Tag: Skiing

Ok la Nina is coming and even if the kids don’t want to ski much, I sure do. Quick trip to Sturtevants and here r recommendations. I need a goo all mountain ski and praying for la nina a great powder ski o complement the gotoma and six star I have for mid powder and…

Arrgh, this is so complicated. I love the small resorts like “Sun Peaks”:http://sunpeaksresorts.com and who likes the fact that the US dollar is now less than the Canadian dollar, so prices are 30% higher, still the kids friends are all going up there, so I have to follow them. Here are some relative bargains up…

The “Giro”:http://giro.com website doesn’t help very much when it comes to sizing. I found tht I fit nicely into a Large Fuse or a Medium/Large Omen. “MBStores”:http://mbstores-store.stores.yahoo.net/gifuskiandsn.html has a good size chart and it shows the Fuse at 14.5 oz. | Model Name | S | M | L | XL | XXL | |…

SkiWashington.Com. Got up on Friday to Snoqualmie (conditions were just OK, it was kind of too warm and the powder was wet, but lots of fun), but Saturday was awesome at Crystal. The boys and I skied black diamonds all day and found lots of powder still around. Larry over at skiwashington did even better……

SkiWashington.Com. OMG, it is like heaven, but today, here are the snow reports. Powder everywhere including 45 minutes outside of Seattle if you can believe it. The net is that there is between 10 and 13 *feet* of snow at these resorts and about two feet of powder just about everywhere. Go skiing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Ski…

Consumer Gear Reviews – The Barking Bear Forums. Fun to read what others are finding about various skis. Good active forum.

Skiing Magazine and its sister Ski Magazine make it super hard to find things. They have a slow site and the indexing of data is strange. So here is a more convenient index for those looking for powder skis. What Skiiing calls Big Mountain Experts: * K2 Seth Pistol. 179cm, 128/95/118, $750, Speed 3.95, Off-Piste…

Mt. Baker Ski Area 2005-06 season. With a 200 inch base, Mt. Baker is a good choice. Actually most places should be good for spring skiing. Crystal will stay open through March. There are bunch of good places to stay that are quite reasonable for an overnight. Say leave on Sunday, ski in the afternoon,…

SKI Magazine ~ Gear: Have It All. It’s been an awesome ski season, so now folks have skis on sale. If you want a set now is the time to get them for 50% off. Some choices for those of us who love powder and are thinking with a midfat (like the K2 Apache Recon…