joegm
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AFTER 4 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AT THE MIGHTY BIG K, THE PRESEASON HOTEL BUDGET WAS EXHAUSTED AND IT'S BACK TO THE GRIND OF NH AND THE CONDO OF LINCOLN. ALL THE NO BULLS ON I READ WERE RIGHT ON ABOUT K MART SO I DIDN'T BOTHER... I'LL SAY THIS FOR K, THEY DO GET THE SNOW... AND THEY DO MAKE IT.. ALL OTHERS JUST DON'T COMPARE AND OTHER PLACES JUST CAN'T COMPETE WITH THIER OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS... QUITE AMAZING... BUT TOO COMMERCIALIZED AND HOMOGENIZED.... BUDDY GIL AND I R PROBABLY GONNA MAKE THE JUMP OVER TO VT NEXT YEAR AS A RESULT...A MID WEEK SEASON TICKET TO K FOR $399... GOTTA DO IT... THE BUMPIN INSANITY ON SUPERSTAR IN APRIL AND MAY ALONE JUSTIFIES THAT PRICE.. ANYWAYS, OPENED UP THE BARGAIN BASEMENT PRICE JOINT IN LINCOLN FOR A ANOTHER SEASON AND HIT THE NOT SO MIGHTY BRETTON WOODS FOR 2 DAYS OF BURNING MOGUL TURNS ON 1 AND 1/2 TRAILS ( WHICH THEY CALLED 5 ) ON GROUND UP FAKE POW ( WHICH THEY CALLED PP ) SERVICED BY A NOT SO HIGH SPEED QUAD... ( IF WILDCAT HAS THE FASTEST HS QUAD IN THE EAST, WHICH I THINK THEY DO, THEN THE LIFT I RODE ON MON AND TUES HAD TO BE THE SLOWEST!!!! )REALLY ONE WAY DOWN AND ABOUT 1000 FT OF VERT... THEIR BASE LODGE IS GUTTED AND IN SHAMBLES AND BEING REHABED SO THE BASE SET UP IS OUT OF THE DAY CARE CENTER WHICH IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A LARGE LIVING ROOM ( NOT FOR NOTHING , BUT WHAT THE HELL WERE THESE GUYS DOING FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS BESIDES SHIFTING A LIFT TO THE LEFT 300FT ... UNBELIEVABLE ) BUT I DIGRESS... I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THERE FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY T DAY BLITZKREIG THOUGH, THERE WAS BASICALLY NO ONE THERE ON MON AND TUES , BUT IT FELT CROWDED!!!!!! IT WAS PARTLY CLOUDY AND ABOUT 20 TO 25 WITH A STIFF WIND OUT OF THE WEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH...IT WOULD OCCAS SPIT SNOW.. PICKED UP PROB 2 INCHES MON INTO TUES... THEY APPEARED TO BE BLOWING SNOW FOR 48 STRAIGHT ON ANOTHER TRAIL TO THE IMMEDIATE SKIER'S RIGHT... FRANKLY I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW LITTLE NATURAL IT APPEARED THAT THEY HAD RECIEVED SO FAR ( RELATIVE OF COURSE TO THE PRE SEASON MEDIA HYPE I'VE BEEN HEARING... I WAS ALSO MILDLY SURPRISED AT THEIR APPARENT LACK OF ABILTY TO RUN MORE GUNS AT THE SAME TIME... BUT WHATEVER... AT THIS POINT , FOR ME IT'S ALL ABOUT BURNING TURNS AND FOR $199 FOR THE SEASON, BRETTON AND CANNON COMBO PASS IS GOOD ENOUGH UNTIL THE REAL SEASON STARTS IN APRIL AND MAY AT THE MIGHTY K. BRETTON CLAIMS THE NEW LIFT HS DETACH IS ON TARGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND SHOULD OPEN UP 9 OR SO NEW TRAILS , BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHOULD OPEN UP SOME ( RELATIVELY ) INTERESTING LIFT SERVED FOREST <BR>BELIEVE ME, I'M NOT LAYING ANY CLAIMS THAT IT'S GONNA BE THE BLACK HOLE FROM SMUGGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT AGAIN , FOR SHORT MONEY AND AN EVEN SHORTER DRIVE, FOR 20 DAYS OUT OF A 60 DAY SEASON , IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT.... FOR STRICTLY GOSSIP PURPOSES AND IT'S NOT CONFIRMED, SPOKE TO A COUPLE ON TUES WHO WERE AT LOON ON MON AND THEY SAID IT WAS BAD... BAD SNOW ( WICKED HP ALL OVER, AND BAD CROWDS, AND THE USUAL CREW OF BAD SKIERS AND DUDE BOOTIN, KNUCKLE DRAGGIN SNOW BOARDERS WHO THINK THAT THEY ARE GONNA BE BODE MILLER'S REPLACEMENT ON THE DOWNHILL CIRCUIT, EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T TURN A DOOR KNOB, NEVER MIND TURN A SKI. THE SUCK DRIVE FROM LINCOLN TO K MART AND BEING BY MYSELF PREVENTED ME FROM BREAKING DOWN AND HEADING BACK OVER TO VT FOR TUES... BUDDY GIL WAS OFF THAT WEEK , BUT WE WILL BE BACK ON MON AND TUES COMING UP AND WILL PROBABLY CRACK AFTER BRETTON ON MONDAY AN HIT K ON TUESDAY SHORT OF ANYTHING CRAZY HAPPENING UP AROUND RT302 IN THE NEXT 4 DAYS... HAVE A SAFE SEASON BOYS.. OH YEAH, THE DRIVE OVER GAVE A GREAT VIEW OF THE NEWLY CUT TRAM LINE TRAIL AT CANNON... I'LL SAY THIS, WHEN IT'S SKIABLE (WHICH I PREDICT WILL NOT BE AS MUCH AS CANNON HOPES UNLESS WE GET AN EPIC SEASON), IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE ONE RAD FREAKING TRAIL.. LETS HOPE SO...