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Spiedie meat in the local grocery store. Map of a small portion of the roughly 100 wineries on the Finger Lakes wine trail. Ridiculously nice weekend for October. Reds aging in white oak barrels.

Did not know this about HKD. I went to school and ski raced in the Mid-Atlantic for 4 years with Seven Springs being a regular on the circuit. At the time I felt that Seven Springs and Wisp Maryland had the 2 most impressive snowmaking systems I had ever seen (even betterthan Hunter). Could...

I've been to the Dr. Konstantin Frank winery before. He was famous for getting any grape to grow well in the area which had never worked out before. The winery was/is most famous for rieslings. Plenty of other wines made in the region now of course but still many other regions that try to...

Don't worry in the short term. Current versions of AI are greatly overhyped relative to it's true capabilities. I have seen exactly nothing that is even in the ballpark of heading toward a 'general AI' so far. Right now it is massive burn of $$ and electricity for very advanced heuristics...

I agree that it is a good flick, but one's expectations are automatically off if you expect a standard hollywood "Ski Movie" or a "Sports Movie".

Wow. Got lucky. I've never had a subscription before because I thought that even $30 was far too high. But they ran a 48hr sale of half price somewhere in the middle of summer so I begrudgingly bought one for this season at $15. Might drop it like a hot rock by next summer when they want me to...

Not sure about the boards here, but one of the guys on the Jan cat now has 6 slots per year at Mustang which is crazy. He has them lined up with 2 back to back each time making for 3 full weeks of Mustang per year for him, about a month between each trip to Mustang. There are also many others up...

I have a few plans but also a lot that is still uncertain. I have 2 Mustang trips lined up this year: One in January and one in February. So that should be interesting; to double my odds of either epic skiing or blowing though tons of $$ (crosses fingers and hopes for the former). Should...

What are the blue suitcase icons? The math on that is insane of course. 50% off will help slightly at the margins I would think, but not be a game changer. The only possible significant upside to the changes I saw was for the fence sitters. They can now ski a couple days at "50% off" AND also...

Depends on the trip. When Castle has the goods, you’ll gladly choose to drive over the pass a 2nd or 3rd time no matter where you are staying. Though not a lot of great food options in Pincher Creek that I've found thus far.

Ditto. Unclear, but I would think winds in the area hit all of the peaks in that range. Maybe they get even less traffic with more typical skiers wanting to hit a detach quad and not two old lifts? I actually kinda hope so. Love the S chutes and the lookers right upper pitch/ridge on the...

Not necessarily a shape I want. Just that biological systems rarely behave linearly. I figured it would show either that AMS symptoms in the population either increase rapidly (Steep at first, then flatter); or that it would show low incidence until 14K or so feet then steep curve. Didn't know...

That is surprisingly linear. I would have expected biology/physiology to be a bit less linear.

I had some very good friends of my family have to move from Breck (house at exactly 10K feet) because one of them couldn't get good sleep anymore. This was as they aged (into mid-70's). They are now in their 80's and living in Red Lodge, MT at under 6K feet.

I think that almost every "industrial" ski area has at least some terrain that is either modestly crowded or less (might be a few exceptions, but not a ton at big mountains). I view the term as more related to the experience than pure infrastructure attributes. Just because I can hike or...

Not everyone is affected by it. But a decent enough sized portion of the population is that it needs to be taken into consideration if you are running group trips. I might breathe much harder than normal at altitude if I'm out of shape, but no altitude sickness. Others I've hiked with have had...

I've been to Canada far less than Tony, but have only had one really cold snap up there so far. I skied? (more like endured) temps as cold as -29C at Marmot Basin. With truly cold temps on 3 of 6 days of skiing in Alberta on that trip in early March 2012. Plenty of standard cold days in...

can be interesting and is super close to town, but generally is much firmer and less snow than either LL or Sunshine. Plenty of decent enough eating places in Banff; the only one that really stood out to me the couple times I've been was: Waldhaus. Though I'm sure there are some other decent...

Cannot resist linking this video whenever Aussie Emu's are referenced!

From what I've heard, wouldn't a lot of 'lads' be trying to hit the kangaroos? I've heard those beasts can be kinda obnoxious to deal with. Or is that more myth than reality in dealing with Kangaroos?