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WED: CLOUDY- ABOUT 30 AT BASE.. 25 SUMMIT?PRETTY WINDY WHICH ENDED UP FACTORING IN ABOUT 2PM AS THE GONDY CRAWLED TO A SNAILS PACE FOR THE DURATION? 1 AND ½ WAYS DOWN? UPPER PICKED OFF THE G TO LOWER PICKED OR UPPER BEAR CLAW?. TUES NIGHT SAW THEM GET ABOUT 3 OF HEAVY WET SLOP WHICH FORMED A THICK TOP COVER OVER THE ROCK HARD- HARD PACK..FLAT AND FAST SUMS IT UP.. NO RACE TEAMS BUT THE MAIN LOT WAS ABOUT ½ FULL BY 10 AM? THEY WERE BLOWING NO SNOW?
THURS: SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER.. UPPER THIRTIES AT THE SUMMIT AND BITS OF BLUE SKY BY ABOUT 10 AM?SAME 1 AND ½ TRAILS DESPITE THE WEB PAGE CLAIMS?.BUT BY 12 NOON THEY DROPPED THE ROPE LEADING INTO THE GRAND JUNCTION AND LOWER BEAR CLAW SAW THE FIRST TURNS OF 2005 SEASON.. THIS REALLY HELPED OUT BLEEDING OFF THE TRAFFIC FROM LOWER PICKED. ( IT DID NOT HOWEVER HELP ENOUGH FOR THE NEW HAMPTON RACERS, AS U WILL HEAR ABOUT. ) THE WATER CONTENT OF THE PREVIOUS SNOW FROZE UP AND THE SURFACE WAS NOW 100% FROZEN GRAN ON A HP BASE.. MOUNDS OF FRZ G IN AREAS AND PURE SLICK IN OTHER MADE FOR CHALLENGING TURNS ON OCCASION FOR SURE.. THE SNOW ON LOWER BEAR CLAW WAS OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BETTER , BUT SURFACES BY 2PM WERE PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT
ASSESSMENT: THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, I THINK.. THE WEATHER HAS NOT SUPPORTED AN EXPANSION? THEY NEED THE WEATHER AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WANT A DUMP TO REALLY GET IT FIRED UP,?SUNSET APPEARS READY TO SKI BUT NONE OF THE NORTH PEAK TRAILS SEEM CLOSE SO RUNNING THE NEW q WOULD NOT SEEM TO BE WORTH IT.. THEY WERE LOAD TESTING THE NEW q ALL DAY ON THURS? THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL THINNING OF AT LEAST 2 DISTINCT LINES ON BLACK MOUNTAIN OFF THE TOP OF THE NORTH PEAK.. VERY VISIBLE TO THE EYE ON THE WAY UP THE G? IT WON?T MATTER TO THE AVERAGE LOONIE TUNE BUT ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHERE IT IS MAY BE ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT NEW Q SPINNING IN UNDER 5 MIN?THAT?S ALL I?M GONNA SAY LEAST THE BARK EATERS OF THE PENGUIN CLUB PUT OUT A CONTRACT ON ME
NOW I?LL MAKE THIS QUICK SO AS NOT TO BE ACCUSED OF GLOATING, BUT HERE GOES?
THE FOLLOWING IS PRESENTED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY? ANY ATTEMPTS TO CONNECT THE FOLLOWING ANECDOTE WITH THE THEORY HELD BY SOME THAT RACERS AND THEIR COACHES ARE ARROGANT, OUT OF CONTROL SNOTS WHO NEED TO BE LASHED TO A TREE AND THRASHED IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL?
