 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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i love it, there is one in the portes du soleil, maybe in Champoussin but it is probably the lowest of all the lifts there which is very odd. You would have thought they would be located high where its windy and colder. Obviously i dont think that every lift should have these, but the long ones where its that cold nobody speaks and you are nearly frozen solid by the summit should have them.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Might be handy for when the boogers break down and leave you swinging in a gale 
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First of its kind in America?? There's squillions of them in Austria!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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WTF is "to schralp"?
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I challenge him not to change his mind after sitting on Inversens (La Plagne) stop-start it's way up the hill for 20 minutes on a day where it was minus 20 before windchill - and blowing a gale.
It very nearly ruined my day trip over there.
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I think I'm a bit claustrophobic/scared of heights - used to be a lot - chairlifts were my saving grace. I LOVE being in chairlifts, it's all about the fresh air and the amazing twinkle of the snow.
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andyph,or
1. schralp
v.,n.,adj.(sh'ralp) To aggressively negotitate terrain using any manner of vehicle. schralped, schralper, schralping, schralpingest
1. Did you see Hermann Maier schralp that gnar line down the super g course?
2. The Hermannator was schralping before he flipped out going 4 billion.
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by Dkwhad Aug 31, 2006 share this
2. schralp 6 up, 6 down
buy schralp mugs, tshirts and magnets
The word for the sound and act of hauling ass over pool coping on a skateboard. It's not grinding on top of the coping in a 50-50, but slashing through the side of it.
Adrian Mallory was schralping the poo-poo out of the Kona bowl.
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by anonymous8 Mar 4, 2007 share this
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| cathy wrote: |
| There's squillions of them in Austria! |
Plenty of them across the Schralps, in fact.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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David E Goldsmith, who cares please start a blog and go away
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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skimottaret, don't goad him into poor behaviour... so far so good...
These lifts are ancient 'technology'.
Slow snow news day all round!
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flangesax, i have been told off so will go away me self
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You know it makes sense.
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I was surprised by the standard of the lift facilities of some of the most exclusive American resorts this March. In Vail and Aspen Mountains the luxury chairlifts could be timber battens covered with a removable cushion. Many chairlifts have no foot rest. No wonder they get excited to find something shielding the weather and warming their bums.
Despite the lift facilities from the bottom league they charge premium rates for the ski passes though. By the European standard their resort owners have got away with murder!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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No hot chocolate machine? I'm distinctly unimpressed!
I have to agree with the article though. Would much rather be experiencing everything first hand.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| saikee wrote: |
I was surprised by the standard of the lift facilities of some of the most exclusive American resorts this March. In Vail and Aspen Mountains the luxury chairlifts could be timber battens covered with a removable cushion. Many chairlifts have no foot rest. No wonder they get excited to find something shielding the weather and warming their bums.
Despite the lift facilities from the bottom league they charge premium rates for the ski passes though. By the European standard their resort owners have got away with murder! |
Some lifts do not have safety bars and people sometimes ride them without bringing the bar down. They argue that is actually safer as people are aware of the dangers and thus sit back and concentrate during the ride.
They argue that a safety bar gives a false sense of security as it is often possible for a child to slide under it.
An example
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=9561095
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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saikee, if you mean US hills haven't crammed yet every last square meter of piste full of skiers by putting express 6-packs by the side of every blue run - you are right.
US/Canadian Resorts vary - some have foot rests on nearly everything - and certainly all the detachables. Others only the express lifts.
And the first bubble protected express chair I ever rode, I believe, was in Vail 20 years ago.
Me - I prefer to ride up a bit slower sometimes if it allows me more room on the slopes 
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