Snow Summit on Sunday, 12-21-08

[gdboytyler]

This week is looking good for natural snow and manmade!

I'm ready to start up my season on Sunday, 12-21-08. Who's in?

[carvingchef]

i will be at chair 1 just before they open, see you there

[oldvolvosrule]

DOh!!! It's me mum's birthday. Let me see if I can get an adventure pass for the am hours. I will let you know. GBT, are we going to be seeing the Schtubby, Schtubbie, Shtubbie, Shtubby or however you spell it now??

[gdboytyler]

Yep, I'll be on my 171 Schtubby.

OVR, I thought you were jumping on the metal Coiler bandwagon. What are you waiting on???

[Terryw]

You guys are killing me. My pass is only good for the midweek non-holiday days :confused:. I expect to be up to Summit on Tuesday 12/16. Hope there is enough snow by then.

[Bullwings]

looks like i just might be able to make it. we'll see. haven't been up yet.

i'll be on a tanker 192 with catek FR2s and softies.

can't commit to the hardboots until after my brother's wedding on jan 17

looks like i need to figure out how to rig up that third strap. already have some booster straps. hehe

[Bullwings]

Wow, 16-18 inches of powder so far and it's still snowing. on top of that, they're still making snow too.

[Terryw]

Yep, and roads are closed. Makes it hard to get to the pow. I am changing my plans to Thursday this week. Anyone for a midweek ride? :biggthump

[carvingchef]

Terry you should have been more specific and ask for snow on the mountain but not on the road, sunday should be good for carving, any way we can convince you to come up on sunday too, irwin is going, bullwings is going (we never met i don't know his name), Aaron migh be going and everybody else is welcome too and it looks like sunday January 4th is the official carving gathering day for Snow Summit, last year it was fun, let's do it again

[Terryw]

Andrea, I am just a poor working slub. I cannot afford to go up if it is not on my pass. Unfortunately, Sundays and holidays are right out. I will warm up the trails for you guys on Thursday :D.

[carvingchef]

have fun on thursday (while I'm working, wish I could join you) and let us know how it is

[D-Sub]

just so you guys know, there's a seller on craigslist that sells reduced price tickets.

[oldvolvosrule]

Maybe we can take a few runs in honor of Jim Pryor. There seems to be a few carvers coming up and I also made some phone calls to ppl I have met on the hill who are not BOL members. See you guys on Sunday,

Dave, with the discounted tickets does this mean you are coming up???

[D-Sub]

Dave, with the discounted tickets does this mean you are coming up???

on the fence. please don't take offense, dude, and don't assume anything.

here's the info for anyone. Im gonna start a thread, too

No need to make reservations.
Most of our regular day tickets are only $40. Details are below.
We have 3 kinds of tickets. They are Anytime (holiday), Anytime non-holiday (weekends) and Monday - Friday tickets. The holiday periods are: Dec. 20-31, 2008; Jan. 1-4, 2009; Jan. 17-19, 2009; Feb. 14-16, 2009

Anytime tickets are valid any day during the snow season, including holidays. We have these tickets discounted to $50 which is a savings of $16.
Anytime non-holiday tickets are valid any day except during holiday periods. These tickets are discounted to $45 which is a savings of $21.
Monday - Friday non-holiday tickets. These tickets are $40 which is a savings of $13.
Let me know if you want to get some. We are in PB. Local pickup at our offices is no problem or we have free overnight shipping while our prepaid envelope supply lasts.
Thanks.
David
619-925-1879
lift.tickets@gmail.com

[Bullwings]

even more snow :D:D

6 inches so far, and much much more expected... wow, i'm like getting all hot and excited... :eek:

[carvingchef]

Finally all that "PRAYING FOR SNOW" is paying off

[KingCrimson]

Won't make it, but January I've gotta go with you guys.

D-Sub..Baldy? Open down to the lot 2-3 foot base.

[oldvolvosrule]

Guys, providing we can get up there the conditions should be incredible. Carvealicious as Big Mario likes to say over on the CO ride board.

[D-Sub]

Won't make it, but January I've gotta go with you guys.

D-Sub..Baldy? Open down to the lot 2-3 foot base.

