polski
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If you are on/near N Shore MA/NH Seacoast/nearby ME you should be hitting skiable NELSAP sites and any other viable lines NOW. Don't know about other regions but here it can't get much better than this.
I'm guessing we've got once-every-4-or-5-years conditions right now - a deep, dense, fresh snowpack to cover forest detritus and 6+" of new fluff today on top of it. In boots you'll sink to knee deep but skis ride high.
I was surprised (though not entirely, after testing what woods they have at Bradford yesterday) that the layer under the new snow was as forgiving as it was, thick but soft enough that edges didn't scrape on steeps. No crust - we avoided freezing rain this close to the coast, blessedly - and even though the snowpack got soaked with rain it didn't turn bombproof when it turned colder yesterday, probably because Wednesday night the storm ended with wet snow that eventually accumulated an inch or two.
All this set the stage perfectly for today's cold snowfall. The fresh snow was fluffy but with some substance to it - not completely blower but not sticky in the least. I see the word "surfy" used and that's pretty apt.
It wasn't the deepest powder I've skied or big vert or real long runs or anything but overall I'm kinda feeling like - no lie - today I made the most satisfying turns of my life (and just five minutes from home) ... until tomorrow's ...
A few photos to try to give you a sense, though these don't come close to doing it justice.
My line begins in the upper left here
I made 2.5 runs. This was the view uphill at the end of the last one ...
... and the view in the other direction
I'm guessing we've got once-every-4-or-5-years conditions right now - a deep, dense, fresh snowpack to cover forest detritus and 6+" of new fluff today on top of it. In boots you'll sink to knee deep but skis ride high.
I was surprised (though not entirely, after testing what woods they have at Bradford yesterday) that the layer under the new snow was as forgiving as it was, thick but soft enough that edges didn't scrape on steeps. No crust - we avoided freezing rain this close to the coast, blessedly - and even though the snowpack got soaked with rain it didn't turn bombproof when it turned colder yesterday, probably because Wednesday night the storm ended with wet snow that eventually accumulated an inch or two.
All this set the stage perfectly for today's cold snowfall. The fresh snow was fluffy but with some substance to it - not completely blower but not sticky in the least. I see the word "surfy" used and that's pretty apt.
It wasn't the deepest powder I've skied or big vert or real long runs or anything but overall I'm kinda feeling like - no lie - today I made the most satisfying turns of my life (and just five minutes from home) ... until tomorrow's ...
A few photos to try to give you a sense, though these don't come close to doing it justice.
My line begins in the upper left here
I made 2.5 runs. This was the view uphill at the end of the last one ...
... and the view in the other direction
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