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Recent content by CoolMike

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    Your goals for next season 18/19?

    Thanks for the tips. Hadn't thought about fall recovery. Hoping up hill to tension the harness makes sense. I've got a little over 100 days experience on a snowboard under my belt but just 2 days on skis, so there will be some learning. I will probably do some of both and try to get to the...
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    Your goals for next season 18/19?

    I'm hoping to teach my oldest daughter how to ski this winter. She turned 2 in May. We live near Nashoba Valley so I think that's the target "mountain". I only really know how to snowboard but would learn how to ski if it would help me teach her. I should be able to help her descend with a...
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    Anyone want to move to VT?

    Yes - for sure it was bad luck. I do think it had to do with the relatively recent change to the speed limit along that stretch of road. I got this ticket the same year they changed the limit (3-4 years ago?).
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    Anyone want to move to VT?

    I don't think it was specifically 40 per MPH over - I think there is a base fee for any amount over the limit and then at a certain point you pay per mile over. I don't recall the exact amount but it was not too expensive for a speeding ticket.
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    Anyone want to move to VT?

    All not true. EVERYONE on the road was getting pulled over. Cops were standing outside of their cruiser with the radar and a second and third cruiser were ahead by 1/4 mile or so. Another cop was between the two cruisers just waiving people to pull over. I saw probably 5-6 cars pass while I...
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    Anyone want to move to VT?

    No other issues with my car. On this day there were 3-4 cruisers along that stretch of highway and they were pulling over everyone going over the limit by any amount. I was one of 3 cars pulled over in rapid succession. If I had the time to drive up and fight it at the local courts I would...
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    Anyone want to move to VT?

    I got a ticket for doing 73 in that section of 93 that the limit is 70. No way to fight it since its far enough North that its not worth the time. Ticket cost was small (120$? - can't remember) but its sitting on my insurance record now and would seriously raise my rates if I get another...
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    Anyone want to move to VT?

    Not to pick on you but I thought it was funny that you listed Shaw's in a remark about low-cost food! I saved 80$ a week switching from Shaw's to Whole Foods! Recently I've switched again from there to one of the nicer local Market Baskets for another 40-50$ per week savings. This with a...
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    Jet Blue announces direct flights from Boston to Steamboat

    Telluride is a tough first mountain to ride in CO. Keystone and Breckenridge are both much flatter in comparison and have good amenities. Then when you're feeling comfortable or the weather is great you get to hit up Arapahoe basin for the gnar. There are some awesome steeps there as well as...
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    The "Sugarbush Thread"

    Interesting and thanks for the info. Hopefully get some true spring skiing conditions soon. Kitchen sink storms are a pain.
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    The "Sugarbush Thread"

    Do you guys have a meteorologist on staff for that or do you use someone who has other jobs but also aggregates and compiles forecasts from other sources? Just curious and thanks!
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    Scariest Lift Descent

    Ahh good one! That one did get hairy sometimes, especially if there is a buildup of people relaxing below the unload area from the long traverse. On busy weekend days the rope speed was actually pretty fast and the narrow turn could make that area tough enough that even an 'expert' has to pay...
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    Superstar Update

    I agree for the most part. My favorite part of superstar is climbing the glacier and bombing down the first pitch. You build up some fun speed and can playfully bounce through the moguls in the flat middle section. The S-curve pitch and larger moguls I tend to just pick my way down - often...
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    Superstar Update

    Thanks for the link and photos to Killington zone. I was somehow unaware of that website. The glacier up top is definitely smaller than prior years but it does look like the spine of snow is bigger or even a lot bigger than at least last year and maybe the year before that. I think 3 years...
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    Superstar Update

    Killington seems to think they have enough snow now on Superstar. They were blowing snow during the long storm last week but even with temperatures in the teens and low 20's all week they haven't been blowing snow. They mentioned something about a huge spine of man made snow on their...
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