Last Snow Contest [Archive] - T4T Forums

07-14-2003, 03:15 PM

There's not much snow left, and the warm weather is wiping it out quick, so let's take this oppertunity to see who can guess when it'll be ALL gone.

You: Guess a date and Time that you think there will be NO snow in Tuckerman Ravine.

Me: keep an eye on the secret Ton-Matt member's only webcam link and note the FIRST image with NO trace of snow. (Which will have a date/time stamp on the image) (Lawyer talk: First Image where you can see the ravine and verify that there is no Snow remaining, if it's a close call maybe Dave can setup a poll to choose the correct date/time, becuase there won't be more than a couple possibilities if it's close)

Winner will be the guess that is CLOSEST to this image's date and time. (You can go over or under)

Chances are, the first image will be a morning image after a bunch of cloudy days. So keep that in mind. If you happen to see an image with no snow, SAVE it to your hard drive and we'll all believe you as the images have date and time stamps (Which, I've heard are VERY hard to fake)

My guess is: 2003-07-18 8:30am.

M@ :ducttape:
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I'll edit the top most post here with the current date times and info. Let me know if I make a mistake.
http://www.weirdtable.org/~m/tuckerman/2003/Path%202003-07-28.jpg
As of 08/06/03 08:30 am there was STILL SNOW
As of 08/11/03 10:30 am there was no visible snow
Click here (http://www.weirdtable.org/~m/tuckerman/2003/LastSnow.htm) for better view of table.

When Who
7/18/03 8:30 AM M@
7/19/03 6:03 PM Mumster
7/22/03 2:31 PM TenSeven
7/22/03 3:30 PM boarder25
7/23/03 10:00 AM pjmanchester
7/24/03 1:00 PM Elwood
7/25/03 8:23 AM Skidave
7/25/03 7:04 PM Frankontour
7/26/03 12:00 PM SkiLasLenas
7/27/03 8:47 AM BladeGirl
7/30/03 7:00 AM Jolly J
7/31/03 9:56 AM Bannick
8/1/03 3:00 PM ski&ride
8/3/03 6:00 AM CastleRock
8/3/03 3:00 PM Lftgly
8/8/03 8:08 AM SkiStooge WINNER!
9/1/03 12:00 AM RR

skicdave

07-14-2003, 03:47 PM

So :ma: . Are you offering a price??

Maybe a case of your :ducttape: stash perhaps? :p

I'll have to analyze a few photos and get my date and time recorded. The polls are only set up to allow options, ie like July 15-16, July 17-18, July 19, July 20 etc. Considering the number of T4T members who are around, I'd suggest they just post to this thread and I can keep a summary topic up-to-date.

Mumster

07-14-2003, 05:47 PM

July 19, 6:03 PM

Frankontour

07-14-2003, 09:00 PM

Hmm, the tough thing is that the snow will be too much brown to be visible on the cam enough soon, I think.

Mr. Lftgly skied Tucks in august 96, 97 and 2001 and he doesn't think it will be possible this year, but not totally impossible. So I'm going to say July 25, 7h04PM lol

Jolly J

07-15-2003, 06:53 AM

July 30, 7am

Bannick

07-15-2003, 08:08 AM

In honour of the 24 hour exit time that they are predicting after the Rolling Stones Concert here in toronto on July 30th, I am predicting....

July 31, 9:56 AM

god have mercy on our concert going souls.

B :snowboarding:

pjmanchester

07-15-2003, 08:31 AM

July 23 10:00am

Frankontour

07-15-2003, 08:52 AM

Just a little precision about the stamps. Be careful with that, cause it's extremely easy to fake. For the Tucks cam example, the letters are some Arial unicode [MS] and for the numbers, I didn't find it, but you just have to save few pics to have the 0-9 numbers and copy / paste. So in 5 minutes you can fake any stamp of any image anywhere on the web, so you better not believe too much the stamps on pics that people send to you :)

Just need "Paint" to do a great fake job ;)

Sad that I don't have a place to put the pics online... I could show you there is still some snow below the Lip, on sept 23, 2003 !! lol

skicdave

07-15-2003, 08:58 AM

July 25th at 8:23am... now don't be upset if the cam is covered in rain drops or there is a white out... I truly suspect this will be the case for several days on/and about July 25th... please just take my word for 'July 25th at 8:23am' and hand me my price.

Thank you very much, enjoy your day :p

P.S. Don't be surprised if you see me up in the ravine licking snow to make my date happen.

07-15-2003, 09:20 AM

I thought through the whole rain/camera down problem. I tried to make the rules as simple as possible based on this.

