J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Trencher

Great photos. I think Go-pros and dash-cams are going to signal a new age of polite enforcement from police and other people with power over us. They'll never know when a camera is rolling.

http://vimeo.com/34277693

While it has been just cold enough in some places to make enough snow in other places it's a mess. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=45809978�&from=en-us_msnhp&snid=18424776

Snapzzz wrote:

Sadly they are already scratched up and I've been soooo tempted to punch the twats that find it soooo acceptable to ski all over my tails in lift queues.

Hippos have no problem keeping people off the tails of their skis!!!

Snapzzz wrote: Walking from hotel to lifts in ski boots and carrying skis is bad enough up hill without having to carry the kids skis as well.
Then I have dump the lot and go back and do it all again for the mrs.

Five year olds and up are quite capable of carrying their own skis. If they complain, offer to carry theirs if they will carry yours.

Good idea on the short day though. It's not fun when you can't ski your best, and you are much more likely to hurt yourself when you are tired.

Iceman wrote:Cheers for that, I hate gondolas as it is! In my head, there is a massive rush at the start to get 4 people in with rucksack and H then the ski/board on the outside. I spend the whole journey convinced that my skis will fall out, esp when go over the pylons! I go not enjoy them

The cable cars I am ok with. Unless I think of the James bond film when they all got stuck

Give me a drag lift any day.......

Probably safer than flying. The difference is that you can't look directly in a plane. Oh man, can you imagine standing in plane while looking down 35,000ft below your feet :shock:

AllyG wrote:I don't like the really big cable cars much, especially when there are loads of skiers in them, packed in like sardines by the lift people, and I feel slightly wobbly and fragile standing in ski boots holding my skis, and the whole thing makes me feel a bit claustrophobic especially when the cable car starts moving and it sways about. And, just to make things worse, if it's one that climbs a long way very fast, I start feeling a bit sick as well because of the change in altitude.

It's the Little gondolas that I don't like. This four person one in Northern MN has a really steep section where it feels almost vertical. Several years ago ago a car broke free on the steep section and slid back into two others before crashing. Now I like it even less, even though I guess the checks are more thorough now.



I had one very hairy gondola ride at Deer Valley in high winds, where the car had to stop for several minutes because it was swinging to much to bring it in to the lift station. A very white knuckle experience.

The biggest clothing issue for kids is usually the glove/sleeve interface.

and just a few hundred feet of elevation can make the difference between precip that falls as rain or falls as snow.