The road to Mt Hood meadows is gone!

[hamsturbation]

thats lame
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110806_weather_highway_35_.1ae8805e.html
Heavy rains and floods wipe out part of Highway 35

12:04 PM PST on Thursday, November 9, 2006

By CRAIG EDWARDS, kgw.com staff


People heading to Mount Hood will have to find a different route this ski season. Heavy rains and a rockslide have overwhelmed Highway 35, taking out part of the freeway between Baseline road and highway 26.




Heavy rains and rock slides wiped out Highway 35 near Mount Hood Meadows.

Highway 35 is the main route for skiers driving to Mount Hood Meadows. A major wall of debris came down, changing the course of the White river. It took out much of the road and even created a 20 foot deep river channel.


“Evidently, something gave loose by the glacier up there and it just kind of all came down at once” said ODOT’s Bob Sork.

[Cethe]

oph shit....that suxors.

i remember up here for two season we had to use "alternate" routes up to stevenspass ski area...what a mess.

hopfully there's better routes then what they gave us up here.

[doodlinggirl]

wow......hope that the alternating course of the white river doesnt fuck with shit.......


:S


it will prolly slowly go back to its origional course....but still.....

[puddles]

I am soooo upset about the road being washed out. Hopefully it gets fixed before meadows opens...supposedly the 17th.

[booboo69]

There are literally hundreds of roads up in the mountains that got seriously fucked up that are not only gonna screw with people skiing, but will limit summer activities next year too. Possibly for several years. There are still roads in Washington that haven't been fixed from the 2003 floods.

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

More snow and less sharing for the folks in hood river, congrats on that!

[corbettfields]

shit.. i mean it's GONE! :(

[Cedwyn]

it's not as hopeless as it's being made to sound:

http://skihood.com/cs/blogs/daveriley/archive/2006/11/09/Highway-35-flood-update_2C00_-November-9_2C00_-2006.aspx

[hamsturbation]

pics:
http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?p=1321678#post1321678

[ILYA]

fuck yeah... can you say FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ???

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/roadboulders.JPG

[Spun DJ Academy]

Fresh powder at Hood! We are heading up to T-Line in an hour, I recommend you do the same! Lift tickets are only $22 from 4pm to 10pm! See you there!

[Spun DJ Academy]

http://www.spunacademy.citymax.com/i//BrandonTimberLine.jpg

http://www.spunacademy.citymax.com/i//BrandonSnowSkate.jpg

http://www.spunacademy.citymax.com/i//000_0017.jpg

[James Capricorn]

Great Pics! I went riding yesturday...no pics though, yet.....WooHoo Winter!

[hamsturbation]

i went and rode the bunny hill at tamarack yesterday! haha it was free at least:)

[djowns]

Originally posted by Spun DJ Academy

[img]http://www.spunacademy.citymax.com/i//000_0017.jpg

Look at that freeking wicked old burton custom :)

Terje rode that in like... 1998!



I'll be up terrorizing mt hood sometime this winter. Brendan, you ned to get spun involved with hood organizing half pipe jams. We'll just bring up some sound and throw down some beats. That would be the friggen flavor in my opinion!

[Spun DJ Academy]

Originally posted by djowns
Look at that freeking wicked old burton custom :)

Terje rode that in like... 1998!



I'll be up terrorizing mt hood sometime this winter. Brendan, you ned to get spun involved with hood organizing half pipe jams. We'll just bring up some sound and throw down some beats. That would be the friggen flavor in my opinion!

Hey now! I am old, deal with it.

Plans with Timberline's Event Coordinator are alread in motion... You know how we do!

[James Capricorn]

I'll be out there in January and again in February. Just got my Un. Inc 160 in the mail w/ C-60 bindings from Burton. I stuck with my boots from last year, as they still feel awsome. i hope I can ride with a few of you when I get out there. We'll have a blast!!!!!!!

[djowns]

Hehehe, man I got these dope boots from heelside in 2002 and haven't switched since. You cook the liners in the oven, put them on your feet, and they custom form. I've never had better feel while I ride before.

