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As a soon-to-be-retiree, I'm listening... Though the purchase of an Iron Blosam timeshare is already in process.
I still think Sharon coming to SLC for the whole month of April is a mistake. There are other western locales where day-in day-out conditions are more predictable. In SLC it will be very dependent upon powder, which is never predictable, and more problematic the rest of the time. You also throw away one of SLC's big advantages in midwinter, the diversity of areas to choose from. Half the month you'll only have Snowbird, and the other half you'll still be likely restricted to BCC/LCC for decent conditions.
Yes, #503. Good floor, but opposite end of the building from party central in #625. It does overlook the pool though.
Welcome to apocalypse, part deux!
Sharon":eptu3u1z said:
I see that we have another Picasso on our hands. :roll:
I'm reluctant to even respond for fear of perpetuating the stereotyping exhibited by Sharon's post. However, yes, my wife has had one (count 'em, one) incident come up since moving here over three years ago, but it's nothing like what you reference. For one thing it had nothing to do with gender roles or dominant/submissive behavior. For another, the incident was caused by a woman, not a man.
I'll say no more, other than to point out that there are jackasses everywhere, and of every persuasion.
Sharon
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I didn't make this up. I have read a number of books written about and by Mormons and FLDS. Here is a tidbit of the origins of obedience as interpreted from their doctrine.
http://www.whymormonism.org/obedience_mormonism.html
and the situation with my friend is true, though certainly may fall into your category:
which is absolutely true
but my point is that the cultural differences may come into play when dealing with Mormons in one on one in personal situations such as the workplace...but I don't really think it is pervasive, certainly there will be some a-holes wherever you go of all persuasions.
But my initial point was, while half the population is Mormon and one may come into contact with Mormons on a daily basis, one might never even know it. They are just like anybody else.
I think that while in SLC and watching and reading the news, one may notice the influence of LDS more in those forums, as the LDS church has a lot of say in their local politics.
What percentage of political leaders in SLC are not LDS? Just curious.
Sharon
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I could be influenced by your opinions on this. I am not yet set on when I will go, as there are pros and cons to both times.
I just think that if I go mid-season, while it may be great, it will be a total let-down when I get home and the Mid-April depression may be unbearable.
I know there is powder in April...sometimes good, sometimes gloppy. But skiing in Utah will prolong the post-season blues.
I enjoy skiing in the east. I love winter at home. I love to ski out my door. I live for that. If I go to Utah in Jan-Feb, I will miss some of the best skiing on my land with my dogs. To me, that is important. Sure I could give it up for a week or 2, but not for a full month. I think a late-season trip will help me bypass mud season and that horrible time when the snow melts too soon and the trees are barren and its still cold and the trails are unrideable and barely hike-able.
Another alternative is to go in mid-Dec thru mid Jan. It would be easy to find work over the holidays out there and I will likely miss nothing at home during that time. I'll still get the blues in April though.
What, and miss that fantastic eastern spring skiing that similarly situated Patrick is always boasting about?
My understanding that Utah state government is firmly under LDS control, while local SLC government is definitely not.
I'm also in agreement with admin about the Mormons. We have many here in SoCal, and there is a broad range of attitudes, as within most groups.
Sharon
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that is why leaving mid-April will put off the end-of-season blues
I skied the WF slides the 1st weekend of April and Stowe the 2nd. I can only make a couple of trips like that per season, and after the 2nd weekend of April things are pretty much wrapped up in the east...which is why SLC seems like a good destination...the skiing goes on, there is corn, powder and everything in between...better than mud and blackflies.
ChrisC
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Tony Crocker":3nv37tow said:What, and miss that fantastic eastern spring skiing that similarly situated Patrick is always boasting about?
April would be a really bad time to ski places like Powder Mt. & Snowbasin which are low and east-facing. Park City areas are similar.
Even a 36" dump at Alta I skied around March 20 2005 was baked by 11am on the east-facing backside. Only did true north areas survive until the end of the day - like Devil's Castle.
