What Are You Doing This Winter?

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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by mikesee » Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:37 pm

Montana St Alum wrote:
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:26 pm
mikesee wrote:
Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:54 pm
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Great picture! Cool bike set up. What model and is it 26x4 for tires?

Thanks -- it's a neat spot.

Her bike is a custom Meriwether. So is mine, below.

Tires are nominally 26 x 5", but measure out over 5.5" when run at the <3psi that we spend most of our time at.

Would much prefer to be skiing this time of year. Given how thin the (lack of) snowpack is, I'm grateful that we own fatbikes and know a few good places to ride them.
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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by JohnSKepler » Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:32 pm

mikesee wrote:
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:37 pm
Montana St Alum wrote:
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:26 pm
mikesee wrote:
Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:54 pm
0R7A4380.jpeg
Great picture! Cool bike set up. What model and is it 26x4 for tires?

Thanks -- it's a neat spot.

Her bike is a custom Meriwether. So is mine, below.

Tires are nominally 26 x 5", but measure out over 5.5" when run at the <3psi that we spend most of our time at.

Would much prefer to be skiing this time of year. Given how thin the (lack of) snowpack is, I'm grateful that we own fatbikes and know a few good places to ride them.
Looks like you have plenty of snow for skiing. We're supposed to get a good dump this weekend. Amounts and chances have been going up! Fingers crossed...
Veni, Vidi, Viski



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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by randoskier » Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:22 am

Montana St Alum wrote:
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:24 pm
Stephen wrote:
Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:54 pm
Montana St Alum wrote:
Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:24 am
…and I now have some rock skis!
Manure for Christmas — there must be a pony here somewhere, the child exclaimed!
:lol:
I checked.....no pony!
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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by mikesee » Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:27 pm

JohnSKepler wrote:
Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:32 pm
mikesee wrote:
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:37 pm
Montana St Alum wrote:
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:26 pm


Great picture! Cool bike set up. What model and is it 26x4 for tires?

Thanks -- it's a neat spot.

Her bike is a custom Meriwether. So is mine, below.

Tires are nominally 26 x 5", but measure out over 5.5" when run at the <3psi that we spend most of our time at.

Would much prefer to be skiing this time of year. Given how thin the (lack of) snowpack is, I'm grateful that we own fatbikes and know a few good places to ride them.
Looks like you have plenty of snow for skiing. We're supposed to get a good dump this weekend. Amounts and chances have been going up! Fingers crossed...

If by "skiing" you mean kicking and gliding on the flats, then yes, sure. Plenty.

But that's not the kind of skiing that blows up my skirt. Given a choice between that and the fatbike, I'll choose the fatbike almost every time.



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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by Montana St Alum » Thu Jan 18, 2024 5:38 pm

mikesee wrote:
Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:27 pm
JohnSKepler wrote:
Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:32 pm
mikesee wrote:
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:37 pm



Thanks -- it's a neat spot.

Her bike is a custom Meriwether. So is mine, below.

Tires are nominally 26 x 5", but measure out over 5.5" when run at the <3psi that we spend most of our time at.

Would much prefer to be skiing this time of year. Given how thin the (lack of) snowpack is, I'm grateful that we own fatbikes and know a few good places to ride them.
Looks like you have plenty of snow for skiing. We're supposed to get a good dump this weekend. Amounts and chances have been going up! Fingers crossed...

If by "skiing" you mean kicking and gliding on the flats, then yes, sure. Plenty.

But that's not the kind of skiing that blows up my skirt. Given a choice between that and the fatbike, I'll choose the fatbike almost every time.
Hah, no, I don't mean that ("Not that there's anything WRONG with that" Seinfeld). I haven't tracked the weather up there, but I'm praying for us all! It appears I subscribe to one of the lesser demi-goddesses though. And we seem to be out of sacrificial virgins. Best of luck!



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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by mikesee » Thu Jan 18, 2024 5:43 pm

JohnSKepler wrote:
Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:32 pm
Looks like you have plenty of snow for skiing. We're supposed to get a good dump this weekend. Amounts and chances have been going up! Fingers crossed...
If by "skiing" you mean kicking and gliding on the flats, then yes, sure. Plenty.

But that's not the kind of skiing that blows up my skirt. Given a choice between that and the fatbike, I'll choose the fatbike almost every time.
Hah, no, I don't mean that ("Not that there's anything WRONG with that" Seinfeld). I haven't tracked the weather up there, but I'm praying for us all! It appears I subscribe to one of the lesser demi-goddesses though. And we seem to be out of sacrificial virgins. Best of luck!
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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by mca80 » Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:18 pm

What winter?



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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by Montana St Alum » Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:25 pm

mca80 wrote:
Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:18 pm
What winter?
It has warmed a bit here in Utah, but in the week ending a few days ago, we had gotten 6 feet of snow on the Wasatch Back. Now I need the sun to stay out for a while!
Alta is up to 290 inches for the year.



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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by JB TELE » Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:31 pm

Going skiing tomorrow. Supposed to be 45 degrees at 10,500 feet of elevation. Snow might disappear pretty soon. Is it spring yet?



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Re: What Are You Doing This Winter?

Post by lemon » Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:19 pm

Day 55 on skis today. Photos from day 54
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