So to CLARIFY (not change the rules) If it's rainy/foggy/camera is down for several days, the FIRST IMAGE that COMES BACK with A CLEARN VIEW of the ravine and we can veryifyt there is no snow, THAT will be the date/time.

If it's foggy and someone's date comes along, and they hike up and take a picture and show there is no snow, I will accept that picture and they win.

I dunno what the prize (price) is. But there will be a fantastic one of a kind prize.

M@

07-15-2003, 09:25 AM

The timestamp talk was reference to the movie Strange Brew (http://www.strangebrewmovie.com/StrangeBrew/movieinfo/Strange_Brew_script.pdf) where the guy fakes the timestamps and then says in court:

Claude: Yes, and I'd like to point out that this tape have not been tampered
with or edited in any way. It even has a time code on it, and those are very
difficult to fake.

M@ :ducttape:

Jolly J

07-15-2003, 09:52 AM

Strange Brew....classic movie. havent' seen it in years.

BladeGirl

07-15-2003, 10:17 AM

7/27/03 8:47 am

Bannick

07-15-2003, 10:56 AM

"Just because I don't know what it is, doesn't mean that I am lying."

Strange Brew eases the pain....I picked up the DVD a couple of months ago. There is a great drinking game involved with watching the movie....Have a swig of beer everytime they say "eh?". You might hang on long enough to figure out that the whole thing is based on hamlet.

B :snowboarding:

Skilasnow

07-15-2003, 08:19 PM

7/26, high noon

07-16-2003, 08:18 AM

Some more CLARIFICATION on the date:

#1: I will make final decision. Looks like I'm gonna be out of the running pretty quick anyhow.

#2: It's the last visible snow by the webcam. There may be some snow under a rock up there still a few weeks after, but it'll be pretty much impossible to ski it. I figure if there's enough snow to see from WildCat, there's enough for a couple turns.

M@

TenSeven

07-16-2003, 08:59 AM

22 July @ 2:31 p.m.

elwood

07-16-2003, 09:17 AM

July 24, 13:00

skicdave

07-16-2003, 10:46 AM

Er... what was the prize again :ma: ster? :p

boarder25

07-16-2003, 10:54 AM

July 22, 3:30 pm sharp !

Castlerock

07-16-2003, 11:30 AM

8/3/03 6:00 AM

Someone has to hold out hope for August.

07-18-2003, 03:46 PM

Hey everyone: I'm offline all weekend. Goto the webcam, do a right click, and save the image. If you see it with out snow be SURE to get a copy of it.

M@ :ducttape:

Lftgly

07-19-2003, 08:07 AM

Couldn't see any snow yesterday on the Webcam, though I suspect it was just the bad light. This AM the cam's down, still showing yesterday's gloomy pic. My personal bet is August 3, 3PM. I think Castlerock's got the right day for last snow. Maybe gone already though, if the pic from yesterday is confirmed by a new one in good light.

Frankontour

07-19-2003, 08:55 AM

According to the remaining snow of july 17 (where it wasn't foggy) and the melting rate, it's sure there is still some snow in the ravine, especially with the low temps.

I hope the cam will come back soon... if we don't want to lose our contest !!

Hmm, nice day today, aim : to see what's up in 40+ ski areas. lol

Frankontour

07-19-2003, 08:18 PM

Damn ! I'm far from my aim... just 20 with all the traffic jam of today... sad...

Actual ski areas
Mt Olympia, Mt Avila, Mt St-Sauveur, Mt Habitant, Mt Gabriel, Ski Morin Heights, Centre Municipal de ski 40/80, Mt Chantecler, Mt Belle Neige, Mt Vallée-Bleue, Mt Alta, Ski Montcalm

Lost ski areas :
Mt Gabriel North north , Mt Alouette, Mt Sauvage
Sun Valley south, Mt Plante, Mt Lac Lucerne, Mt Pontbriand, Mount Snow.

I should count the number of actual + lost ski areas just in the Laurentians + Lanaudiere, it's enough amazing... about 60 in a territory ± big like Rhode Island. I wonder if it's the territory in the world with the biggest concentration of different ski areas ! (counting the lost ones, as there is just 19 ski areas actually alive in this zone).

elwood

07-21-2003, 09:50 AM

Friday's cam is still up, but it looks like through the clouds you can see some snow. I think it's holding out for another couple of days,but then again- What the hell do I know?

:D

Frankontour

07-21-2003, 01:05 PM

It's now written on the cam that it's closed for radio reconfig or something like that. I hope they'll be fast this time to put it back online !!!

With the cold temps of these days, I don't think the snow is going to melt so fast, so if the cam comes back before next week, I think we may see some snow on it.

ski&ride

07-21-2003, 01:34 PM

Is it too late to cast my prediction?

