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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Oct 21, 2012 - 11:05am PT
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Red sky this morning on the western slope and the skiers awake from mourning. The game changes tomorrow in the Tahoe Sierra :^)
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bit'er ol' guy
climber
the past
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Oct 21, 2012 - 12:05pm PT
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are you the same guys who start bitchin' when it's snowing in April?
everyone "jonesin" to wreck their skiis in Nov.
then when it's good in april they're whinnin' that winters too damn long.
god were hardcore!
god were cool!
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Oct 21, 2012 - 12:07pm PT
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Hi EKat,
What do you do for track and skate skiing? Come down to Stillwater? Nothin groomed up your way is there? Do you know what there is close by in Canada?
Cheers,
Arne
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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Oct 21, 2012 - 02:10pm PT
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Ekat, Glacier Nordic Club groomed the Big Mt. trails all last winter.
This year we have permission to groom there until December 21- then we need to vacate for the xmas season. Their biggest concern is nordic skiers taking up parking space. Don't get me started...
But the main focus of the Club's grooming efforts is the golf course in Whitefish. We have 4k of lights, 13k of total skiing
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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Oct 21, 2012 - 08:12pm PT
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Grooming is a job, my winter gig, a labor of love. I am still looking for the summer equivalent; something other than building, which is what really pays the bills.
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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Oct 21, 2012 - 09:51pm PT
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Drooling isn't polite, I know...but nonetheless...
Someone said the other day that New England is in for a lot of snow this winter. My fist pump got me a really strange look.
Sigh. Snow envy.
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stunewberry
Trad climber
Spokane, WA
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Oct 21, 2012 - 10:34pm PT
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Was at Mount Spokane in E Washington today, the last nordic trail work day of the year, and it was a good thing. Started snowing about noon, was sticking pretty well by 4:00. We have ~35K of trails, and are getting a 14' bombardier this year. It's a Washington State Sno-Park, so for $80 a year, you can jam as many people in your car as often as you can and ski all day. Quite a deal. It's the best x-c between Methow and...I don't know how far east.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Oct 22, 2012 - 12:28am PT
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Mouse,...your picture from Winter 1981...
My picture from spring 2012...perhaps the same place....Sunset Inn.
Getting creaky and cranky when it gets cold...me no like winter.....
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Oct 22, 2012 - 11:21am PT
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Getting our first winter sierra storm right now!! Oh I hope it's better than last year.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Oct 22, 2012 - 01:02pm PT
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telemon...They don't want nordic skiers taking up parking places..? ...!!!!..WTF...? Sounds familiar..RJ
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Oct 22, 2012 - 01:09pm PT
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Stuneberry...I think i skied at mt. spokane back in 85 before they were grooming...if i remember correctly the road to the ski area was long , straight , and steep...? I remember skiing at this funky little bootleg ski area called achilles ranch near Priest River.. The care-taker had turned the property it into a small nordic center...On the sly i think...? wet snow falling here...
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Oct 22, 2012 - 01:19pm PT
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Awesome! Thanks for sending the white stuff down our way. I think it's just a teaser but it got me all tingly. I'd love to return from the red southwest to the white mtns. Oh yeah
Susan
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 22, 2012 - 01:21pm PT
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Nita, it looks nice with the ornamental artsy-woodsy Billy-porn above the window. But it's just not "the same place."
Know what I mean? And did you mean http://sunsetinn-yosemitecabins.com/ ?
Hey, Nickell's one of the most repressed artists I know. If he let himself go, he'd surprise us. He's gotta make a living, though.
He's an old wooden ski guy. The tales he and Mathis got 'bout skinny skiing could fill many a night.
Is it snowing anyplace in the Park? Is Tioga gonna close? Has it closed?
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Oct 22, 2012 - 01:29pm PT
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I think I'd call what he have right now snain. Snow/rain. But the ground is white so it's all good!
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Saugy
Mountain climber
BC
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Oct 22, 2012 - 04:12pm PT
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Whistler Mtn was bone-dry until Friday night...been snowing up there since..and the boys n girls are wide eyed and happy faced...bring it on!!!
Live web cam image- 1pm Monday
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 22, 2012 - 04:19pm PT
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"Oh," he said, "it's only Canada. But at least there's snow."--Snow-Shovel Face and the Elves :0)
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Oct 22, 2012 - 05:13pm PT
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It started snowing on our mountain(Shafer Butte, where Bogus Basin is) this morning about 9:30....Had a couple inches by 11.
Bring it!
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Barbarian
Trad climber
New and Bionic too!
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Oct 22, 2012 - 05:42pm PT
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eKat -
Why do you torment me with pictures of skis and powder? I have spent the better part of the day trying to chew my leg off and escape from this cubicle. Why do you torment me so?
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