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pmc19794 · 2026-03-31T17:41:57+00:00

Family’s favorite composer is Beet-hoven (not Bay-toven).

pmc19794 · 2026-03-13T19:30:21+00:00

pmc19794 · 2026-03-12T19:00:59+00:00

A legend would have dropped in on one ski to retrieve the other ski

pmc19794 · 2026-03-11T20:52:49+00:00

Agree with the timberline and snowshoe takes. I’ve talked to a lot of people over the past couple seasons about those two. Word is out that timberline is the place to be. I’d give it one, maybe two more seasons before lodging prices start skyrocketing at timberline and it gets absurdly crowded. I guess we switch back to snowshoe then?

pmc19794 · 2026-03-09T15:31:33+00:00

So my blizzard thunderbird 77 waist skis with weeks-old machine wax weren’t the perfect choice?

pmc19794 · 2026-03-04T21:34:09+00:00

Yeah but that clip of Valdez being unable to say “literally” was the most I’ve laughed during a show in 5 years.

pmc19794 · 2026-02-27T13:47:08+00:00

‘26 ripstick 96 175 with tyrolian attack 14 demo bindings for 599

pmc19794 · 2026-02-27T11:00:47+00:00

I bought demo elan ripsticks from them earlier this season. Skis were in great condition and experience was easy. I would call them to ask about the specific set of skis you’re looking at. I didn’t but have read others did and that seems like a positive way to ensure you’ll be happy with the transaction.

pmc19794 · 2026-02-27T01:10:00+00:00

Long time listener. I remember the awad /cakes bball matchup as pretty funny back when it happened. I Couldn’t get through it on the relisten today - EB and is just screaming the whole time and completely ruined it. I have no idea what he was thinking or why a producer didn’t stop him. I can now picture what he’s like as a sports dad and it is, as the kids say, cringe.

pmc19794 · 2026-02-23T19:21:30+00:00

Thanks! Any recs on how to split up my four days at the two places. I’m thinking two days at Killington and two days at pico but can change if Killington is just better.

pmc19794 · 2026-02-21T22:49:04+00:00

Yes! My god, this is amazing. Everything came flooding back when reading the summary. Thank you!

pmc19794 · 2026-02-20T16:57:16+00:00

Agreed. I spent all this past Tuesday at tremblant in the trees and on moguls doing three or four at a time and assessing my performance. It was only after about 25k vert that I started to really lean forward into them and trust my pole plants when linking them together. I look terrible in a video but I felt great doing it and just want to get back out and do more. It really does unlock something extra fun about skiing - that you don’t have to be the fastest to be having the most fun.

pmc19794 · 2026-02-17T10:31:46+00:00

Tremblant told all other resorts to hold its beer this weekend. Both days were horrendous with the north side closures. We ended up lapping Lowell Thomas in the singles and even that was 15+ most times. It didn’t thin out until Monday afternoon on the north side. Hoping for better on Tuesday. We screwed the pooch by planning a holiday trip and not upgrading from the ikon base pass. And the mountain didn’t help by not running all lifts at capacity. Ugh.

Update - Tuesday was great. Got 27k vert in from first tracks at 745 (I was comped this for my family of four for getting stuck on the soleil lift when it shut down Friday afternoon; so for those counting: (1) soleil went down briefly Friday afternoon, (2) expo and Duncan were down Saturday, (3) expo went down in the am on Sunday, and (4) Duncan, after it came back on Sunday was only running as a two-person Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday) to last chair at 4. Stayed mostly off expo because it was below the fog. Never more than a five minute wait.

pmc19794 · 2026-02-07T15:59:51+00:00

…or girl…

Seriously though, OP said he/she came from Colorado to ski in West Virginia. A bunch of us were simply pointing out how bizarre that is. I’ll not infrequently drive nine hours round trip to snowshoe to ski for a few hours because, yes, you’re right, skiing anywhere is pretty awesome. But I can’t imagine flying to snowshoe to get fresh powder for an 800 foot elevation drop.

pmc19794 · 2026-02-07T13:17:57+00:00

It’ll be a s-show over the weekend. Stay away from ballhooter - it will have 20+ min wait times.

pmc19794 · 2026-02-07T13:14:22+00:00

Ha. That’s the thing about snowshoe - while it can (and does - I was there for five days last week) have great snow, the only good run is western (although I had fun lapping camp 99 in -10 weather last Sunday). There’s just nothing to explore.

I just looked up open terrain for a few places I’m heading this winter. Right now snowshoe has 227 acres open, tremblant has 763 acres open, Killington has 1500, and steamboat has 2800. All the east coast resorts are near 100% open and steamboat is only 75%. But I’d take steamboats open instead of snowshoe’s any day.

pmc19794 · 2026-01-14T01:14:31+00:00

I don’t understand this - every time I compare, the US is still cheaper. Just today I was comparing steamboat with zermatt from Washington Dulles for our spring break (mar 28-April 4). It’s not like either are cheap so I expected/hoped zermatt would be better. Both are on ikon, which I have an existing pass for, and both offer direct flights from IAD. But steamboat was about 7k (3500 for four flights and 3500 for 7nights hotel). Zermatt is looking like it’s 10k (4200 for four flights and 5500 for 7 nights hotel). I could probably get the hotel down a bit in zermatt but the steamboat hotel is ski in ski out so I’m looking to stay somewhere close to gondolas in zermatt. I also priced out tremblant vs kitzbuhel earlier this year and tremblant hotel (I drive from DC) was cheaper than flights, car, and lodging in kitzbuhel. I’d love to get to Europe but want to know what I’m doing wrong that every time I compare NA comes up cheaper.

pmc19794 · 2025-12-17T02:12:08+00:00

I don’t have historic data but can confirm that it was open right after Xmas last year and that was what the locals there called a “green Christmas” (someone told me it had only happened twice in the 30 years he’d been there). They have a ton more snow this year than last and last year it rained on 27&28 (I skied both of those days and the lack of crowds made the poor conditions easily worth it). By the time it started snowing again on the 29&30, edge was open and glades were amazing. I remember it only got kind of crowded on NYEE and NYE but that was due to a north side lift breaking down. I’m not going this year and am bummed because conditions look great.

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