bumpyride Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Grass. 2 Grassfires in Northern Minnesota in February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideGuy Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Mash potato snow that is so warm and soft that they cannot run the groomers over it the night before followed by an insane drop in temperature turning the soft mash potato into glass shards. This was my worst day on the hill. Worse than boilerplate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafcadio Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 When there are death cookies on the hill, it is every real man's responsibility to lap them as hard and often as possible in order to grind them into something that can become proper groom the next day.:p;) Just don't drag your hands or you may loose a finger or two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogokoenig Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 You guys are way too hard-core. When conditions get very much below optimal, I stay home. :lol: Heard that a hundred times during SES in Aspen. I wish I could trade with you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtslalom Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 When I go out on a totally crap day it's makes me a better rider...or at least that's what I've been telling myself. I agree with you Ride guy. In my case beggers can't be choosers. I spent 2 1/2 hours in mush the other night and allthough my riding wasn't as good as it is on hardpack days, I still rode in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steez Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Misty Drizzle, I know a stripper by that name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Honestly, I'll only go out in less than perfect conditions when I absolutely have to...... Which is like, every god-damned day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekempmeister Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 more of a visual/psychological issue than one of texture but when I stand at the top of a hill that makes most of it's snow from the ponds at the bottom and it's a swirly ribbon of blue and green ice stretched out before me. that's when I think maybe I didn't pick the best day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sic t 2 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) more often than not in the northeast, a big dump is accompanied by a clearing high pressure system moving through the next day. and that means you get to your favorite ski area and the summit lifts are not running because of high winds so, you take the intermediate lifts halfway up the mountain and board down at 7 mph :p Edited February 18, 2012 by sic t 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teach Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 JT, you probably had ice when you dig in 6". So your edge is actually riding on ice, but with less pressure due to the sloppy snow slightly floating your board. Yeah, that's not very rewarding. For me, though, it's the icy stuff that forms (or really, reinforces and encourages) bad habits, like a straight back leg to be ready to control a skid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhD Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Bad visibility gives me more trouble than almost any kind of surface (except the sastrugi on the west side of Bachelor's summit). I get "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo" (I fail to see anything benign about it...) and in whiteout conditions, without stabilizing visual references, it is sometimes severe enough that I can hardly even stand up. Looking down to clip in seems to trigger it even in good light sometimes. Bad visibility makes everything tougher even when my gyros are working - hard to read the snow, see bumps and ruts, or let the subconscious/peripheral vision handle much of the detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Bad visibility gives me more trouble than almost any kind of surface (except the sastrugi on the west side of Bachelor's summit). I'd have to agree, that's the most difficult stuff to ride in, period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Bad visibility gives me more trouble than almost any kind of surface (except the sastrugi on the west side of Bachelor's summit). I get "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo" (I fail to see anything benign about it...) and in whiteout conditions, without stabilizing visual references, it is sometimes severe enough that I can hardly even stand up. Looking down to clip in seems to trigger it even in good light sometimes.Bad visibility makes everything tougher even when my gyros are working - hard to read the snow, see bumps and ruts, or let the subconscious/peripheral vision handle much of the detail. I get this too, with the added bonus of nausea. Every run up Chair 1 at Whitefish this weekend has been whited out, and I've spent most of the day feeling slightly sick as a result. I once rode up the uber-long chair at the back of Sun Peaks in a whiteout, and when I got to the top, I couldn't stand up on the flat, and had to lie down with my eyes closed. Good fun, not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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