8/1/03 3:00pm

SkiStooge

07-21-2003, 01:48 PM

Snow out WILL occur at 8:08AM on 08/08/03. If necessary, I will go out on the 7th with a few friends and a shovel and finish it off! lol

Strange Brew: Classic movie.
Mouse in beer best scene.

Note: This movie is where
I learned to speak Canadian.
Eh?

Have fun, be safe. Al :skistooge:

P.S. I think I need winter soon. I honest-to-gosh actually tuned my skis this morning. I need it bad.

DMC

07-21-2003, 01:54 PM

SkiStooge:
I think I need winter soon. I honest-to-gosh actually tuned my skis this morning. I need it bad. WOW.... I finally put my boards away... :(

elwood

07-21-2003, 03:39 PM

Yeah,

I just hung all of my skis up. Took me a while, didn't want to let go.

DMC

07-21-2003, 04:00 PM

We are a bunch of sick MoFo's...

07-21-2003, 04:49 PM

Just updated all the dates: Lemme know if I missed anyone. The rules still stand, if the cam is out it's the same as fog/rain. When it comes back on, if there's no snow, that's the date.

My skiis are not hung up yet. The poles are though. The skiis are leaning in the corner of the garage in the very slim change I will need them at a moments notice.

To the Bat Cave! Don your Skiis boy-wonder, there's snow in the ravine!

M@ :ducttape:

Bannick

07-21-2003, 04:58 PM

P.S. I think I need winter soon. I honest-to-gosh actually tuned my skis this morning. I need it bad. [/QB][/QUOTE]

I tuned my boards this past weekend too I am pathetic.

I still think the beauty of SB is the look on my american friends face when I tell them we do indeed have a place called the beer store (in ontario anyway) and yes they do send it out on a conveyor thingy.

B :snowboarding:

Frankontour

07-21-2003, 05:20 PM

Funny, this morning, I began to remove the bindings of some old skis to put them on even older skis which will be my rock skis for next year, probably.

We also threw some too old stuff and we're working on all the ski stuff, my father and me. He also repaired my actual skis in case I go to Tenney in the coming weeks.

Next day without rain (it looks to be far from now), I'll go to another nordic trip in the ski areas. (other ones than saturday). I should try to find THE perfect spot for grass skiing :D lolol

Frankontour

07-22-2003, 09:05 AM

THE CAM IS BACK !!
but we don't see nothing this morning cause of the clouds, fog, rain, etc

Hope there is still some snow ;)

07-22-2003, 12:37 PM

We still got SNOW! As of 07-22-2003 12:35:29

M@

DMC

07-22-2003, 12:43 PM

Nice!!!!!

Frankontour

07-22-2003, 12:47 PM

Yep and still a very good amount !!
will us see august snow ?
I hope so ! :)

Skilasnow

07-22-2003, 02:18 PM

DMC:
SkiStooge:
I think I need winter soon. I honest-to-gosh actually tuned my skis this morning. I need it bad. WOW.... I finally put my boards away... :( My Tucks skis are still in the back of my station wagon...

SkiStooge

07-23-2003, 06:04 PM

Las: Might as well leave them in for next season at this point. BUT! I DO still have a set of poles in my wagon (which I ostensibly keep there for hiking poles). lol Have fun, be safe. Al :skistooge: PS: I'll try to get an eyeball on any remaining snow this upcoming weekend. Planning a vertical assault on Washington this weekend. Saturday day trip...4am start, Nelson Crag trail up, down through Tucks. Not taking boards, however.

SkiStooge

07-23-2003, 06:05 PM

SkiStooge

07-23-2003, 06:05 PM

Skilasnow

07-24-2003, 09:57 AM

Stooge, you are already in the Toni Matt club, there is no need to post extra :rolleyes:

07-24-2003, 02:40 PM

This spring I nailed Franconia snow-out on another Board. So here's my quess on snow-out in Tuckerman Ravine...and it's just a guess: September 2nd. (I figure that turning over rocks or packing snow in from 10e doesn't count.)

Update: First snowfall accumulations that stay through the winter: October 27th.

Bannick

07-24-2003, 03:19 PM

wow september....

skicdave

07-24-2003, 03:25 PM

Don't feel bad :skilas: . My bases are probably drying up bad.. I best find time on the weekend to ruin my wifes iron with a bit of waxing. :p

BladeGirl

07-25-2003, 10:27 AM

skicdave:
I best find time on the weekend to ruin my wifes iron with a bit of waxing. :p Are you talking about skis here, Dave, or leg hair removal? ;) If the latter, I suggest :ducttape: !

-BG

07-25-2003, 10:41 AM

I'd catch a shoe to the head if I referred to it as my "wife's iron."

