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Just a quick mention on snow here. We are 56" short of 400" total snowfall this year.
The skiing is awesome, and will remain great no matter what weather we get outside of rain.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
We are at 4 feet in four days and counting....
Ok, another update. We are now at over four feet in four days, and it is still snowing.
Weather service is still calling for more snow and how much more is any ones guess. I am skiing all day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Do not have time to chat about anything else, as I need to get my gear ready for an early wake up of 6 am.
Weather service is still calling for more snow and how much more is any ones guess. I am skiing all day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Do not have time to chat about anything else, as I need to get my gear ready for an early wake up of 6 am.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
29 more inches
So, another storm has rolled though giving us more snow. With scattered sprinkles of snow from an inch to 7 inches since the big 81 inch dump earlier, we are doing great.
My 11 year old daughter was skiing steep blacks for the first time in powder. We got fifth chair up and first tracks on three runs Saturday.
I may get a chance to Billy Goat around the rocks on Monday, but we will see. Depends on if the wife is willing to be a powder widow for a day or not.
Check out http://www.skicb.com/ for more information.
They are still calling for more snow. 2 to 4 feet more. Here is the video link below. Sweet.
http://www.kjct8.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?clipId1=2072745&at1=Weather&vt1=v&h1=Your+Weather+Webcast&d1=115133&redirUrl=www.kjct8.com&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=
My 11 year old daughter was skiing steep blacks for the first time in powder. We got fifth chair up and first tracks on three runs Saturday.
I may get a chance to Billy Goat around the rocks on Monday, but we will see. Depends on if the wife is willing to be a powder widow for a day or not.
Check out http://www.skicb.com/ for more information.
They are still calling for more snow. 2 to 4 feet more. Here is the video link below. Sweet.
http://www.kjct8.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?clipId1=2072745&at1=Weather&vt1=v&h1=Your+Weather+Webcast&d1=115133&redirUrl=www.kjct8.com&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=
Thursday, January 3, 2008
What a winter so far.
Ok, over two weekends earlier this winter we received 81" of snow. Outstanding.
I have been able to ski the Upper Forest, Lower Forest, and Peel along with the Spellbound Bowl ares for work. In addition to that we are expected not only to ski every knook and crany of the non-extremes, which actually holds sections of skiing which is actually just as hairy as most things found in the extremes.
I knew I loved skiing, but working so close with Ski Patrol has shown me I can do all the things I love to do so much, and get paid well while doing so.
Enough for now. We are expecting a nice storm system to come and give us some more snow.
I have been able to ski the Upper Forest, Lower Forest, and Peel along with the Spellbound Bowl ares for work. In addition to that we are expected not only to ski every knook and crany of the non-extremes, which actually holds sections of skiing which is actually just as hairy as most things found in the extremes.
I knew I loved skiing, but working so close with Ski Patrol has shown me I can do all the things I love to do so much, and get paid well while doing so.
Enough for now. We are expecting a nice storm system to come and give us some more snow.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
About the Mountain
So, why would I leave the cold windy plains of North Dakota? Hmmm, real easy. This mountain!
If you are looking for some of the best and truly challenging terrain in Colorado, its here!
29 inches on the mountain.
Wow, we finally got snow. Now we got a reported 29" of the fresh white stuff, and we needed it. However, there was a price to pay for the new snow. We had high winds which caused our main base area lift currently to be shut down for a couple hours.
Resort staff were out in force handing out free hot cocoa, candy, and selling beers to those stuck down at the bottom.
We are in the middle of Free Ski where all you have to do is show up at our ticket office and give your zip code and you get a lift ticket to ride.
Here is video of the days leading up to our storm. The last video is from the second day of the storm.
Do not complain about video quality please since this is my old phone which is providing these for you.
Enjoy.
Resort staff were out in force handing out free hot cocoa, candy, and selling beers to those stuck down at the bottom.
We are in the middle of Free Ski where all you have to do is show up at our ticket office and give your zip code and you get a lift ticket to ride.
Here is video of the days leading up to our storm. The last video is from the second day of the storm.
Do not complain about video quality please since this is my old phone which is providing these for you.
Enjoy.
Ok, just a couple more dumps like this and we will be able to completely open the mountain.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Tancredo is right / Islamists target Arizona base
What will the LA Times say about this now? I doubt they will say anything.
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Islamists target Arizona base
By Sara A. Carter
The Washington Times,
November 26, 2007 http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071126/NATION/111260034/1002
Fort Huachuca, the nation's largest intelligence-training center, changed security measures in May after being warned that Islamist terrorists, with the aid of Mexican drug cartels, were planning an attack on the facility.
Fort officials changed security measures after sources warned that possibly 60 Afghan and Iraqi terrorists were to be smuggled into the U.S. through underground tunnels with high-powered weapons to attack the Arizona Army base, according to multiple confidential law enforcement documents obtained by The Washington Times.