Not enough coverage yet

I still have tix from last year though

[D-Sub]

Guys, providing we can get up there the conditions should be incredible. Carvealicious as Big Mario likes to say over on the CO ride board.


Theyre going to be incredible thurs, fri, sat, sun, mon...probably past that even! and more snow next week maybe?

crazy. I hope baldy gets the goods...that place just plain ROCKS it.

[D-Sub]

After reading Terry's report...sorry guys...I would love to ride with you all, but my first day back on the hill, with minimal days last year = bad idea on a crowded holiday weekend.

after the holidays.

[KingCrimson]

After reading Terry's report...sorry guys...I would love to ride with you all, but my first day back on the hill, with minimal days last year = bad idea on a crowded holiday weekend.

after the holidays.

I don't have any idea what I'm doing and I've done fine at a mountain where everyone is out to get you. No, really. I've been knocked over while standing next to the lift line turnstile. Still had fun.

Go out and ride, the snow is incredible!

[Bullwings]

Ended up going up one day early...

My brother and his friends wanted to go today. So i went.

My buddy for tomorrow bailed (swollen thyroid...), and my brother is too tired to go up again tomorrow. And since I don't go up solo anymore since breaking my leg, i guess that means i'll have to wait till wednesday (24th) to go up again.

Anyway, as far as conditions are concerned. AWESOMENESS!!!

Great carving conditions. coverage is exellent, and the snow pack is the perfect consistency for laying an edge in. Surprisingly, it wasn't as crowded as i expected. i think a lot of that has to do with the road conditions... they suck big time. you HAVE to have chains and put them on, or you're not making it up there. or, you need a truck with 4wd and some big knobby tires (like me :eplus2:).

anyway, to everyone going up tomorrow. have fun, drive safe, and hopefully i'll catch you all some other time (1-4-09).

sorry again Aaron, it's been a while since we've been boarding.

[D-Sub]

I don't have any idea what I'm doing and I've done fine at a mountain where everyone is out to get you. No, really. I've been knocked over while standing next to the lift line turnstile. Still had fun.

Go out and ride, the snow is incredible!

All fine and good, for you. I can not stand crowds, and lemmings, and paying inflated prices just because of what day it is.

after the holidays, mid-week. Maybe a weekend then, too

[D-Sub]

affirmation! PHEW!

[KingCrimson]

My dad's in for surgery today. Appendicitis..on his birthday.

[oldvolvosrule]

Dsub, that shot may show a ton of ''ants'' but we encountered nothing like that. We took a few runs first thing in the morning down miracle mile. Layed some trenches into that thing and then once the east side opened we scooted over there. The only time that we waited in a lift line was at the beginning of the day at Chair 1 and once on Chair 7 when it wasn't running the ppl started backing up. Other than that, great day, great to see all the guys again including some new ones too.

Total hardbooters on the hill today, 10

See you all on the 4th of Jan

[Loc]

Geez 10? The most I've ever shared a hill with is 1 in Whistler.

Well I'm glad to see there a lot more of us out here in SoCal than I knew. I'm still green so I expect a lot of tips and critiques if I ever run into you guys (not literally) :biggthump

[carvingchef]

LOC
check this out
http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=23275

[gdboytyler]

Carving conditions were pretty damn good today! I only saw one of our crew have a close call with a straight-liner.

OVR, I was carving until around 3:30. Sorry I missed your call from the bar.

Got back to my car and had a dead battery. I didn't get on the road until 4:30. It took 2.5 hrs to get down the mtn: didn't see any accidents, just a long back-up. That was the only bad part of the day.

[D-Sub]

Dsub, that shot may show a ton of ''ants'' but we encountered nothing like that. We took a few runs first thing in the morning down miracle mile. Layed some trenches into that thing and then once the east side opened we scooted over there. The only time that we waited in a lift line was at the beginning of the day at Chair 1 and once on Chair 7 when it wasn't running the ppl started backing up. Other than that, great day, great to see all the guys again including some new ones too.

Total hardbooters on the hill today, 10

See you all on the 4th of Jan

Sounds like you had a heck of a posse!