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  1. Scruffy

    Pandemic good or bad for the quality & quantity of your skiing/riding?

    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...
  2. Scruffy

    New Hampshire resident cut trees in Vermont state park

    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...
  3. Scruffy

    Skinny Skis in a Fat Ski World

    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...
  4. Scruffy

    Posting Fatigue

    Thanks for sharing. Wishing him a full recovery.
  5. Scruffy

    F skiing.. We're taking on the Catskill High Peaks during winter!!!

    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...
  6. Scruffy

    F skiing.. We're taking on the Catskill High Peaks during winter!!!

    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.
  7. Scruffy

    F skiing.. We're taking on the Catskill High Peaks during winter!!!

    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.
  8. Scruffy

    Moguls - Spring 2020

    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.
  9. Scruffy

    New storm on the way

    Sad. Condolences to family and friends.
  10. Scruffy

    Kudo's to Hunter (Really Vail)

    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...
  11. Scruffy

    Hunter's newest stupid idea!

    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...
  12. Scruffy

    Superpasses: more crowds?

    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?
  13. Scruffy

    Superpasses: more crowds?

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

    Arc'teryx & other high end gear - Worth it?

    +1 Patagonia is top notch and they stand behind their stuff; Mammut too from what I've read, but I have no experience. Flylow is good, and also look a STIO, they are designed and headquartered Jackson Hole. One of the old Cloudveil owners opened up STIO after selling off Cloudveil. STIO - good...
  15. Scruffy

    Superpasses: more crowds?

    Plattekill today was as croweded as I've ever seen it--in the lodge--but the lift lines were nonexistent and slopes were uncrowded.
  16. Scruffy

    Killington 2/12 & 13

    Nice, Jim. I like to ski Growler. How was Chop Chop?
  17. Scruffy

    Mount Snow: Inside Track

    Bummer, but at least you have a plan for full recovery. Heal quickly.
  18. Scruffy

    Mount Snow: Inside Track

    Was there this week. Two powder days, Monday and today. Today, first tracks off the North side--sweet. Trees were nice.
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