Let it snow...

"vicali" (vicali) 10/17/2016 at 13:23 • Filed to: None

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So our local xc ski club that we are members of posted a call for volunteers to join the track setting team. I jumped at the chance because we’ve been talking about getting more involved in the local club and this would be a sweet gig.

They need drivers and co-drivers to do the evening track setting, they get a few teams and then you do one or two shifts a week, plus pickup if others can’t make it. There is 60km of trackset trails, not everything gets done every night but it will involve two or three hours of driving/riding along in one of these;

I start in Nov, all we need now is a bunch of snow!!

The Lurktastic Opponaught > vicali 10/17/2016 at 13:27

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Cool!

There’s an old Tucker Snow Cat for sale near me, but the condition doesn’t warrant the 16k asking price. And also, I don’t have the money and I have no use for it. But it looks like a hell of a lot of fun.

How’s the learning curve on one of those?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > vicali 10/17/2016 at 13:29

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Yes

vicali > The Lurktastic Opponaught 10/17/2016 at 14:01

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I’ll keep you posted, I expect to run as co-driver for a while..

I have a buddy who builds snowparks throughout BC and AB; I’ll bug him for tips!

The Lurktastic Opponaught > vicali 10/17/2016 at 14:04

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I got to watch one build a terrain park last winter. It was over the course of a day from a ski lift- it was amazing to watch how much snow those things can move. I had no idea they were that capable.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > vicali 10/17/2016 at 14:07

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BobintheMtns > The Lurktastic Opponaught 10/17/2016 at 15:03

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Some buddies of mine have a snow cat skiing operation here in Colorado- They’ve got a couple of Pistenbullys.. I was talking to one of them one day about driving the snowcats and how cool they looked- His reply as to how exciting they are: “ I call it, life at 2 miles per hour ”.......