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  1. rfarren

    Required Reading: Old Farmer's Almanac 2009

    We could all sacrifice a snowboarder to the gods... maybe that would stop global warming :wink: :wink: :wink: If it didn't work at least the quality of skiing would be better. :lol: :lol: :lol:
  2. S

    Required Reading: Old Farmer's Almanac 2009

    ...begun to scratch the surface of what cycles earth has gone through in its long history...we'd be fools to think we knew. Humans and the industrial revolution have not made things any better, but the planet change was coming either way you cut it. Can we go back to pre industrial revolution...
  3. jamesdeluxe

    Where is Mecca?

    ...Snowbird, Whistler), as much as I can appreciate the obvious reasons it's attained that label, I often feel like just another dope on the industrial tourism treadmill. This January, while sitting in the bus that takes you from the parking lot to the lifts at Teton Village, I got really...
  4. Harvey

    The future of glade skiing in NYS

    ...the size/capacity of a ski area without expanding the footprint by too much. The trees at a resort are really masking what is a pseudo industrial zone... plumbing for snowmaking, pump houses, groomers, snowmobiles, cafeterias, condos. Nature is somewhat of an illusion at a ski resort...
  5. jamesdeluxe

    Quebec City Region Snow Totals

    ...that delivers a) decent spring skiing and b) an interesting cultural experience. With the big snow totals in Quebec this season, he would be able to get both. Unless gpaul is a fan of strip malls or industrial tourism, those places you mention above only fulfill the first part of the equation.
  6. S

    First time to Sugarloaf

    ...about getting on the road. We have all of our supplies and gear ready to be packed. For those of you that think that NJ is totally industrial and overpopulated, I have regular black bear crossing my backyard along with countless deer and wild turkey. My property also backs up to 6500 acres...
  7. Tony Crocker

    The tragic effect of climate change on skiing

    ...and also by location. Any observed warming trend over the past 30 years is well within the range of historical variability before the Industrial Revolution, and I'm still waiting for an explanation why weather cooled between 1940 and 1970. Unlike Michael Crichton, I do respect the...
  8. Patrick

    Global Warming and Skiing

    ...of the issue) or don't respect them, it's pretty much useless. Not fair...let's see. :roll: The USA, CANADA and all the other industrialized countries have polluted the planet and enriched themselves, increased their level of living since the Industrial Revolution and you expect the...
  9. Admin

    Utah snow today

    Not untrue, but actually those are office/light industrial buildings in West Valley in the foreground.
  10. C

    Mammoth Mountain. current press release.

    ...the critical thinking of procedures. They are making a headway. Changes do not come easy. Press Release Source: California Department of Industrial Relations Cal/OSHA Issues Nearly $50,000 in Citations to Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Friday October 6, 12:40 pm ET MAMMOTH LAKES...
  11. Patrick

    Global Warming and Skiing

    ...from Kyoto negotiations. The US and Canada also got some exemptions. The "Western" has had been rich countries since the beginning of the industrial revolution, while later are just becoming. The West has been polluting just over 100 years without any serious measure to take, they emerging...
  12. Patrick

    Global Warming and Skiing

    ...variation in temperature have always happen and the human wasn't necessarily a factor. When you talk about the period starting with the industrial revolution in 1850, the amount of country and the scale of it was miniscule compared to today. So it's impact wouldn't have been that important...
  13. A

    Mt. Snow 3/10-3/11

    ...the lifts - no fuss, no muss, no tracks, no traversing. The bumps were soft and forgiving. Same deal Sunday. <BR> <BR>While the mountain certainly isn't going to scare anyone, and is the poster child for "industrial McSkiing" of the highest order, this weekend it most assuredly did not suck.
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