'A portion of the operatives were in the United States, with the remainder not yet in the United States,' according to one of the documents, an FBI advisory that was distributed to the Defense Intelligence Agency, the CIA, Customs and Border Protection and the Justice Department, among several other law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. 'The Afghanis and Iraqis shaved their beards so as not to appear to be Middle Easterners.'
According to the FBI advisory, each Middle Easterner paid Mexican drug lords $20,000 'or the equivalent in weapons' for the cartel's assistance in smuggling them and their weapons through tunnels along the border into the U.S. The weapons would be sent through tunnels that supposedly ended in Arizona and New Mexico, but the Islamist terrorists would be smuggled through Laredo, Texas, and reclaim the weapons later.
A number of the Afghans and Iraqis are already in a safe house in Texas, the FBI advisory said.
Fort Huachuca, which lies about 20 miles from the Mexican border, has members of all four service branches training in intelligence and secret operations. About 12,000 persons work at the fort and many have their families on base.
Lt. Col. Matthew Garner, spokesman for Fort Huachuca, said details about the current phase of the investigation or security changes on the post 'will not be disclosed.'
'We are always taking precautions to ensure that soldiers, family members and civilians that work and live on Fort Huachuca are safe,' Col. Garner said. 'With this specific threat, we did change some aspects of our security that we did have in place.'
According to the FBI report, some of the weapons associated with the plot have been smuggled through a tunnel from Mexico to the U.S.
The FBI report is based on Drug Enforcement Administration sources, including Mexican nationals with access to 'sub-sources' in the drug cartels. The report's assessment is that the DEA's Mexican contacts have proven reliable in the past but the 'sub-source' is of uncertain reliability.
According to the source who spoke with DEA intelligence agents, the weapons included two Milan anti-tank missiles, Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles, grenade launchers, long guns and handguns.
'FBI Comment: The surface-to-air missiles may in fact be RPGs,' the advisory stated, adding that the weapons stash in Mexico could include two or three more Milan missiles.
The Milan, a French-German portable anti-tank weapon, was developed in the 1970s and widely sold to militaries around the world, including Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Insurgents in Iraq reportedly have used a Milan missile in an attack on a British tank. Iraqi guerrillas also have shot down U.S. helicopters using RPGs, or rocket-propelled grenades.
FBI spokesman Paul Bresson would not elaborate on the current investigation regarding the threat, but said that many times the initial reports are based on 'raw, uncorroborated information that has not been completely vetted.' He added that this report shows the extent to which all law enforcement and intelligence agencies cooperate in terror investigations.
'If nothing else, it provides a good look at the inner working of the law-enforcement and intelligence community and how they work together on a daily basis to share and deal with threat information,' Mr. Bresson said. 'It also demonstrates the cross-pollination that frequently exists between criminal and terrorist groups.'
The connections between criminal enterprises, such as powerful drug cartels, and terrorist organizations have become a serious concern for intelligence agencies monitoring the U.S.-Mexico border.
'Based upon the information provided by the DEA handling agent, the DEA has classified the source as credible,' stated a Department of Homeland Security document, regarding the possibility of an attack on Fort Huachuca. 'The identity of the sub-source has been established; however, none of the information provided by the sub-source in the past has been corroborated.'
The FBI advisory stated the 'sub-source' for the information 'is a member of the Zetas,' the military arm of one of Mexico's most dangerous drug-trafficking organizations, the Gulf Cartel. The Gulf Cartel controls the movement of narcotics from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, into the U.S. along the Laredo corridor.
However, the sub-source 'for this information is of unknown reliability,' the FBI advisory stated.
According to the DEA, the sub-source identified Mexico's Sinaloa cartel as the drug lords who would assist the terrorists in their plot.
This led the DEA to caution the FBI that its information may be a Gulf Cartel plant to bring the U.S. military in against its main rival. The Sinaloa and Gulf cartels have fought bloody battles along the border for control of shipping routes into the U.S.
'It doesn't mean that there isn't truth to some of what this source delivered to U.S. agents,' said one law-enforcement intelligence agent, on the condition of anonymity. 'The cartels have no loyalty to any nation or person. It isn't surprising that for the right price they would assist terrorists, knowingly or unknowingly.'
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This isn't new news, just news which proves the report I have been sharing is correct, and Tancredo knows what he is talking about.
What is it going to take for the citizens of this nation to wake up and take national security seriously? A nuke at the Mall of America? Small pox released at the Super Bowl? How about active wars in the streets of LA, oh wait, we have that already.
I am afraid of what it will take to awaken Americans. Perhaps until the power goes out and the phones quit working no one will notice.
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Islamists target Arizona base
By Sara A. Carter
The Washington Times,
November 26, 2007 http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071126/NATION/111260034/1002
Fort Huachuca, the nation's largest intelligence-training center, changed security measures in May after being warned that Islamist terrorists, with the aid of Mexican drug cartels, were planning an attack on the facility.
Fort officials changed security measures after sources warned that possibly 60 Afghan and Iraqi terrorists were to be smuggled into the U.S. through underground tunnels with high-powered weapons to attack the Arizona Army base, according to multiple confidential law enforcement documents obtained by The Washington Times.
'A portion of the operatives were in the United States, with the remainder not yet in the United States,' according to one of the documents, an FBI advisory that was distributed to the Defense Intelligence Agency, the CIA, Customs and Border Protection and the Justice Department, among several other law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. 'The Afghanis and Iraqis shaved their beards so as not to appear to be Middle Easterners.'
According to the FBI advisory, each Middle Easterner paid Mexican drug lords $20,000 'or the equivalent in weapons' for the cartel's assistance in smuggling them and their weapons through tunnels along the border into the U.S. The weapons would be sent through tunnels that supposedly ended in Arizona and New Mexico, but the Islamist terrorists would be smuggled through Laredo, Texas, and reclaim the weapons later.
A number of the Afghans and Iraqis are already in a safe house in Texas, the FBI advisory said.
Fort Huachuca, which lies about 20 miles from the Mexican border, has members of all four service branches training in intelligence and secret operations. About 12,000 persons work at the fort and many have their families on base.
Lt. Col. Matthew Garner, spokesman for Fort Huachuca, said details about the current phase of the investigation or security changes on the post 'will not be disclosed.'
'We are always taking precautions to ensure that soldiers, family members and civilians that work and live on Fort Huachuca are safe,' Col. Garner said. 'With this specific threat, we did change some aspects of our security that we did have in place.'
According to the FBI report, some of the weapons associated with the plot have been smuggled through a tunnel from Mexico to the U.S.
The FBI report is based on Drug Enforcement Administration sources, including Mexican nationals with access to 'sub-sources' in the drug cartels. The report's assessment is that the DEA's Mexican contacts have proven reliable in the past but the 'sub-source' is of uncertain reliability.
According to the source who spoke with DEA intelligence agents, the weapons included two Milan anti-tank missiles, Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles, grenade launchers, long guns and handguns.
'FBI Comment: The surface-to-air missiles may in fact be RPGs,' the advisory stated, adding that the weapons stash in Mexico could include two or three more Milan missiles.
The Milan, a French-German portable anti-tank weapon, was developed in the 1970s and widely sold to militaries around the world, including Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Insurgents in Iraq reportedly have used a Milan missile in an attack on a British tank. Iraqi guerrillas also have shot down U.S. helicopters using RPGs, or rocket-propelled grenades.
FBI spokesman Paul Bresson would not elaborate on the current investigation regarding the threat, but said that many times the initial reports are based on 'raw, uncorroborated information that has not been completely vetted.' He added that this report shows the extent to which all law enforcement and intelligence agencies cooperate in terror investigations.
'If nothing else, it provides a good look at the inner working of the law-enforcement and intelligence community and how they work together on a daily basis to share and deal with threat information,' Mr. Bresson said. 'It also demonstrates the cross-pollination that frequently exists between criminal and terrorist groups.'
The connections between criminal enterprises, such as powerful drug cartels, and terrorist organizations have become a serious concern for intelligence agencies monitoring the U.S.-Mexico border.
'Based upon the information provided by the DEA handling agent, the DEA has classified the source as credible,' stated a Department of Homeland Security document, regarding the possibility of an attack on Fort Huachuca. 'The identity of the sub-source has been established; however, none of the information provided by the sub-source in the past has been corroborated.'
The FBI advisory stated the 'sub-source' for the information 'is a member of the Zetas,' the military arm of one of Mexico's most dangerous drug-trafficking organizations, the Gulf Cartel. The Gulf Cartel controls the movement of narcotics from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, into the U.S. along the Laredo corridor.
However, the sub-source 'for this information is of unknown reliability,' the FBI advisory stated.
According to the DEA, the sub-source identified Mexico's Sinaloa cartel as the drug lords who would assist the terrorists in their plot.
This led the DEA to caution the FBI that its information may be a Gulf Cartel plant to bring the U.S. military in against its main rival. The Sinaloa and Gulf cartels have fought bloody battles along the border for control of shipping routes into the U.S.
'It doesn't mean that there isn't truth to some of what this source delivered to U.S. agents,' said one law-enforcement intelligence agent, on the condition of anonymity. 'The cartels have no loyalty to any nation or person. It isn't surprising that for the right price they would assist terrorists, knowingly or unknowingly.'
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This isn't new news, just news which proves the report I have been sharing is correct, and Tancredo knows what he is talking about.
What is it going to take for the citizens of this nation to wake up and take national security seriously? A nuke at the Mall of America? Small pox released at the Super Bowl? How about active wars in the streets of LA, oh wait, we have that already.
I am afraid of what it will take to awaken Americans. Perhaps until the power goes out and the phones quit working no one will notice.
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