DATELINE : THURSDAY- CIRCA 1PM.. THE USUAL SUSPECTS FROM NEW HAMPTON PULL IN ON THEIR BUS AND BY 1:30 ARE OUT WREAKING HAVOC ON THEE NOW 2 TRAILS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE BOTTOM?.AS I MENTIONED EARLIER , THE NEW Q WAS BEING LOAD TESTED ALL DAY AND THE CO GM OF THE PLACE WAS OUT AND ABOUT ON THE SNOWMOBILE ALL DAY BACK AND FORTH FROM BASE LODGE TO CAMP 3?.SKIP AHEAD TO ABOUT 3PM? THE OUTRUN OF LOWER PICKED IS PURE BOILERPLATE IN ADDITION TO BEING NO MORE THAN ABOUT 25 FEET WIDE?.NEW HAMPTON DECIDES THAT IT MIGHT BE FUN TO RUN A ONE LEGGED SKI DRILL? NOT 2 SKIS ON THE FEET AND ONLY USING ONE? BUT RATHER LOADING ONTO THE GONDOLA WITH ONLY ONE SKI AND SKIING WITH ONLY ONE SKI ON ONE FOOT WITH NO POLES?.DROPPING INTO THE HEADWALL OF THE PICKED ROCK OUTRUN, I HEAR A LOUD ENGINE REVVING AND AROUND THE CORNER, HUGGING THE SKIERS LEFT TRAIL EDGE COMES A SLED WITH 2 OCCUPANTS? I RECOGNIZE THE SHOTGUN GUY AS THE CO GM, WE?LL CALL HIM R.L?. AS I USUALLY DO WHEN I SEE A SLED OUT THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON ON A LIVE TRAIL, I SLOW DOWN AND STOP AND LET IT GO BY?AND BY IT GOES, AND BY ME COMES A WILD PACK OF ONE LEGGED SKIERS , ONE AT A TIME, ABOUT 2 SUPER G TURNS APART :evil: :roll: ? I DON?T MOVE AN INCH AS THE SHAKINESS OF THESE DONKEYS PROMPTS ME TO TAKE THE SAFE ALTERNATIVE AND LET EM GO BY?. AFTER THE 10 OR SO ONE GOES BY I PUSH OFF ONLY TO HEAR AGAIN THE REV OF A SLED ENGINE FROM BEHIND ME, NOW ROARING BACK DOWN THE HILL SAME 2 OCCUPANTS? PAST ME THEY ROAR, AND THEN I FOLLOW? AS I PULL INTO THE BASE AREA I SEE MY BUDDY GIL WAVING ME OVER AND POINTING AT THE NOW STATIONARY SLED. R.L THE GM IS HALF WAY OFF THE BACK SEAT. HE CONTINUES HIS DISMOUNT AND WITH A FINGER WAVING, BEGINS A BEELINE FOR ONE OF THE HEAD JACKASS COACHES OF NEW HAMPTON WHO WAS JUST SUPERVISING THE LITTLE ONE LEGGED JIG THAT JUST TOOK PLACE?.NOW THERE IS KNOW WAY I AM GOING TO PASS THIS UP SO I ADJUST MY LINE AND HEAD RIGHT TOWARDS NOW WHAT APPEARS TO BE A QUITE ANIMATED ONE WAY DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE HILL AND THE HEAD OF THE JACKASSES?.AND THE ONE WAY BELONGED TO THE HEAD OF THE HILL? WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER WAS THE ONE OF THE LITTLE ONE LEGGED BRATS DECIDED THAT THE SNOWMOBILE GOT IN THE WAY OF HIS LINE THAT HE WAS ( TRYING ) TO SKI AND HE DIDN?T LIKE IT ONE BIT? SO THE YOUNG LAD DECIDES TO LET OUT A YELP WITH A QUOTE OF ? "WATCH OUT U EFFIN EH HOLE ? AND TOPS THAT WITH A NELSON ROCKEFELLER RIGHT HANDED SALUTE :shock: ?. WELL R.L APPARENTLY DIDN?T TAKE TO KINDLY TO BEING CALLED THAT PART OT THE HUMAN ANATOMY AND DECIDED TO HAVE