23-24 Ski and Snowboard thread

Season over. Fractured and dislocated my right wrist with a fall at Pico on Friday. Skiing a blue went over a roller to find melted snow and a ditch on the other side. Slammed down and knocked the wind out of myself. Looked up and saw my buddy telling me to stay down next thing I know he was next to me screaming my name as I blacked out.

Took a few minutes, gathered my thoughts that were scrambled and realized my wrist was fucked, put my skis and made my way down to patrol. Quick splint and some stats and off to Rutland Medical Center where they took great care of me, x-rays, reset the dislocation and a bunch of laughs. Follow up appointment with HSS on Friday for surgery consultation.

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Zaskar said:
Season over. Fractured and dislocated my right wrist with a fall at Pico on Friday. Skiing a blue went over a roller to find melted snow and a ditch on the other side. Slammed down and knocked the wind out of myself. Looked up and saw my buddy telling me to stay down next thing I know he was next to me screaming my name as I blacked out.

Took a few minutes, gathered my thoughts that were scrambled and realized my wrist was fucked, put my skis and made my way down to patrol. Quick splint and some stats and off to Rutland Medical Center where they took great care of me, x-rays, reset the dislocation and a bunch of laughs. Follow up appointment with HSS on Friday for surgery consultation.

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oh man, really sorry to see this....did you get your scaphoid? Thats sucks, heal up quick!
 
UtahJoe said:
oh man, really sorry to see this....did you get your scaphoid? Thats sucks, heal up quick!
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Surgery on Thursday 😑

Comminuted and impacted intra-articular fracture of the distal radius involving the scaphoid and lunate fossae with gapping in the articular surface measuring approximately 1.3 x 1.3 cm. Several intra-articular fragments are seen within the radioscaphoid and radiolunate joints. There is also involvement of the distal radioulnar joint.

A fracture of the ulnar styloid is present.

There is volar and proximal displacement of the carpus relative to the distal radial articular surface and radial shaft. The scapholunate angle is decreased, measuring approximately 24 degrees.
 
Zaskar said:
Surgery on Thursday 😑

Comminuted and impacted intra-articular fracture of the distal radius involving the scaphoid and lunate fossae with gapping in the articular surface measuring approximately 1.3 x 1.3 cm. Several intra-articular fragments are seen within the radioscaphoid and radiolunate joints. There is also involvement of the distal radioulnar joint.

A fracture of the ulnar styloid is present.

There is volar and proximal displacement of the carpus relative to the distal radial articular surface and radial shaft. The scapholunate angle is decreased, measuring approximately 24 degrees.
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Ugh, I needed surgery to fix my scaphoid, not fun sorry to hear this
 
Zaskar said:
Surgery on Thursday 😑

Comminuted and impacted intra-articular fracture of the distal radius involving the scaphoid and lunate fossae with gapping in the articular surface measuring approximately 1.3 x 1.3 cm. Several intra-articular fragments are seen within the radioscaphoid and radiolunate joints. There is also involvement of the distal radioulnar joint.

A fracture of the ulnar styloid is present.

There is volar and proximal displacement of the carpus relative to the distal radial articular surface and radial shaft. The scapholunate angle is decreased, measuring approximately 24 degrees.
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Sorry about that!! Tough break, literally. If it makes you feel any better this whole season on the east coast has been tough and the outlook isn’t any better so you’re not going to miss much. Get well and look forward to next season. What the prognosis for MTB? When will you be able to get back on the bike?
 
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Ugh, I needed surgery to fix my scaphoid, not fun sorry to hear.
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A common message since the first x-ray was that I messed this up pretty badly. The specialist yesterday said 100/100 surgeons would say this needs surgery. They’ll be adding a plate.
 
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Sorry about that!! Tough break, literally. If it makes you feel any better this whole season on the east coast has been tough and the outlook isn’t any better so you’re not going to miss much. Get well and look forward to next season. What the prognosis for MTB? When will you be able to get back on the bike?
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Yeah, I hear ya on the conditions. I still managed to get 19 days so not all was lost. Had a few more weekends planned, but nothing major. Was looking forward to skiing April 8 for the eclipse but oh well.

Currently I have a cast from my hand to elbow and it’s difficult to do anything with. Post surgery they said I’ll be starting PT in two weeks so that sounds good. About 3 months till normal activities can start. Plenty of time to shop for an e-bike 🤓
 
First day skiing in zermatt today... Pretty wild... Decided to Gornergrat train which takes you from town at about 5000ft to around 10,000ft... Very weird feeling being on a train going up some steep hills. Fortunately /Unfortunately there was a decent amount of snow overnight and while the conditions in this area were great, alot of the other areas were closed due to avalanche danger. We mostly stayed in the riffleburg area. But it was great and we had a blast. Alex and I went playing in this off piste bowl and she ended up losing one of her poles...

Skiing next to the train was wild
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on day 2, the sun came out and we finally got a look at this place.....then it hits you, this place is FUCKING MASSIVE.
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I took this pics from miles away on the Sunnegga side and its zoomed in and you can barely make out the Matterhorn gondola....I have skied Park city, vail, some of the bigger places in the US....this place makes Vail look like blue mountain. We did 1 run this afternoon from the Trockner steg back into town....in total it was ~7miles and 6000ft of elevation change.

Trip has been amazing so far....the views are truly breathtaking, had some great powder yesterday and today in the higher elevations, the town is really cool, food is awesome......What a trip thus far.
 
