"Artificial" Open Bowl Skiing in the East

[Smellytele]

Like waterskiing at dawn, sking down a 5 acre powder filled bowl has to be experienced to be appreciated. If you have never felt the zero G entry off the cornice, the fluid immersion of skis planing as they accelerate, the limitless expanse beneath you, the speed tugging at every part of you that is within the snow, and the feeling of skiing the pressure balance instead of the surface, then you will continue to think that open areas are over rated.

I have trouble believing that any ski area in the east could ever offer that type experience giving the wet snow and rain we have to deal with here, let alone the higher skier density and environmental issues.

On the subject of why some older trails are so wide -
Back when skiing was dominated by the Austrians there were two kinds of areas to ski at a resort. Trails were long narrow paths from the top that were meandering adventures down the mountain. Slopes were wide blue and green pitch fields where Austrian Instructors would drill you on traversing and step turning. Come ski our wide slopes was the clarion call to skiers who wanted to emulate the Austrian above treeline style of skiing. Many of those slopes still exist today. This is not the same thing as the wide machine groomed boulevardes like Superstar, Outer Limits, and Double Dipper at Killington that were made for the masses, not the Austrians.

I have skied bad days in the west as well as the east. I have had sierra cement in Tahoe. I have had sleet freezing to my goggles in Utah. I have skied on ice in Colorado.
I have also had great days in the East as well as the west. I have had 36 inches of soft powder at Cannon. I've had blue bird spring days in VT. It may be more hit or miss but law of averages have given me more great days in the East.

 

[skiersleft]

I have skied bad days in the west as well as the east. I have had sierra cement in Tahoe. I have had sleet freezing to my goggles in Utah. I have skied on ice in Colorado.
I have also had great days in the East as well as the west. I have had 36 inches of soft powder at Cannon. I've had blue bird spring days in VT. It may be more hit or miss but law of averages have given me more great days in the East.

I'm glad you've had great days in the East and it sucks that out west you've had bad luck, but I assume your post isn't meant to convey the idea that the East is better than the West. Because it's not even close, as I'm sure you know.

 

[twinplanx]

"not even close"? I think you may have lost ANY respect you had on this board. Take you ball & go home. This is not ment to be "nice"!!!

 

[skiersleft]

"not even close"? I think you may have lost ANY respect you had on this board. Take you ball & go home. This is not ment to be "nice"!!!

I guess you "meAnt" that your post wasn't "meAnt" to be nice. And I also guess you were talking about "youR" balls, which you clearly seem to lack if you think that the East compares to the West. Grow some and head west whenever you can, enjoy the East the rest of the time.

 

[tarponhead]

 

[twinplanx]

are you seriously correcting my spelling?

I guess you "meAnt" that your post wasn't "meAnt" to be nice. And I also guess you were talking about "youR" balls, which you clearly seem to lack if you think that the East compares to the West. Grow some and head west whenever you can, enjoy the East the rest of the time.

assbag, now you have managed to insult me 2 times.

I did not say the East is better then the West. Unbunch your panties.

I have been out West twice, thank you very much.
(The above comment is made in jest.)
Do the Alps compare to out West. How about Alaska?

The best place to be is any place w/ fresh snow & some decent vert.

ps you can admire the size of my balls as they reside on your chin.

 

[skiersleft]

assbag, now you have managed to insult me 2 times.

I did not say the East is better then the West. Unbunch your panties.

I have been out West twice, thank you very much.

Do the Alps compare to out West. How about Alaska?

The best place to be is any place w/ fresh snow & some decent vert.

ps you can admire the size of my balls as they reside on your chin.

Twice? Really? So often? Now that's a lot of experience out west. Sorry I questioned such a connoisseur. As for your genitals (look the meAning of the word up - probably too advanced for you), I should have imagined you're the kind of person who is interested in touching them against a man's chin. But sorry, not interested.

 

[riverc0il]

There you go again being mean, Tim's Wood. Be nice for once. Your definition of success clearly is shooting down people who are trying to have a conversation, but do it nicely, that's all I ask.

Someone is not being nice!

 

[skiersleft]

Someone is not being nice!

But she started it!!!

 

[twinplanx]

actually what I was implying was that you are beneath me and do not deserve futher attention. Have fun w/ the worlds lamest thread...

 

[skiersleft]

actually what I was implying was that you are beneath me and do not deserve futher attention. Have fun w/ the worlds lamest thread...

Great comeback!!!! Keep up the good work!

 

[snowmonster]

Twenty pages! Amazing.

 

[Nick]

Seriously :roll:

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[deadheadskier]

Palmer's

Not a bad joint. Have you tried Brasserie 28 (formerly Bin28) down the street?

 

[Puck it]

Not a bad joint. Have you tried Brasserie 28 (formerly Bin28) down the street?

No, my wife may have. I am a creature of habit.

 

[deadheadskier]

you should

way more talent in the kitchen and they use far better ingredients than Palmer's. I've ate at Palmer's, it's not a bad joint. Palmers = Honda. Brasserie 28 = Acura.

 

[Puck it]

you should

way more talent in the kitchen and they use far better ingredients than Palmer's. I've ate at Palmer's, it's not a bad joint. Palmers = Honda. Brasserie 28 = Acura.

We eat in the bar for atmosphere. I have not eaten upstairs for years. Wife holds her board meetings there, too. Blue Moon on tap and a cheeseburger. I don't need a menu.

 

[Black Phantom]

you should

way more talent in the kitchen and they use far better ingredients than Palmer's. I've ate at Palmer's, it's not a bad joint. Palmers = Honda. Brasserie 28 = Acura.

Perhaps he goes for the atmosphere, friends, etc.

There is something to be said for a comfortable environment.

 

[Puck it]

Perhaps he goes for the atmosphere, friends, etc.

There is something to be said for a comfortable environment.

Bingo on the atmosphere, plus the games on TV. We leave before the band starts though. Can't stand it when they start.

 

[mister moose]

I used to live in Colorado, some of that time in Blue River, next town up Hoosier pass from Breckenridge.

The skiing experience you get living there is not the same as the skiing experience you have visiting there. While I have never, ever, seen any rain, sleet, or freezing mist in Colorado in ski season, I have seen long periods of no snow and the resultant lame conditions, windblown hardpack on exposed windy areas, and a mine field of exposed rock. You get sun crust in the spring. But if you say you went to Colorado and skied ice then you likely either were at some place with snowmaking like Keystone or had a magnifying glass with you.

On return trips to Colorado I too have been hosed. I also managed to hit the driest winter in 50 years in Banff once. On the return from a nothing special, no fresh snow trip to Colorado I flew back east to a 48 inch dump in 2 days and drove to (of course) Jay Peak and had better skiing than anything in Colorado THAT WEEK. But over the course of an ENTIRE WINTER, even the worst winter I had in Colorado was far better than the best winter here. Check the skier visits to Colorado and Utah VS New England. There's a reason. Yes there are good days in the east. I make a point of skiing as many of them as I can. Smellytele I am saying the reason you have had more good days in the east on the average is because you live here, and therefore hit the better days here. A good day in the Rockies will take your breath away on a scale the east can never provide. If you haven't experienced that yet I am truly sorry, but it doesn't change the magnificence Colorado has to offer. (Jackson Hole isn't too shabby either, BTW)