Wildcat Mountain 2016-2017 season thread

[2Planker]

What race is Sat @ The Cat ??

 

[yeggous]

what race is sat @ the cat ??

eicsl

 

[deadheadskier]

I'm at Attitash today. While the skiing is fine, the difference in snow quality from Wildcat is night and day. Cat - packed powder on all surfaces with 100% of terrain in play. Attitash - more granular over hardpack with only groomed terrain being skiable. Coral reef in the trees and bumps.

The elevation advantage at Cat just makes a huge difference

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[Edd]

Got on the chair at 9 sharp. Enjoyed a couple of untracked inches on the first run. Did ungroomed runs down Tomcat Schuss and Cheetah but they were more enjoyable a couple of days ago when I could see better. Cold toes forced me inside. Still snowing and it's dead here. The Cat is on a roll.

 

[prsboogie]

Faces south so should be warmer this wknd. I have a buddy who is at Black today and reports it is skiing fantastic.

I was at Black yesterday and anything ungroomed was nearly unedge-able. The groomers ripped all over the hill. I'm sure today was great with the 2-3 they got.



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[deadheadskier]

Cat was pretty good today. The traffic this weekend certainly took its toll. Groomers were great in the morning. Most of the natural trails were down to hardpack, ice and rocks, but still had areas of soft snow on the bumps or trail sides. The woods skied the best with some areas of wind deposited fresh. The mountain could definitely use a refresh of six inches or so. Superbowl crowds weren't anything crazy. Five minute wait for the quad late morning.

Only real complaint was having a heal piece rip out of my ski halfway down Tomcat Schuss. "Skiing" the rest of the way down on one ski absolutely sucked, but it could have been worse. Could have been out in Tbrook. Also having snoseek and his friend with me to ski down with the damaged goods was a big help.

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[snoseek]

^^^^Did you end up dropping that at a shop?

That one ski bit does a number on my legs....I would be cramping

Some light snow was falling as I left. REally hoping for just a two inch coat for tomorrow.

Tuesday storm still doesn't look all that tragic. Also next weekend is looking up

 

[deadheadskier]

I brought them to Stan and Dans. They said the damage to the holes was too severe for a heli coil fix or whatever it's called. Need to have both skis remounted. I hope the performance doesn't change too drastically with the further back mounting point

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[Edd]

Breaking a binding should merit a free mug of barely adequate beer.

 

[Smellytele]

I brought them to Stan and Dans. They said the damage to the holes was too severe for a heli coil fix or whatever it's called. Need to have both skis remounted. I hope the performance doesn't change too drastically with the further back mounting point

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Make sure they fill in the holes really well. I didn't and water got in after a few years and weakened the ski and ended up breaking it. It may have been that the fill just wore out after 3 or so years.The bottom and top lament were fine but the core broke right at the holes.

 

[Not Sure]

I brought them to Stan and Dans. They said the damage to the holes was too severe for a heli coil fix or whatever it's called. Need to have both skis remounted. I hope the performance doesn't change too drastically with the further back mounting point

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Yikes, Helicoils are pretty wide , that's scary they said they won't work . One thing I noticed about the Steadfasts is there not very thick. Maybe they could use inserts on the remount, they hold pretty well and it might prevent a repeat. Would be a shame to scrap them.

 

[deadheadskier]

I think it was just shoddy workmanship at the shop I originally had them done. I showed up the day they were promised and they weren't done. They said to hang out and they would do them right away. I'm thinking they just rushed the job

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[SIKSKIER]

Thats really strange seeing a heel piece pull out.The upforce needed should release the binding way sooner.Was this a fall that ripped it out?

 

[deadheadskier]

Nope. Skiing some very small moguls. It felt like I prereleased and I went down. I then looked down and the heal piece was next to me and my ski further down the hill.

 

[Not Sure]

I think it was just shoddy workmanship at the shop I originally had them done. I showed up the day they were promised and they weren't done. They said to hang out and they would do them right away. I'm thinking they just rushed the job

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Maybe you should get a second opinion on repairs . Stripped threads should be easily fixed with coils or inserts .

Moving both bindings an inch or whatever distance is drilling a lot of holes.

 

[snoseek]

I agree...those holes were not anything abnormal

 

[deadheadskier]

Stan and Dans is one of the most reputable shops in New England. It's who most all of the race teams in the Mount Washington Valley use. The reasoning they gave is the manner in which the binding came out created oblong holes. He said he could try a helicoil, but almost guaranteed I would have the same issue again. Two guys in the shop looked at it and agreed. At this point it probably doesn't matter. I'm guessing the work is already done.

 

[Puck it]

Maybe you should get a second opinion on repairs . Stripped threads should be easily fixed with coils or inserts .

Moving both bindings an inch or whatever distance is drilling a lot of holes.

I agree. The holes can be plugged with a wooden dowel that is expoxied in or there are different size inserts that can be expoxied in.

 

[skifree]

Nope. Skiing some very small moguls. It felt like I prereleased and I went down. I then looked down and the heal piece was next to me and my ski further down the hill.

good thing that ski didn't turn into a runaway.

 

[ejaegs]

went last saturday... windy as hell, but great conditions