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Anyone ever ski on hail?

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walrussteeze
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So I was driving through Santa Rosa, nm this morning and i saw about 2ft of hail on the ground. That made me wonder if there's any edits of skiing on summer hail.
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Rparr
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I imagine it would be like skiing over an Ice patch
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walrussteeze
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 I forgot to add that the sun was out so it was softened up and perhaps ski-able
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NinetyFour
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Two feet of hail? Are you sure?
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walrussteeze
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http://amarillo.com/blog-post/ricky-treon/2013-07-03/report-eastern-nm-town-gets-two-feet-hail

Yeah I took some shitty pics while driving but this better tells the story.
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NinetyFour
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Holy fuuuuuuuuck! I had some SERIOUS doubts on that number. Aha props for delivering. But god damn. That's nuts. Totally skiable man. Get some melt on that and I think it would feel awesome.
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shitpoop
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its like ice with a lil more edge control
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Rparr
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wow it looks like summertime snow
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rememberscott
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i'm sorry that's not even close to 2 ft of hail..
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SamMcChesney
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fuck yea dude! Last summer it hailed at my house and i gathered some up and put it on my summer setup and it was like snow!
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Mag
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This, news companies need to realise that just because I can pile up the snow 10 feet at the side of the road when the plow goes past, it's still actually a foot of snow.

That looks to be a few inches from the pics, although I'm not sure when it melted.

Cool idea skiing on hail though, amazed the weather stayed consistent long enough.
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noahmdubs
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its still ski-able
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rememberscott
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i'm not saying it's not? I just think it's ridiculous, do some people even realize what 1 foot of hail would look like??
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CheddarJack
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I'm sure it settled a ton and melted as it fell so it's not like 2 feet means that it was 2 feet high. It's kind of like how rain is measured.
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Skibumsmith
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I don't know about hail but graupel skis reaaalllll nice. Graupel pow days are a ton of fun.
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Snowtorious_BIG
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Solid thread walrussteeze! I bet it would work real well dude, shoulda brought your skis with you to this place and tried it ha!
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bunnies.
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that shits the best it just fills in all the moguls and makes the pow so much smoother
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HamFaceGirl
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Being from the east coast I've skiied on a few inches of hail a few times, its just faster, other then that it's not really noticeable
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Download-My-Apps
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Once it hailed a couple of inches in August so shovelled it all into a pile and set up a rail. It was good time. I got really wet.
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louie.mirags
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are you confusing hail with sleet or freezing rain? Disregard if my assumption is wrong; however, how did you get that opportunity so many times when there usually is not a base of snow when the hail storms are more common...
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