I went to Heavenly last Saturday, with my Vado HD cam and, more importantly, a home-made attachment on my ski pack to mount the cam. With that design, I am able to video taping while skiing!!
Thanks for the El Niño. This season has been EPIC. It was not snowing on Friday, but the temperature was low. The snow was stayed in powder status and waiting for me... It was cloudy and a little snowing after lunch. Anyway, the snow condition was great!
I went up and had my first couple runs below the Powderbowl express, along Powder Line and Fall Line. Then, I took the Canyon Express and had couple runs at High Roller. The Sky Express took me to the top of the mountain (the lifting process was taped and in the first part of the video). I dropped down to the Nevada side through Skyline Trail, Milky Way, Dipper Woods and Galaxy. Following tips from http://www.tahoestash.com/, I had a great time in Galaxy Woods, where I had my footprints over the untouched powder and was able to capture the moment I fell into and buried in the fresh snow (in the first part of the video, around 9'). After having several runs at Aries Woods and Little Dipper, I had my lunch in the East Peak Lodge. It started snowing in the afternoon, and I spent most of the time over the California side. Through Sky Express, I had great runs at Ellie's and Pinnacles, which were newly groomed, and of course the woods between them!
The video was captured at 30 frames per second. Processing with Sony Vegas. I had to export the video as 60 frames per second to make it look "smooth". Youtube only allows 10' per upload. I have divide it into to two: Part I includes Sky Express ride, Pinnacles run, Galaxy life and the fall; Part II starts from the fall and has my tree skiing in Galaxy Woods. Enjoy!
watch in HD at youtube.com or the default one
watch in HD at youtube.com or the default one
Initially, I encoded the video as 30 frames per second, which is the one below. As you can see, it is pretty jumpy. Do I need to buy a high-speed cam for my next skiing trip? $@$@$@$@
for your last question, the answer is NO