop carrying it if no one else does? Sorry I missed you? Who else? Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hey Bryan, I was hard booting on a Madd BX...thought the snow would be too soft for GS. I don't even have a softie setup now, except for my antique Airwalks and Preston LXs from 1997. It would probably be about like riding in Converse hightops. :) I was riding with Erin and my buds Octavio and Ben (you remember Ben? He bought his Oxygen freeride board from you about 2 years ago). Octavio is making the transition to hard boots (after a few years of encouragement from me), but was riding soft today - he was thinking the snow would be softer than it was. In fact, Vista was awesome, and I bet Stadium was pretty sweet...wish I'd thought of hitting that. I saw that guy with the O-sin too, but didn't recognize him...didn't seem like the right conditions for that board today. Radios...good point. I have two sets, and I hardly ever use them -- would be good to start, especially as cell reception can be dodgy on a lot of the mountain. What frequency do you monitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Dan, 13-20 Looking at Thursday, may hold out for Friday. See how much they get overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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