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Date(s) Skied: Thursday, February 10, 2005, 1:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Resort or Ski Area: Mad River Glen, Waitsfield, Vermont
Conditions: Powder! Heavy snow; wind increasing throughout the day.
Trip Report: Well, I finally made it to MRG. What an awesome experience. My father- and brother-in-law and I arrived a bit after 1 PM. It took us just over 5 hours from CT which wasn't bad considering we drove up in the storm. We got on skis by 1:30.
We rode the double a few times to get our legs used to the powder conditions. The mountain picked up ~8 inches by the time we got there and they probably had close to a foot by the time we left. Conditions on all trails was the same - powder and soft bumps.
After a few runs on some easy terrain, we headed over to the single which we rode for the remainder of the day. We mostly came off the summit on Upper Antelope and Catamount which are great cruisers; this day peppered with soft bumps.
We hit some of the short diamonds on the lower mountain including Canyon and Beaver. I took a run down Lower Antelope which is a great trail, but I wasn't too big on the hike out through the woods.
The in-laws loved MRG, but agreed today's powder conditions probably made the surface a bit easier to handle than it is typically. The atmosphere is great. It sorta feels like you're skiing in your buddy's back yard.
Click HERE for pics.
Resort or Ski Area: Mad River Glen, Waitsfield, Vermont
Conditions: Powder! Heavy snow; wind increasing throughout the day.
Trip Report: Well, I finally made it to MRG. What an awesome experience. My father- and brother-in-law and I arrived a bit after 1 PM. It took us just over 5 hours from CT which wasn't bad considering we drove up in the storm. We got on skis by 1:30.
We rode the double a few times to get our legs used to the powder conditions. The mountain picked up ~8 inches by the time we got there and they probably had close to a foot by the time we left. Conditions on all trails was the same - powder and soft bumps.
After a few runs on some easy terrain, we headed over to the single which we rode for the remainder of the day. We mostly came off the summit on Upper Antelope and Catamount which are great cruisers; this day peppered with soft bumps.
We hit some of the short diamonds on the lower mountain including Canyon and Beaver. I took a run down Lower Antelope which is a great trail, but I wasn't too big on the hike out through the woods.
The in-laws loved MRG, but agreed today's powder conditions probably made the surface a bit easier to handle than it is typically. The atmosphere is great. It sorta feels like you're skiing in your buddy's back yard.
Click HERE for pics.
Sounds like a fun time. 
