Yup... I'm starting to seriously be in the mood for some snow. And the forecast says we could see some mixing with rain tomorrow night!


So how much are you jonesing for some skiing? (those in CO be quiet! )

So just to get you even more in the mood, have a look at the WildCat blog entry from Friday :

Wildcat Mountain

OK..I know I'm in Colorado, but I am excited!

Of course, one of the things that always bothers me is putting on my boots for the first time.

So, to get my feet ready for skiing w/ NVG & SkiBum on Wednesday, I'm currently, yes, right now, wearing my ski boots while I'm cleaning my home!



And let me tell you, how unhappy my feet are now.

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I just CAN'T be quiet!

And.....I just vacuumed my living room and dining room in MY ski boots! (I need to get a picture of this!)

We are going to have a BALL SkiNurse & SkiBum!!!!!!!!

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"Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been." ~ Jimmy Buffett

Hey Persee....what exactly IS Jonesing?

Like Samantha Jonesing?

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like an addict craving their next fix If it snows tomorrow night (even if it's raining too) I'll be out for at least a minute. And if you know just how much I HATE rain...

Of course that really just emphasizes the fact that we need to get the darned yard raked and I need to spread more mulch and stuff! But I was soooooo happy last Thursday night when we finally had a freeze. We hit 27 degrees! I must have been the only happy person about that. Then again it also means the pollen is gonna get killed so my allergies can finally go away.

Samantha Jonesing, hehe.

I'm on a snow addict seesaw. On the one hand, I can't wait for the snow, on the other hand I can't quite wrap my mind around skiing on my knee yet. Not that it's actually going to stop me, the pass is purchased and I'm excited, it's just that alongside the "can't wait to ski!" in my head there's also the "don't bust your knee!".

One thing I plan to do is find an instructor who has experience with injury and start the season off with a private lesson with them, and skipping the initial WROD in favor of something a little less icy and crowded.

Pequenita and others who've had aclrs and are back on the attack, any tips or insight?

num, I'm sure you're going to do just great. A private lesson is a great way to start.

Well, I am so ready for winter. First ski day hopefully will be this Weds. with NVG and SkiNurse.

I wore my skis boots for quite a while and my feet were pretty happy after a bit, so hopefully that part will be OK.

First run, I hope I don't run into NVG or knock anyone off the lift. Ladies, I hope you'll be kind if I can't quite achieve 53 mph.

I'll be in red or red and black with Lotta Luvs, and wearing a gray helmet and a big grin. See you then.

OMG, OMG, OMG!!!!!

I JUST HEARD SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW!!!!!! HERE!!


eeeeeeeeeeeee!

Granted, it will melt by Thursday....but if it doesn't --- SNOW DAY!!!

Anything you can do to build your confidence will be good. FWIW, it was 13 to 14 months post-op before I started skiing again, although part of that was just because I couldn't get out earlier. Amp up the PT, strengthen the quads and get in some conditioning. The first few runs are the hardest, so choose easier slopes to build up the confidence.

Of course, my first post-surgery runs were in Sierra cement during the epic snowstorm/whiteouts of January 2005. Not exactly the best conditions. Since I'm an ice skier, I actually sought out the blown off runs. Diabolical, huh? Oh yeah, and this was the time that I fell off the chair lift, too. Maybe my story's not one to model.

They just took the snow showers/mix in out of our forecast oh well... As long as it snows on the mountains...

I hope I don't go that fast on the WROD!!!!

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I am more than ready. I was at Gunstock yesterday and saw that they've mowed most of the trails, repaved the entrance road, and have the snow guns set up.

This is all good!!

Not sure what we're going to get out of this latest pending storm, but it has me on edge....looking to be more of rain event right now, and with plummeting temps forecast for tonight and Wed night, that means we'll have some very icy roads....and given that we're not legal for studded snow tires yet.....

I'm ready to ski! Can't wait to hear about the ski day in CO!

However, my yard and house are not ready yet for winter. We still have yard work to finish up as well. Too much. The last of the leaves - oak - will come down with this storm and then will have to dry out before they can be raked/tractor mulched.

