2005/2006 Season News
3/25/06 Wet Day Over the
Water Pit
It was a
blast on the hill Saturday - the turnout was at least twice as many as last
year for the 2nd annual water pit crossing day. Many people struggled today to cross
the pit - mainly snowboarders, but a few skiers attempted it. Lots of cold
water rescues by Ryan Oakler (wearing waders - wimp)
- and he was reluctant to help his brother Brent. Jim Solvay's
son won the sailboat (he is about 11 years old) - looks like Jim has a new used
boat to store in his yard for a few years. The weather started to be a bit
overcast and windy, but it turned out to be a great day - 40 degrees and sunny.
3/12/06 Sunny Sunday
after an iffy Saturday
Sunday made
up for what could have been an overall bad weekend weather-wise. Sunday was
perfect spring skiing conditions - hard in the am and soft warm and sunny in
the afternoon. The deck was full of sunbathers and dogs. The snow is holding up
great too - plus the added snow predicted tonight and tomorrow will help. The
3-Leg Race that the Resort is putting on was moved to next Saturday - along
with the 5 person hose race. It should be fun. The Water pit is scheduled for
March 25th - and those that were there last year know how fun that was - this
year they are making it 2 X's as long. Plan to get wet.
The ski
club Friday Night party was fun - Rich M. turned 40 years old Again (apparently
he has had this same 40th birthday party for a couple of years now - not really
sure of his age). Cake was distributed to everyone there to wash down the beer.
Bruce L. also turned 40 on Sunday - I think his is a real 40... Good thing the
rest of us are all in our 20's........... The left over app's
were recooked on Sunday for those that were around.
2/27/06 Great Skiing
Conditions
For those
that could not make it out to the hill over the weekend - you missed perhaps
the best skiing the hill has seen in many years. The 7" of light powder
groomed down to a Utah-ish
type of snow conditions. Amazing. The 2007 demo skis
at the shop were a big hit - they have most of the skis for another week - so
don't forget to test some out.
2/23/06 Wednesday Night
Race League
Starting
next week (March 1st), the race league will move to Wednesdays. The racing will
continue until people stop showing up. Also, we had a first this week - Trish McCole won the womens' division -
it was the first week for the womens' division - and
she was the only one that showed up. Remember - everyone is welcome to race.
2/18/06 Ski Jump Weekend
To start -
the Thursday night race league was cancelled due to poor weather. Wind, cold
and snow forced the cancellation. Jump weekend was bitter cold too, but at
least the jumps took place. The lodge appeared busy - everyone was so cold
watching the jumps that they hung out in the lodge and drank there. Everything
seemed to go pretty smooth on that front.
On another
good note - the ski shop returned with 22 pair of 2007 model year demo skis for
everyone to try out (9 of which are lady skis). They will have the skis for a
few weeks - stop in the shop and try out a pair for free.
2/12/06 Week in Review
The
Thursday night race league was printed in the paper on Saturday - so other than
noting that is was another fun night, there is nothing more to say. At least
the hill got some free newspaper advertising out of the deal. It has been a
great time on Thursday nights - Sitzmark also has a guitarest playing and there is a pretty good crowd around
the resort - not just kids either.
The deck
party was very crowded too - which is a good thing. The weather on Saturday was
perfect for a deck party. Dave was cooking the food as fast as he could - and
the food was being eaten as fast as he could make it. He needs to go back to
work and rest for a few days after that. Photos of the day will be on the
website soon.
This week
the troops head to
2/5/06 Ski Week Recap -
Lots happened.
Thursday
night race league was a fun night again. Dick's 'super slalom' course took its
toll on a few people (and I think they will take revenge on him eventually).
Race results for each night are now posted on this site. Saturday was a busy
day - the was a snowboard competition on Dispy Doodle that attracted a ton of kids. A new snowboard
company that will be carried in the Shop sponsored the event (Tech Nine). They
gave free stuff away - and that is all kids want, so they were happy. Also on
Saturday there was Nastar handicapping. A pacesetter
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One note:
Unfortunately no cameras were available to witness the spectacle that happened
on Saturday - The Three Stooges (Phil, Mike F. and Rich M.) made quite a scene in
front of the lodge. According to Phil, Mike caused the multiple crashes by
doing a face plant by the ski shop. This apparently caused Phil to forget where
he was and managed to ski on the sidewalk and release from both skis.
1/29/06 Ski Club Pizza
Party
Wow - what
a crowd in the Sitzmark Saturday night for the pizza
party. It is hard to believe it is
1/26/06 Thursday night
Race league starts
Thursday
night was the 1st night of official Nastar style
racing. The format has changed from a team event to an individual event and the
cost was reduced to $0.00. Over 20 racers took their turns at the timed event.
Results were not made available at press time but will be added as soon as
possible. This league will continue through February.
1/17/06 Dynastar Demo Day Success
The Sunday Dynastar Demo day at Pine was one of the biggest ski demo
days Scott (Dynastar Rep) has ever had. The snow
conditions were perfect for trying out the Dynastar
lines - 2" of new powder over freshly groomed runs. It gave people an
opportunity to ski the 'big mountain' fatties - Legend 8800's among other skis.
1/15/06 Thursday Night
Race League practice Begins
The first
night of the Nastar style racing practice started
Thursday, January 12th. The temperature was perfect for night skiing and the
course held up extremely well considering how warm it was. The next free
practice night will be Thursday, January 19th. Make sure you make plans to come
out and ski, watch or sit in the Sitzmark and have a
few drinks.