A LITTLE CHAT :evil: ?MOST OF US HUMANS HAVE ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE ANATOMY THAT WAS USED AS AN ADJECTIVE BY THE YOUNG SCHOLAR FROM NEW HAMPTON TO DESCRIBE THE GM OF LOON MOUNTAIN? BY THE TIME THE GM OF LOON MOUNTAIN GOT DONE WITH THE COACH OF NEW HAMPTON, I THINK THE COACH HAD 2 OF EM :shock: , IF I KNOW WHAT I MEAN?.WE HAD A SMILE ON OUR FACES THE WHOLE RIDE BACK THAT NIGHT 8) 8) 8) 8) ?.? GIVE THE KIDS A BREAK? GIVE THE KIDS A BREAK ? SAYS OUR MAN LFTGLY ?. GIVE ME A BREAK? :roll:
THURS: SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER.. UPPER THIRTIES AT THE SUMMIT AND BITS OF BLUE SKY BY ABOUT 10 AM?SAME 1 AND ½ TRAILS DESPITE THE WEB PAGE CLAIMS?.BUT BY 12 NOON THEY DROPPED THE ROPE LEADING INTO THE GRAND JUNCTION AND LOWER BEAR CLAW SAW THE FIRST TURNS OF 2005 SEASON.. THIS REALLY HELPED OUT BLEEDING OFF THE TRAFFIC FROM LOWER PICKED. ( IT DID NOT HOWEVER HELP ENOUGH FOR THE NEW HAMPTON RACERS, AS U WILL HEAR ABOUT. ) THE WATER CONTENT OF THE PREVIOUS SNOW FROZE UP AND THE SURFACE WAS NOW 100% FROZEN GRAN ON A HP BASE.. MOUNDS OF FRZ G IN AREAS AND PURE SLICK IN OTHER MADE FOR CHALLENGING TURNS ON OCCASION FOR SURE.. THE SNOW ON LOWER BEAR CLAW WAS OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BETTER , BUT SURFACES BY 2PM WERE PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT
ASSESSMENT: THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, I THINK.. THE WEATHER HAS NOT SUPPORTED AN EXPANSION? THEY NEED THE WEATHER AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WANT A DUMP TO REALLY GET IT FIRED UP,?SUNSET APPEARS READY TO SKI BUT NONE OF THE NORTH PEAK TRAILS SEEM CLOSE SO RUNNING THE NEW q WOULD NOT SEEM TO BE WORTH IT.. THEY WERE LOAD TESTING THE NEW q ALL DAY ON THURS? THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL THINNING OF AT LEAST 2 DISTINCT LINES ON BLACK MOUNTAIN OFF THE TOP OF THE NORTH PEAK.. VERY VISIBLE TO THE EYE ON THE WAY UP THE G? IT WON?T MATTER TO THE AVERAGE LOONIE TUNE BUT ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHERE IT IS MAY BE ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT NEW Q SPINNING IN UNDER 5 MIN?THAT?S ALL I?M GONNA SAY LEAST THE BARK EATERS OF THE PENGUIN CLUB PUT OUT A CONTRACT ON ME
NOW I?LL MAKE THIS QUICK SO AS NOT TO BE ACCUSED OF GLOATING, BUT HERE GOES?
THE FOLLOWING IS PRESENTED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY? ANY ATTEMPTS TO CONNECT THE FOLLOWING ANECDOTE WITH THE THEORY HELD BY SOME THAT RACERS AND THEIR COACHES ARE ARROGANT, OUT OF CONTROL SNOTS WHO NEED TO BE LASHED TO A TREE AND THRASHED IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL?
