Riding a rope tow on a cold, windy day keeps you warmer because the physical effort required to hang on and remain upright keeps your muscles warmed up and takes your mind off of anything other than the task at hand.
Riding a rope tow on a cold, windy day keeps you warmer because the physical effort required to hang on and remain upright keeps your muscles warmed up and takes your mind off of anything other than the task at hand.
Riding lifts at ABasin or Loveland is just therapeutic, whether you even get to ski or not.
Those are stock from their Facebook Page. I don't have to tell you, when I learned to ski there, that slope looked massive, incredibly steep.Trish, how'd you make it look so big?
Surface lifts are not up in the wind above protection from the trees too.. On really cold days it's warmer skiing the bottom half of the mountain if you have that option.. and surface transport over elevated lifts.Riding a rope tow on a cold, windy day keeps you warmer because the physical effort required to hang on and remain upright keeps your muscles warmed up and takes your mind off of anything other than the task at hand.
I know that place!This is an old friend from my home hill back in Michigan.
If you've only rode the Sensation quad how could you possibly know how cold riding the Mansfield single & double were? The Big Spruce double was still there long after the original Forerunner hsq went in. Forerunner went in 1985. Big Spruce double removed 2005.I can imagine. My tenure at Stowe started after Sensation went in, and that's still a cold ride. But at least you might have the sun on Spruce side. Mansfield side, you're in shade most of the day in January.
Trish, how'd you make it look so big?
Surface lifts are not up in the wind above protection from the trees too.. On really cold days it's warmer skiing the bottom half of the mountain if you have that option.. and surface transport over elevated lifts.
I used to take a mid lesson break and teach or practice fishboning and side stepping up part of the trail to warm up cold folks and cold feet.
Shhhhhh! Don't tell anyone going to Blackcomb or Breckenridge, or many areas in Europe. Nope. No surface lifts above tree line there.
Ya well those ones above 10K past the tree line aren't protected the way the others are but still warmer than the chair lifts. <My point was that the surface lift will always be less cold than the elevated chair all other things equal. Last time I skied Breck the t-bar was the only way up there other than walking. Longest t-bar I've ever been on, but really pretty damned exciting ride on my first really nice Rockies powder day..Shhhhhh! Don't tell anyone going to Blackcomb or Breckenridge, or many areas in Europe. Nope. No surface lifts above tree line there.
Ya well those ones above 10K past the tree line aren't protected the way the others are but still warmer than the chair lifts. <My point was that the surface lift will always be less cold than the elevated chair all other things equal. Last time I skied Breck the t-bar was the only way up there other than walking. Longest t-bar I've ever been on, but really pretty damned exciting ride on my first really nice Rockies powder day..
Ya well those ones above 10K past the tree line aren't protected the way the others are but still warmer than the chair lifts. <My point was that the surface lift will always be less cold than the elevated chair all other things equal......