We were talking about education, geographical ignorance, etc. unless it's relevant or interesting to us. Guess I'm showing how little I know about Alaska! Thanks for the info...
-Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Beth Fleischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: RE: Eri*K*a's ski trip > > > the others aren't big, but spitting hills. > its actually relatively warm there- its right on the water > which keeps > it from getting too cold, and keeps the snow falling. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 3:37 pm > Subject: RE: Eri*K*a's ski trip > > > Beth- > > > > LOL > > we can start comparing average high/lo temperatures then it would > > really get > > funny > > > > that's a large vertical drop - was ignorant that your resorts were > > that big > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Beth Fleischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:39 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Eri*K*a's ski trip > > > > > > > > > tee hee > > > Alyeska Resort base elevation: 250' > > > Alyeska Resort summit elevation: 2750' > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 3:06 pm > > > Subject: Eri*K*a's ski trip > > > > > > > Hi Eri*K*a, > > > > > > > > Just checked out the trail map of Mt. Snow - looks really > > good. > > > > See what ya > > > > mean about the flat spot at the bottom of Mine Shaft if you > > were > > > > continuingacross to the right on the map (to the left skiing). > > > > > > > > FYI Mt. Snow and Heavenly are owned by the same company, > > American > > > > Ski Corp. > > > > > > > > If ya come out here, you gotta remember to bring > > > supplemental oxygen: > > > > > > > > Mt. Snow base elevation: 1,900' > > > > Mt. Snow summit elevation: 3,600' > > > > Mt. Snow vertical drop: 1,700' > > > > > > > > Heavenly base elevation: 6,540' > > > > Heavenly summit elevation: 10,040' > > > > Heavenly vertical drop: 3,500' > > > > > > > > What's *really* bizarre is if people do a day trip from the > > San > > > > FranciscoBay Area or Sacramento area to Heavenly, they are > > going > > > > from sea level to > > > > near-stratosphere in a couple of hours, then over-exerting > > > > themselves, then > > > > going back to thick air. > > > > > > > > It's actually possible to get "altitude sickness" doing that... > > > > but I haven't had the problem - must be 'cause I'm already an > > air > > > > head <g> > > > > > > > > -Benny > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
