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    Lindsey Vonn: St. Moritz FIS Downhill Win!

    She reminds me a little of Tiger Woods, in his prime, on the pro golf tour, although Mikeala is even more dominant than Tiger was. Just a superior talent and has all of her fellow competitors psyched out.
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    Challenges of Running An Independent NE Ski Area

    53 degrees (F) here this morning in southern New England with heavy rain and very high winds. Yesterday, it looked the frozen arctic around here with completely snow-covered ground and now this morning, we have green grass in our back yard and much of the snow has melted away overnight. UGH...
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    Northern VT: what a start

    Unfortunately, we are getting a major warm up tonight (Thursday, Dec. 18) into tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 19 , in the northeast. It may spike into the low 50's in southern NE into the 40's in northern NE and Eastern Quebec, with a lot of rain and flood watches have been posted. It may not wipe out...
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    Western North America Conditions 2025/26

    The tram at Jackson Hole is now open, along with the upper two chairlifts - Sublette and Thunder. Looks like still a limited amount of skiable terrain open, though. There is a winter storm warning for the next two days, with up to 2 to 3 feet at elevation. Unfortunately, the prediction is that...
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    Lindsey Vonn: St. Moritz FIS Downhill Win!

    Bode?? He's not back racing, is he?
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    Northern VT: what a start

    Definitely need the fat skis at Jay, if skiing in the woods.
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    Best US Ski Towns

    Interesting story in yesterday's NY Times (Saturday, Dec. 13) about the proposed $3 billion base development at Killington. We'll see if the development company can get all of the necessary approvals from local authorities and the state of Vermont to build out such a huge new base area.
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    Mountain High, Dec. 12, 2025

    Looks more like the white "highway" of death. Pretty good coverage from side to side on those trails and the skier density doesn't look too bad. When I broke my back skiing several years ago, on the last ski day of the season, I was on a true WROD, about 10 ft. wide that connected two larger...
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    Lindsey Vonn: St. Moritz FIS Downhill Win!

    Lindsay finished second today in the second St. Moritz downhill, .24 seconds behind the 22-year old German skier, Emma Aicher. Obviously, not as good as another win, but still a great run for Lindsay. Maybe she CAN dominate in the speed races this season.
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    Lindsey Vonn: St. Moritz FIS Downhill Win!

    Yea, it's a remarkable athletic achievement, especially in a sport where most athletes are completely banged up and finished with competitive skiing in their late 20's to early 30's. Let's hope she doesn't suffer any injuries and can continue to ski well. I'd be rooting for her to win the gold...
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    Lindsey Vonn: St. Moritz FIS Downhill Win!

    I watched the replay on YouTube. Fantastic run and she looked great skiing. Quite amazing considering her age (41) and the fact she has been out of competitive ski racing for 5 years and has had numerous surgeries, including a complete re-build of her knee. It would be unbelievable if she could...
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    Western North America Conditions 2025/26

    What brand of heated gloves do you own? As I have gotten older, my hands (fingers, especially) get cold much faster and I'm considering buyting heated gloves (I don't like mittens). I've read reviews of many different gloves but it seems like there are always mixed reviews on almost all of the...
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    Northern VT: what a start

    Quite a bit of natural snow in northern VT and Quebec. Very localized but a good start to the season, so far.
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    Northern VT: what a start

    As someone who has, more or less, given up on skiing in the Northeast, I (sort of) hope for an easy, warmer, and snowless Winter. I know that is sacrilege on this board but it's how I feel.
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    Northern VT: what a start

    ALWAYS a risk in the Northeast. Cold and snow this early in the season is often a cruel tease and, many times, the weather pattern changes, and warmer temps and rain appear. I sort of hope so - I did not finish my Fall clean-up, thinking that I would still have time, based on past years. My bad.
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    Northern VT: what a start

    The longer range forecast for the Northeast looks quite cold through X-Mas. No major warm-up/rain storms predicted, so we'll see if that holds. It's already quite good in southern NE (not as good as northern VT, though). We had about 5-6 inches in the last snow storm and it has been very cold...
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    Western North America Conditions 2025/26

    Grand Targhee is looking very lean, down at the base. Just a light dusting of snow on the lower trails. Ugh.
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    U.S. Presidency #47

    Yes, Tony, I would totally support this plan but I would say there is a 0.00000000000000000% chance that it will ever happen. Reminds me of what Warren Buffett once suggested about how to end deficit spending in the USA: Warren Buffett has said: "I could end the deficit in five minutes. You...
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    DFU Zone

    I had a classmate in high school who was skiing the Big Couloir at Big Sky several years ago (he may have been in his 50's at the time) and he took a bad fall. Ended up in the hospital for 3 or 4 months, with all sorts of broken bones and other medical problems (and he's an MD). I believe he has...
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    Grand Targhee

    From the webcams, it looks like GT has gotten enough snow in the past few days, so that some people are skinning up and skiing back down. It does look a little thin in places, thought.
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