I know what temperature it is outside...but 09 season goods and catalogues are starting to pop up from all the companies...what's up with a LASK day trip to summit/bear or something once the snow falls?

Sounds good!!

fyi, mt.High is awesome -- cheaper than big bear and a much easier drive. I bought a sixpak of tix to mt.high last year and it worked out to less than $30 a ticket. They've added lots of park features and other amenities over the past few years too.

good idea,I'd be down for that..i'm sure we can figure something out the closer we get towards snow time

play hookie from work one winter day and take over the entire mountain!

i moved to la to get away from snow. count me out.

party pooper

I'd love to go, but being sadly unfit and the wrong side of 40 suggests I may come back in an ambulance rather than my car

Alas, Wesssssst Coasters are already making me feel jealous and it's still summer time.

I was just thinking about heading up to the mountain - but then I looked into ticket prices and decided against it. Still, I feel bad for never having gone summer boarding when I live an hour away from one of the only places where you can ride in the summer.
Ticket prices in Oregon have gotten ridiculous. It's more expensive to get a pass to one of the small "resorts" on Mt. Hood than it is to get a pass for two whole mountains in Whistler/Blackcomb! I got spoiled there and have hardly gone boarding since moving back to the states.
Lib Tech por vida!

save your excuses for yo momma!

i need to go back to Timberline! I heard a rumor that that was the hotel from the shining but just the outside shots?dunno if it's true

Yeah, the outside shots of the hotel in The Shining are of Timberline Lodge. The interior is of a hotel in CO - the Stanley Hotel (which can be seen on Ghost Hunters!).

NT, I don't know if people that live that close realize how blessed they are.
People go to the islands in the dead of winter, I'd rather be shredding Mt. Hood in shorts in the middle of the summer.

Word. I lived in AK for 4 years and would shredd any chance I could.We used to be on the mountain when it was -12! Since I ve moved back to Cali 4 years ago I havent been snowboarding once.

I started skiing when I was 6 and snowboarding when I was 10.

then went 2-4 times a week untill I was 18.

only been back about 5 times since then.

I know, I kinda feel like an ass for not going - but at $50+ for one chair and half a day...I just can't justify it. I need to pick up something like kite boarding where it's free once you've bought the equipment. Only problem with kite boarding is you can't exactly just go out and teach yourself like you can with snowboarding.

Fuck kite boarding, skateboard!

If anyone is coming to do some snowboarding in BC this winter let me know, I think I'm going to get back into it this year and will probably head up to Whistler at least a couple times.

Oh believe me - I've tried. I was never any good though. And wiping out on cement sucked! And now I'm too old to give it another try.
Skateboarding is/was the activity I most wanted to be good at because it's so cheap compared to other sports and can be done anywhere. In the long run kite boarding would be cheaper than snowboarding, and depending on where I went the drive wouldn't be as long.

cant wait to board!!! dude i just a got the new forum recon i wanna test the flex on it