It's always a good day when all of this is DONE for the season, the stuff is put away until May and the storage door to it all sealed off for the winter!!

Haven't put on my ski boots since spraining my ankle 5 weeks ago...kinda worried....ow? Hope not....

I hear that! They feel a little different since the breaking of the ankle last summer for me! I may have to go have a boot adjustment! After A-basin I'll know better!

YEAH! Skiing! I can't wait!

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Here's Jack Frost ski area in the Poconos..TODAY!
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Woohoo!

It is going to snow DC!!!!!

Sooo... Does this early snow mean it is going to be a great ski season?!!

Absolutely!!!!!!

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Heh. I had my first skiing related dream (of the season) last night. We were taking a trip to go skiing (not sure where, but we had to fly) and had left our bags at a place to pick up on the way to the airport. When we get back to pick them up they tell us they've been misplaced, and they'll find them but not today. And the only thing I can do is start crying about my boots and start tearing around the place looking for my boot bag which is nowhere to be found. Then I start calling shops to see if I can find another pair, thinking the bright side is maybe now I can get the black and gold ones. Then I woke up!

BADLY!!!!!

Interesting development: Sunday River in Maine has made enough snow to open half a run (a black, no less).... TODAY! Lift tickets=FREE. Tomorrow is free to anyone in costume, and they are open this weekend as well.

Am I ready for the WROD? (This is NOT a beginner run----chair has mid-unloading for returns to the point where the snow begins.) And THERE?
Not as a solo, not first time out.



Man, am I a wimp or what?
Has more to do with the risk of collision, I think (given the acreage open, word on the street, what I've read elsewhere of numbers heading up from The Big Cities).

But next weekend?? And beyond? DIFFERENT STORY.
Let's see how we get through a week of 50's first....

Late to the party here but yipee !!!!! Snow forcasted for the Sierras this weekend !!!!! I am not quite ready for winter, but am most definately in the buttoning up for it stage around the property. I'm workin' at it. New gates fabricated & ready to hang ! Other stuff in the works. So yeah , I'm about ready for SNOW !!!

NVG- How did your ankle or cankle depending...holding up in your boot?

MSL- Keep us updated on SR! I might, just might be tempted to come on up!

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It was great! The boot really supported it!

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Mindy, I heard the Sunday River WROD was pretty lame - not bad on Friday/Halloween, but a thaw/freeze cycle made things rough on Sat a.m. I guess snow finally got made to the base by Sunday. Now the forecast looks to be mid-50's by mid-week, so it might well have been $ down the drain.....

What kind of ticks me off about it is that it was a pretty substantial outlay in terms of snowmaking, for grabbing the honor of first to open in the east (lift-serviced, anyway). So they're pumping all that money into one run, $7.3 million into an unbelievable new lift (opening 12/20, if all goes as planned) - and virtually bypassing the other mountains they own/operate with minimal improvements. Sugarloaf is still waiting on its new pumps, which got delayed because of the manufacturer's need to divert products to Houston (understandable...). Last season, the upper mountain pump completely croaked, meaning that when the first thaw/rain happened in early January, it ruined the upper mountain, sections of which never opened again that season ....due to the pump's failure, so no snowmaking/repairs....

So this totally fabulous mountain is, partially due to its remote location, being sadly overlooked in the upkeep dept.....again....happened with American Skiing Corporation and is now again happening w/Boyne........

However, those of us who frequent Sugarloaf still full well know the kind of mountain we've got (and NOTHING can change the TOPOGRAPHY! ).....and the fact that old, slow lifts serve something of a purpose in keeping slope density more reasonable. Ditto conditions. We'll live w/what we have and be TOUGH on those LONG, COLD lift rides in January!!

Sunday River, as always and again, seems to get all the capital (AND all the crowds) --- and it's nice terrain, really, I do enjoy it on weekdays. But, oh the crowds on weekends - the collisions. And the THEFTS!
Just not for me......

I am so ready. If we didn't have to stay home to vote on Tues., we'd be skiing tomorrow at Mammoth! As it is, we will drive up Tues. after voting and Weds. will be our first day of what we hope will be a fabulous season!