I would chose mid-winter over April timeframe too.
icelanticskier
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if yer set on heading out west from mid april on, there are alot of better places snow wise that you could choose like the sierra, cascades or my fave april out west haunt-whistler area. maritime snowpacks can handle funky spring weather better in most cases. and do realize that dumps in april in the east, especially early-mid april hold up better than some western locales as our snowpack, less strong sun and temps lend to good snow all day or days. sugarloaf-108 inches last april, epic pow skiing, maybe not this year but, what about next, utah could have another was it 05-06 or 06-07? year, not so much better than spots back home. if you plan on hanging here for jan/feb and it doesn't snow and wait till april for utah and it ain't happinen then what are you left with? i say go to utah when 99.9% of the time it's happinen. the loaf is almost alway good till may when you start gettin the blues back home.
rog
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We do remember Sharon's criteria, but if the trip doesn't even start until mid-April, icelantic is 100% correct. Forget about the sludge at Snowbasin/PowMow, they are already closing by mid-April. Not to mention Alta closing 3rd weekend of April. In hot spring seasons I've seen Snowbird shut down in early May for that matter, and its operation is always pared down by May 1 in any event. If the timeframe is mid-April to mid-May, Whistler and Mammoth are unquestionably the best options. Bachelor would be even better (and definitely cheaper) if Powdr Corp would only sell to someone who wants to run a ski area as a going concern.
If Sharon wants late season in Utah for social/financial reasons, no later than mid-March to mid-April IMHO.
The mid-December to mid-January option is perhaps worth consideration. She'd miss good eastern skiing only about 20% of the time. Maybe half the time the places outside BCC/LCC will still be sketchy at the start of that timeframe. Utah had close to a worst case scenario for November this season, but everything was still in good shape by Dec. 20 or so. The Christmas to New Year's "zoo week" is in there, but that's what Powder Mt. is for.
If Sharon wants late season in Utah for social/financial reasons, no later than mid-March to mid-April IMHO.
The mid-December to mid-January option is perhaps worth consideration. She'd miss good eastern skiing only about 20% of the time. Maybe half the time the places outside BCC/LCC will still be sketchy at the start of that timeframe. Utah had close to a worst case scenario for November this season, but everything was still in good shape by Dec. 20 or so. The Christmas to New Year's "zoo week" is in there, but that's what Powder Mt. is for.
icelanticskier
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ya, i forgot to mention bachelor and tony is correct on that one imho. i spent the 1st two weeks of may 95' at whistler, then the 3rd week of 95' at bachelor and continued to a foot of pow memo wkend at the bird with a finish at a-basin and the pass on june 1st of 95' and i gotta say that bachelor that 3rd week of may was the shizzle. still had to deal with a bit of different conditions depending on the time of day but at any point in the day the skiing pretty much rocked. to finish off a month long trip in pow at the bird and a-basin didn't suck either, little cloud stayed dry and smokey all day. 95' was the year to be out west and thank god i had as flexible a schedule as i do now cuz i didn't decide to leave maine till april 25th when the skiing at the river was still rockin. be flexible sharon if ya can cuz if ya show up to hang with yer buds in mid april, they're either gonna tell ya how good it was a few months before ya got there or even if it's good when ya get there, they'll probably be a little more burnt than you wil cuz they've been skiing the goods for months already meaning you may be skiing portions of alot of the days solo.
join me in jan.
rog
join me in jan.
rog
I don't have the stat for Snowbird, but A-Basin had a record 80 inches new snow in May 1995. 1995 was also the year I skied Mammoth July 15 and it was open to Aug. 13. So yes, a great year to be out here late season.
For lift served corn nothing is in a league with Bachelor's Summit cone IMHO. With 360 degree exposure you can often stay in effortless corn nearly all day. That's why I :dead horse: on Powdr Corp's management there so often.
For lift served corn nothing is in a league with Bachelor's Summit cone IMHO. With 360 degree exposure you can often stay in effortless corn nearly all day. That's why I :dead horse: on Powdr Corp's management there so often.
icelanticskier
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i don't have the stats for may 95' at the bird either but when i showed up on may 27th to a foot o fresh, i wasn't complaining and smiled all day in my 2 buckle leather merrills and my 60mm waisted dynastar ultra bultra 198's.
nice surprise fo sho.
rog
nice surprise fo sho.
rog