Thunder Dome '11-12' Thread

[dingbat]

Keep your fingers crossed. If it blows well tonight we'll be open later this week.:biggthump

[*Ace*]

Slackers!

My area (Mohawk) opened up this past weekend. Thinking about heading out there tonight to see how things are shaping up and to get the cobwebs out...

Give me a call at your earliest convenience, I have a few questions...

[dingbat]

Ace, I need your #. Baptized my old phone in the Atlantic this summer.

[lafcadio]

Look for me regularly after the 1st of the year. I plan on spending a lot of time on the hill compared to last year.

Mark, are you running the Rally again this year? Any word on dates?

[dingbat]

The Rally is eternal.

I expect it will be the last Sat and Sun of President's week.
Feb 25th and 26th. I'll start a thread on it before long. I think the dates work well this year because the ECES is a little earlier than last time. The Rally will be like the pre-game.:D

[*Ace*]

eight six zero
four five nine
seven one, six nine

Mohawk was nice tonight!

[dingbat]

Hey Dingbat,

How's it looking for this weekend? My friends' kids will be up for 1st time ski and snowboard lessons on Saturday and I was thinking of getting a few runs in. Still rock board season?

Had my good gear out today. Maybe it was pushing it, but the snow was so nice where we have it.

[*Ace*]

Just got your voicemail with all your numbers. Give you a jingle sometime to tomorrow. Maybe I might even come to the BEast for Sunday with the GF in tow...

[dingbat]

Word.

[GeoffV]

The Rally is eternal.

I expect it will be the last Sat and Sun of President's week.
Feb 25th and 26th. I'll start a thread on it before long. I think the dates work well this year because the ECES is a little earlier than last time. The Rally will be like the pre-game.:D

Mark I'll try to make it for one of the days.

[*Ace*]

I'll be there tomorrow!

[dingbat]

Mark I'll try to make it for one of the days.

Always thrilled to have you out Geoff!



I'll be there tomorrow!

So will I.;)

[lafcadio]

Since everyone is posting about the Beast in other threads, I thought I'd take a moment to set the record straight: conditions at Berkshire East are way good! I just spent two awesome days carving over the weekend.

The temps were COLD, which is good for continued snowmaking (there is plenty of cover now), and the crowds were (as usual) not bad, especially for a holiday weekend. Even with the cold temps the snow never got iced up. Despite the recent snowfall, they had everything groomed out nice and firm. Other than some soft spots early Saturday morning, the rest of the weekend was great for carving.

Winter is FINALLY here. Carve on, everyone! Carve on! :biggthump

[dingbat]

The hill was mint today. Sun came out and it stayed cooler that expected. Great conditions held on everywhere all day.:biggthump

Tomorrow we may see some rain after the snow, but I think on the hill it'll be more snow and less rain. Temps drop significantly tomorrow night so Wed morning may be crispy, but I'm guessing it will be fast, stiff, groom. The breeze on Wed will dry it all back out making the weekend real pretty again.

Oh and Mike, you were making some god-damn nice looking turns this past weekend, even after staying up playing drinking games at the flop house.:nono::D

[lafcadio]

Oh and Mike, you were making some god-damn nice looking turns this past weekend, even after staying up playing drinking games at the flop house.:nono::D

Thanks! But drinking games did come at a price. For once, I actually didn't make first chair. :sleep: Or... maybe it was the -12 F windchill :eek: that helped me decide on a later start. At any rate it was a great weekend.

[lafcadio]

Looks like light rain today with partly cloudy for Sat and Sun. Can anyone comment on likely conditions for Sunday? Mark?

I'm hoping that even with some rain today, things should be groomed out nicely by Sunday. Wishful thinking? Let me know. Stratton is my backup.

After Tuesday, I will suddenly have lots of free time for carving! :biggthump Hopefully the weather doesn't take a turn of the worse. If it does, I suppose everyone can blame me. :(

[dingbat]

Looks like light rain today with partly cloudy for Sat and Sun. Can anyone comment on likely conditions for Sunday? Mark?


Sunday should be perfect carving conditions.:rolleyes:

I'll give a real report mid-day tomorrow.

[lafcadio]

Sunday should be perfect carving conditions.:rolleyes:

He says, as the skies unleash a deluge of a biblical proportions. *sigh*

[scrapster]

I hear that a thin layer of ice accumulation from the front end of the storm may have helped protect the base from the rains that followed.

[dingbat]

It did help, but the snow didn't set up last night. Warm today and mild tonight, I'm guessing tomorrow will be a mixed bag of spring-like conditions.

[Jonny]

How's the B-East these days? Driving up on Saturday - do I need to tune up a Slalom board or is it semi-carveable?

[dingbat]

No sure answer, bring a backup just in case.

Yesterday was do-no-wrong carveable. Today is piled spring conditions over hard but carveable. Looking at the temps, it's a tough call for Sat. It'll either be money or sugar over bullet proof.

[Jonny]

Thanks - kinda what I figured. I'll bring a 160 along with my 180RC. Stratton tomorrow but I'll be skiing most of the day - hanging with some friends who just go too fast for me to keep up on a board.

[lafcadio]

What days are looking good for this week? For me, I'm planning on heading up to NH on Monday, but the rest of the week is open.

Any days better than others?

[lafcadio]

I'm planning on being there for most of the day tomorrow. First chair, as always, until my legs give out.

[dingbat]

See you in the AM!

[dingbat]

Delicious chalk today. Gonna be even better tomorrow!:1luvu:
Get here if you can.

[lafcadio]

Delicious chalk today. Gonna be even better tomorrow!:1luvu:
Get here if you can.

Mark, you can count me in for tomorrow. I'm bringing the "Joerg Board" with me. I'll also bring the BTS... not that it's installed on my boots (hint, hint). ;)

[dingbat]

Soooo good today! :1luvu:

[lafcadio]

Definitely a great day! Some of the best snow of the year.

Is 4 hardbooters considered a posse?

[dingbat]

We blew snow last two nights. The whole front and East of the Mountain is absolutely mint for carving. The weather coming looks like it's trending colder. Keep your fingers crossed, it could work out o.k. for the weekend.

[dingbat]

Got plenty of fresh from the Thursday storm. Rain barely touched us. Tomorrow should be good and we'll be open all this week.:biggthump

I'll give another report tomorrow.

[lafcadio]

Cool... I'll be there Monday. Should be recovered from ECES by then. :D

[dingbat]

Pretty awesome today. I expect even chalkier tomorrow.:1luvu: