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whats the good news on the 'face this year? any new trails? developments to old trails? wheres the pump track goin? is opening day 6/22? possibly another hcor.net day? is the snow ever going to dissapear?!!?
yeah i know this post is kinda pointless but im just tryin to stay pumped about riding this year. i found a few more guys that ride downhill locally so maybe i can make more than 2 visits in '08 hahaha.
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:42 pm
downhillmike
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We have a new bus with no rainbows and hopefully take that up a bit higher to mid station. Then slickrock,Idiots Delight(trail #22) and other trails would be easy to get to from the new shuttle drop off. Possibly use the new bus as an intermediate shuttle and run the old bus to the old spot, which is close to where the pump track is going.
We want to berm up as many spots as possible and add some features we are missing such as a step up, wall ride and skinnies.
We will have Hcor Day on the 1st Saturday we are open. We will announce it here and on downhillmke.com
For the 1st year since our return to the racing scene we have no Canadian conflicts. The last 2 years the Ontario Cup and the Qeubec Cup were on the same day as our 5 K DH. They were their series finals too. So this year we expect a huge turn out for our race and some new Canadian competition as well.
Opening day is 6-20-08 and we will be open 7 days a week.
Oh, and we have a killer rental fleet. New 2008 Giant Glory 1's, Giant Trances for the lower mountain. We bought real nice 661 charger and strike helmets along with the race pads. Great rental equipment from youth to xx-l.
The rental page on our site is updated with 2008 pricing
http://www.downhillmike.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=40
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Re: plans for whiteface this year? updates?!
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:31 am
boogenman
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I can't wait!
Mike, if time and dirt permits, could you build 3X more berms than you are planning? Maybe some jumps too!
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:34 pm
downhillmike
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We will build 20 times more than I mentioned. It will be a few years though.
It's hard to say but as we become more of a dh destination the pace on projects will really pick up. Also Whiteface will be done with their ski area expansion this summer meaning 2009 will be a huge year for features.
You will def see some improvements for the 2008 season.
Too bad we have to truck in all the dirt.
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Re: plans for whiteface this year? updates?!
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:44 pm
schofell84
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truck in dirt? ha ... bring your shovels!!!
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Re: plans for whiteface this year? updates?!
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:39 am
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We can supply the shovels.
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Re: plans for whiteface this year? updates?!
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:39 pm
schofell84
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shovels aren't a problem ... the better question is, who's supplying the beer?!
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:19 am
downhillmike
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Beer supplied by the folks that run the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park (Elias and I).
Seriously, we will supply the beer and free camping at my cabin for all. We will be asking for help in May through till we open on 6-20-08.
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Re: plans for whiteface this year? updates?!
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:01 pm
schofell84
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sounds awesome. hows the local snapper in placid that time of year? most of the snowbunnies must have vacated by then.
i have an honest question though, is it hard to put features in? i mean does it have to be approved and shiz by some big wigs?
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:04 pm
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schofell84 wrote:
sounds awesome. hows the local snapper in placid that time of year? most of the snowbunnies must have vacated by then.
i have an honest question though, is it hard to put features in? i mean does it have to be approved and shiz by some big wigs?
Everything has to be approved and for good reasons. Whiteface is owned by the state and they certainly must know what what's going on at their mountain. Even with the great working relationship we have built with ORDA (Olympic Regional Development Authority) they couldn't and never should give anyone just a simple okay do whatever you want.
However we have been getting everything we ask for in the last couple of years. With another year of growth, and continued help from ORDA you will notice the pace of features increase greatly.
In the past we had to do most of our trail maintenance before we opened. We just got too busy running the business during the season. Easy solution now that people are catching on to the riding we have to offer. You will notice Elias and a trail crew on the trails this year during the season.
We will soon be advertising for early seasons passes. Regular $250.00 reduced to $200.00 before 6-1-08? Or something like that. Got to get it approved 1st. Haha. But with early sales we can def. build more features.
Volunteer days and other stuff will be mentioned once official.
That time of the year the ski bunnies are replaced by super fit biker chicks!
Mostly roadies but what are you gonna do? Ladies Days is helping Whiteface look better on Saturdays though!
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Re: plans for whiteface this year? updates?!
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:15 pm
schofell84
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so im guessing all wooden features have to be approved. how about dirt jumps? is there a certain size that has to be approved or something? im gonna go on a limb and say they let berms slide?
just pokin around, i guess ya do learn something new everyday
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:04 pm
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We can build as many dirt jumps as we want. However, if they are on a ski trail they will get plowed down at the end of the season. Remember the small jump park we had at the base 2 seasons ago?
All we need to do is locate a spot on the mountain not used for skiing and we will make dirt jumps.
In the past we didn't have enough money for dirt.
We have budgeted money this year for quality dirt. Dirt will be used for berms, pump track and jumps.
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Re: plans for whiteface this year? updates?!
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:40 am
schofell84
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thats awesome! any foresight as to where it could be? jeeze with all that dirt your gonna have to build an A-line. i mean come on its a no brainer.,.,
if the dirt jumps get built this year the only feature i can see missing is a wall ride. oh a couple step ups would be killer but thats just pushin your luck, haha
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:07 pm
downhillmike
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Too early still for an A-Line.
We want to build what we are missing. Some dirt jumps, drops, skinnies, step up and a wall ride or two.
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Re: plans for whiteface this year? updates?!
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:12 pm
schofell84
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are most of the new features going on the northeast shore and whatnot?
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:45 pm
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Features will be scattered on many trails. We have 27 trails and we want riders to explore more of them. We will have a new trail map this year and always spend a lot of time on on mountain signage.
The pump track will be near the shuttle bus drop off point (near trail 6 & 7).
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