Im lost without the PW thread!!!!

[chpthril]

They have mountains out east??????????

Yep, about a million years before the Rockies were formed. And we have a river that runs North too. And it's older then your Snake River

[Iwndr]

thank you MT

[MTtigekid]

Yep, about a million years before the Rockies were formed. And we have a river that runs North too. And it's older then your Snake River

and where are the mountains now? game set match

[MTtigekid]

mountains

[MTtigekid]

thank you MT

no problem.. got your back

[chpthril]

and where are the mountains now? game set match

6500 ft and covered in snow

[chpthril]

and where are the mountains now? game set match

Been to the beach lately? I was they last Thursday, it's only a few hrs drive.

[Ewok]

are you cracked? not a snowballs chance in hell

I have been down bowls and just steep challenging trails all over the east coast and my west coast experience is Mammoth, June, Park City, The Canyons and Snowbird. My personal experience is that double black diamonds in the east are WAY more scary to crash on and require greater edge control in sloppy slush or ice conditions (the norm). I have never had "bad east coast" conditions on the western mountains I have been on. The snow is much softer, deeper and more forgiving out west so even though the trails might be steeper, they are easier to ride and more fun. Eventually I will probably turn into a snow snob out here and hide in the lodge when the conditions, ahem, suck, but not yet, even when the "locals" complain about horrible conditions, I am loving it. This is my own personal experience but I'm sure many east coast transplants feel the same way.

[MTtigekid]

I have been down bowls and just steep challenging trails all over the east coast and my west coast experience is Mammoth, June, Park City, The Canyons and Snowbird. My personal experience is that double black diamonds in the east are WAY more scary to crash on and require greater edge control in sloppy slush or ice conditions (the norm). I have never had "bad east coast" conditions on the western mountains I have been on. The snow is much softer, deeper and more forgiving out west so even though the trails might be steeper, they are easier to ride and more fun. Eventually I will probably turn into a snow snob out here and hide in the lodge when the conditions, ahem, suck, but not yet, even when the "locals" complain about horrible conditions, I am loving it. This is my own personal experience but I'm sure many east coast transplants feel the same way.

im thinking you need to hike chutes at bridger bigsky and moonlight with me... its so fun you might just shat your pants!! haha no i understand that us westerners dont know what bad ice conditions are.. but our double and triple blacks are scary for different reasons

[MTtigekid]

Been to the beach lately? I was they last Thursday, it's only a few hrs drive.

do lake beaches count? cause i just happened to skate over one last night

[Ewok]

BTW, I was born and raised night skiing in PA because it was a cheaper lift ticket. I will never go night skiing again if I can help it, regular choppy ice turns into skating rink ice at night, not fun. I did learn the importance of properly tuned edges and I do all my own edge fixing, tuning and base repair.

[MTtigekid]

haha the first thing i do when i get a new board is detune the edges

[Ewok]

im thinking you need to hike chutes at bridger bigsky and moonlight with me... its so fun you might just shat your pants!! haha no i understand that us westerners dont know what bad ice conditions are.. but our double and triple blacks are scary for different reasons

I hear ya, there are not many places to hike out east either, just northern VT, NH and ME have enough snow and nice bowls to hike and ride through the trees. I am mostly referring to trails you can reach on a chairlift. I usually ride with my wife, I taught her how to ride in college. I don't normally take her on double blacks on the east coast unless I ride them first and check out the conditions but out west on all our trips I have no reservations about taking her down them.

[chpthril]

mountains

Mt. Mitchell, highest peak in NC....Been there, done that


Mt Rogers, highest peak in Va, yep, done it to


Clingmans dome, highest in TN, done it!


Sassafras Mt, highest in SC, did 50 miles around.

[chpthril]

do lake beaches count? cause i just happened to skate over one last night

Nope sorry