DATELINE : THURSDAY- CIRCA 1PM.. THE USUAL SUSPECTS FROM NEW HAMPTON PULL IN ON THEIR BUS AND BY 1:30 ARE OUT WREAKING HAVOC ON THEE NOW 2 TRAILS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE BOTTOM?.AS I MENTIONED EARLIER , THE NEW Q WAS BEING LOAD TESTED ALL DAY AND THE CO GM OF THE PLACE WAS OUT AND ABOUT ON THE SNOWMOBILE ALL DAY BACK AND FORTH FROM BASE LODGE TO CAMP 3?.SKIP AHEAD TO ABOUT 3PM? THE OUTRUN OF LOWER PICKED IS PURE BOILERPLATE IN ADDITION TO BEING NO MORE THAN ABOUT 25 FEET WIDE?.NEW HAMPTON DECIDES THAT IT MIGHT BE FUN TO RUN A ONE LEGGED SKI DRILL? NOT 2 SKIS ON THE FEET AND ONLY USING ONE? BUT RATHER LOADING ONTO THE GONDOLA WITH ONLY ONE SKI AND SKIING WITH ONLY ONE SKI ON ONE FOOT WITH NO POLES?.DROPPING INTO THE HEADWALL OF THE PICKED ROCK OUTRUN, I HEAR A LOUD ENGINE REVVING AND AROUND THE CORNER, HUGGING THE SKIERS LEFT TRAIL EDGE COMES A SLED WITH 2 OCCUPANTS? I RECOGNIZE THE SHOTGUN GUY AS THE CO GM, WE?LL CALL HIM R.L?. AS I USUALLY DO WHEN I SEE A SLED OUT THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON ON A LIVE TRAIL, I SLOW DOWN AND STOP AND LET IT GO BY?AND BY IT GOES, AND BY ME COMES A WILD PACK OF ONE LEGGED SKIERS , ONE AT A TIME, ABOUT 2 SUPER G TURNS APART :evil: :roll: ? I DON?T MOVE AN INCH AS THE SHAKINESS OF THESE DONKEYS PROMPTS ME TO TAKE THE SAFE ALTERNATIVE AND LET EM GO BY?. AFTER THE 10 OR SO ONE GOES BY I PUSH OFF ONLY TO HEAR AGAIN THE REV OF A SLED ENGINE FROM BEHIND ME, NOW ROARING BACK DOWN THE HILL SAME 2 OCCUPANTS? PAST ME THEY ROAR, AND THEN I FOLLOW? AS I PULL INTO THE BASE AREA I SEE MY BUDDY GIL WAVING ME OVER AND POINTING AT THE NOW STATIONARY SLED. R.L THE GM IS HALF WAY OFF THE BACK SEAT. HE CONTINUES HIS DISMOUNT AND WITH A FINGER WAVING, BEGINS A BEELINE FOR ONE OF THE HEAD JACKASS COACHES OF NEW HAMPTON WHO WAS JUST SUPERVISING THE LITTLE ONE LEGGED JIG THAT JUST TOOK PLACE?.NOW THERE IS KNOW WAY I AM GOING TO PASS THIS UP SO I ADJUST MY LINE AND HEAD RIGHT TOWARDS NOW WHAT APPEARS TO BE A QUITE ANIMATED ONE WAY DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE HILL AND THE HEAD OF THE JACKASSES?.AND THE ONE WAY BELONGED TO THE HEAD OF THE HILL? WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER WAS THE ONE OF THE LITTLE ONE LEGGED BRATS DECIDED THAT THE SNOWMOBILE GOT IN THE WAY OF HIS LINE THAT HE WAS ( TRYING ) TO SKI AND HE DIDN?T LIKE IT ONE BIT? SO THE YOUNG LAD DECIDES TO LET OUT A YELP WITH A QUOTE OF ? "WATCH OUT U EFFIN EH HOLE ? AND TOPS THAT WITH A NELSON ROCKEFELLER RIGHT HANDED SALUTE :shock: ?. WELL R.L APPARENTLY DIDN?T TAKE TO KINDLY TO BEING CALLED THAT PART OT THE HUMAN ANATOMY AND DECIDED TO HAVE A LITTLE CHAT :evil: ?MOST OF US HUMANS HAVE ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE ANATOMY THAT WAS USED AS AN ADJECTIVE BY THE YOUNG SCHOLAR FROM NEW HAMPTON TO DESCRIBE THE GM OF LOON MOUNTAIN? BY THE TIME THE GM OF LOON MOUNTAIN GOT DONE WITH THE COACH OF NEW HAMPTON, I THINK THE COACH HAD 2 OF EM :shock: , IF I KNOW WHAT I MEAN?.WE HAD A SMILE ON OUR FACES THE WHOLE RIDE BACK THAT NIGHT 8) 8) 8) 8) ?.? GIVE THE KIDS A BREAK? GIVE THE KIDS A BREAK ? SAYS OUR MAN LFTGLY ?. GIVE ME A BREAK? :roll:
