powderfreak
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:16:11 -0500, Scott Braaten <sbraaten@UVM.EDU> wrote:
>All snow. Snowing 1"/hr. Gotta go to work. Awesome stuff that hopefully
>Jumpin' Jimmy will fill in some more details when he gets back.
>
Its getting real good up there. I was dismayed to find only an inch or two this morning in Burlington but the snow was picking back up again; there was still hope. On I-89 it was snow all the way to the Richmond exit, where it promptly started raining at 23 degrees. The rest of the way to exit 10 was a mix of freezing rain and sleet...but then in Waterbury Center it was back to snow for good. It just flat out dumped around an inch an hour for the short while Dave and I were there; I had to work at 3 which was a bummer. I figure I'll just go up again tomorrow.
The parking lot early in the afternoon...
http://tinyurl.com/2aexv2
But I'm getting ahead of myself...As we were going down for our first run, someone's calling us. Its Jumpin Jimmy Clapp. He's with co-worker and lurker John. Cool. We then proceeded to do several Bench-variation runs. Hazelton was also done but the snowpack is so high in here, that I had to ski the entire thing doubled over...which led to a high speed double eject into a stand of baby white pines. No one witnessed it but it would've been hilarious to watch.
Hazelton was awesome. Everything is buried which leads to some pretty wide open spaces...and great powder skiing today.
http://tinyurl.com/2829pd
http://tinyurl.com/2brwjx
After that, we headed back over to the Gondi for some more Ridge. Its reliable powder and by now it was getting deeper and much sweeter.
Jim's thankful for the snow day that led to many a powder turn.
http://tinyurl.com/29lyce
These glades never get old.
http://tinyurl.com/yqb29a
Dave digs in for some east coast powder.
http://tinyurl.com/2fz5kv
It was pretty fun to watch Dave, ...and Jimmy...just absolutely rip that little bowl off the ridge. Then, John found this awesome little shot down the last pitch down to 108. He nailed the line and I wish I had caught that on camera. It looked pretty sweet from above. There was plenty of space back here and Jim hit the line right next to John's...this is Grade-A Vermont skiing.
http://tinyurl.com/27ffaa
Alas...I had to go to work so Dave and I took off for a particularly interesting ride home on I-89. It was dumping pretty much the whole way home; tomorrow should be pretty sweet because no one was there again today. The place was empty. I had fresh tracks in obvious lines at 3pm on Tuesday, and now there was still tons of fresh (plus dumping snow) early this afternoon. Where are the people?
-Scott
>All snow. Snowing 1"/hr. Gotta go to work. Awesome stuff that hopefully
>Jumpin' Jimmy will fill in some more details when he gets back.
>
Its getting real good up there. I was dismayed to find only an inch or two this morning in Burlington but the snow was picking back up again; there was still hope. On I-89 it was snow all the way to the Richmond exit, where it promptly started raining at 23 degrees. The rest of the way to exit 10 was a mix of freezing rain and sleet...but then in Waterbury Center it was back to snow for good. It just flat out dumped around an inch an hour for the short while Dave and I were there; I had to work at 3 which was a bummer. I figure I'll just go up again tomorrow.
The parking lot early in the afternoon...
http://tinyurl.com/2aexv2
But I'm getting ahead of myself...As we were going down for our first run, someone's calling us. Its Jumpin Jimmy Clapp. He's with co-worker and lurker John. Cool. We then proceeded to do several Bench-variation runs. Hazelton was also done but the snowpack is so high in here, that I had to ski the entire thing doubled over...which led to a high speed double eject into a stand of baby white pines. No one witnessed it but it would've been hilarious to watch.
Hazelton was awesome. Everything is buried which leads to some pretty wide open spaces...and great powder skiing today.
http://tinyurl.com/2829pd
http://tinyurl.com/2brwjx
After that, we headed back over to the Gondi for some more Ridge. Its reliable powder and by now it was getting deeper and much sweeter.
Jim's thankful for the snow day that led to many a powder turn.
http://tinyurl.com/29lyce
These glades never get old.
http://tinyurl.com/yqb29a
Dave digs in for some east coast powder.
http://tinyurl.com/2fz5kv
It was pretty fun to watch Dave, ...and Jimmy...just absolutely rip that little bowl off the ridge. Then, John found this awesome little shot down the last pitch down to 108. He nailed the line and I wish I had caught that on camera. It looked pretty sweet from above. There was plenty of space back here and Jim hit the line right next to John's...this is Grade-A Vermont skiing.
http://tinyurl.com/27ffaa
Alas...I had to go to work so Dave and I took off for a particularly interesting ride home on I-89. It was dumping pretty much the whole way home; tomorrow should be pretty sweet because no one was there again today. The place was empty. I had fresh tracks in obvious lines at 3pm on Tuesday, and now there was still tons of fresh (plus dumping snow) early this afternoon. Where are the people?
-Scott
and ice to deal with, it is nice to dream. I just moved to NE a few years ago -- I need to make it up to Stowe. I learned to ski late in life and mostly out West. I have to tell you..skiing in NE is tough and you NE skiers are awesome. The mountains here may be smaller but the conditions take real skills. The snow out West is very forgiving. Here --ya gotta know your basics and be aggressive. Or maybe fearless, that ice scraping and skidding freaks me out. My friends say "Edge more" and I explain ... "Edge is a noun to me, not a verb!" I am getting better though. It's great fun for me.