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First day skiing in zermatt today... Pretty wild... Decided to Gornergrat train which takes you from town at about 5000ft to around 10,000ft... Very weird feeling being on a train going up some steep hills. Fortunately /Unfortunately there was a decent amount of snow overnight and while the conditions in this area were great, alot of the other areas were closed due to avalanche danger. We mostly stayed in the riffleburg area. But it was great and we had a blast. Alex and I went playing in this off piste bowl and she ended up losing one of her poles...

Skiing next to the train was wild
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on day 2, the sun came out and we finally got a look at this place.....then it hits you, this place is FUCKING MASSIVE.
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I took this pics from miles away on the Sunnegga side and its zoomed in and you can barely make out the Matterhorn gondola....I have skied Park city, vail, some of the bigger places in the US....this place makes Vail look like blue mountain. We did 1 run this afternoon from the Trockner steg back into town....in total it was ~7miles and 6000ft of elevation change.

Trip has been amazing so far....the views are truly breathtaking, had some great powder yesterday and today in the higher elevations, the town is really cool, food is awesome......What a trip thus far.
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Awesome!! 👍 Game over/close thread 🤜
 
Took my son and nephew out to Beaver Creek for their spring break. We got to denver sunday night, we skied Beaver Creek yesterday and heading out again to Beaver. We got about 2-1/2 feet of snow!!! Powder everywhere. I need new legs, its impossible to keep up with 2 teenagers who play college sports. It was really nice to hear them complaining about their legs and back last night. It made me feel a little better, but not much.
 
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UtahJoe said:
First day skiing in zermatt today... Pretty wild... Decided to Gornergrat train which takes you from town at about 5000ft to around 10,000ft... Very weird feeling being on a train going up some steep hills. Fortunately /Unfortunately there was a decent amount of snow overnight and while the conditions in this area were great, alot of the other areas were closed due to avalanche danger. We mostly stayed in the riffleburg area. But it was great and we had a blast. Alex and I went playing in this off piste bowl and she ended up losing one of her poles...

Skiing next to the train was wild
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on day 2, the sun came out and we finally got a look at this place.....then it hits you, this place is FUCKING MASSIVE.
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I took this pics from miles away on the Sunnegga side and its zoomed in and you can barely make out the Matterhorn gondola....I have skied Park city, vail, some of the bigger places in the US....this place makes Vail look like blue mountain. We did 1 run this afternoon from the Trockner steg back into town....in total it was ~7miles and 6000ft of elevation change.

Trip has been amazing so far....the views are truly breathtaking, had some great powder yesterday and today in the higher elevations, the town is really cool, food is awesome......What a trip thus fa
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Make sure you pick up some Toblerone! They aren't allowed to use the Matterhorn on the packaging anymore, only the Swiss.

I think the lift tickets are pretty reasonable in Switzerland, everything else, not so much!!

Looks like you are having a great trip, have fun!
 
Definitely nothing better than skiing in front of the Matterhorn.
Now the "Toblerone", why should it still be on it? Neither produced in, nor owned by anyone Swiss anymore!
 
You can get Toblerone at Costco now. With the Matterhorn on it. In fact, I have some in my office right now.

I also occasionally enjoy some Swiss cheese that may or may not have been made in America. I am a rebel.
 
Norm said:
You can get Toblerone at Costco now. With the Matterhorn on it. In fact, I have some in my office right now.

I also occasionally enjoy some Swiss cheese that may or may not have been made in America. I am a rebel.
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Thank god I've never seen it at costco., I'm fat enough. By the way, costco is awesome! Best steaks in the state!
 
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mAKE

Make sure you pick up some Toblerone! They aren't allowed to use the Matterhorn on the packaging anymore, only the Swiss.

I think the lift tickets are pretty reasonable in Switzerland, everything else, not so much!!

Looks like you are having a great trip, have fun!
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We actually did that last night at the supermarket, and dam they are good.... Of course Alex also bought us like 12 million dollars worth of chocolate from the laderach chocolate store in town... Which was to die for. The supermarket prices seem reasonable for a remote ski town... The restaurant prices are pretty bonkers....food is great tho.
 
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Skied again today, stayed on the sunnegga side today.... Snowed about 8in or so overnight and kept snowing most of the day... conditions were excellent. We did some laps on one of the lower lifts then took the tram up to Rothorn..... This was really cool... Just so different than anything I have skied in the US.....the runs are so long... The different ways they move you around here... For example today:
Started with elevator down to the street to catch the electric bus
Sunegga funicular... Which is more like an underground subway that FLIES up the mountain... From there a gondola, then the Rothorn tram, 3 different lifts, elevator to get you from the end of the trail back to street level... Bus, elevator, walk home. It's wild

We also got reservations and had lunch at chez Vrony... Which has to be the best food I have ever eaten on a ski hill.

This place is really quite an experience. I am here skiing with my wife and friends, so I'm not venturing off and exploring a lot of the off piste stuff.... But it's also hard to know where you can go and also get out. In the US we have ropes and gates to enter avalanche controlled areas.... Here there are generally no ropes, just poles on either side of the piste.... Sometimes I see a field of powder and there are no tracks or ropes, so I'm assuming you can't get out of wherever it goes. But not sure... It's just crazy how massive this place is. Skiing down... Oh, we're like in a neighborhood now.. Wtf? Lol

Definitely worth experiencing this
 
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