How do you know when it's getting close to rip it!!!

[snowmonster]

It used to be when the Red Sox were out of the pennant race. =)

 

[mondeo]

Check the low for Wednesday night:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClic...0351562&site=btv&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en

Also:
http://forums.alpinezone.com/63025-first-snow-pick-year.html

 

[bvibert]

When the forums go back to blue and the skiing and boarding sub-forum move back to the top. :beer:

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Oct. Fest at Whiteface.

 

[RootDKJ]

LOL! I'll do a TR as well! I'm so excited to get those installed. Looking forward to warm feet this year. Not that my feet froze last year...it would just be nice to have them stay "comfortable" on those cold days.

I had one day in Jan at K where it was brutal cold...in the minus 20 range and I had stayed out to long (I also knew I should have already gone in) and took a pretty big wipeout (which could have been much worse) because I lost feeling in one foot. I started sliding into the woods and bounced my head off a tree. I also bought a new helmet this summer. I'm hoping the boot heaters help to prevent that from happening again.

 

[Glenn]

Wow! That's certainly a nasty turn of events due to cold feet!!

 

[trtaylor]

I had one day in Jan at K where it was brutal cold...in the minus 20 range and I had stayed out to long (I also knew I should have already gone in) and took a pretty big wipeout (which could have been much worse) because I lost feeling in one foot. I started sliding into the woods and bounced my head off a tree. I also bought a new helmet this summer. I'm hoping the boot heaters help to prevent that from happening again.

Root,

Just curious, what do you have for boots? What do you wear for socks? Regardless, -20 is hard for the extremities to stay warm.

 

[RootDKJ]

Root,

Just curious, what do you have for boots? What do you wear for socks? Regardless, -20 is hard for the extremities to stay warm.

05/06 Nordica Speed Machine 12's. Usually just go with Smartwool Ultra Light or PhD socks. It was nasty cold that day without the windchill.

 

[4aprice]

I start thinking about and talking about skiing in August but I really don't get stoked till the leaves are off the trees. One of my least favorite chores is the fall clean up but fortunately here in N Jersey the leaves are down and cleaned up by Thanksgiving which most years coincides perfectly with the start of skiing.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[trtaylor]

05/06 Nordica Speed Machine 12's. Usually just go with Smartwool Ultra Light or PhD socks. It was nasty cold that day without the windchill.

Speed Machine's are good boots and you have the right socks. At -20 a boot heater is your best bet.

I've heard a lot of good reports about the effectiveness of neoprene boot gloves. I just picked up a pair on close out at the local shop. Someone else would have to say what temp range they are effective in. I probably won't use them until it gets into single digits.

The other things to be aware of are sweat and circulation. Keep your feet dry by changing into your ski socks at the mountain and use an anti-perspirant on your feet. And if your boots are snug, undoing the buckles for the lift ride helps (except a boot glove won't let you do that to the two lower buckles).

 

[RootDKJ]

Speed Machine's are good boots and you have the right socks. At -20 a boot heater is your best bet.

I've heard a lot of good reports about the effectiveness of neoprene boot gloves. I just picked up a pair on close out at the local shop. Someone else would have to say what temp range they are effective in. I probably won't use them until it gets into single digits.

The other things to be aware of are sweat and circulation. Keep your feet dry by changing into your ski socks at the mountain and use an anti-perspirant on your feet. And if your boots are snug, undoing the buckles for the lift ride helps (except a boot glove won't let you do that to the two lower buckles).

I do all of that, and I even pack a 2nd pair of socks for a mid-day change out. I need sham-wow socks.

 

[Glenn]

I do all of that, and I even pack a 2nd pair of socks for a mid-day change out. I need sham-wow socks.

 

[snafu]

It used to be when the Red Sox were out of the pennant race. =)

You need a new indicator :razz: using this one will have you waiting til the end of October:grin:

 

[faceplant]

I'm seeing alotta ski racks on vehicles
even tho its 70 degrees out-

everybodys getting the itch

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

I'm seeing alotta ski racks on vehicles
even tho its 70 degrees out-

everybodys getting the itch

Got the fireplace going in the Upper Valley tonight, not that we needed it, but it's nice to get it going while watching the Sox.

Kind of stinks though, not going with a seasons pass to any place this year and instead taking the couple g's for our passes and using to do more traveling (ski resorts). We decided to try this this year and give other places a shot.......the reason it stinks I can't see us spending the dough to go early season......having a pass you would always find me at Killington as soon as the first trail opened and the first lifts turned. And in years when Killington, SR and SL had the ASC pass I would hit SR and SL up early season on the same day on my way to visit my folks. Boy I miss those days.

 

[RootDKJ]

Obviously, some of you will be getting some before then.

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

Obviously, some of you will be getting some before then.

Nothing gets the stoke factor going like a full shot of a snow covered Sugarloaf.

 

[faceplant]

in years when Killington, SR and SL had the ASC pass I would hit SR and SL up early season on the same day on my way to visit my folks. Boy I miss those days.

nice

 

[faceplant]

watching the Sox..

not nice
:lol:

 

[icedtea]

when the pizza shop by my house goes back to winter prices.