M@

Bannick

07-25-2003, 11:02 AM

Hell I own two irons which are never used on clothes, for waxing purposes only. Thankfully the girl is hep to the hang your clothes in the bathroom to "iron" them when you shower routine. It helps that she rides too.

b :snowboarding:

skicdave

07-25-2003, 01:05 PM

Er... the iron was owned by my wife before we met? Is that the correct 'bail me please!' answer? :p

No bladegirl, no :ducttape: necessary!

Hey :ma: has quite the beard... I'd suggest trying the :ducttape: on him first.

07-25-2003, 01:52 PM

:ducttape: on the beard = OUCH!

M@

elwood

07-25-2003, 04:02 PM

Naked ski guy could use some :ducttape: on a couple of those hard-to-reach places. :D

skicdave

07-26-2003, 12:47 AM

Nope Elwood... :ducttape: doesn't have enough give.. bad idea :p

skicdave

07-26-2003, 07:15 AM

Checked out the cam and closeup this morning... that last platform of snow in the ravine is not going anywhere!

Probably can't change my guess. But I'll bet RR is the closest. Bet its around till mid Aug anyways. :skistooge: won't be to far off either.

Looks like a clear day up in Tucks today so I suggest you get our your ROCK skis (and poles if your :ma: ) and head up. Gotta be at least 6 quick turns available on that slab! :cool:

Frankontour

07-26-2003, 09:16 AM

Hmm, be cautious, it can be a snow-arch totally impossible to ski, too.

You better go Tenney during midnight and ski the tubing run ! lol (if they don't put something over the snow)

Lftgly

07-26-2003, 06:04 PM

Yep, I saw what looked like a brown patch o' snow on the webcam this AM. Looks like CastleRock & I are still in the running for a chance at turns in August next weekend.

Hiking yesterday on Edmands Path, another hiker told me she hiked through Tucks a couple weeks ago, and the Snow Arch had already collapsed.

skicdave

07-26-2003, 09:55 PM

Looks like the snow will last to September! Check out kmrnskier's excellent shots up close and personal here (http://timefortuckerman.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000043)

Frankontour

07-26-2003, 10:22 PM

The pics are super !!
The right part looks a little bit like the patch of august 2001. I wouldn't ski the middle, though !!

Fun to see I will have some snow to see if I go there next saturday :)

Lftgly

07-27-2003, 12:50 PM

Thank you, kmrnskier, great photos! I was hoping for some first-hand reports from this weekend, but was not expecting such great close-up shots! They beat the webcam hands-down.

I don't know about September, Dave, but it looks like CastleRock & I should have added a week to our predictions. Oh well, at least there may still be something "skiable" next weekend. Looks like it'll be about the same as August 1, 2001; maybe slightly better.

Frankontour

07-27-2003, 01:05 PM

I'm more and more planning to go Tucks on August 2. Will I bring my skis ? lol

I don't think I will, for a first visit in the place, but next year..........

If I go, I'll have my camera with me of course :)

kmrnskier

07-27-2003, 05:40 PM

I'm glad you guys liked the pictures of Tucks!! I love the idea that everyone on here thinks the same way I do when it comes to SNOW!! I should have crawled into that snow arch further to get some really cool pictures, maybe soon. Looks like it will be there for a while longer!!

Frankontour

07-27-2003, 07:11 PM

Yes we really enjoyed your pics, Kmrnskier !!

I hope to take some great pics too when I'll go there next weekend (weather depending), but I'm not sure if the arch will still be in place. A sure thing, I won't go under it... after have seen the pics of Lftgly back in the mid-90s.

And finally, I agree with you, it's really cool to have a place where we can share our ideas with true winter lovers :) (I'm still touched deep to had the chance last saturday to have seen few snowflakes (melting little hailstones falling looking as snowflakes) on the top of La Réserve.) lolol). At just 2400' on a july 25, It's still tough for me to believe it !

07-28-2003, 10:47 AM

Is it me, or do the clouds seem to be teasing us on the web cam this morning? They end just PIXELS from where the snow patch is/might be.
M@

elwood

07-28-2003, 10:56 AM

Right now I see nothing... Just clouds...

07-28-2003, 12:33 PM

Hey kmrnskier, Cool Pix but maybe y'all better read "Not Without Peril". That arch has killed...it was a long time ago and the victim was a child.

Watch your topknot in there!

07-28-2003, 01:21 PM

SNOW!
http://www.weirdtable.org/~m/tuckerman/2003/Path%202003-07-28.jpg
M@ :ducttape:

DMC

07-28-2003, 01:46 PM

I love you guys...

