I can feel it getting closer. While Birch Hill has started making snow, which is always a great help to advancing their opening day, it’s difficult to open without natural snow. Thankfully, that’s what it’s doing right now, with up to one inch accumulation today, and one inch tomorrow, I think this time, it’s here [...]
Archive for October, 2009
One more piece of the puzzle.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s a snow-machine?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first time I got into an argument about “snow-mobiles” and “snow-machines” was years ago on a chair lift in Canada. I have always called the two-stroke, gasoline powered machine with a track and floats, a snow-machine. It was not until that day I realized it was the opposite what most people thought. Half the [...]
Bring It On
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After weeks of warm weather, temperatures are finally sticking below freezing, now all we need is a little percipitaion.The weather forecast predicts a chance of snow by the weekend. More then anything, it is starting to actually feel like winter, frost covers the ground every morning, the sun sets earlier every day, and it is [...]
Ice climbing, snow caves, BIG mountain riding and being away from civilization for long periods of time sound like your cup of tea?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Then check out the “Deeper” trailer, a new big mountain riding film being released by a partnership with Jeremy Jones and Teton Gravity Research. If you saw my recent post about the spines Jones has been tackling the last few years, you may recognize some of this. What’s new is a bit more of what [...]
Nothing Particular
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Louie Vito is made it through week three on ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars.” His footwork and stage presence are improving, it helps he has a flashy girl making him look good. No snow yet, and none in the forecast. Partly to mostly cloudy fills up the week, with lows around 25 degrees and highs [...]
Might be worth it
Posted in Uncategorized on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Season passes are on sale at Mt. Aurora Skiland, and the early-bird prices are a great deal, the sale ends Nov. 1 so now is the time to buy. It may seem like a bad buyers market for lift passes since highs over 50 degrees with no snow in sight. It is Alaska though, it [...]
Goggles? Check.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well after our first week, with multiple dustings and decent coverage remaining on the backsides of hills, most of the snow is gone and no more has been added on. Not to say we haven’t had great fall weather with lots of golden trees. I talked about proper gear before, and now is a good [...]
Someday?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jeremy Jones, who for years has been one of the and best riders in the world, has a great blog. Spines, or certain types of snowboard runs, are the topic of a recent blog post for Jones. Spines get more snow and see less light then most parts of a mountain. They’re also steep. He [...]
