Weekend Roll Call.......

[ScottySkis]

Thanks Scotty! I hope you and Mary Jane have a blast at Elk - wonder where Cornhead has been lately - haven't heard a peep from him since he got those new boots

Probably no Mary for me tomorrow but that is ok, I be having fun times with my cousin and his GF.

Cornhead yes I think unfortunately he might not have had a good day unfortunately.

 

[bwcmonk]

Sugarloaf or Stowe.

 

[bwcmonk]

Although Stowe was pretty icy last time I was there.

 

[Rowsdower]

^ can't blame you on that, i'd always do the Cat's if drive time were the same.
Camelback scares me, looks like a amusement park on the webcams, not a mountain. Skied there eons ago, long before the off season extras, nearby outlet shopping and i think casinos. Never been to Bear Creek, will say it's not on my radar either.

Honestly, I don't even notice it, but I also just started going this year since I moved to North Jersey. The places in striking distance (1-2 hours) from home I've got are: Shawnee, Camelback, JF/BB, Blue Mountain and Mountain Creek. Of those I like Camelback the most. Shawnee is less crowded but smaller. I ignore Big Boulder because its just a terrain park. Jack Frost probably has the best snow in the Poconos, besides maybe Elk, but its small. It does have probably the only serious gladed terrain in Pa, but we rarely get the snow anyway. Blue Mountain I don't like. Personally I think their conditions suffer as they're at a lower elevation and further south. Plus I always get this depressing rust belt vibe when I'm there. Camelback sort of balances what you can get out of the Poconos: not the most vert but not too little, not the best snow but passable most of the time, not the best terrain but enough to keep you occupied. Anyway, just my take on it.

Bear Creek is actually not such a bad place if you're coming up from Philly. It's like an hour and a half from the city. It definitely suffers from its location, and its small, but its pretty well developed for all that. If you don't feel like a long drive its a legit destination just for getting turns in if that's your mission. I might compare it to Mohawk and Sundown in Ct, although with generally worse conditions because its so much further south.

 

[Cornhead]

Thanks Scotty! I hope you and Mary Jane have a blast at Elk - wonder where Cornhead has been lately - haven't heard a peep from him since he got those new boots

Peep, yes I was having fun with my new boots, until I ventured slightly off the groomed half of Elysian Fields, I was greeted by a rock that broke the edge of my ski. Anyone have any experience repairing broken edges? After searching the web, I see you can actually remove some of the nearby base, cut out the damaged section of edge, screw, and glue a new section of edge, grind off the screw heads, and glue a ptex patch to the base. Not a good day, the skiing was good, even after I trashed my skis. Perhaps the skis will live on as powder/rock skis if I can fix them. I would keep that edge on the outside while skiing. Got a good two and a half seasons out of them, the top sheets were a mess, metal, got banged, bent, chipped up pretty good. Anyone else have this issue with metal topped Volkls, or is it just me?

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^ sounds like we watched the same youtube vid's lol.

I did edge repair to my friends son's snowboard. In this case i was able to bend the hanging edge back into place but it wouldn't have been any different if i removed the edge and added a section from a donor ski/board. Used a heat gun to bend the petex base and top sheet back into place, then got a water proof metal/wood/plastic two part epoxy for the fill. Also used a wooden 10" handscrew clamp to hold it all together till the epoxy cured. Worked remarkably well, he didn't have any issues with it in use, however a few weeks later she got him a new and longer board for a trip to the PNW/BC so he stopped using the old one.

Never had a metal topped Volkl. One of my pairs of 1980's era Volkl Welt Cups top sheet cracked off a inch below to the tip. Funny how we notice all of the others with the same damage after something like that happens to ours, and it was a common sight! lol.

 

[abc]

Working

Not complaining though. I "volunteered" after seeing the weather forecast. Save the days for later when condition improves, hopefully.

 

[Savemeasammy]

Peep, yes I was having fun with my new boots, until I ventured slightly off the groomed half of Elysian Fields, I was greeted by a rock that broke the edge of my ski. Anyone have any experience repairing broken edges? After searching the web, I see you can actually remove some of the nearby base, cut out the damaged section of edge, screw, and glue a new section of edge, grind off the screw heads, and glue a ptex patch to the base. Not a good day, the skiing was good, even after I trashed my skis. Perhaps the skis will live on as powder/rock skis if I can fix them. I would keep that edge on the outside while skiing. Got a good two and a half seasons out of them, the top sheets were a mess, metal, got banged, bent, chipped up pretty good. Anyone else have this issue with metal topped Volkls, or is it just me?

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That sucks, cornhead... Maybe a shop can fix them, and you will have yourself a set of serviceable rock skis On the bright side, the deals on brand new skis are just around the corner. I got my skis for 50% off last February.


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[dlague]

Well did not get to ski this weekend but we are enjoying the marvels of Mother Nature! Looking out our front door.



Unfortunately most of VT mountains did not see much of this but NH and ME did!

 

[Edd]

Anyone else have this issue with metal topped Volkls, or is it just me?

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Curious which model Volkl you're talking about.

 

[hammer]

Thinking of Sunapee on Monday, although the $20 ticket offer for Whaleback is having me thinking as well.

Change in plans, will try to shoot for Gunstock tomorrow. Think they got a decent amount of yesterday's event so hopefully the trails won't be quite as firm.

 

[wa-loaf]

Pinewood derby yesterday, playoffs today, Pats Peak tomorrow with the kids.

 

[skifree]

Waterville was very nice today. Re run tomorrow

 

[JDMRoma]

Just got back from Cannon…….Not bad at all, No lines at all……May repeat tomorrow !

 

[powhunter]

Sundown Monday

 

[MadMadWorld]

Just got back from Cannon…….Not bad at all, No lines at all……May repeat tomorrow !

Nice. Going to try and get there tomorrow if the kid is feeling better.

 

[JDMRoma]

Just got back from Day 2 at Cannon and I must say I really enjoyed it…..it Snowed just about all day. really love the trail system and totally surprised at the lack of crowds. Both days there were no lines to speak of, almost ski on all day both days.
Is it always like this or did I just get lucky 2 days in a row ?