How come a bunch of threads always devolve into @KingGrump finding a way to ski people to death?
I'm gonna see how much I can clear my calendar for the 3rd to the 10th and head up there to ski with y'all. I got a lot better last season and I've been cycling hard all summer. Hopefully I can keep up better with @KingGrump et al this year.
I'm late to the party - what month is under discussion?
I just got a job that I *think* might give me some flexibility in terms of ski bummery. Not as much as I'd like, but then again, they do pay me.
I would like to find out just how outclassed I am at Taos. Been hearing about it for years!
How come a bunch of threads always devolve into @KingGrump finding a way to ski people to death?
Nicely said!we've got a gathering forming it seems (that's a mini-gathering)
February 3rd - 10th... we've got a gathering forming it seems (that's a mini-gathering). I'm doing a Ski-Week, as is Pumba ... others might just be there.
C'mon down!
@KingGrump / Grumpmaster Flash - what's the full range of dates? I only ask because it's most convenient for me to leave Breck during the holiday weekends.
How come a bunch of threads always devolve into @KingGrump finding a way to ski people to death?
You all know me as a sensitive soul. This really hurt me. Hurt me real bad.
Kept me up all last night thinking about it. I finally figured it out.
It ain't me, it's them. I just happen to drive around in a Rambler.
I am heading home Feb. 3 will try to leave some powder and bumps on the hill for you guys.
The opening of the new Kachina chair now provides a benchmark for when coverage is good on the abundant steep terrain at Taos. Opening dates:
Feb. 13, 2015 a subpar year
Jan. 13, 2016 after an outstanding December
Late January (don't have exact date), 2017 after a slow start but good January
I think long term late January will be the average opening date. February through early April closing is the right timing for Taos.
The terrain and dining options have been far better covered by the locals and quasi-locals than I could do. I second the favorable reviews of the St. Bernard, where I stayed with family last week of the season in a banner 1993 (130 inch base). That last week was discounted and did not require a full week stay.
Can I play? At least on the JV team? A goal this year is to participate in a Taos ski week. Meeting Pugskiers would be lagniappe. Week of Feb. 4 it is...
BTW, though I can't keep up with most - or any - of you, I do buy beer for useful improvement tips.
Can I play? At least on the JV team? A goal this year is to participate in a Taos ski week. Meeting Pugskiers would be lagniappe. Week of Feb. 4 it is...
BTW, though I can't keep up with most - or any - of you, I do buy beer for useful improvement tips.
Hello, dbostedo. Ah, lagniappe - it's a Louisiana/east Texas thing. I often forget that it is a regionalism, like kolaches in Texas...Ah... the taos gathering has grown a bit.
I'm always happy to spend some time taking it easy and skiing some greens and blues - hopefully we'll make some turns and try one or two of those beer things you keep talking about. (And BTW, I had to look up "lagniappe".)
Well, I'm not leaving Taos without taking a death-defying run with KingGrump - not after all the tales I've read here.C'mon by. The more the merrier.
Don't worry about keeping up. Most of us know how to down shift a gear or two. You'll be fine and it's gonna to be fun.
Last I checked, I saw a first gear on my Rambler. And I am pretty good at coasting in neutral. Gets great MPG.
Maybe I'll show up at the UT gathering with a full tank.
This reminded me of the Subaru I had in the '80. It had three speed. Slow, Very Slow and Reverse.