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How fast do ppl ski when they book ass down steep groomers

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accualyisdolan
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60? I know I can get somewhere in that ballpark from time to time? Anybody done like the GPS thing?
Dec 1 2012 6:11PM
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SamMcChesney
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yea last year my friend (snowboarder) and I used GPS on his phone and we hit 67 going strait down a groomer. Pretty nuts if you think about it.
Dec 1 2012 6:19PM
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zagfan5
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@ 40 my helmet starts to lift a little cause of the air stream. checked it with gps in my pocket. that day i topped out at 49.
Dec 2 2012 3:19AM
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Tikayt
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We had this opportunity at my mountain to speed check and I passed the line at 95km/h, I converted and that's 59m/h. Never I'll go that fast again !!
Dec 2 2012 3:26AM
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gnarles.
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i go into the future
Dec 2 2012 3:40AM
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steeze-free_lee
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i don't think i've cracked 60 mph. a friend of mine clocked 77 mph on his contour's gps bombing under chair 23 at mammoth.
Dec 2 2012 4:04AM
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Linked
Posts: 325 - Karma: 216
I just broke 90 km/h but to go fast you pretty much have to have an long, steep, empty run
Dec 2 2012 4:08AM
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@skiinmitch
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easily can surpass 100km/h
Dec 2 2012 5:32AM
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MASkier
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Pussy.
Dec 2 2012 3:06PM
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selkirks
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60MPH is easy on Kaniksu or Stiles at Schweitzer. And soooo fun.
Dec 2 2012 3:17PM
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midwestpowhunter
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its gotta be fast ive clocked 58 mph on my phone using the snocru app which i know isnt accurate but this was only on a 400 vertical black in michigan so im sure 60+ would be easy on a real mountain with real snow
Dec 2 2012 3:20PM
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johnnyBuz
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What is faster real or fake snow? I've never tracked it but I enjoy hauling ass down a groomer as much as the next guy. There's something exhilarating about the fact that as you go faster and faster you become more and more unstable and the only "way out" is to finish the run as quickly as possible.

To try and turn or slow down would be disastrous when you can feel your skis ready to give out at any moment.
Dec 2 2012 3:59PM
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Glone
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fastest ive gone is 53 with the gps thing. Tall t's slow you down a lot
Dec 2 2012 4:06PM
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DERS.
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getatme
Dec 2 2012 5:13PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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Well, not to hate on those apps but I cant imagine theyre super accurate.

Ive been tracked by a speed gun going 83 for Speed Training once
Dec 2 2012 8:02PM
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Cat_Steezens
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not me but some guy who used to work at my shop.. pretty insane if u ask me

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Dec 2 2012 8:07PM
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WVskiing
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doesn't really seem accurate, 9000 ft of vertical.....
Dec 2 2012 8:12PM
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NotGhood
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fast as fuck.
Dec 2 2012 8:21PM
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Be@stco@st
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looks like someone forgot to turn if off before getting in the car...
Dec 2 2012 8:24PM
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Cat_Steezens
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just converted it and it works out to be 81.83 miles an hour for all u yankee folk
Dec 2 2012 8:27PM
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WVskiing
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Right below that the total says 19000 ft
Dec 2 2012 8:31PM
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SamMcChesney
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actually te speed tracking is very accurate. I held mine out of a car window and it said 63 and we were going 65....
Dec 2 2012 8:36PM
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Heart
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but there's the issue of vertical drop. im not sure if the apps measure just your horizontal speed, or if they take into account the change in altitude as well
Dec 2 2012 8:44PM
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Blynch2
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Dec 2 2012 8:47PM
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penguin_steeze
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/claim same day I broke my shoulder too
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Dec 2 2012 8:57PM
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shrEddie
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i got 74 on an icy day bombing peak 9 at breck. it was scary
Dec 2 2012 9:07PM
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Downtofilm
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I got 101km on the glacier this summer up at momentum.

I tried today at Copper and only got like 85km.
Dec 2 2012 9:44PM
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Cat_Steezens
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makes me wonder if they take chairlifts into account?
Dec 2 2012 10:08PM
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Sun_Ra
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I got 117 km/h for this pond skim. There was a police radar right before we were going in. It was fast, but not the fastest I've been. I guess it's fairly easy for any good skier to get 130+ on a groomer with waxed skis and tight fitting clothes.
Dec 2 2012 10:12PM
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Sun_Ra
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Pic ^^
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Dec 2 2012 10:13PM
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DERS.
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wrong. i live off the mountain in telluride so no cars.
but i did forget to turn it off until later that night..
Dec 3 2012 2:52AM
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sammyk
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whats this app called?
Dec 3 2012 3:02AM
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wawabunski
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hit that at loon last year
Dec 3 2012 8:56AM
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ryhy87
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What app is this that people are using?
Dec 3 2012 9:09AM
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walshie
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ski tracks... the free version works well too
Dec 3 2012 9:15AM
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ryhy87
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cool, thanks.  I've been using Alpine Replay, but this looks a bit better.
Dec 3 2012 9:18AM
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Errl
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How bad did that hurt?
Dec 3 2012 9:25AM
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corona
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that looks like it's about to end well
Dec 3 2012 9:26AM
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Saintlysteeze
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Im pretty sure a kid was using the gps on the run into windells park and I think he hit like 80mph, didnt seem real. But if that run is groomed I could see it happening.
Dec 3 2012 1:22PM
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Jibberino
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I hope you didn't hit the pond doing 117 km/h, cus that would absolutely wreck you, we're talking going to the hospital wrecked.


Dec 3 2012 1:53PM
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DILLINGER
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Took me a while to realize the first few posts were in mp/h

I was sitting here thinking 60km/h? Future olympic champions here!
Dec 3 2012 2:02PM
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Sun_Ra
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It was just cold as hell. The water was close to freezing.
Dec 3 2012 2:49PM
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Blurst
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Thats fast.

One of my roomates clocked in at 143 kilometers or 88 miles per hour
Dec 3 2012 2:53PM
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TijmenDal
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Fastest I've gone was 134km/h, which is 83 miles per hour. Empty, black slope, quite icy. Was using some 187 (consumer) GS ski's though. That must've helped some.
Scary as fuck, but really fun, ahha
Dec 3 2012 2:53PM
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dmski
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looks like the ol' water up the bunghole is about to come true.
Dec 3 2012 3:22PM
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avocado.
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i went 108kmh on gs skis. checked by a police radar
Dec 3 2012 3:30PM
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SwagasaurusRex
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I am pretty convinced that fake snow is faster. I am a MN guy though so our fake snow is ICE.
Dec 3 2012 3:33PM
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JackRyan.
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88 mph, flames shoot out the tails and for some reason i end up in 1965, everytime.
Dec 3 2012 3:37PM
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corona
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you're all amateur

Dec 3 2012 4:09PM
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FerrisBueller
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i got 78.6mph last year


yesterday at breck i got 56mph
Dec 3 2012 4:21PM
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I_liketobutter
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anyone who says over about 65mph is lying or was measuring with something inaccurate.
Dec 3 2012 4:36PM
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