Stowe 12/3/07

JD · Dec 3, 2007, 5:15 PM

Got up at 7:00. 4 inches down on the deck and snowing good. Up to the hill with the crew, Hardy and Kilo, skinned up Gondolier. Snowing hard, with 6 at the lot. An hour later we were in the Shack tuning up and chin clip was allready skiied by 5 people. We skiied Upper and Lower Waterfall and they were full on. 12-20 wind deposited firm pow with good density gradient, and it was puking fluff all over it. Skinned back up from the top of Gondoilier and skied another line on the same pitch. Tight spruce corridor into a small slide path. 24 inches in the trees. Then we skiied Chin Clip part way and skinned out to an open area we sometimes ski. We lapped that area twice, the second time down to the road and it was SO FREAKING AWSOME to ski in the woods. 12-18 inches, and good cover top to bottom. The whole line skiied well and there is a bomber 12 inch base that has really locked the boney shit in. By now it was 11:30 and it was nuking snow. We cruised back up Gondolier and as soon as we got above the lowest rim rock traverse, it was blow in completely flat again, with one or two tracks on it that were quickly disappearing. I skied waterfall to Gondolier and Hardy and Kilo skied another wooded run to gondolier, which was really great, powerful powder that you could lay into HARD, covered in 4-6 inches of fluff. Today was great. It's about time it came early for a change. I took a bunch of pics on the new camera, but they are all freaking huge and I need to figure out how to resize them. Tomorrow should be a great ski day as well because it is still snowing.

riverc0il · Dec 3, 2007, 6:53 PM

Jeez, I love it. NUKING! "powder that you could lay into HARD" right on, loved it today. Nice report, here is your free tool for resizing pictures:
http://www.irfanview.com/

JD · Dec 3, 2007, 9:09 PM

Tech support thread hijack....the pics might just be too big. 172mb, they need to be 19. Any way to make them smaller in that way?

riverc0il · Dec 4, 2007, 5:43 AM

Download and use the software I linked to. Use the Resize command. I like to go with 800x600 which should bring most pics down to below 200kb.

**bvibert** · Dec 4, 2007, 6:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD

Tech support thread hijack....the pics might just be too big. 172mb, they need to be 19. Any way to make them smaller in that way?

Quote:

Originally Posted by riverc0il

Nice report, here is your free tool for resizing pictures:
http://www.irfanview.com/

Quote:

Originally Posted by riverc0il

Download and use the software I linked to. Use the Resize command. I like to go with 800x600 which should bring most pics down to below 200kb.

Yes, what Steve said. Irfanview is good stuff for a free program. I'm anxious to see the pics as I sit here at my desk living vicariously through others and kicking myself for not calling in sick today...

JoshG · Dec 4, 2007, 2:48 PM

Sweet day...indeed it was nice to be in the woods. Seems like everyone in the north country should be getting some great turns in the days to come.

JD · Dec 4, 2007, 4:47 PM

Pics maybe...Light was real flat, but here's some fun, classic VT Maple Sugar.

reefer · Dec 4, 2007, 6:13 PM

Nice, Maple Sugar Season off to a good start this year!

Dec 3, 2007, 5:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
JD Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northfield Posts: 940	Stowe 12/3/07 Got up at 7:00. 4 inches down on the deck and snowing good. Up to the hill with the crew, Hardy and Kilo, skinned up Gondolier. Snowing hard, with 6 at the lot. An hour later we were in the Shack tuning up and chin clip was allready skiied by 5 people. We skiied Upper and Lower Waterfall and they were full on. 12-20 wind deposited firm pow with good density gradient, and it was puking fluff all over it. Skinned back up from the top of Gondoilier and skied another line on the same pitch. Tight spruce corridor into a small slide path. 24 inches in the trees. Then we skiied Chin Clip part way and skinned out to an open area we sometimes ski. We lapped that area twice, the second time down to the road and it was SO FREAKING AWSOME to ski in the woods. 12-18 inches, and good cover top to bottom. The whole line skiied well and there is a bomber 12 inch base that has really locked the boney shit in. By now it was 11:30 and it was nuking snow. We cruised back up Gondolier and as soon as we got above the lowest rim rock traverse, it was blow in completely flat again, with one or two tracks on it that were quickly disappearing. I skied waterfall to Gondolier and Hardy and Kilo skied another wooded run to gondolier, which was really great, powerful powder that you could lay into HARD, covered in 4-6 inches of fluff. Today was great. It's about time it came early for a change. I took a bunch of pics on the new camera, but they are all freaking huge and I need to figure out how to resize them. Tomorrow should be a great ski day as well because it is still snowing. __________________ Don\'t know until you go.

Dec 3, 2007, 6:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
riverc0il Ari Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ashland, NH Posts: 6,704	Jeez, I love it. NUKING! "powder that you could lay into HARD" right on, loved it today. Nice report, here is your free tool for resizing pictures: http://www.irfanview.com/ __________________ -Steve TheSnowWay.com featuring Big Jay Coverage "Skiing is not a sport, it is a way of life." - Otto Schniebs 52

Dec 3, 2007, 9:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
JD Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northfield Posts: 940	Tech support thread hijack....the pics might just be too big. 172mb, they need to be 19. Any way to make them smaller in that way? __________________ Don\'t know until you go.

Dec 4, 2007, 5:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
riverc0il Ari Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ashland, NH Posts: 6,704	Download and use the software I linked to. Use the Resize command. I like to go with 800x600 which should bring most pics down to below 200kb. __________________ -Steve TheSnowWay.com featuring Big Jay Coverage "Skiing is not a sport, it is a way of life." - Otto Schniebs 52

Dec 4, 2007, 4:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
JD Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northfield Posts: 940	Pics maybe...Light was real flat, but here's some fun, classic VT Maple Sugar. __________________ Don\'t know until you go. Last edited by JD; Dec 17, 2007 at 11:55 AM.

Dec 4, 2007, 2:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
JoshG Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NH Posts: 8	Sweet day...indeed it was nice to be in the woods. Seems like everyone in the north country should be getting some great turns in the days to come.

Dec 4, 2007, 6:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
reefer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: MA Posts: 413	Nice, Maple Sugar Season off to a good start this year!

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