What a bunch of sick Mo-Fo's....

elwood

07-28-2003, 03:24 PM

M@,

Is that snow or is it Stoogie out there catching some rays?

kmrnskier

07-28-2003, 08:36 PM

RR - ya know, I didn't think much of that snow arch crashing down when I was there, but when I sent out the pix to people, I realized how STUPID I was!!!! Oh well, lessons to be learned, but fortunately the easy way!!!

Frankontour

07-29-2003, 12:05 AM

Kmrn, don't you worry too much. Looking at your pics, it looked quite solid and remember this pic........

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus/messages/2508/2620.jpg

I guess if a skier like CD was skiing on it, I wouldn't go under the arch, but with 3 feet of snowdepth, the chances of crash were probably not big. But I must admit this is not really a super great idea to go under the arch and I'm not going to do this if I go to Tucks saturday ;)

SkiStooge

07-29-2003, 04:30 AM

Elwood: I NEED more rays! For some reason, I seem to be keeping my Casper the Ghost tan WAAAAAAY too long this year. lol

Re: Wives' irons: I guess that the phrase "The Little Womans' Personal Laundry Tool" is politically incorrect now? Is this why my wife threatened to heat up my waxing iron and iron my head? Guess I'm just a Male Chauvinistic Pig-type Dinosaur at heart! lol P.S. August 8th is coming fast! I may hit the last snow date yet! Have fun, be safe. Al :skistooge:

kmrnskier

07-29-2003, 09:37 AM

Thanks for making me feel better Frankon!! You HAVE to go to Tucks on Saturday. Remember to take pictures!!!! I need to get up there a few more times this summer - wouldn't it be great if that snow lasted until Sept?? :D

Frankontour

07-29-2003, 12:46 PM

Don't you worry for the pics, generally on a hike, I take 50+ pics, so this could be up to 150 into Tucks ! lol :D

For the snow, september is too far, but it will surely stay until mid-august.

DRPHIDDLEPHOS

07-29-2003, 02:10 PM

i just put my board up too, but my skis are still in my car!!!!!! i guess that means i am the lazy sob that my father thought i was. :beermug:

elwood

07-29-2003, 02:31 PM

Dr. Phos! Where the hell have you been???

Frankontour

07-30-2003, 01:21 PM

According to the Tucks' cam, it looks like the snow arch collapsed in the last 24 hours. I may be wrong, but the patch looks quite smaller than yesterday, in its middle part.

elwood

07-30-2003, 01:42 PM

I'm still saying that it's not snow. Stoogie is still sunnin' himself up there! :D

Frankontour

07-30-2003, 01:59 PM

Damn ! Stoogie have a real good trick to slim, so !! :D

It's real sad, the forecast is now rain, for saturday, so it looks like I'm not going to meet you skistooge :( lol

It would be for the following saturday until we're able to go there a saturday.

Frankontour

07-30-2003, 02:21 PM

Hmm, few stats of this board.

July 2000 : 0 messages
July 2001 : 3 messages
July 2002 : 4 messages
July 2003 : ± 600 messages (I didn't count them exactly :D

This growth is not so bad when you think to that !

I would like to see the same thing for my investments. $1 000 change in $150 000... interesting.

Congrats Dave ;)

DMC

07-30-2003, 02:25 PM

Frankontour:

It's real sad, the forecast is now rain, for saturday, so it looks like I'm not going to meet you skistooge Who care about the rain!!!
Real Tucks fanatics don't melt at the sight of a little rain...

Come on.... Put that foul weather gear on and get goin!!! ;)

Frankontour

07-30-2003, 02:40 PM

I wouldn't visit the place for the 1st time on a wet slipping track with the impossibility of taking pics + the risk of thunderstorm + fog = no view of nothing. If I was at 1h of there, I would may be come, but living at more than 4h from there, I prefer to wait a great day ;)

DMC

07-30-2003, 02:56 PM

You got a lot to learn "grasshopper"

Good luck!

NHski

07-30-2003, 03:11 PM

There is a saying in the whites, that i think is especially true to washington/tucks, "don't like the weather, wait five minutes, It will Change!" You should go Frank, it will probably be a beautiful day

DMC

07-30-2003, 03:16 PM

word.... :)

Frankontour

07-30-2003, 04:05 PM

DMC, I've never been there of my life... it's not 7 days more of waiting that will break my heart.

Anyway, this is even not for skiing. If there was a correct amount of snow to ski (at least 6-7 turns), I would possibly go. But as there is just a little bit of dangerous undermined snow, I can wait quite easily.

I know that the weather can change a lot and fastly, there, but I prefer to wait a day where the risks of bad changes will be low. Anyway, as I said, this is not for skiing so I can wait with no problem.

