Sundown: Mogul Plan

[bvibert]

Awesome! You're the MAN Chris! :beer:

I hope to get up there at some point tomorrow...

 

[deadheadskier]

this is gonna be GREAT

 

[jarrodski]

so you guys havent seen yet. . .

kurt got real angry after puking for the 2nd time and quit...

this is what it looked like this morning..

i don't know what the plan to rebuild is at this time

 

[severine]

Jarrod - I like you! :beer:

 

[mondeo]

Where is the pic hosted? I can't see it at work.

 

[bvibert]

Where is the pic hosted? I can't see it at work.

flickr. Don't worry you're not missing anything, just a close-up picture of some cord... uke:

 

[Greg]

so you guys havent seen yet. . .

kurt got real angry after puking for the 2nd time and quit...

this is what it looked like this morning..

i don't know what the plan to rebuild is at this time

That's not even funny. :smash:

:lol:

Now you owe us an actual picture from the top of the rental center/ski shop.

 

[2knees]

That's not even funny. :smash:

:lol:

Now you owe us an actual picture from the top of the rental center/ski shop.

I was just going to post the same request. seriously, can someone over there take a pic for us????

 

[Greg]

I was just going to post the same request. seriously, can someone over there take a pic for us????

If we don't see anything today, I'll take one tonight.

 

[jarrodski]

If we don't see anything today, I'll take one tonight.

i don't like the tone you're taking with me. do it yourself

 

[Greg]

i don't like the tone you're taking with me. do it yourself

Come on man! Don't make us beg! :lol:

 

[2knees]

Puh-leeeezzeeee!!!!

 

[Greg]

Incredible!

It's looking unbelievable. I would say the length is about 1/3 seeded. I chatted with Chris tonight and once he gets down to midstation, he actually wants to go back up and seed a few lanes wider. I took one run and checked it out. Almost impossible to ski right now, but it's incredibly symmetrical. There are going to be countless zippers setting up there once it gets soft. This must be proving to be a ton of work, but hopefully it will make Sundown a huge place for mogul skiers to converge on this March.

Giddy up!

Here are a few pics. I actually got our SLR to take some decent night shots by steadying the camera on the roof of the car and leaving the shutter open for 5 seconds with the 300mm zoom lens. Enjoy:

 

[mondeo]

I took one run and checked it out. Almost impossible to ski right now, but it's incredibly symmetrical. There are going to be countless zippers setting up there once it gets soft. This must be proving to be a ton of work, but hopefully it will make Sundown a huge place for mogul skiers to converge on this March.

Wimp. They're perfectly almost skiable for 2/3 of the way that's seeded so far.

One thing that could help make it even better and reduce the work load is to space the bumps further apart. They are incredibly tight in parts now, to the point that I hung my tails on a bump next to the one I was turning on yesterday. At one point they're about 5 feet apart. 7 feet is really tight. 5 feet and you have to have WC level quickness to ski at moderate speed. I think I read somewhere that the Mogul Logic bumps that get seeded on Blackcomb are typically a 11.5 foot spacing. I'm thinking 8-9ft would be good for Gunny. (And in future conversations about bump spacing, I'm going to have to refer to troughs as cleavage.)

I wonder if there's any chance of moving the comp to Saturday? Making it a Sunday means that people that come in from out of town have to head right back out. Less chance to chill after the comp.

 

[thorski]

That looks like pretty damn good. I might have to wipe the dust off my old bump skis and try them again. I don't really ski the bump skis often as they are almost useless at killington.

 

[Greg]

Wimp. They're perfectly almost skiable for 2/3 of the way that's seeded so far.

You're my hero.

 

[powhunter]

outstanding work Sundown boys!!!

 

[mondeo]

You're my hero.

I get that a lot. I'm my hero, too.

I took the video you and 2knees shot of me this year and put it into a single video for analysis. The soundtrack is the Foo Fighter's "My Hero."

:razz:

 

[Creakyknees]

One thing that could help make it even better and reduce the work load is to space the bumps further apart. They are incredibly tight in parts now, to the point that I hung my tails on a bump next to the one I was turning on yesterday. At one point they're about 5 feet apart. 7 feet is really tight. 5 feet and you have to have WC level quickness to ski at moderate speed. I think I read somewhere that the Mogul Logic bumps that get seeded on Blackcomb are typically a 11.5 foot spacing. I'm thinking 8-9ft would be good for Gunny.

In a straight line going down the hill, the center of each bump should be 22'-0" (Yes, Chuck Martin from Mogul Logic uses 23'-0") center to center.

You will set the next line 6"-0" away from the previous line you just set. Keep in mind the center of the first bump will start 11'-0" down from the first bump on the previous line.

If you go any less than these measurement the line will much too tight.:-D

I emailed Chuck Martin a few years ago and these are the instructions he gave me. If I can find the original email I will post what he wrote.

Have Fun....................:grin::grin::grin::grin:

 

[Greg]

Re: spacing. I thought the spacing, while tight, felt pretty good on Sunday, at least on the flatter stuff at the top. I can see it getting a bit more challenging now that we're down into the steeper section. Still, I would rather see it seeded overly tight than too spaced. Remember, there are going to be tons of snowboarders and less skilled skiers chopping away at those bumps. Exhibition took forever for good lines to form; granted that's mostly due to pitch and even more beginners than Gunbarrel will see, but still. Those things were miles apart. Remember before the lower section of Temptor was seeded, how spaced those bumps were? I think when it was reseeded, it was pretty similar to how Gunny is shaping up and the lines skied in great. 95% of the people skiing Gunny will not be fall line mogul skiers and I think the tight pattern will help to maintain the integrity of the field longer. There are a few bumps vaporizing up at the top already as they're getting chopped away. I suspect that when that base softens up, the bumps will ski in nicely and should last. My poser opinion.