Now my bindings though... those need to be upgraded... and some new lenses for my oakly a frames.

[Cedwyn]

Originally posted by James Capricorn
I'll be out there in January and again in February. Just got my Un. Inc 160 in the mail w/ C-60 bindings from Burton. I stuck with my boots from last year, as they still feel awsome. i hope I can ride with a few of you when I get out there. We'll have a blast!!!!!!!
if you don't get in touch with me on this visit, i'ma most definitely bust yer damn kneecaps!

[hamsturbation]

Originally posted by James Capricorn
I'll be out there in January and again in February. Just got my Un. Inc 160 in the mail w/ C-60 bindings from Burton. I stuck with my boots from last year, as they still feel awsome. i hope I can ride with a few of you when I get out there. We'll have a blast!!!!!!!
how do you like those c60s? I got a pair of p1 carbons off ebay and im kinda suprised at the stiffness compared to my old bindings..its weird

[doodlinggirl]

Originally posted by Cedwyn
if you don't get in touch with me on this visit, i'ma most definitely bust yer damn kneecaps!


i can see you doing it too....


with a smile on your face...all erie like....



:p

[djowns]

Originally posted by hamsturbation
how do you like those c60s? I got a pair of p1 carbons off ebay and im kinda suprised at the stiffness compared to my old bindings..its weird


Hehe, I used to ride carbon bindings. They are fucking rock solid. I found them to be too stiff for my tastes.

BE CAREFUL GETTING ON AND OFF SOME LIFTS WITH THEM. As the high backs are so stiff and made of a rigid material, they can get stuck under the seat and they will sometimes SNAP if it's cold enough out.

[hamsturbation]

Originally posted by djowns
Hehe, I used to ride carbon bindings. They are fucking rock solid. I found them to be too stiff for my tastes.

BE CAREFUL GETTING ON AND OFF SOME LIFTS WITH THEM. As the high backs are so stiff and made of a rigid material, they can get stuck under the seat and they will sometimes SNAP if it's cold enough out.
Ive heard that! hopefully i can keep em intact..i took em out last weekend with my new NS t5, and together its really weird/stiff riding compared to my old board/bindings that were real flexy and "surfy:

[djowns]

Well you got a high performance board and the most rigid freestyle bindings on the market. It's not a very forgiving setup, but you can really lay it down with that board, espsecially in the pipe!

[hamsturbation]

Originally posted by djowns
Well you got a high performance board and the most rigid freestyle bindings on the market. It's not a very forgiving setup, but you can really lay it down with that board, espsecially in the pipe!
oh wow..I got to take one run on my lunchbreak yesterday..that board/binding combo is heavinly..even on choppy crud it feels like its flowting through deep powder...i can see myself getting hurt from riding faster on this board haha!

[James Capricorn]

http://www.stalefink.com/snow/03_BINDING/00/00/1_1.jpg
These are the actual bindings I received. Burton CO2, not the C-60.
You can't really tell in this picture, but the high-backs are asymetrical, with both a right leg and left leg high-back. They're very, very light and ultra responcive. The heel is a soft gel pad with no base plate under neith. It feels so nice when landing onto flatter pitches. I am concerned about them breaking in the cold, but Burton now has a lifetime replacement on all their bindings now. Well see.

[hamsturbation]

Originally posted by James Capricorn
http://www.stalefink.com/snow/03_BINDING/00/00/1_1.jpg
These are the actual bindings I received. Burton CO2, not the C-60.
You can't really tell in this picture, but the high-backs are asymetrical, with both a right leg and left leg high-back. They're very, very light and ultra responcive. The heel is a soft gel pad with no base plate under neith. It feels so nice when landing onto flatter pitches. I am concerned about them breaking in the cold, but Burton now has a lifetime replacement on all their bindings now. Well see.
those c02s look nicccccee..i want! ive heard those aysemetriccal highbacks are super comfterable