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Patrick has been retired (other than from his Dec-Mar ski coaching) for about a decade. Family responsibilities seen to have shifted from his now grown daughters to the mother-in-law in France. The latter situation can actually facilitate some tough months of the streak. Hands-on management...

I believe that is true but have seen no data. But many times I try to start a conversation on a chairlift and the Bluetooth skier next to me hears absolutely nothing.

I finally reached Patrick. I'm sure he was in Banff to ski August somewhere but he didn't say where. He's going to visit his wife's family in Europe mid-September, so he'll get something there, even if it's indoors like last October. He's already home from Banff because he has to be in...

That's most of it. But in Santiago, Chile and environs average September precipitation is no more than half of what June and July are, while average precipitation in March in Utah, Colorado and the Alps is just as much as in Decmber/January. Then you have the latitude which makes Portillo/VN...

Are these injuries on the rise? A cursory Google search says yes. While overall ski injury rates are fairly stable, collisions now comprise 20% of them vs. 10% 10-20 years ago. Why do I think this is? 1) Lift capacity has increased faster than open terrain, so skier density is up. 2) The...

The wheels are turning very slowly on this. Lonnie found an attorney in Colorado to file the civil case this past Feb. 19, just one week before statute of limitations would have expired. The boarder was supposed to have been served July 5, but we now find out that a receptionist was served...

On Feb. 16, 2024 at Breckenridge Lonnie was struck by a snowboarder, shattered ribs and "tore a hole in his lung." Lung had to be drained for 3 days; ribs were repaired with 7 copper plates, 80 screws and 250 stitches. Lonnie had a concussion and lost 3 hours of memory. He is still in brain...

There was a NASJA Zoom on this topic in 2012. Unfortunately I was in India at the time and I have not been able to find a transcript.

I do too. But the intelligence community told him the odds of that were "farcical." They have also told every administration since Carter that any attempt by the US to force regime change in Iran would be met by a closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Have you read the Maggie Haberman account of...

The Buenos Aires taxi driver incident was in 2009. Patrick still returned to South America in 2010 (decent conditions) and 2012 (very marginal). I am truly puzzled by this year; I'm guessing there are extraneous non-skiing factors we don't know about.

You have never crashed a pond skim? That is me on June 20, 1982. I discovered that skis do not float. Fortunately the pond was only 3 feet deep.

This is no different from reduced advance bookings following bad snow years 30-50 years ago. That's just the way the casual ski consumer (and most people) think: short term recency bias.

Can Nederland elected officials be recalled? Most western states have such provisions in law.

Transceivers are rarely if ever on sale. I got mine via a ski patroller who was eligible for pro-deals. I have never seen them listed among ski journalist pro-deals.

With Trump, everything is personal. I posted about Canada on this thread a year ago. As an ex-Republican I think my level of outrage at this presidency is often worse than from those who have always been left of center. Gotta ask @jimk, have you had enough yet? I'm not ragging on his 2024...

It's safe to say that Patrick's boycott will last to January 2029. Political comments are not censored here, but I have moved them to the appropriate thread. Patrick's FB page says he was in Montreal Aug. 22-23 but in Banff as of yesterday. I think he's going to Parker Ridge, where he claimed...

I have no experience in the VC business. But it's hard for me to see how value could be extracted from a breakup of Vail. Did Vail way overpay for some of its properties, especially the two in Europe? Sure, but that can't be undone. A buyer won't get that many $$ from selling the overpaid...

The more stories I read, the more glad I am we are going as late in the season as we are. The lake was frozen Sept. 6-7, 2007 despite the quite warm weather at the time.

Who is going to Switzerland Dec. 12-20 and being addressed in the above analysis? I'm guessing that with those dates and required to buy 30+ days in advance, ChrisC would never do this in December. The rental car flexibility is priceless in terms of ski quality, and no one has exercised that...

Going into this storm, seasons totals were 322 inches at Portillo and 202 inches at Valle Nevado.