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Holy shit black out night skiing at the MTN!

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Masta_Baka
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Okay so here is the deal. I am a ski instructor at mt. ashland in Oregon and as you all may or may not know oregon is getting shit on with snow right now! anyways mt. Ashland does a after school night ski lessons for the surrounding middle and elementary schools. Tonight was one of the first sessions we were suppose to have so the kids were mostly new and oblivious to everything with skiing. anyways after the idiot buss driver hit a car in the parking lot and all the kids got their gear... it was time to start the lessons. as we begin to get everyone placed in categories based on skill level. shit hit the fan. The MTN was mostly lit up by the lights because it was about 730 and ALL THE POWER WENT OUT. Kids stuck on the lifts with close to 50 or 60 mph winds and crazy snow falling from the sky. Shit was nuts but everyone as far as we know made it out safely. Has anything like this ever happend to you guys?
Jan 21 2012 12:17AM
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pmw
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misleading thread title
Jan 21 2012 12:25AM
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Blake.P
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black-out night skiing never ends well.
Jan 21 2012 12:25AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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it would be scary to have the lights on the trails suddenly shut off leaving you skiing in pitch black
Jan 21 2012 12:30AM
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Masta_Baka
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it was scary when the lights were on! shit was real scary when you couldnt see anything at all. not even the lodge was lit for a while!
Jan 21 2012 12:36AM
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Masta_Baka
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it was scary when the lights were on! shit was real scary when you couldnt see anything at all. not even the lodge was lit for a while!
Jan 21 2012 12:36AM
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ORDEAL
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Holy shit that would suck
Jan 21 2012 12:40AM
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Malcolm
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I got stuck on the chairlift twice at smuggs one year. The lift had to run on a generator or something so it took like 2 hours to get to the top.
Jan 21 2012 1:08AM
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Jakx~
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Dude that must have been so gnarly. Glad to hear everyone made it out okay. But holy fuck dude, we are getting hammered right now! I'm at Bachelor and considering not going up because it will be too deep. 6ft of snow in three days, and the cascade concrete just doesn't sound fun to me.
Jan 21 2012 1:12AM
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easy.steezy
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You would think that of everyone at the resort, at least one person would run into a tree or a pole after the lights went out. Glad everyone got out okay!
Jan 21 2012 1:13AM
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theabortionator
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always, always have a hip flask and a blunt
Jan 21 2012 1:14AM
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alvy.
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and a dildo
Jan 21 2012 1:58AM
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maxwell666
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got stuck on a chair last year and something went wrong, we were stuck up halfway with no lights in ridiculous winds and driving snow for around 45 minutes right at the end of night skiing, so we were up after it was supposed to close, they went around and told us they were going to get us down with a rope but they got the gen working.

long story short, had a crazy pow run with everyone from the chair and the whole ski patrol while being escorted by 3 cats providing lights and they gave us all a free hot chocolate.
Jan 21 2012 2:08AM
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zagfan5
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on a pow night a few season ago we took a run in the dark on the side of the mountain that wasnt lit for night skiing. it was kinda weird.sat there for a little to let out eyes adjust and once they did, it really wasnt that hard to ride or see. granted it was untouched pow, so we didnt have to worry bout bumps, but idk if i would do it again, it was a little gnar in some spots.
Jan 21 2012 3:51AM
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Janky
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fuck i wanted a black out drunk mountain story. if i was a mean guy id -K but since im i nice guy +KKK yeeeeeee!

Jan 21 2012 3:54AM
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Clark_Griswold
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I would crap myself if i was just cruising and all the sudden the lights went off on the run. stuck on the chair would be the worst though, i hate when the chair stops in the daylight just because of the wait. but in the pitch black blowing snow?! fuck that.
Jan 21 2012 3:56AM
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Janky
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fuck yea, sounds fun as fuck.
Jan 21 2012 4:08AM
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PacificRimJob
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I believe I know you, seeing as we are coworkers...

my god, today was so epic, though... SHIT...
Jan 21 2012 8:58PM
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TheStamos
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I literally almost died at ashland..during the day..on spring break.   I blame it on you Sean. I'm coming back though! someday....
Jan 21 2012 9:11PM
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SelenaGomez
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This.
This thread is money.
Jan 21 2012 11:18PM
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ECB
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I was expecting this to be about TheClap and Applejuice at killington in some manner
Jan 21 2012 11:20PM
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Masta_Baka
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today was awesome minus my freakin ear infection...!
Jan 21 2012 11:23PM
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corn.husk.hero.
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sounds crazy, I've had lights burst while I was skiing before.
Jan 21 2012 11:40PM
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ALaw
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Hey it's a mt Ashland thread! :D
Jan 21 2012 11:42PM
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Guard_Puma
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Jan 21 2012 11:45PM
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Flacko
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happend at mt hood last week durring the night on wednesday , all of the sudden the lights just went out.
Jan 21 2012 11:59PM
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PacificRimJob
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haha, yeah how rare is this.... It's maybe like, the 3rd one all time.

...kinda crazy that Pep's home mountain is darn nearly unknown, even in Oregon.
Jan 22 2012 4:23AM
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