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  1. becca m

    Cannon 2/18

    Cannon is awful/sucks... agreed - go to Loon, K-mart, WV, Attitrash, and the always ritzy Bretton Woods golf course instead!!!!!!!
  2. becca m

    Telemark Ski - anyone know about it

    yup - get a lesson - lots of reasonable options. AMC has cheap lessons at Gunstock every 2 weeks midweek, every mid-winter. Go where you can rent. I did it for a few years but making the "perfect turn" is freaking stressful unless that's all you want to do. Found it stifling and tiring...
  3. becca m

    A Tuckerman Ravine Guide (for noobs)?

    i've been in the bowl a couple times and never successfully ridden an entire chute. Dropped the board once down Left Gully and luckily that missile didn't hit anyone badly (I recommend wearing a helmet!!!!), tomahawked down another gully. Heelside turns are more natural on steep terrain...
  4. becca m

    Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

    welllll my dear old mother who was reading a book while I rode was "talked to" last spring when there were only a few patches left on a Sunday afternoon,,,,, SO, my feeling is if you get there before the hangovers of the "power brokers" there wear off, you're better off :) :) :) no...
  5. becca m

    Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

    I've been chased away several times in the past - best to go early or late, in my opinion Other places with better vertical have a ski-at-your-own-risk policy
  6. becca m

    Cannon Lover's Thread

    yah - Cannon was REALLY sweet today, as long as you stayed on the narrow/windy terrain and away from the vast expanses of wind-blown ice :) Mittersill was a fav for me today b/c nobody was there :)
  7. becca m

    Cannon Lover's Thread

    i like the groomer ridges - adds challenge and builds character
  8. becca m

    Cannon Lover's Thread

    looked like idiot's delight but what do I know.. that glade was blown out and brown well before the last storm
  9. becca m

    Ragged - 3/17/2017

    it takes a while to figure out where the glades are - this is the first year I found my way into most of the glades btw - nice report & pics!!!!!
  10. becca m

    Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

    For $249, the Ragged pass works for me as it is close (to where I am on weekends) and I'd shoot myself seeing it and not being able to ski it when conditions are good. BUT, if that were my only pass, I would get bored as they open terrain slowly and have a short season... when the glades are...
  11. becca m

    Cannon Lover's Thread

    I think it's a signaling device for the yeti #cannonismine hahaha
  12. becca m

    2017 Injury Thread

    bump to thread - I'm surprised nobody's reporting any injuries with all the ice out there - ????? Last Thurs - my first time to Mt Snow - so icy I switched from snowboard to skis. Found some snowmaking in the park so I skied under it - 2nd run under the snowmaking must have hit an ice ball &...
  13. becca m

    Cannon Lover's Thread

    now they just need a magic carpet over the saddle to Mitty :) hahaha took me 8 minutes to lug my snowboard over on Saturday but then, once at the bottom of the double, had to wait in an insane line of at least 10 minutes!!!
  14. becca m

    Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

    Glad you, too, had a fun day!!!! I don't know why they park the cars so there is no clearance behind to get out????? I was lucky to get a late morning spot that had a wider aisle behind it!! They do the same thing at Cannon!!!!
  15. becca m

    Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

    OK, so, today I got back to Ragged after I shoveled myself out of southern NH. Glades still had pow pockets - was REALLY amazing! I think all the glades were unroped. Some were scratchy - I think I made a couple death/survival turns on Karen's Dream as it has been on my to-do list forever...
  16. becca m

    Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

    dang! i thought that was a closed sign!!!! dang my goggles!!! Terrific day(s) anyway!!!!!
  17. becca m

    Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

    Every time I checked, Double Take was roped off - when was it open? Ragged has been good the last couple days!!! :)
  18. becca m

    Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

    Ragged glades were great today/this morning even though they were well-tracked out. Managed to ride some small pockets of fresh pow. Did a couple laps in each of the open glades. Still, a few glades not open :( Super conditions but a bit brisk - wind was blowing off any loose pow from...
  19. becca m

    Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

    i generally get to Ragged Sunday am for the first hour - enough time to sample and lap my favorites. Generally no waiting but it's nowhere near as empty as it has been past years. I am pleased with their snowmaking this year.... still waiting for the glades :)
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