tseeb
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Hoping I don’t get screwed again on 3 week and 3 day ski trip where I plan to ski every day. It did not start well.
Our dog woke me up and I let her out once before and once after midnight. I’d gone to bed early as I was planning to get up at 230 but couldn’t get back to sleep so got up and was out of house at 2. Within the first hour of my 522 mile drive left rear tire was losing 1 psi every 10 min. I stopped at gas station where 680 joins I80 and brought it up to 43 psi. Then I stopped at truck stop just after where 505 joins I5 and tire service opened as scheduled at 6 AM. I was napping when manager and employee arrived and turned on some lights by 545. I’d found a screw a little over the one inch (minimum for repair) from sidewall. It was repaired in less than 30 min for $45 (ouch!).
I could have pumped it up to 45 and tried to make in to Americas Tires in Redding that opened at 8 for free repair, but would have (assuming I made it) had same 1 1/2 hr wait for scheduled 8 AM opening as I did a truck stop. Of course it happened on a holiday. I have a repair kit (bought when I found long screw in same tire at Palisades Memorial Day weekend that I had to fixed myself and had professionally re-done when getting tires rotated) but it was pouring rain and I’d rather pay a professional than have problem somewhere else, like a ski area parking lot at end of day or after 3 days at Mustang, on my trip. Shakily hit 13K miles after tire was fixed. I asked repair person to inflate it to 38 like others, but his gauge not the same as mine
Instead of arriving Bachelor before 11, it was 1250 when I parked and 120 when I got in moderate line for Sunrise chair. I won’t ever park there again! Singles line looked long so I joined a couple for what turned out to 30 min (line + lift) to get to top. A young girl apparently lost a ski loading and it took ~10 min to get chair going again. The line built up and then ski school line built up and got priority for a while before they let us who had been waiting in the first row load. I went to Cloudchaser and rode it three times.
Bachelor reported no new snow, but it was cold and snowing hard, and windy on both Clouldchaser and Outback that I would ride later. An inch or two new had fallen that skied well in places and had been scraped off to hard subsurface in others. There were also some thin places where a lot of sun had hit over the last couple of months. I took the long road across to Pine Marten and rode it to Outback.
I never made it as far as Atkeson’s Zoom that Bend friend who had to work recommended as it was groomed and not being skied much. He sent me directions and maps how to get there that I received and did not read while driving. My googles had rimed and it was too cold to take off mittens to try to follow his directions (or to take photos). Hope to do better today.
After two laps on Outback, I had two on Pine Marten (one was to get back to Sunrise) and caught one more ride with some 2” dry powder one Skyline before quitting after 4 with 14K. It was 23F at my car when I left Bachelor where I will return for a little but longer day today. I only counted 10 runs as first one was walk to Sunrise lift.
Our dog woke me up and I let her out once before and once after midnight. I’d gone to bed early as I was planning to get up at 230 but couldn’t get back to sleep so got up and was out of house at 2. Within the first hour of my 522 mile drive left rear tire was losing 1 psi every 10 min. I stopped at gas station where 680 joins I80 and brought it up to 43 psi. Then I stopped at truck stop just after where 505 joins I5 and tire service opened as scheduled at 6 AM. I was napping when manager and employee arrived and turned on some lights by 545. I’d found a screw a little over the one inch (minimum for repair) from sidewall. It was repaired in less than 30 min for $45 (ouch!).
I could have pumped it up to 45 and tried to make in to Americas Tires in Redding that opened at 8 for free repair, but would have (assuming I made it) had same 1 1/2 hr wait for scheduled 8 AM opening as I did a truck stop. Of course it happened on a holiday. I have a repair kit (bought when I found long screw in same tire at Palisades Memorial Day weekend that I had to fixed myself and had professionally re-done when getting tires rotated) but it was pouring rain and I’d rather pay a professional than have problem somewhere else, like a ski area parking lot at end of day or after 3 days at Mustang, on my trip. Shakily hit 13K miles after tire was fixed. I asked repair person to inflate it to 38 like others, but his gauge not the same as mine
Instead of arriving Bachelor before 11, it was 1250 when I parked and 120 when I got in moderate line for Sunrise chair. I won’t ever park there again! Singles line looked long so I joined a couple for what turned out to 30 min (line + lift) to get to top. A young girl apparently lost a ski loading and it took ~10 min to get chair going again. The line built up and then ski school line built up and got priority for a while before they let us who had been waiting in the first row load. I went to Cloudchaser and rode it three times.
Bachelor reported no new snow, but it was cold and snowing hard, and windy on both Clouldchaser and Outback that I would ride later. An inch or two new had fallen that skied well in places and had been scraped off to hard subsurface in others. There were also some thin places where a lot of sun had hit over the last couple of months. I took the long road across to Pine Marten and rode it to Outback.
I never made it as far as Atkeson’s Zoom that Bend friend who had to work recommended as it was groomed and not being skied much. He sent me directions and maps how to get there that I received and did not read while driving. My googles had rimed and it was too cold to take off mittens to try to follow his directions (or to take photos). Hope to do better today.
I only crossed into ID to buy gas but was only 30 miles W of Sandpoint. I went N from there and I didn’t have much snow but was concerned about slick road driving along river for miles in the dark.