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Skiers injured by flying rocks on Japanese volcano (abc NEWS) This happened at Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort in Gunma prefecture. It is not a major ski resorts like some in Nagano, but it is very special resort to be in Kusatsu, one of the best known hot spring resort in Japan. Also the ski...

Came across interesting video from Wawa - birds eye view of the resort taken by drone. I'm fantasizing of a drone, programmed to autonomously fly with me while I'm skiing and take video of me.

NASTAR racing is free for the whole winter at Sundown! http://www.nastar.com/articles/free-nastar-at-sundown That's a great deal.

I love going to Wachusett on a rainy day. Even during this busy week, it is guaranteed to have no crowd and nice soft snow. This is one of our riding day that my daughter and I go snowboarding, just a couple days a season or so and we are slowly learning over the years. We are still...

Saw on Brettonwoods' snow condition: That is quite a bit of temperature inversion condition. Never seen that (or maybe just didn't notice) while actually being on the mountain.

Usually, I wouldn't come this far unless the mountain is fully open, but we were in Montreal for a couple of days so dropped by on the way back for a day of skiing. Obviously I was carefully watching the weather, but was never quite sure if Jay was hit with any amount rain or not, although...

I asked Which mountain has poor cellular coverage a while back. I see a newer thread Verizon vs Sprint vs ATT vs T-Mobile. Now I'm considering moving from AT&T to T-mobile due to their new offer of T-Mobile to offer free unlimited international data, texts | Mobile - CNET News. I really like...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vermont-yankee-nuke-plant-close-end-2014-20079356 So, they are closing the plant which generates 71% of electricity in Vermont, which is the highest proportion of nuclear power in the US.

I wish I could wait till Monday, but this was the only day available to us and I was not too hopeful due to the weather forecast being too cold. Started around 10:30 on K1 gondola and it looked pretty firm so we eased our way down Great Northern to warm up. By the 2nd run it was snowing...

This is amazingly cute! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4505036177176 Never seen dogs doing anything like this. Curious to know how those dogs started to do it.

I envy that he doesn't need a chairlift L7cuKYLrJgc

http://brettonwoods.com/alpine_conditions/snow_conditions and they are expecting a foot of snow tomorrow.

This is pretty cool. Skiing on pine needle. Should be gentler than rock, but not sure if you can get much of turning at all. It is done at elementary school east of Nagoya, between Tokyo and Osaka. Definitely not in a skiing country. Check out the video in the article (in Japanese)...

Date(s) Skied: 2/22 Resort or Ski Area: Mt. Ellen Conditions:PP, ice Trip Report: After spending a couple days at Lincoln, moved over to Mt. Ellen. Lincoln was in brutal condition so my hope was not high but was pleasantly surprised. While most of the groomer at Lincoln were pretty...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/us/25nuke.html Following up on my post - VT is nuclear state. I'm curious why this article doesn't mention the fact that currently nuclear provides majority of Vermont's electric power.

Quite a determination. 3u3aShlRoZQ

When I read about Zephyr at Jiminy Peak, I always thought that the top of Wachusett Mountain would be perfect for wind turbine due to paved road access and large and flat summit. We'll, I'm glad I was not the only one who thought about it.

Here is interesting interactive map of visualizing U.S. Electric Grid. http://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2009/apr/electric-grid/ Select "SOURCE OF POWER", and then select "MAJOR POWER SOURCES" to Nuclear. I was surprised to find out that nuclear power provides 71% of VT's electric power...

Anybody tried it? I like to see a picture.

Hang in there and we'll be back into 100,000 years of good skiing climate.