Steep and Deep: The Snow Skiing/Boarding Thread

[Goatnapper'96]

PCMR for early season is usually not great. Expect to stay on the groomers.

I am fine with that on opening day. I just want enough groomers open that it isn't overly crowded. There will be plenty of chances to go off piste after a couple of big storms finally make their way to Utah.

[Goatnapper'96]

used to be the stuff off payday mostly

Thanks! That looks like about 4-5 different runs with two completely separate ways down mountain if they have all the runs off of Payday open. Is that usually pretty sufficient on opening day from your memory? Canyons normally has Saddleback running on Opening Day and if both runs down (Kokepelli and Snow Dancer - I think) were open it was usually not crowded at all on Opening Day. Payday runs all look like they are northern exposure so I would assume all should be open. It is gonna be EPIC!

[TripletDaddy]

PCMR for early season is usually not great. Expect to stay on the groomers.

thats why i dont go to that side of the mountain to open the season. West side Big and Little Cottonwood until there is a nice base built. Also, the PCMR side is so expensive for the quality on November and early December.

[Shaka]

PCMR for early season is usually not great. Expect to stay on the groomers.

[old_gregg]

Anybody ever been to a Park City Mountain Resort opening day or familiar with what they historically, both lifts and runs, have open on opening day? I am familiar with how Canyons goes with opening day but this year Mrs. Goatnapper wants to hang out at home the day after Thanksgiving so we worked opening day for skiing in with watching BYU volleyball and hoops this Thursday and Friday. Since the mega-epic-merger I am now an offical PCMR kinda guy so I was wondering if folks know what lifts and runs have historically been what PCMR opens on Opening Day. Other than it being totally EPIC, I wonder what this fine body might know or suspect.

used to be the stuff off payday mostly

[Goatnapper'96]

i've never been there early season. Brighton usually has ski free or steeply discounted stuff early on and it is closer. I am excited to check it out, though. That is a lot of terrain.

I am pretty excited for it when things get grooving. I have another couple of trips planned down there for Christmas Break time with my brother and then again in February with my Plebe year roomie from West Point. We are finally getting really comfortable and knowing our way around Canyons. We like Iron Mountain - when there is enough snow it was isolated enough that it rarely had much traffic. I am assuming that will change now with folks having to take the Iron Mountain Express up to get to the new Gondola over to PC. Our favorite place down there is Alta, it is a religious experience and you don't have to share it with snowboarders, but given that our condo is at the Canyons we just get the EPIC local pass and stay there. It is a pretty good deal as long as you are OK with not skiing days after Thanksgiving, week after Christmas and then the two 3 day weekends in January.

[TripletDaddy]

i've never been there early season. Brighton usually has ski free or steeply discounted stuff early on and it is closer. I am excited to check it out, though. That is a lot of terrain.

[Goatnapper'96]

Anybody ever been to a Park City Mountain Resort opening day or familiar with what they historically, both lifts and runs, have open on opening day? I am familiar with how Canyons goes with opening day but this year Mrs. Goatnapper wants to hang out at home the day after Thanksgiving so we worked opening day for skiing in with watching BYU volleyball and hoops this Thursday and Friday. Since the mega-epic-merger I am now an offical PCMR kinda guy so I was wondering if folks know what lifts and runs have historically been what PCMR opens on Opening Day. Other than it being totally EPIC, I wonder what this fine body might know or suspect.

[Commando]

Realizing how a desk job and only once-per-week basketball has turned my physical form into a weak jelly-like mass, I determined that I need to step it up in the fitness area so I can make it down the mountain this winter and hopefully enjoy it more. I started this routine today:

http://www.backcountry.com/explore/t...-alpine-skiing

This program is supposed to take 4 weeks but seeing as how I couldn't even do 1/2 of the first day's session, it's good I have a lot more time than that. I think I'm going to be sore tomorrow.

I'm also going to do cardio (cycling on the trainer) on the off days.

What do you guys do to get fitness-ready for winter?

That's a really informative article! I had no idea about eccentric vs concentric workouts, although i will now focus on eccentric getting ready for the mountain. Weighted jump squats, lunges, lots of weighted calf raises and controlled drops.

[Pelado]

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What do you guys do to get fitness-ready for winter?

Eat chips and drink soda.

[Lost Student]

Realizing how a desk job and only once-per-week basketball has turned my physical form into a weak jelly-like mass, I determined that I need to step it up in the fitness area so I can make it down the mountain this winter and hopefully enjoy it more. I started this routine today:

http://www.backcountry.com/explore/t...-alpine-skiing

This program is supposed to take 4 weeks but seeing as how I couldn't even do 1/2 of the first day's session, it's good I have a lot more time than that. I think I'm going to be sore tomorrow.

I'm also going to do cardio (cycling on the trainer) on the off days.

What do you guys do to get fitness-ready for winter?

[Goatnapper'96]

Not since Lou Diamond Phillips in "La Bamba" has espanol tickled my fancy:

http://www.wasatchsnowforecast.com/2...mean-for-utah/

[BrutusBuckeye]

I love skiing with my kids.

The only thing that has salvaged this winter in my opinion is skiing with my kids. This year would have been a huge disappointment because of the poor snow, but I won't remember it that way because I had a blast skiing with my kids.

[Commando]

Whistler is amazing. Massive resort. I'm a little confused though. Why would you be surprised that a resort maybe 100 miles north of the Canadian border would have more snow than resorts that are 400-650 miles south of the Canadian border??

Sweet triple, don't be confused. I was hearing reports of terrible conditions at Whistler. Granted, the lower third of the mountain was closed, but it was still better riding than anywhere else on a good year.

[TripletDaddy]

Whistler is amazing. Massive resort. I'm a little confused though. Why would you be surprised that a resort maybe 100 miles north of the Canadian border would have more snow than resorts that are 400-650 miles south of the Canadian border??