Glancing Aft
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words do not describe how jealous I am, I probably wont get to ride snow like that till January. Thanks for the report!
So I hit up the "new" Mountain Creek South for the first time last night. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised and had a lot of fun! It's still though far from perfect.
First the things that suck...
-They still have bombholes in the landings and ruts on just about every takeoff.
-Jersey's finest is still out there showing no park etiquette.
-The ratio of boarders to skiers is like 9:1 (comeon freeskiers, get out there and represent)
Now on to the good stuff.
-Having a top to bottom park is a blast, it gives an entire new/fun feeling to the mountain, and you can get a great flow going
-They had some really fun boxes and rails setup.
In other news I was up at Hunter on Saturday and the high speed quad broke again. It's closed until further notice (they should have the parts in later this week) so check the snow report before heading up there.
Snowboarding is in high fashion right now so the amount of skiers will stay pretty low for a while I bet. It seems that there are less average skiers around this year. I have seen the once a year crowd and the super hardcore but very few average types on skis.
I just got a handful of comp passes for mt creek last night so i might hit some mid week days shortly.
From my perspective as a 20 year + snowboarder is that the tele thing seems to have the most appeal.
I spent 2 days last week in some insane conditions and the guys on tele's made it look really good.
In terms of backcountry stuff I would say that there is no better setup than to tele.
That being said a splitboard may be in my future.
Link turns, open minds.
Congrats to all you snowboarders, Taos today announced that they will be lifting their ban on Snowboarding, http://www.firsttracksonline.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3472
I often wondered why they hadn't lifted it sooner but it seemed like it was definitely coming. My bet is that we'll see Deer Valley lift it within 5 years time, and then we'll just have the stubborn two (Alta and MRG).
I myself am very excited for this cause I have wanted to go to Taos for years but wasn't about to take a trip out west that I couldn't go on with most of my friends. I wanted to hit up Jackson next year to ride the new tram, but maybe I'll do Taos instead.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the new Poaching contest that Burton sponsoring??
How did mt creek make out today???
More rain than snow??
I'd be there, but I just had a new boss start this week at work, so no calling out "sick" just yet....BTW This Thurs I am getting a big crew together up at Stratton if anyone wants to join.
J_
Or maybe I could just do both next year?Jackson Hole and Taos is a tough call but Jackson is sicker than Taos.
If you have skied /boarded Jackson give Taos a try.
After reading twelve pages in this thread instead of doing whatever it is they pay me to do here I have an intense craving to get out and hit the mountains on my new board (just picked up a Palmer Pulse). Grrrr can't go until Saturday. All of this talk about getting a group together, how about we make a date for Sat Jan. 12 at whatever mountain the consensus agrees on. We can set up many more for the rest of the season so everyone has a chance to get out with this mtb crew. If any good storms happen to roll our way, maybe a group "sick day" on non weekends.... what do you all think?
I'll be making turns out at Whistler on the 12th!