Colorado Update: Arapahoe Basin
Arapahoe Basin - Live
Quick update from Arapahoe Basin. AKD and I made our way up yesterday and we were happy to see bluebird conditions most of the morning. Partly cloudy by noon, the snow was nice and slushy by 10:30. 65″ inch base. Top to bottom skiing and snowboarding open along with hiking access to all of the east wall terrain. Around 2:30pm the lightning started up and the lifts shutdown. I’ve gotten four days of riding here since I’ve been back on the board after the back injury and I’ve gotta say this might be the only resort I buy a pass at next season. They are always open early, get great snow, stay open late into the summer, one of the only places with free parking, good terrain, good backcountry access, and there is a great vibe at the beach. Another little piece that made this weeks trip much more enjoyable was the installation of the Kenwood KCA-iP500 Ipod Interface into the SnowUV’s Kenwood DDX7015 head unit. This little black box interfaces perfectly with my 2 year old double din dvd/cd/mp3 player providing a direct connection (no FM transmit) to the head unit and ipod. Allows you to control the ipod from the head unit and also view track names, artists, etc. Really great sound. More on the SnowUV Landcruiser mods later.
This site is sick, check it out: afterbang.co.uk - afterbang
PS. Here are some weknowsnow.com web traffic stats you might find interesting:
Analyzed requests from Thu, Jan 12 2006 at 8:05 AM to Sat, May 06 2006 at 12:38 AM (113.69 days).
Successful requests: 414,165 (30,708)
Average successful requests per day: 3,642 (4,386)
Successful requests for pages: 192,034 (17,707)
Average successful requests for pages per day: 1,689 (2,529)
Redirected requests: 227 (2)
Data transferred: 161.93 gigabytes (4.79 gigabytes)
Average data transferred per day: 1.42 gigabytes (700.65 megabytes)
Figures in parentheses refer to the 7-day period ending May 06 2006 at 3:43 AM.
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May 7th, 2006 at 3:39 am
Hey, thanks for linking to afterbang :-)
I can’t believe you guys are getting good riding in this late in the season! I haven’t been on the board for over a month now… and the next time I’m riding will be an indoor slope.
Keep the good stuff coming,
Gav
May 7th, 2006 at 11:56 am
DUDE! I have a DDX7015 off of eBay for $825 and an iPod interface. Got two other screens in the back of my avalanche. IT IS SO PIMPED! For the long roadie, you pop in some Warren Miller or perhaps some Battlestar Gallactica and next thing you know, you are at the parking lot.
May 7th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
<a href="http://www.ski-blog.com/pho…">Check the Link to the Photo on the site</a>
May 7th, 2006 at 4:07 pm
sickness. same setup. it’s tight that the older dvd decks interface perfectly with the new ipod hookup. i’m gonna write up a post about my rig here soon. i’ve got a couple of parts on the way that need installation. lucky my boy AKD is the man when it comes to anything mechanical.
nice truck and setup btw. one thing i found after running that deck for 2 years now.. i keep the screen open on setting 6. it allows more airflow to the stuff behind and around the deck. i had some heat issues. post some pics of your ipod install if you get a chance.. (i ran mine to the center console)
May 8th, 2006 at 10:03 am
thats great that you are back on your board!!! I love reading about all your adventures!! call me some time mr!!1!