eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (10/16/85)
> > Well, it's that time of year again. There is already powder at Berthoud > Pass (which is open weekends only), and the NCAR Ski Club will soon begin > daily postings of ski conditions in Colorado. > --Greg > {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!noao | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!noao} > !hao!woods > > CSNET: woods@NCAR ARPA: woods%ncar@CSNET-RELAY Hey, Greg perhaps you can help the net out in a different way. Usenix is scheduled for January in Denver. Unfortunately [or fortunately] there will not be any vendor stuff. Care to show people around NCAR? I've spoken to other program committee and Usenix members planning to ski around Denver. What about loosely organizing small groups of skiers to get together before and after Usenix for skiing West of Denver? I would like to ski the Pass, Mary Jane, and those other resorts between Vail [sic] and Denver. Where should we go and where should we stay? I say loose because I've very little time to put a large group together. I post this now because of the lead time to make reservation at some of these places. My remarks go for X-C as well as downhill. From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: --eugene miya NASA Ames Research Center {hplabs,ihnp4,dual,hao,decwrl,allegra}!ames!aurora!eugene emiya@ames-vmsb
fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU (Erik E. &) (10/17/85)
I'd be interested in both (an NCAR tour and skiing before/after USENIX), but why limit it to areas near Denver? Personally, I'd like to go back to Aspen again (I was there the week before Washington D.C. USENIX, 1984). It might even be possible to arrange a deal with a travel agency if a sufficiently large number of people were interested. time to tune my skis and muscles, Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU
steffen@ihuxo.UUCP (Joe Steffen) (10/18/85)
> I'd be interested in both (an NCAR tour and skiing before/after USENIX), > but why limit it to areas near Denver? Personally, I'd like to go back > to Aspen again (I was there the week before Washington D.C. USENIX, 1984). Aspen is a 6 hour drive from Denver, and plane service is subject to long delays due to weather. I have a friend in Denver and have skied with him many times over the years. I like skiing fast and my favorite run is a smooth intermediate trail. My favorite ski areas are Copper Mountain (about a 2 1/2 hour drive), Mary Jane/Winter Park (about 2 hours), and the one on the east side of Loveland Pass (about 1 1/2 hour). I can never remember if this is Loveland or Arapaho Basin. The latter has short or non-existant lift lines, and a couple of great runs. I once had 11 runs of great skiing in two hours. This ski area is cold and windy in the morning, so don't rush is get there, but is nice after 11:00. -- Joe Steffen, AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL, (312) 979-5381
woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) (10/21/85)
> Hey, Greg perhaps you can help the net out in a different way. > Usenix is scheduled for January in Denver. Unfortunately [or fortunately] > there will not be any vendor stuff. Care to show people around NCAR? I'd be glad to, but it isn't necessary. It is open to the public. That was one of the conditions involved in getting the city, county and the voters to approve the building of NCAR on its present site. (It required a vote of the people because it was an exception to the "blue line" law which prohibits the City of Boulder from providing water and sewer service above a certain elevation without a direct vote of the people). NCAR has free guided tours every day. For information (they change the schedule often enough that it's hard to keep track of it without an explicit effort to do so), call the NCAR information office at (303) 497-8721. About the only thing I could offer that the tour might not get is a tour of the HAO machine room (an 11/70 and two 750's, whoopee). > I've spoken to other program committee and Usenix members planning to > ski around Denver. What about loosely organizing small groups of skiers > to get together before and after Usenix for skiing West of Denver? > I would like to ski the Pass, Mary Jane, and those other resorts between > Vail [sic] and Denver. Where should we go and where should we stay? Unless you have money to spend, I would say don't try to stay at the ski resorts. There are MANY good ones within two hours of Denver. If you are planning to drive in the mountains, make sure you have 4-wheel drive or chains. They may not be needed (the weather around here is highly unpredictable) but if we have a storm you may not be permitted to drive in certain areas required for getting to the ski areas (Eisenhower tunnel approach, Loveland Pass, and Berthoud Pass, in particular). If you DO want to spend some money and stay at the area, I'd recommend checking out Steamboat Springs (it's about 4 1/2 hours from Denver by car). --Greg -- {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!noao | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!noao} !hao!woods CSNET: woods@NCAR ARPA: woods%ncar@CSNET-RELAY