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BC in CT - Bigelow Hollow

Jisch

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The wife and I hit up Bigelow for 3+ hours of BC fun today. Conditions were amazing, 3-4" of heavy pow on top of hardpack/ice. That may not sound perfect, but you could go anywhere once. Sometimes the snow got pushed off a rock, but really you could ski just about everywhere. I did a few rock drops and had a great time. We climbed up over Catrocks, which may not mean much to most, but let me tell you, that's a significant climb. The fact that my wife did the climb was pretty impressive, especially on those long a$$ XCish skis. Coming back down it's singletrack heaven on a bike, a bit harrowing on skis. My wife crashed a few times, but nothing too serious.

Bluebird skies, warmish temps, and great snow, can't get much better than that!

We didn't take too many pics, but a nice sequence of me going down a rock face into a little hill, really nice and smooth.

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The tracks:
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One of those days where as soon as you get home, you were wishing you were back out there.

John
 

Jisch

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Yeah

Yeah, I gotta get back up there and spend some time sessioning that hill. It's really a pile of rocks, so there has to be enough snow (like now!).

John (in the car on my way to Snow right now)
 

Jisch

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Thanks for the comments guys, I'm never sure if the BC stuff fits in with the general lift-served vibe here at AZ. I'm not even sure the stuff I do here in CT would be considered BC in certain circles!

Good to know someone is looking!

John
 

Glenn

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I've often thought about doing a little BC on the backside of Sleeping Giant...it's not that far from the house.
 

LongStep

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Thanks for the comments guys, I'm never sure if the BC stuff fits in with the general lift-served vibe here at AZ. I'm not even sure the stuff I do here in CT would be considered BC in certain circles!

Good to know someone is looking!

John

awesome pics man. Im trying to find some good spots in southern nh presently.
 
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