Recent content by Scruffy

I'm happy for those that had a full season, way to get after it. For me, however, that was not the case. I had the worst ski season ever. I did not travel to ski this season at all. Skied only locally and hated the covid crowds I encountered early in the season, though they mitigated some as the...

One of those is a tragedy of the commons, the other just a common tragedy. Man, left to his own devices will chop down every tree, steal every blade of grass, kill every animal, and eat the very last fish, until the earth perishes for everybody. Do you know that at one time in past, in NY state...

It's not just avalanches. Depending where in Europe you are skiing, there could be crevasses just under the surface snow and sometimes not that far off the piste. When skiing in Chamonix a few years ago, we had a guide for the week. We skied off and on piste, but even while on piste he'd stop...

Thanks for sharing. Wishing him a full recovery.

BTW Catskill mountain hikers, if you've not heard already, Graham and Doubletop are permanently closed to the public, and so have been taken off the 3500 tally sheet. Both of those mountains have their peaks on private land. The owners have been very generous to have let the 3500 hikers access...

Yup, but you can then apply those four winter hikes to the Winter Patch. In other words, if you want both the 3500 patch and the 3500 Winter patch, you don't need to hike those four peaks three times if you don't care to.

fixed it for you.

Only 4 hikes :rolleyes: While you're at it, why not go for the Winter patch? Winter is the best time to bag some peaks.

3/8 and 3/9 Sunday River: Awesome soft spring bumps on Shockwave, Downdraft, All of OZ, and under the Jordan chair. 3/10 everything froze up.

Sad. Condolences to family and friends.

They haven't mowed Westway for at least 4-5 years now. They trimmed under the lift and near the bottom, but top to middle is sapling city. They need to let it grow in and actually plant some pine trees as wind a break. Cut two glade runs so the snow holds in there. Keep an open run on skiers...

I think the "bitching" about the diamond design at Hunter is that it is not set up correctly. I was there the other day and it was a cluster F. This is for the six pack. There were four lanes, each wide enough for six people, feeding into the diamond. The diamond was setup so it was not wide...

Understand your angst, but, as you know, Alterra doesn't own Alta/Bird, they're only a "partner" resort. Alta/Bird owns some of that accountability for the mess in LCC, and Alta/Bird can drop out of IKON, raise their pass rates and restore order to LCC. The question is, will they?

I'd be interesting to see if they stick with IKON.

Yes, awe inspiring.