Urban skiing - 6 " of pow on freshly cut grass

My first skiing of the season since 4th of July at Whistler. I went down to the neighborhood lake and park (Omaha, NE). Powder was perfect -- too bad I didn't have a couple thousand feet of vertical.   Had to dodge some playground equipment. Made 5 runs but tired of climbing the hill - must have been the altitude!

Risky, yes, but it was calling my name. I believe I have the first ascent/descent.

Just glad I didn't fall in a tree well.

Oh - gaper boy is there, isn't he. He's kind of like the Great Gazoo on the Flintstones...always hanging around.

...or like the stereotypical conscience.

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Originally Posted by crgildart 

I brought Sherpers last time..  I see you brought gapers.  Did he poach your line?

 

 

 

 

And the CGS Banannas with matching power poles!

 

 

Note I'm standing atop a red diamond...

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Originally Posted by snowyphil65 

Hey didn't know you were from Nebraska, sweet, theres more of us!

Not many people can say they have skied that state haha.

Oh yeah, you do what you can. My friends own Mt. Crescent ski area outside of Omaha, so they let me ski for free (plus I give them a lot of free graphic work). Small by mountain standards, but I ski 3 or 4 days a week during their season. They have been pumping a lot of money into the place lately.  Also I have a Breck season pass (guess I could also use at Keystone and A-Bay, but we have a timeshare in Breck).

http://www.skicrescent.com/

Don't know if you remember Nebraski (formerly Trailridge) between Lincoln and Omaha right off the Interstate (kind of like Buck Hill). I think that closed about 10 years ago.

Anyway, if you drive through Omaha and see someone making their own snow it is probably me.

Ha - I love this photo of our house one of my friends came across -- may have been on Bing maps?

My boy and my snowmaking whale (a few years ago)

Before I watch this, are you at Chestnut Mountain? That place is impressive for the Midwest - plus if you get in a tuck and don't slow down you'll end up in the Mississippi.

You're as big a nut as I am!   I've skied the back yard -- not bold enough to ski the front.

Oh, and I just noticed you said "Mississippi", not "the Mississippi" .  Even more impressive!

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Originally Posted by LastChair 

Got my first taste of skiing about 30 years ago at Mt. Crescent.  I still remember a lot of details about that day.  If can remember correctly the was a pommel lift were the quad chair is shown on the current trial map.

 

BTW I'm sure I looked pretty awesome skiing with my jeans tucked into my boots that day!
 

 

That's where I learned to ski in the mid 70s -- it was a birthday present from my parents. On that visit they only had the poma lift and a rope tow. Later a T-bar was added, then a double replaced the rope, and then a quad replaced the poma.

Hey, I should be an ambassador to the place!  My Dad use to tease me way back that I should have stock in the area.

Mt. Crescent opens Saturday. It's been cold and snowy the past week. Look'n out my window here at work the snow is coming down pretty good!

Love the sparks!
 

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Originally Posted by guroo270 

 

Another small somewhat local area - Great Bear, South Dakota:

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Originally Posted by LastChair 

Got my first taste of skiing about 30 years ago at Mt. Crescent.  I still remember a lot of details about that day.  If can remember correctly the was a pommel lift were the quad chair is shown on the current trial map.

 

BTW I'm sure I looked pretty awesome skiing with my jeans tucked into my boots that day!
 

 

Crescent web cam as of this morning. Looks pretty good - opening day is tomorrow. I'm headed out now to search out some more spots in the neighborhood to ski.

I was supposed to be in Alaska right now for a meeting so I was going to ski Alyeska, but now the meeting has been bumped back (of course) so I'll ski what I can find close to home. I want to be like Glen Plake -- travel around the country skiing every place I can find -- doesn't matter if it is big or small.

Went snowshoeing for a few hours this morning. Spent a lot of time on the lake -- pretty cool -- it was like ICE ROAD TRUCKERS - every once in a while I would hear this spreading cracking noise.

Bushwhack'n in Nebraska

This is the general area I alpine skied a few days ago -- nice of them to have the trail signs for me!

Sorry Utah and East Coast, you might have to head to Iowa for some powder.  I had lift served powder skiing today -- it was awesome! 

Mt. Crescent, Iowa - 15 minutes from Omaha.

Arrrgh!  We now have the snow eating warm fog and drizzle for the next couple days!

In the words of Limp Bizkit -- I need to Break Stuff!! Just one of those days everybody sucks! Best bet is to stay away @#***@!!!!!!!.......at least until winter returns and I will be in a better mood.

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Originally Posted by telerod15 

Did watch the whole thing? It builds slowly.

 

Very cool video. Stepping up the backyard skiing a notch.

 

Yep - definitely cool! Reminds me of the Jonny Mosely Playstation game from 10 years ago where you have the option of skiing in the city, jumping off bridges, etc...