On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Lubing (Larry) Lian 廉路兵 <lubingl@gmail.com> wrote:
I want to add that eastern snow does have one advantage over western snow, I believe. And that is ski racing.
I have not seen statistics comparing Olympian ski racers who grew up in the east versus those who grew up in the west. But two of the best current racers and arguably two of the most successful US racers (Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn) both grew up in the east (one in New Hampshire, one in Minnesota).If you recall the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, at times the workers had to use giant syringe to inject water into the race courses because the courses (after receiving too much new snow) were too soft to race on. With skiers rushing down on them at speed up to 90 MPH, those courses better be firm enough to hold the skiers.The advantage mentioned above is one of the reasons that I am considering picking up a little bit of ski racing, somehow, if I can squeeze some time for it.Once again, enjoy the rest of the season before the dark days of summer are bestowed upon us -:)
LarryOn Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Lubing (Larry) Lian 廉路兵 <lubingl@gmail.com> wrote:
Snowrider - no, I am not in the area long enough, only since 2010.But I do understand that snow can be made at temperature as high as 39 degrees (if humidity is less than 10%).chart here: http://www.snowathome.com/pdf/wet_bulb_chart_fahrenheit.pdf
However, there is a difference between "good quality snow" and "poor quality snow".....distinguished by purple and blue color in the above chart.But you are right in the sense that even "poor quality snow" is better than no snow. Since moving east from Utah I have learned, painfully at times, to appreciate that poor quality snow is better than no snow.Along this line, I have experienced Vermont in its not-so-great days, during which I had to, on a given trail, stop, take off the skis, carry them on my shoulder, walk over patches of grass, and then put the skis on to continue my journey (I believe the word journey is suitable here ....)BUT, not-so-great is all relative.(1) On one hand, those no-so-great days are so much greater than the days that we have no snow. We are much like the fish appreciating a puddle of water when there is no pond, lake or ocean around.In this regard, people have learned to appreciate not only any bit of snow we can get, but also anything non-water, including sand, grass, and plastic. I have seen on TV that people do ski them, the sand, the grass, the plastic trail....(2) One the other hand, any day with less than six inch of fresh natural snow are horrible. In Utah the locals (including my Utah friend who is the subject of the two powder-skiing pictures sent earlier) refuse to ski without the slopes receiving more than six inch of fresh natural snow. At certain other places, people would die for a couple of inch of it...Anyway, I digress....Have a great remainder of the season!- LarryOn Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:50 PM, snowrider <snowrider.skiing@gmail.com> wrote:
Larry - If you are in this area long enough, you would know that ski resorts here take any possible opportunity to make snow even if it is as high as 31 F.Good news! I got the latest news just now from Whitetail that there will be snowmaking tonight! AND ... the weather report says that Saturday and Sunday will be snow days! We will get a great condition this weekend! Come and join me to go skiing together. Spring is coming very soon, and you won't get anything better in the end of this season! Also if anyone is thinking about improving your skill or fix some skiing problem, let me know and I can definitely help.Please let me know if anyone is interested in going together tomorrow and/or Sunday.
On Friday, March 1, 2013 12:43:39 AM UTC-5, Larry Lian wrote:With night time humidity forecasted to be 55%, we actually need temperature to drop to 24 in order to make good quality snow (http://www.snowathome.com/snowmaking_weather_tools.php).
But, no worries, weather channel forecast says low of 23 on Sunday and 24 on Monday.
Lubing (Larry) Lian
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This coming weekend will be an excellent opportunity to go skiing. Weather report says that both Saturday and Sunday will be sunny and a little bit cloudy with temperature 38 to 25 F - perfect temperature! You got to take advantage of this excellent weather condition and go now because Spring is coming soon! I will go to Whitetail on both days! If you need my help on improving your skiing, please let me know and I can make you a good skier. Let me know if you are interested in going together.
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