Anyway, we're just wednesday. The weather pattern can totally change before saturday and there is still good chances that I go !

DMC

07-30-2003, 04:17 PM

Alrighty then...
You seem to have all the answers!
Good luck! Enjoy!

Frankontour

07-30-2003, 04:51 PM

Lol, this wasn't to close the conversation or so. I just want to have a great experience... to be eager to come back in april, may, june and july next year :D

(to be honest, I still didn't put the biggest argue...... customs)

DMC

07-30-2003, 06:24 PM

Frankontour:
(to be honest, I still didn't put the biggest argue...... customs) Yikes!!!

say no more - say no more.... :)

Jolly J

07-31-2003, 06:59 AM

Actually customs is a breeze at this time of year. Try coming across at 1 in the morning with ski gear at this time of year. Warning flags pop up everywhere. We've learned that's it's best to bury the skis and throw the camping gear on top and just say we're going hiking and camping. If they search us and find skis we just say that we read on the internet that there was still snow and we were taking our skis just in case, but the main reason for the trip is to go hiking.

DMC

07-31-2003, 08:22 AM

This weekend is the big Phish show in Maine...
I bet customs guys have a field day with this crowd...

BladeGirl

07-31-2003, 08:29 AM

Frankontour:
Lol, this wasn't to close the conversation or so. I just want to have a great experience... to be eager to come back in april, may, june and july next year :D
I timed my first trip for beautiful weather (that is, I watched the reports and waited until Thursday night to decide whether I was going) and had a great experience that has kept me coming back. So I understand how you feel, although it sounds like you're already hooked without having set foot there!

-BG

Frankontour

07-31-2003, 09:31 AM

Thanks to understand me, BG :)

Effectively, I'm already a little bit hooked as you say and I can thank Lftgly a lot, cause I'd just seen few pics of the place and almost no comments, before to see his incredible reports, all over the spring. T4T also hooked me a lot when I knew it :)

I guess you're heading to Toni Matt club today ?

About the customs, yes Jolly J, I wouldn't say I'm going to ski (especially as Tenney is closed now). But anyway, my decision is done, I don't bring my skis... as anyway, most of the patch looks to have collapsed yesterday.

Ouch, the thunderstorms forecast is back for saturday... I'm still looking, but it begins to look to like next saturday for me.

Mumster

07-31-2003, 09:49 AM

Frankontour:
I guess you're heading to Toni Matt club today?I've been monitoring the board to see which of you will get there first. That's hard to say - my money's on you. We have been patiently waiting for BG to get to TM status - she will not be rushed. Let's have a party :beermug: , :pizza: , :hottub: , :saxaphone: to celebrate when she gets there.

Frankontour

07-31-2003, 12:02 PM

Hmm, it will be a big deal to reach 100 before BG :) . I'm 13 msgs behind her with 18 to reach 100.

Anyway, I don't target to challenge BG... but I would like to reach the TMC in less than 1 month... which means august 3 before 9h33PM ! lol

This is my real target ;)

Bannick

07-31-2003, 12:23 PM

I just wnat to get a rating!!! sniff :( :confused:

To parapharase Lisa Simpson....Please someone grade me, please I am ever so smart??!!

Frankontour

07-31-2003, 01:25 PM

Don't know who did rate you 4/5 Bannick... Personnaly, I think everyone who is speaking of ski (or snowboard) in july is a real hardcore die-hard maniac dedicated and deserve a 5/5 ;)

Bannick

07-31-2003, 02:48 PM

Ahhhhh....thanks to all who rated me I can sleep better now. I am nothing if I have no measure by which to compare myself with my peers.

B :snowboarding:

Frankontour

08-01-2003, 10:26 PM

Damn weather :mad: :cry:
next weekend
waiting for that, it will be : :beer: :camera: :rocks: :pizza: and why not... :nakedguy: lol

La Réserve tomorrow... for changing a little bit :D with my new altimeter

kmrnskier

08-01-2003, 11:26 PM

Don't worry Frank :unhappyhiker: !! You're time will come, and you will have the BEST time!! :skiplow:

Frankontour

08-02-2003, 08:07 AM

Yes, with a little chance, next saturday will be great enough for doing a little day on the mountain !

As I can see, it was a good decision not going this morning, cause on the webcam, we just see nothing ! lol ! Same thing on the wildcat's one.

