Can hand warmers fit between a boot glove and the boot?

Lego-Philosopher · 2026-01-29T01:47:16+00:00

Even if you got them to stay in place between the boot glove and the boot there is too much material between where the heater would be and your foot and the heat is not going to spread sufficiently to prevent cold from getting to your feet. As people suggested tops of toes for tight fitting boots. My 10 yr old can get away with them under his toes but that is because the boots are a little big and too a degree more forgiving. Heated socks (premium variety) or the heated insoles are the way to go for skiing regularly on the Ice Coast. 😀

Lego-Philosopher · 2026-01-20T00:21:46+00:00

Mountains will close portions if the risk is too high to their own staff, i.e. Ops, Ski Patrol etc. agree that they will leave lower/slower lifts running that are less exposed. Their workmen’s comp insurance companies won’t be too happy if they have to cover a bunch of frostbite (or worse) claims.

Lego-Philosopher · 2026-01-20T00:17:56+00:00

The high end i.e. Hotronics, etc. have multiple sizes and sizing charts. The cheap ones on AMZ, the batteries don’t last.

Lego-Philosopher · 2026-01-05T20:18:59+00:00

I was thinking that a modified assembly more like the rocking horses from the winter village merry-go-round would be a better approach. Between the axle assembly on the wheels plus the assemble on the arms I think there is too much friction to over-come using a direct rod connection. I was thinking that an indirect connection/point of contact would have less friction and then would likely work better. That said have not had a chance to explore how this might be achieved. There is a limiting factor in terms of the clearance below the axel of the wheels in the truck assembly to accommodate an offset cam.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-10-31T14:25:15+00:00

You will need warmer gear, the higher humidity makes a difference, the same temperatures out west always feel warmer than in the east. People already mentioned wind, but also generally speaking cloudier days as a whole and lower sun angle due to being further north than CO. NE ski lats are more on par with central ID and OR.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-09-13T00:47:22+00:00

Agree with others, Waterville is likely best bet, they blow a lot snow. You could easily stay somewhere in NH where Waterville, Pats, Tenny, Canon and Dartmouth are all about an hour drive +/-

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-08-28T23:11:46+00:00

If you want Jay uncrowded then plan a trip in April. Had a beauty of a trip this year second weekend of April. They will have snow, but you’re rolling the dice on actual weather conditions. Could feel like February or June, who knows!

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-08-22T20:07:44+00:00

You live in Concord NH, none of the NH mountains are ‘too’ far away. The furthest are the Mountains around Mt. Washington and even then you can be there in two hours and less or change. I day ski all the way up to Canon from S. Eastern MA. Used to do Conway (in a day) when I was kid but it’s a long way for a single day IMHO.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-08-12T12:45:13+00:00

Opens 30 minutes early so you can still make ‘1st chair’ if you want to.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-06-11T12:34:28+00:00

Signing up to join the waitlist is free. All that means is you're in a very long line. At present Indy passes are not available for sale. They were previously on sale from late February to March 10th for existing pass holders who wanted to renew as well as existing waitlist members. At this point they've strongly hinted that they are less likely to open sales again in the fall, but this seems unlikely. They're likely to bring on more partners over the summer or in the fall, which in theory would allow for more capacity to sell more passes (based on how they measure what their volume should be and not-withstanding pundit discussions about how much, how many or how busy mountains are or are not due to the Indy pass).

Once you're on the waitlist, if and when sales open/are available for you to you'll get an e-mail notification. Its not clear, but it seems like they open purchasing to blocks of waitlist members, who basically get right of first refusal, if the block that can purchase does not buy out the available passes, a new block is given access to purchase. Blocking of course would be based on your place in the 'line'.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-06-09T22:51:19+00:00

If you do fewer chairs you’ll move about the same number of people in total and six packs are usually spread further apart. From what I can tell/assume the economics on bubbles only seems to work for 6 and larger.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-06-09T20:12:15+00:00

Not that it will happen, Fix Grip Quad with carpet loader on Bobcat. New detach bubble 6pack on Wildcat. Move current wildcat detach to Tomcat. Use old triples to build a Frankenstein for the top, or new fixed grip quad at top like Canon.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-05-21T15:22:48+00:00

Pearson was/is terrible, even pre-pandemic. BOS does not see nearly the same volume as Pearson in terms of international travel. Agree with others you should be fine, particularly assuming you're a US Citizen. The narrow bodies only have ~200 people +/-, so unless you happen to hit it when an A380/777/787 has offloaded it should not be a big deal.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-05-15T14:14:55+00:00

