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11/16/2006 08:39:51 PM · #1 |
All the rain thats been hammering the west coast lately is falling as snow on the ski hills! Is anyone else here as excited as I am about the beginning of winter season?
I know I'll be up at Whistler on Saturday. Photos will have to wait until I've gotten my fill of powder, however.
So, how many other snow bums frequent DPC? Where's your home mountain? Do you shoot while you ride?
Message edited by author 2006-11-16 20:42:45.
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11/16/2006 08:42:22 PM · #2 |
Ski hills in this area opened last week (on manmade snow anyway). At least this year they're surrounded by the real stuff. Last year they were a white dot in the middle of a greenish brown patch.
Now I'm talkin' a super bunny hill. It's in the river valley in the middle of the city.
The real mountain spots don't open for a week or so yet. |
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11/16/2006 08:44:34 PM · #3 |
<-- tired of snow, looking to be a cabana boy in a semi tropical (or tropical) region.
Have fun on the snow though - it wasn't too long ago I waited with bated breath for snow to fall :) |
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11/16/2006 08:46:12 PM · #4 |
Skier and ski shooter, I'm in CO, my home mountain is all over the state. Took a trip to whistler last season and it was amazing, the amount of terrain up there is incredible.
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11/16/2006 08:46:41 PM · #5 |
I cant get enough of the stuff :-)
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11/16/2006 09:13:36 PM · #6 |
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11/16/2006 09:22:15 PM · #7 |
I do lots of snow shoeing, but no skiing. I may be weird, but I get better shots in the winter than at any other time of the year.
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11/16/2006 10:01:04 PM · #8 |
| I'm a snow shoe person too. If we ever get any real snow here I'll find me some good spots to go. So far we've only gotten a couple of inches, and that was over a week ago. The past three days we've had hurricane force winds here in the valley, today being the worst. 90 mpg gusts have been ripping through here all day. |
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11/16/2006 10:21:26 PM · #9 |
I am with David and Linda on this one...snowshoes. I always get the "you live in CO? You ski?" NOPE!! Been skiing ONE time, not that thrilling for me. SORRY! :) Besides I can snowshoe for free...lift tickets are outrageous!!
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11/16/2006 10:25:21 PM · #10 |
I've lived in CO for four years and have never skied, boarded, or snowshoed. I've been snowmobiling a couple times, though.
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11/16/2006 10:25:53 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
I am with David and Linda on this one...snowshoes. I always get the "you live in CO? You ski?" NOPE!! Been skiing ONE time, not that thrilling for me. SORRY! :) Besides I can snowshoe for free...lift tickets are outrageous!! |
not only is it free, it's easier to shoot while on snow shoes |
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11/16/2006 10:31:32 PM · #12 |
| I absolutely love snowboarding! Thus, my name is daboardergirl. What can I say? Utah has the greatest snow on earth! |
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11/16/2006 10:39:55 PM · #13 |
I'd love to head south and see what riding at 10000ft is like. Looks like I'll be at Copper Mtn for christmas... the base elevation is higher than Whistler's peak!
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11/16/2006 10:42:13 PM · #14 |
I hope we get snow and not just rain. This is the perfect winter day to ski, but it was in March. Can't wait for snow to fly, but if things keep up the way they are, we won't see much more than 20" of rain for the winter. Not looking forward to dreary landscapes.
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11/16/2006 10:44:24 PM · #15 |
Been skiing since I was knee high to a duck... I dont shoot while I ski... too afraid to hurt the equipment.
I ski at Mount Shasta at the north end of California... also like to ski Mt Bachelor in Oregon. Tahoe is great too!
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11/16/2006 11:00:43 PM · #16 |
| Hey Option...I may live to regret saying this, but I miss all that snow out west! We're having an incredible fall out east. We'll eventually get about 10' of snow in one afternoon but *sigh* Newfoundland doesn't have the hills that BC/AB do! |
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11/16/2006 11:50:14 PM · #17 |
| hell ya man, im syoked on the winter coming. us in tahoe are still laking alotta snow. where you at? |
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11/16/2006 11:59:51 PM · #18 |
I'm a Vancouverite, so I call Whistler-Blackcomb home.
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11/17/2006 10:05:42 AM · #19 |
Sweet - I'm hitting Breck on Sunday, 4th time up this year already. My first time this year was on October 15th
All my ski shots are here
//store.ericschmittphoto.com/Sports/131298
Be sure to keep an eye on Freeskier magazine coming up soon Volkl is using one of my shots as a full page ad in there.
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11/17/2006 10:06:47 AM · #20 |
Its snowing just over there.. here in Aus mind you summer begins in a few Weeks O.o
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11/17/2006 10:13:58 AM · #21 |
I can't wait for the season to open. I ski and shoot at Smugglers Notch and Jay Peak here in Vt.
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11/17/2006 10:20:56 AM · #22 |
love snow. hate skiing. i find it too hard to hold my cocoa while plummeting to my death off of a mountain.
i'm more of a sledding-with-kids kind of guy.
Message edited by author 2006-11-17 10:21:13. |
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11/17/2006 06:00:51 PM · #23 |
| heavanly, squaw and alpine were all suposed to open today but postponded till wensday. option- thanks for the coment, i might be up your way this winter some time. |
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11/17/2006 06:29:46 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by option:
Is anyone else here as excited as I am about the beginning of winter season?
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Wish I could say that, it's still pretty warm here for the time of the year and I'm really starting to long to a cold winter with lots of snow. |
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11/17/2006 06:33:20 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by meesterphotography:
i might be up your way this winter some time. |
drop me a line if you are, riding alone is never fun
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