Recent content by Geoff

Your tracking isn't valid without putting eyeballs on the actual coverage. For example, Killington is only running one lift. If they cranked up 3 or 4 lifts, 80% of the mountain would still be skiable. The woods are all still fine. The north-facing natural snow trails are still skiable. It...

Meh. Give me a 6-pack of Heineken and a match. I can duplicate that. :)

The reason I'm asking is because somebody elsewhere is trying to claim that ski resort snowfall reporting is a total lie because it's 2x or 3x what the NWS reports down in the flats at some airport. I know from decades of experience that a resort that misreported snowfall would be slammed by...

Is there a way to see annual snowfall data at the Mount Mansfield snow stake or elsewhere on the spine of the Greens not collected by a ski resort?

My Squaw friends are crying. ....and booking flights. Closed: KT-22, Headwall, Granite Chief, .....

Richard Kinar has obviously never skied on the east coast. :mrgreen:

We all got a letter or email that PCMR under the Vail empire would honor anybody with a Killington season pass who was eligible for the 3 days. Another thing that was added this year was 3 days at Okemo. Not that I'm all excited about Okemo but it's a good option on a midweek powder day when...

Yeah, but then I'd have to ski PCMR. It's my least-favorite ski area in Utah. If I'm burning frequent flyer miles, vacation days, and hotel/car rental/restaurant money to fly to Utah, I'm unlikely to want to bother with PCMR. When my mom lived in Park City, sure. At the time, my season...

I have a godson like that except he went the bumper route because his parents were competitive mogul skiers. He got as far as middle of the pack at the US Nationals by age 18.

I have no 2014-2015 plans other than to roll out of bed and try to ski a couple of hours most days. My free cash flow is all tied up for 2015. I'm trying to zero out my mortgage by August. I'm planning to buy a new car with cash next fall. I have to replace two expensive glass doors in my...

I hear you on the leaves. I filled 9 bags yesterday and cleaned up a very neglected piece of side yard. I still need to get up on a ladder and apply the leaf blower to my gutters, hack down the two huge clumps of tall ornamental grass, and fill another half dozen bags with leaves. My...

It may be that all the particles in the air, mostly from massive Chinese pollution, are reflecting as much solar energy back out to space as the CO2 blanket is retaining. As China installs pollution controls on coal-burning electric plants, that effect might diminish. The Pacific Ocean is...

Treble Cone doesn't look too bad if you like New Zealand spring skiing. They're claiming 100" base depth up on the saddle.

My friend Roger writes the software for the Remus underwater probe and flies around the world bird-dogging research and defense-oriented projects. He's recently become a film star on Discovery Channel's Shark Week. http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark ... arkcam.htm

Yep. I have several Killington retiree friends who buy the Vail empire Epic Pass and drive out to Beaver Creek for a month or two. When you're doing a longer term rental like that, the cost is manageable. The frugal ones go out in early January and are back east before Presidents week when...