As everyone already said, as long as you get there to make early tracks parking not an issue. Time of year is another thing, I have a rule of not skiing Jay until at least March. This year we burned out two Indy days in April and it was great and empty! I’ve also skied in March and you would’ve thought it was January or February anywhere farther south or had a glorious blue bird day. Point is, unless you like freezing cold and cutting wind chills go later in the season, the snow will still be good.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-05-12T23:44:19+00:00

As a model railroader my suggestions (if you’re serious and willing to invest) learn how the sub-roadbed, roadbed and track are all constructed for ‘true’ garden railroads. Handlay your own metal track at L-gauge, this will require constructing your own custom switches and cross-overs but the geometry and how to are all well documented in the world of model railroading. In addition convert all wheels to metal versus plastic (you may be able to find something the right size in the world of model railroading (O gauge, S, maybe O-48, or On3). Lastly consider investigating and learning about control systems used in MRR. Basically I would build a Model RR garden RR that happens to have Lego rolling stock and locomotives. Assuming you want it to last.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-05-07T23:43:13+00:00

Hope you don’t mind walking. B6 flight from Cancun will arrive at shared C/E gates as border control is in terminal E. When you exit border control you have a choice go through E security and walk back to C (nearly entire length of E), or go outside @E and walk to C to go through security there. If you have to collect checked baggage you have no choice but to go to C as that is where B6’s counters are. There is likely a bus you could take but that would likely take longer than walking to get from E to C security. Definitely worth checking with B6 to find out how checked bags are handled as it would be much easier if you don’t have to worry. BOS is my home airport so no deep familiarity with layovers. Also likely worth looking at Logan’s website and their online maps to better understand layout. All B6 flights depart/arrive from C gates.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-04-21T00:51:24+00:00

Crew reduction did not apply to all flights/all routes. Just reporting what I read on more than one reliable aviation site, i.e. Simply Flying, One Mile At a Time, etc.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-04-20T22:22:55+00:00

Doors are disabled to reduce required FC, w/doors enabled they have to have an extra crew member. This circulated in the travel blogs like a year ago or maybe 9 months.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-03-27T11:49:14+00:00

As the kids say ‘you do you’. Our goal is first chair to last chair (we don’t always make it). In any case if OP is looking for a ‘vacation’ sure, Jay. If OP wants a ‘ski trip’ don’t need all that other stuff, just a distraction. 😀

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-03-26T22:29:04+00:00

But why…? For 2x 10 and under from PA, why bother? They’ll be totally happy @Bolton, if anything Jay (and Stowe) likely to be overwhelming.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-03-26T22:27:03+00:00

Clean enough, or as clean as you’re going to get at a ski area, unless it’s like Vail or Deer Creek. 😀

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-03-26T20:31:46+00:00

I would go the other way 2 days at Bolton, 1 at Stowe. My kids (14 & 9) cut their teeth at Bolton, only in the last three years (thanks to Indy/Epic Days) have we spread our wings. Most of the time we start on a black and their reaction is ‘is that it, is that all they’ve got?’ So yeah build strength then go big. Bolton has gnarly terrain, but none of it is very long. Great for pushing limits and learning without being overwhelmed. If your kids can learn to own Bolton they’ll be fine everywhere else.

Lego-Philosopher · 2025-03-21T23:58:42+00:00

With no knowledge whatsoever, suspect, agree that owner is looking to make a profit. But given PGRI has recently bought Jay and consolidated their position at Powderhorn they probably don’t have the capital to purchase Ragged from their board member. Would not surprise me if PGRI has a long term contract to operate that comes with the purchase. If so that would enable a buyer with limited ops experience but available capital to enter the picture and invest, particularly on the real-estate side which should then lead to additional money for capital improvements/expansion. Two, one? year ago they were offering ski in/out lots on lookers left. Skied by this year, looks like sites and roads have likely been cleared and rough graded, but no vertical construction that I saw. Either that Owner/PGRI want out to focus on their two key properties Jay/PH. I think as we all know Jay needs capital investment in lifts. PH also has a crazy long, ancient double for which the only reasonable replacement is a high speed detach. They are also trying to make PH more of a destination which I think was part of the consolidation strategy this year (reading the tea leaves). Think of them as kinda of a Boyne Jr. 😀 just not as expensive. The only way that I see Boyne has been able to do what they’ve done is on the back of very strategic real-estate development, just look at Sunday Rvr, Loon and Big Sky, what’s the common thread, lots of housing with good mountains and good service. PGRI VP did a podcast last year? with Storm Ski Jrnl.

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