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  1. Mike

    Titus Conditions

    Oh dear, best of luck for a full and complete recovery. Let's go skiing when you are ready.
  2. Mike

    Titus Conditions

    They had lift 1 open before the torch. 100% open and skiing great They had blown quite a bit of snow on some of the trails, but not promise. I think there is enough snow over there to open, but they haven't opened it yet, I haven't been over there to see what is left. I thought they might...
  3. Mike

    Titus Conditions

    Just got back from a few runs. Same trails and lifts as yesterday. It was 22 out this am, so as expected things firmed up a lot. We got about an inch of fresh snow, and they have guns on the Face and Maple Run. Skiing is frozen granular, but really edgeable sort of loud. Better than I...
  4. Mike

    Titus Conditions

    Titus opened today, and the conditions were a really wonderful surprise. It was a cloudy day in the mid 30's, so the snow was soft. It hasn't frozen for some time. Lifts 4 and 6 are open, and each has several ways down. There are no bare spots, the trails are well covered and the snowpack is...
  5. Mike

    Where are you skiing this week?

    Well, Titus is supposed to open on Friday so we will be there....
  6. Mike

    Avalanche

    Thanks Ripper. I love my Fischer S-Bounds 112's, and got the Fischer Transnordic boots last year which are wonderful. We are enjoying exploring the Adirondack Park to our south, please be in touch if you get this way, and everyone else. But, well, there is Mines....I'm glad I got some of this...
  7. Mike

    Avalanche

    It's all about how much risk you are comfortable with isn't it? And there is no golden ticket either, unless you can carry a howitzer in your pack. Stay safe out there RA, and I'm looking forward to some great TR's. Let's go skiing.
  8. Mike

    Titus Conditions

    We spent the New Year in Saratoga with my Dad, and came home to not much snow. Titus is closed until Friday, let's hope they make it back open.....
  9. Mike

    Royal Mountain Conditions

    I raced there in high school back in the day....I'm glad it's still around.
  10. Mike

    Avalanche

    Interesting thread, I'm glad the OP is ok. I'm going to push back against RA and saying that familiarity can take the place of digging pits, here is a report of the La Traviata Avalanche in 2003 at SME. https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/objects/issw-2004-520-530.pdf I skied with Reudi...
  11. Mike

    Any Day, Any Race

    Now #80. wow.She is the GOAT.
  12. Mike

    Titus Conditions

    Well, yesterday was one of those days. It was supposed to warm up, so I figured the snow was going to get sticky, yellow wax for the day. The whole mountain was open, we got out around 11, early for us, and headed to the Upper Mountain. It was just great, warm, sunny, glorious packed powder...
  13. Mike

    Titus Conditions

    Titus has been skiing great since they opened on Monday. We've gotten some snow everyday, so it's been refreshed a bit. There have been a lot of folks here having fun, but it's ok. Our plan for today was to go to Saratoga for my Dad's birthday, but Gwen isn't feeling well(not COVID), so we...
  14. Mike

    Best Ski Videos

    Raising, it is Mike. I considered a helmet, but I wanted to get this arduous tour done in one day so I sacrificed it to keep things light. Besides, I haven't fallen for some time, and the snow was consolidated and unlikely to let loose. I saved the weight for beer.
  15. Mike

    Big Sky Conditions

    Thanks, I'll work on it. It was a fun trip but a while ago.
  16. Mike

    New Member Intro

    Hello all, I'm Mike obviously, I started skiing at Willard in 1959 as I grew up in Saratoga and skied a bunch there. I lived in the MRV for a long time, and now am back in NY. We live at the base of Titus, and get to Whiteface sometime. We also like to tour, and have been enjoying the...
  17. Mike

    Best Ski Videos

    Here's a video I put together of a tour I did a few years ago, it was spring of 2020 when everything shut down due to COVID.
  18. Mike

    Big Sky Conditions

    Ripitz suggested that I post my pictures of my trip there in 1996 to visit my friend Bill Hickey who was the reigning King at the time. He is an old friend from back in the day at Sugarbush, and I hadn't seen him for a few years, it was the first year of the Tram.....
  19. Mike

    Titus Conditions

    Hello everyone, I'll work on writing reports on Titus. Things were shaping up here pretty good before the rain. They are closed now, and will re-open tomorrow. We got maybe 3-4 inches on the back of the storm, and it's been flurrying since, not much accumulation, but you never know...I'm...
  20. Mike

    Bring the Stoke

    Hi Ripitz, No, this was back in 96, my friend was King Bill Hickey.
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