Hey, 100 messages with this one !! woohoo :D

Frankontour

08-02-2003, 08:07 AM

Frankontour

08-02-2003, 08:09 AM

(oops, I stopped the action too late) sorry ! (the difference is "messages" against "replies"

Frankontour

08-02-2003, 07:06 PM

Hmm, looking to the cam this evening, I think I didn't miss something, not going to Mt Wash today. Let's sign a petition to mother nature to have a great day, next saturday :D

Frankontour

08-03-2003, 04:59 PM

Still nothing visible on the cam. So unless august snows, I think that the game will be between Lftgly and Stoogie. I hope next weekend will be less foggy !

Lftgly

08-04-2003, 12:16 AM

OK, my time ran out Sunday afternoon, and I forgot to check the webcam.

Just checking the TFT board to see if anyone skied. As of Thursday, it looked like there would be something left for a few turns this weekend. I blew it off, although the weather wasn't all that bad today.

Now someone tell me they skied, to make me feel really bad about not going...

Frankontour

08-04-2003, 08:44 AM

For the webcam lftgly, there was nothing visible anyway. In fact, you're Ok until august 5 or 6 to be the closest one.

I can't believe I read this morning (on FTO) that there was still 8-10 turns possible last weekend on the patch. This was certainly some very short turns ;)

5 days ... 5 days... but no skis.

Frankontour

08-06-2003, 03:52 PM

You should stay close to the Tucks cam.
Actually, the sky over wildcat is clear and the clouds over Tucks seem to leave slowly. So if it continues like that, we *could* see if there is still some snow, later today !

Frankontour

08-06-2003, 11:30 PM

Congrats, Stoogie, it now looks sure that you won the contest.

Finally, tonight we clearly see the ravine. There is still a TINY bit of snow on the right part of the snowpatch. I have the pic of tonight and I had to compare it with other pics to be sure that it was really a part of the patch. So it will probably won't be visible at all in 1-2 days, so I think you're the winner !

08-07-2003, 08:16 AM

Franken: Can you send me the image? I didn't see anything last night or yesterday for that matter. All clouds.

This morning I can just make out the outline of the ravine, so sometime today we might get a peek at what the last week hath wrought.

If it clears and shows no snow, then the last time I DID see snow was 2003-08-01, and I was keepeing a pretty close watch. If anyone has images of snow AFTER 2003-08-1, let me know.

If it clears and there's snow, the game is still on, until 8/20/03 4:04 AM, which is the mid point between Stoogie and RR.

M@

kmrnskier

08-07-2003, 09:18 AM

I might make another trip to Tuckermans on Saturday, if I do, I'll take more pictures to prove the snow is either there or not. Unless, you guys are going primarily with the webcam for this contest?? It'll either be Tucks or Carter Dome, not sure which yet. :skifemcool:

Frankontour

08-07-2003, 06:53 PM

Well, I think that at origen, it was only with the webcam. We know the snow will continue under some rocks for few more days / weeks, but as we're not everyday in the ravine (even Lftgly :D ), we wouldn't be able to control if there is still effectively a tiny patch of snow in the ravine.

I sent the pic of yesterday evening to M@. I don't control the rules, but it's obvious there won't be snow visible for a while, even with perfect clear blue sky, in the ravine, on august 20. So according to the real thing, it's clear for me that Ski Stooge is the winner.

Frankontour

08-07-2003, 06:55 PM

Frankontour

08-07-2003, 06:58 PM

Sorry for the double posting. 5 minutes after have add my reply, as it still didn't have worked, I clicked on "refresh"... Now I see what it does.

08-08-2003, 08:30 AM

We still have yet to have an image with NO SNOW visible. The image FrankOnTour sent me has snow in it.

M@

Frankontour

08-08-2003, 09:31 AM

You better see "Frank" "Contour" for the explanation of my name.

Contour (of Mont Orford) is my #1 best trail in ski and I don't think a trail at Mt Wash could beat it in my top trails.

08-08-2003, 09:33 AM

sorry about name mis representation: I like the "Frank on Tour" image it conjures up. Like your a rock star touring the ski resorts of north america.

M@

Frankontour

08-08-2003, 09:38 AM

It's funny, I've never remarked it was doing that... Frank on tour (I guess I less think in english than in french)

May be I'm not a rock star but damn I like the rocks in the trails of the ski areas :D

Lftgly

08-09-2003, 08:47 PM

I'm sure Frank gets the prize for most ski areas hiked-and-skied in a day in the Northeast this 02-03 season. Four in one day April 25th! Val Saint-Come, La Reserve, Le Chantecler, and Mont Gabriel. "Contour" or "on tour" is a fitting double-entendre for you!

Frankontour

08-09-2003, 11:48 PM

LOL what a day it was !
April 25... legendary day for sure.

If you know the number of times I heard words like : crazy, mad, stupid, sick, etc after that day... even on the ski boards. :)

But WHAT A DAY IT WAS !!!! I would re-do that anytime.

