Xanadu

[kingslug]

780 feet long.......30 mph = 44 feet per second.....26 seconds to get down.+ fudge factor...figure about 40 seconds per run. I'll give it a whirl. Wonder if they will make a mogul run, maybe we could lobby for it!!!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

780 feet long.......30 mph = 44 feet per second.....26 seconds to get down.+ fudge factor...figure about 40 seconds per run. I'll give it a whirl. Wonder if they will make a mogul run, maybe we could lobby for it!!!

KingSlug you need a better calculator..lol

780 feet divided by 44 feet is under 18 seconds..with the right wax..hopefully 40+ mph will be achievable before a giant Hockey stop..lol...if enough AZers ski the same line over and over again I'm sure we can get a little bump line going..I imagine things will be groomed every hour or two like an ice skating rink..

oh yeah and the expert run is going to have an average pitch less than 15%..percent..not degrees..yikes..I hope they build a huge booter..if you get enough air..you might hit your head on the ceiling..lol

At Killington last week..AllSkiing mentioned that you might not be able to use your own skis..

 

[wa-loaf]

I heard this November...

Just in time for winter. :blink:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Just in time for winter. :blink:

Well after next ski season..they'll be open every summer for the rest of our lives...construction is behind schedule

 

[mondeo]

http://www.mogullogic.com/Finnish.html

I know I'm not the only one who has trouble forcing themselves to do flats training. If it was in CT, and they offered "season" passes, I might be interested.

 

[ckofer]

I hope they offer some ungroomed terrain, woods preferred. Hopefully the roof retracts to let in natural snow.

 

[mondeo]

I hope they offer some ungroomed terrain, woods preferred.

I'm hoping for some 30 foot drops, Rocky Mountain style.


I do like how the "advanced" ski slope is at 8°. What is that, an easy blue square? Overall, though, I think it's cool. It'll make skiing a lot more accessible for a lot of people, even if it's just a taste. 800' is actually a pretty decent run, too. For comparison, a WC bump run can be 860' long, so you have almost a full length bump run (let's just forget that WC bump runs are on 29° pitches.)

 

[BeanoNYC]

I'm hoping for some 30 foot drops, Rocky Mountain style.


I do like how the "advanced" ski slope is at 8°. What is that, an easy blue square? Overall, though, I think it's cool. It'll make skiing a lot more accessible for a lot of people, even if it's just a taste. 800' is actually a pretty decent run, too. For comparison, a WC bump run can be 860' long, so you have almost a full length bump run (let's just forget that WC bump runs are on 29° pitches.)

I'm loving it that I can surf in the morning and ski a few hours later. I'm sure the novelty will wear off...but it will help smooth out those summer jones' I get.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm loving it that I can surf in the morning and ski a few hours later. I'm sure the novelty will wear off...but it will help smooth out those summer jones' I get.

I'll be hitting up the Stage Deli for a ginormous corned beef sandwich..then burning it off with 200 runs down the black diamond at Xanadu..actually I might need 300 runs to burn that off..lol

 

[hardline]

i dont care what people say. this is dope. i have already bought myself a little 156 jib stick. it takes me less that 12 min for my office in the city to get there, 25 from my house. i will take long lunches 3 times a week durring the sumer and go. hell ill even do bussines meetings there. im not expecting it to be a ski area just a place to get a fix. i hope they have a pass of some sort. i could without a doubt do a min of three days a week there for a hour or two. i just like snow.

 

[BeanoNYC]

it takes me less that 12 min for my office in the city to get there,

Are you a toll collector on the Lincoln Tunnel?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Are you a toll collector on the Lincoln Tunnel?

LMFAO

 

[SnowRider]

Other faux snow meccas are on the drawing board: A Las Vegas firm planning North America's largest indoor water park recently announced it will be adding snow slopes, with a tentative opening in 2011. A North Carolina dome has been proposed, with six indoor triple-chair lifts and five runs built on an actual mountainside. Another ambitious developer near Atlanta wants to build a destination community that includes ski slopes, a regulation NHL hockey rink, a 1-mile snowmobile racetrack, hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, and residences.

From the Boston Globe.

Honestly that is insane. Imagine an indoor ski dome in Burlington or somewhere more north. I would imagine it would do great.

whole article: http://www.boston.com/travel/explor...07/12/27/for_indoor_slopes_business_looks_up/

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

From the Boston Globe.

Honestly that is insane. Imagine an indoor ski dome in Burlington or somewhere more north. I would imagine it would do great.

whole article: http://www.boston.com/travel/explor...07/12/27/for_indoor_slopes_business_looks_up/

Indoor ski slopes will do the best near large population centers...I don';t think one would fly in Burlington VT..too many enviromentalists and purists..

 

[deadheadskier]

Indoor ski slopes will do the best near large population centers...I don';t think one would fly in Burlington VT..too many enviromentalists and purists..

I think he was referring to Burlington, Massachusettes, not VT.

 

[hardline]

Are you a toll collector on the Lincoln Tunnel?

funny, office is on 46th so when there is no traffic durring the day its super fast.

 

[BeanoNYC]

funny, office is on 46th so when there is no traffic durring the day its super fast.

ahhh...I used to work on 42nd and 6th. I miss working in the city. May return one day.

 

[andyzee]

I passed by this mess the other day and for the first time actually drove around it so I got to see it from a couple of differnt angles. I can't help but laugh and turn my head from side to side in disbelief. Snowshed trail a Killington is far bigger and steeper.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I passed by this mess the other day and for the first time actually drove around it so I got to see it from a couple of differnt angles. I can't help but laugh and turn my head from side to side in disbelief. Snowshed trail a Killington is far bigger and steeper.

We can only hope that they're steeper trails inside..lol..

Andy would you ski Xanadu in the summer?

 

[andyzee]

We can only hope that they're steeper trails inside..lol..

Andy would you ski Xanadu in the summer?

Nope, have better things to do with my time. Summer is for hiking, biking, blading, camping, etc...