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5.8" of snow recorded at the summit of Mt Washington Saturday into Sunday night so I decided to hoof up to Tuckerman Ravine for Memorial Day. Windy and mostly cloudy late morning but the wind eased a bit and it was mostly sunny in the afternoon. Good corn snow but many of the routes are choked...

I've called audibles on ski destinations before but today was the first time I did so after noon, while in the parking lot of a ski area other than the one I wound up skiing. I'd been looking for a corn harvest and took my sons to Loon for a cheap afternoon of spring skiing but when we arrived...

Plan A was MRG or Magic tomorrow but that got scrapped due to circumstances beyond my control. I quickly whipped up Plan B and arrived at Gunstock - my first time ever there - around 12:45 p.m. today. Talked to someone in the parking lot who was leaving and said it was slow and slushy, but after...

Stayed at the Barn and started skinning up the 19th Hole at 6 a.m. as the overnight snowfall was tapering off. (Pardon the crappy Droid pix but, well, the light was low - it was before and right around dawn) Went off the old logging road and climbed a side hill to get this untracked, 16" or...

Part one of this storm outperformed - at least 4" down at the start of the day and, though it was supposed to let up during the day, another 4" or so fell as it kept snowing almost until the closing bell. We had 2fers and wound up staying at Mt Ellen all day rather than waste time heading over...

I took an AIARE Level I avalanche course this weekend and won't get into the details of that here (except to say it was great, with excellent conditions for really interesting field observations) but will report on skiing I did before and during the program. THURS 2/28 - GULF OF SLIDES TRAIL...

When I'm powder-hunting I'm generally not going to fret over a ski destination decision if the projected snowfall is say 6" for one mountain and 8" for another - if the former is a place I prefer because of terrain/vibe/etc I'll happily take that. A shorter ride is always nice, too. But as the...

Skied the beginning of the blizzard Friday evening at Ski Bradford - 3-6 p.m. until they closed. Probably 4-5" down at the end, lots of fresh tracks to be had given that at peak there were no more than a couple dozen skiers and by the end it was down to just my son and me. Was too busy...

I haven't been posting TRs on every last trip lately because there's only so much I can say about lapping groomers and outings to the local hill to monitor the kids' school trips. I'll post a quickie here though as it was my first time to Wachusett. My son was racing and for driving him and a...

Every time I go to an AZ page today, Avast anti-virus (working in Chrome) is dinging with a Malicious URL Blocked warning. Here are the details. Infection Details URL: http://sportforme.c0m.li/yoO4TAbn2tpl5Dl...

Quick catch-up for the record ... Tues 1/1/2013, local hill: Started breaking in new AT boots on New Year's Day in my first local skin of the season. Thin cover but enough base for skipping a meadow ... and making some turns in low-angle woods: I mostly avoided the snow snakes ... Thurs...

A late kickoff to the ski season but a memorable one as I took my 12-yo son up to N VT to play in the new snow Fri and Sat. Friday, Mad River Glen: We were in Single liftline by 8:10 a.m. to get roughly chairs #10-11. Well worth the effort to get there early; after our first run (Cat Bowl >...

Rare (for this winter, because of work more so than the weather) chance to get out with my boys today and decided to make a first-ever trip to Dartmouth Skiway. I figured we were looking at skiing groomers no matter where we went so I opted for a place that had a decent amount of open terrain...

Free lift ticket if you wore a costume. I went with my old standby "Deadliest Catch." (I did leave the fillet knife in the car and wear only the empty sheath, though) The boys and I didn't get on the chair until around 1 p.m.; we weren't well prepared for the getaway and we had no power at...

Not that the season is necessarily over but on a scale of 0-10, what grade would you give it? Note I ask you to rate your season - so personal factors enter into it, along with snowfall/conditions/etc wherever you happened to be. At this point I'd give it an 8+. That may be a tough grade given...

I'd planned to take my sons to Sugarloaf, driving up there yesterday evening to ski today, but the logistics wound up not working and it's a little beyond day trip range for me - plus I was a little concerned it might not get quite warm enough at higher elevations there, which from...

The boys and I hit a cold and fairly windy Cannon under brilliant clear skies yesterday as part of a family trip north of the notches for a variety of winter activities. As they'd reported 6" Thurs/Fri, another inch Sat and no thaw throughout that timeframe, I expected somewhat softer conditions...

I wrote this up the other day but haven't had time to pull together video or screengrabs from my Flip. I'm going to post just the words now - a lot of them, I know - and hope to come back soon and add images. As I got more serious about backcountry skiing this winter, I set a goal: to ski the...

I dedicate this TR to Teddy, my puppy, for assenting to postpone his scheduled neutering from yesterday to next week, thereby allowing me to ski this epic N VT snowfall. "Postpone all you want, pal" My intended destination yesterday was Mad River Glen for >2' of fresh. I'd planned to leave an...

What's pouring from the sky right now is bumming me out so I'll dwell on far happier thoughts - how I spent the three previous days. Logistics can be tough for a powderhound when living three hours from the best mountains but everything came together this time and with my sons I was...