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    Mt. Bachelor Closed to Uphill Traffic!!

    in the *freshiezone*

    Posted · Edited by steepconcrete

    troysmith80 posted this on tgr

    I just spoke on the phone with Alex Kaufman, Marketing Director at MtB. I wanted to know if i go up tomorrow, and summit is closed (obviously it will be), can i skin up from the top of rainbow/skyliner/pine? He said the uphill access policy is currently being discussed and they are having meetings with the FS and MtB staff to sort out what the rules should be.

     

    I said that for what it's worth, i understand why they don't want people going up where people are coming down, but that i'd like to be able to hike above the open lifts.

     

    He said that for now, the rule is as it's always been, hiking above the open lifts is not allowed.

     

    He speculated that one possible outcome of the meetings might be that a specific climbing route would be designated and opened, but that people would have to stick to the route.

     

    He said the biggest problem is a relatively small percentage of users who turn signage around or knock it down, and enter areas that are closed for control work or other safety reasons. And that as the total number of people who want to hike is increasing, so to is the number of these numbnuts. Same old story, the few ruining it for the many.

     

    I said i'd be willing to used closed areas under the condition that they are not patrolled or regulated. He said that doesn't really work because when it comes down to it, if somebody needs help out ther, the patrol IS going to go try to help them--waiver or no waiver. In doing so, the patrollers may expose themselves to danger.

     

    Well, i hope they at least designate a route and allow hiking on the route.

     

    He said he is open to input that he can take into the meetings. If you have ideas, email him. Tell him we want reasonable access! akaufman@mtbachelor.com

     

     

    Mt. Bachelor Closed to Uphill Traffic!!

    in the *freshiezone*

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    Hoodoo is even worse.

     

    first off they dont allow uphill traffic at all...even try to keep you off when they are closed before and after the season.

     

    they also try to charge you with a $50 ticket if you park in their lot (former sno-park) overnight and if your not around they will tie a chain to your car and move it with a snow cat....with no tow signs around. -->my lawyer friend told me this is basically auto-theft...and if they towed my audi like that it would totally fuck up the awd.

     

    id love to test Hoodoo, but i dont want to shit where i sleep.

     

    any takers? id love to video tape it.

    [TR] Mt, Washington - North Ridge 6/27/2009

    in Oregon Cascades

    Posted · Edited by steepconcrete

    Dude not cool at all. you cold kill someone. i frequent that area, and i know some crazy fuckers who also frequent that area. if they would have seen you trundling your crew would have found yourself having a little "accident" while the hippys see what its like to trundle humans.

     

    id erase this TR. eugene is a small place...im sure someone knows you.

    Shop Screwup question

    in the *freshiezone*

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    If literally their was nothing wrong with your' boots Steepconcrete than Chandler's actions were wrong. But think back, are you absolutely positive he didn't mention ANYTHING regarding toe height adjustments, rockered sole compatibility, binding sizing, or excessive boot wear that would affect your setup beyond just the toe and heel? In other words, are you sure their isn't anything else to the story?

     

    when i first came in i expressed my intent on putting tull tilt race tongues and booster straps on my new old stock denali xt's with maybe 20 days on em, bindings were marker dukes. i asked if he had any in stock and asked how much they would charge for the work (i had intended to do it myself, but thought if it was cheap enuf...)

     

    anyhow he goes on to tell me that my boots are way too soft and anything i do won't fix that. ive been on denali xt's for the past 6 years. i appeased him and listened to his spew...i respect the guy, may as well be polite. so he wants to sell me full tilt bumble bee's for 499, full retail (you can find them online for 250). i tell him straight up that all my skis are rockered, i only ski soft snow and hike more than i ride the lift, im sure my boots are fine.

     

    i have NEVER been pressured by them before. for the most part they know that i have been skiing my whole life and i know my shit, if i need some help or advise ill ask. usually they respect that.

     

    what ever happened with your skis, did they give you a new pair?

    Shop Screwup question

    in the *freshiezone*

    Posted · Edited by steepconcrete

    i know thoes guys, i grew up in that store.

     

    i dont know what is going on at bergs. last month i took my praxis and dukes in there to get mounted, and Chandler (the shop tech who fakked up your mount) wouldnt leave me alone trying to sell me new boots. i hadent heard from them so i went in 7 days later and they hadent even touched my skis, and they then hasseled me again about new boots. 3 days after that chandler calls telling me he is about to mount my skis and asks if am i sure i dont want to get new boots. his selling points are "my whole setup will be new, its also not a good idea to use old boots". my boots are 3 years old no worn toe or heel at all.

     

    dont ski them, take them back and demand new skis and bindings. if they dont hook you up post this story on tgr, ttips, tay newschoolers...it was bergs mistake they are dicking you around.

     

    if you have problems pm me

    Slide on Hwy 20

    in Oregon Cascades

    Posted

    thanks for the pics mountain shots.

     

    opens at 1pm chains required on everything.

     

    as far as the depth, in 98-99 hoodoo had over 240 inches. i think 00-01 was also over 200. sittin at 149" on the manual stake now.

    Cascade Lakes Highway (State 46)

    in Oregon Cascades

    Posted · Edited by steepconcrete

    fwiw, there is still about 2 feet of snow on the road at dutchman flat.

     

    isnt that the min. snow depth for sleds to be legal off trail? I know it was either 24" or 18" according to some USFS winter rec. map I have.

     

    so I take it BAchelors reported 60" is a bit of a stretch?

     

    edited cause i kant type.

    Newbie question: Wax?

    in the *freshiezone*

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    thanks bdog.

     

    I didnt word that well at all.

    what I was trying to ask was-> say your using temp specific wax, the snow is 20 and you dont have the right temp range, one wax is too cold like a 10, and one is too warm at a 30. What wax goes faster, the one that is too warm or too cool for the snow?

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