Hunter 'Manic Monday' - 2/27/2006

[dmc]

I will get to demo my nickname for you

great... Cant wait...

 

[dmc]

Trip back on... I mean cause it means potential $$ for me...

Sorry I'll miss you guys.. JimG - see you this weekend?

 

[JimG.]

Trip back on... I mean cause it means potential $$ for me...

Sorry I'll miss you guys.. JimG - see you this weekend?

I'll be there...look for the yellow jacket.

 

[bvibert]

Trip back on... I mean cause it means potential $$ for me...

Sorry I'll miss you guys.. JimG - see you this weekend?

Bummer! Hopefully you have a productive trip.

 

[Greg]

Trip back on... I mean cause it means potential $$ for me...

Yeah yeah yeah. Working for the man... :roll:

 

[dmc]

Yeah yeah yeah. Working for the man... :roll:

yeah I know... Totally sucks... But you gotta do what you gotta.. At least "the man" lets me ski during lunch a couple days a week... And I skied pretty much every day in Nov and Dec - so I'm still ahead of the game...

 

[2knees]

There's a B mogul event this weekend...they started setting up the bump course 2 weekends ago and I spent some time skiing it in this past weekend. Nice bump lines, with a fair amount of icy troughs to deal with too. The course will be available to the public on Monday so we can check that out.

Of course, runs like Upper Crossover and Lower K which are never groomed will be bumped up. And I always have my little spots to find lower angle bumps off on the corners of Hellgate and Minya.

So this will be open for us? god i hope so.

http://www.huntermtn.com/img/daily_05-06/02-23-06.jpg

 

[Greg]

So this will be open for us? god i hope so.

http://www.huntermtn.com/img/daily_05-06/02-23-06.jpg

What's that Jim? Eisenhower?

 

[kingslug]

What's that Jim? Eisenhower?

Yup. Watched them build it last week. So it's 11 at the top map. Going to be practicing the moguls at Belleayre on Sunday. Hope Clairs is in good shape.

 

[Greg]

See you all tomorrow! Can't wait!
:beer:

 

[Greg]

Oh and BTW, wind chill values tomorrow of -7 to -17*F. Dress warm!

 

[bvibert]

Oh and BTW, wind chill values tomorrow of -7 to -17*F. Dress warm!

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[ALLSKIING]

So how was this?

 

[bvibert]

So how was this?

Excellent! It was very nice to meet some new AZers! I'm sure one of us will start a TR soon, I have a few pics to share when I have a chance. :beer:

 

[kingslug]

OK, a trip report. Hunter proved it's slogan as the snowmaking capitol of the world. They had the guns going full blast all day. We met up at 11. Some of us had been there since around 9 whith a good amount of laps already in. The weather was cold but we had blue skies. The conditions where great with very little ice. They had a class B mogul course set up so we decided to hang there for a while. Some very good bump skiers showed us less talented folk how it's done. I'm still trying to get the hang of it after 10 years. The run was only half moguls so you could bail or just not do them. We then checked out the rest of the area. Racers Edge which has been closed for a while due to a snow making computer malfunction was up and running. The top was ugly, the middle near the guns was better. Everything else was in good shape, mini konka, east side drive, gun hill road, all in good shape. Kennedy was a manmade blizzard, all the guns where going and the powder was piling up. You couldn't see a thing but who cared. We then ventured over to the west side. It looked very slick, the top entrance was closed as it was a solid sheet. Well what the hell how bad could it be. 3 of us decided to give it a whirl. The bumps on the side where OK, the middle a sheet. I picked skiers left when out of no where a ski passes me. I looked up to see a body sliding down at full speed towards me. Full yardsale into the fence right behind me. Then his buddy decides to do the same. They where all right, time to bail. Guess some people don't take the warning sign too seriously. After lunch we took it easy. Too many bump runs and you get jello legs. It was great to be able to hang with quality mogul skiers all day and every body else of course. You know it's good when you close the place. Have to do it again some time soon.

How weird. I originaly posted it here, but moved it to a new post. Now it's back. The travelling post.