Park City Skids

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:24:00 +0000

RT @TommyHorrocks: Good NYT read on ski bums. http://nyti.ms/dmmobo #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:24:00 +0000

Round Valley XC Ski Grooming Report for Wednesday, February 24: Hells Yeah. #
RT @Motorad666: Congrats to @BillyDemong, @JohnnySpillane, Brett Camerota, Todd Lodwick for Silver Medal in Nordic Combined. PC is proud! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:24:00 +0000

I'm going to have to stop tweeting about my favorite local haunts: Fuego in Park City jam packed. Still got seated quick. #
Round Valley XC ski grooming report for Friday: damn right. #
25 elk or so grazing in the field between Silver Summit and Round Valley. Right now! Spectacular! #saynotostoneridge #
Round Valley XC Ski Grooming Report for the morning of February 17: yup. #

Round Valley Skate Ski

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:26:14 +0000

I have been trying to squeeze in a few early morning nordic ski laps in the Round Valley trail system, before heading off to work in the big city. I find that if I time it just right, I usually meet up with the groomer making his rounds. Then I get a magic carpet ride on fresh corduroy. Thanks to Eric L. for dragging my ass out this morning.

Truckstop Slackcountry Ski Tour

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:31:15 +0000

Well, the crowds arrived for Dead Presidents’ Week, which made it a perfect time to go for a little slackcountry tour. Slackcountry is like backcountry touring, only the goal is to expend as little energy as possible to get to the goods. This video goes out to Chad and Ed, who must have been driving by this shot on the highway one day, and decided it would be a good place to ski. I had to add some Megadeth to spice it up a little. Shot with a GoPro Hero HD, and edited in less than 20 minutes using iMovie.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:24:00 +0000

Longest skate ski of the year in Round Valley this morning. Ran into Francis Gardner Jackson III and got to chat. http://yfrog.com/1dnikaj #
Check out the Snow Chicken's take on backcountry sledding: http://parkcityskids.com/ #
Round Valley XC ski grooming report for today: Not. #

Backcountry Sledding. Say What???

Snow Chicken — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:55:54 +0000

So early last week the wife and I headed out for some “new school” sledding, or what I commonly refer to as backcountry sledding. So what the heck are these sleds? You’ve maybe heard of them referred to as Swiss Bobs. I think we’ve had our arsenal of sleds for about three years now, and I have to be honest, my wife uses them way more than I do – I’d consider her a veteran Bobber. She and her girlfriends typically go a couple times a month.

A Sled is Really all you Need.

Finding optimal locations for Bobbing is the first challenge, the best spots are gully type trails with a good steady decline to them – these things haul a#@ when pointed downhill, so you don’t want it too steep. The other key element would be that you choose a trial that gets good winter use, and single track is always better than wide open. One of the best locations in the Park City area is the Iron Canyon/Mountain Trail. It fits all the above criteria and can be ridden from the top, what I would believe to be at least a 1.5 mile decent. A killer 1.5 miles I might add. If you’ve not tried it, you must.

Ripping the Swiss Bob!

So last week when we headed out we decided to try a new area, one which a Basin resident had recommended and said was on par or better than Iron Canyon – our target, Summit Park! Jump off the Summit Park Exit and turn right back up the hill, looking for Parkview Drive. Take Parkview for a mile or two back into the heart of Summit Park, you’ll come to what I believe is Matterhorn Dr. – you’ll see the Trailhead in front of you. Take off here, hike as high as you like, you’ll see in the image posted here that we took it all the way to the top (killer views up there).

The Top...

The Bobbing, or backcountry sledding on this day was epic. Soft snow top to bottom, which was a fairly new condition for us to Bob in; we typically go after a high and dry period (Translated = NO NEW POW TO SKI). The run itself was great, a lot different than Iron Canyon – a little more open in places, and a lot more structure to the run (jumps, drops and such).
Swiss Bobs are hard to find, we’ve purchased on ebay and at yard sales. You can check this link Swiss Bob Sleds @ REI to purchase a new sled, but as you will notice, they are often out of stock – Maybe that is a sign. So grab a helmet (optional, I like to take mine – the wife opts to go without), your best outerwear (you get wet, very wet) – and go hit it. Oh yeah. To stop the thing, you simply put your feet down and pull up on the handles – this is good to know.

UT Faceshots Rule - Even on a Sled

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:24:00 +0000

Story on Fox13 about reckless skier at PCMR who sent girl to hospital. Description matches that of clown who almost hit my daughter. Pissed! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:24:00 +0000

Just leaving the Park City Community Center, er, I mean the liquor store. #
Sundance is over soon right? Then the baristas at Park City #Starbucks can go back to normal bitchy selves, instead of doublebitchy. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:24:00 +0000

Loading the family up for some skidding around the mountain at @pcski's place. Maybe I'll see @Eric_Hoffman and @krista_parry? #
Teacher from Trailside Elementary: school is already packed. Concern that school can't handle additional pressure. #saynotostoneridge #
CORE rezone program is a pilot program, it should not trump the general plan. #saynotostoneridge #
Speaker at input session: looks like you are trying to build Jeremy Ranch on Old Ranch Road. #saynotostoneridge #
A relative of Nadine Gilmore is pleading case of landowner. She is slamming bikers and hikers for cutting fences. #saynotostoneridge #
Chairman Jeff Smith was just accused of trying to restrict public input on the Stoneridge applicant. #saynotostoneridge #
A few people already mention elk habitat. There is a video posted on http://parkcityskids.com that shows elk herd. #saynotostoneridge #
Wildlife Protection Society: this project will compromise winter corridor for critical species including Elk. #saynotostoneridge #
Summit County Sheriff here just in case this gets out of control? Really? #saynotostoneridge #
Chairman of Planning Commission says this project is not close to being ready, and a decision is months away. #saynotostoneridge #
Stoneridge proposes to make multi-family homes "look like" nearby existing single-family homes to get around code. #saynotostoneridge #
It's getting hot and heated already at Public Input session for proposed Stoneridge development. #saynotostoneridge #