What a badluck for you, that day... good for me... and super good for Gary Way, in 20" of powder at Cannon. Avalanche really looked top shape, that day !!! I remember 3 days later all the snow had melt on the front five :( :( :(

SkiStooge

08-11-2003, 04:23 AM

IS the criteria "Closest without going over"? Or closest period? I need to win to stroke my ego. lol On another note: I went to Watkins Glen this weekend (Sat not Sun) GT1 race, etc. Rainy and a lot of fun. My buddies made me down too many :beer: 's. Didn't see a lot of racing. Have fun, be safe. Al :skistooge:

08-11-2003, 08:14 AM

abs(closest) = winnah!

08-11-2003, 10:21 AM

No snow in today's picture.

So last VISIBLE snow was the 2003-08-06, and Stoogie is our Last Snow winner! I'm still working on a prize.

And: Though this is a joyus event for Stooge, it means there is sadly now no snow in the ravine.

Bring on WINTER.

M@

Frankontour

08-11-2003, 10:32 AM

I think you're right, M@. Looking to the cam this morning, it looks like there is still a tiny white point, but I'm not sure at all if this could be snow. It's too hard to be sure.

And just when there is no snow, the weather begins to look better in the ravine... and I'll have missed snow when I go there next saturday. (I pray for that)

ski&ride

08-11-2003, 10:52 AM

Congrats to SkiStooge! He should now be in charge of predicting the best days to go to Tucks next spring.
S&R

Mumster

08-11-2003, 11:16 AM

M@:
So last VISIBLE snow was the 2003-08-06, and Stoogie is our Last Snow winner! I'm still working on a prize. Bring on WINTER. M@ M@:
Sorry to see the amount of snow at TR is identical to that in Greece. But, congratulations to :skistooge: .

M@ :ma: I noticed a small white spot on the webcam image, but it is lower than where the remaining snow was previously. Any idea what it is? Near the bottom of the webcam image. I don't think it's :snowflakes: .

Greece was :sun: and we had time to swim in the Aegean Sea. The water is between turquoise and aqua, and refreshing, with a mountain range in the background. Later in the day the water turned a darker shade of blue. We also saw the Acropolis and some other awesome stuff. An exciting race in a relaxing and picturesque location. It's about as good as it gets without :snowflakes: . BG should be returning from her European adventure soon - I wonder if she found the Alps....... :skifemcool:

08-11-2003, 01:28 PM

I think the long white spot towards the base of the ravine is rock or water.

Not sure, but I think it might be the little headwall.

M@ :ducttape:

snowmonger

08-12-2003, 08:20 AM

Mum, were you in Greece for the Olymipc test-runs? I heard they are disorganized and unlikely to be ready for the 2004 Olympics. Was that your impression? Did your son race?

elwood

08-12-2003, 09:06 AM

Fellow T4T boarders,

That small white spot is actually SkiStooge!!! There was neve a patch of snow up there it was all mis-information provided by :disinfo: himself!!! It was stoogie up there getting a suntan! (He's got a long way to go!!!) :D ;)

SkiStooge

08-12-2003, 01:06 PM

Thank you all. I am thinking of applying for a position as a weather forcaster at the Old Farmers Almanac. I now predict that there is NEVER a bad day to ski Tucks as long as it is done safely. If this rain ever stops, I may try to get up in there this weekend hiking and I will, if I do, verify the existance or non-existance of any white Ambroia. IK, Have fun, be safe. Al :skistooge:

Mumster

08-12-2003, 01:29 PM

snowmonger:
Mum, were you in Greece for the Olymipc test-runs? I heard they are disorganized and unlikely to be ready for the 2004 Olympics. Was that your impression? Did your son race? I was. My opinion -> Greece has their work cut out. 1. The roads are all under construction. 2. The housing facilities are minimal. There wasn't adequate housing for the Junior World Championships, much less an Olympic crowd. 3. Food. The German team had to go home without competing when over 60 competitors got salmonella poisoning. 4. The athletic facilities must have been designed by administrators, without the input of coaches or athletes. It will be interesting to see if they can fix things up in time.
Skidude sticks to :skicool: . My daughter raced (crew - junior 8; the USA won a silver medal - Romania got the gold, but not by much.) My daughter :snowboarding: in the winter, but she didn't inherit my ski-addiction gene. Each to their own....her knees are probably safer in a boat...

Elwood - I think you are on to something here. :disinfo: It's suspicious that Stoogie rematerialized to claim victory after lying low for so long. Can :skistooge: prove that it wasn't him hiding on TR, masquerading as the patch of snow? On the day he predicted as the last snow day he moved to the lower spot to continue working on his tan, not realizing that we could detect him there.