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Posted
10 minutes ago, Mittens said:

One of my favorite memories of Spring Break skiing in HS over in Europe was watching the helicopters clear avalanche threats 1st thing in the morning.  Using explosives from the air is way fucking cooler than how we do it over here...

With howitzers?

Posted
10 minutes ago, Mittens said:

One of my favorite memories of Spring Break skiing in HS over in Europe was watching the helicopters clear avalanche threats 1st thing in the morning.  Using explosives from the air is way fucking cooler than how we do it over here...

Yeah, some of the terrain I really want to access might be too risky.  Right now they're at 3 out of 5 on north facing slopes, aka where we are staying.

Good news is the lower half of the valley has tons of tree skiing so there could be lots of goodness...

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

With howitzers?

I forgot about howitzers, but those still aren't as cool as air bombing.  I was thinking about the guys that hike/skin up and lob charges.

 

Posted
4 minutes ago, Mittens said:

I forgot about howitzers, but those still aren't as cool as air bombing.  I was thinking about the guys that hike/skin up and lob charges.

 

...and when you see that they have to go around and do this, you wonder WTF ski resorts don't want to pay them well

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Posted
10 minutes ago, texasdago said:

...and when you see that they have to go around and do this, you wonder WTF ski resorts don't want to pay them well

Last weekend my son used some birthday money on an “advanced” group lesson. 3 people x $150 for 3 hours.  He spent the entire time on blues that he only would mess with if he was being nice and skiing with me, to “work on technique.”  Thanks, Vail Inc. 

Posted
35 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Last weekend my son used some birthday money on an “advanced” group lesson. 3 people x $150 for 3 hours.  He spent the entire time on blues that he only would mess with if he was being nice and skiing with me, to “work on technique.”  Thanks, Vail Inc. 

That sucks.  Where?

 

Posted
37 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Last weekend my son used some birthday money on an “advanced” group lesson. 3 people x $150 for 3 hours.  He spent the entire time on blues that he only would mess with if he was being nice and skiing with me, to “work on technique.”  Thanks, Vail Inc. 

Ski Instructors /= Ski Patrol

Posted
10 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Safe to assume Stevens pass for anything I post, unless I mention some other place. 

Here's the only thing I've seen is that sometimes they instructors aren't very assertive when someone who is lower skill gets assigned with people that are more skilled.  The only way to get around that and when you can tell they're going to put someone in your group that is below you (substantially so) is to speak up.  Now, I can totally understand a teenager not doing that.  They'll just ride with it but then be disappointed.  

Case in point - first time I went to Crested Butte, I signed up for the Steeps program where they basically guide you around the mountain, show you stuff off of the T-bars, etc.  Well, they stuck this guy in our small group and the guy was looking forward to skiing his first black.  Wait... WTF?!!?!  Our guide wasn't really saying anything or doing anything about it and so I had to go to the guy assigning instructors and say, "hey, this does not work" until he assigned him to a different group.  Almost happened to me another time at CB.  Mind you, I think CB has a lot of excellent and talented instructors but sometimes I wonder if the people who run the ski schools try to maximize the number of people in a class... you know, ROI and such. 

Can't say that I saw that at Taos but have seen it at CB which is a Vail resort.  

Oh... the blues at Stevens are b-o-r-i-n-g 

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