GrilledSteezeSandwich
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I'm back from a weekend skiing at Mount Snow. The only lift served skiing in the entire state of Vermont. On Friday at 2:00PM sharp, I picked Atomic Jeff up on the south side of Bethlehem. Then drove 412 South to I-78 then I-287 north in NJ to I-87 north in NY. We stopped at a rest stop near the Catskills for some Mickey D's..then continued north to Albany than east to Bennington. We stayed at a Best Western kind of north of town near the Pizza Hut and Wal-Mart. There was a smoking room available for $80 a night and a non smoking sweet for $90 a night and I was about to get $10 knocked off the Suite with a AAA discount so it was really $80. The suite was huge with a big TV, refridgerator, microwave..nice bed, and a couch with a coffee table. After dinner at Carmodys in town we both went to bed pretty early.
The next morning the alarm clock went off at 6:30AM and we gathered our ski gear and hit the road with a stop at Dunkin Doughnutz. The drive to Mount Snow was 30 miles and as we approached the mountain we could see guns blasting in the distance. We pulled into the parking lot a few minutes after 8:00AM and the temperature was in the upper 20s with no wind and a mostly cloudy sky. Lift tickets were $49 and no morning tickets were available and also no two day tickets. The only lift to the top was the Summit Grand express which isn't really that fast..maybe 800 feet per minute as opposed to 1,000 feet per minute for most high speed quads. There were also no foot-rests which I've grown used to and appreciate. Near the top there was a haze from low lying clouds and snowmaking. All the trees up high were frosted. Then at the top of the lift you skate up a little hill to Canyon which leads into Standard to the base. Other than that run there was a bunny hill open with some park features and a park a shuttle bus ride over on Carintha. I was on my Rossi Scratch BCs for the first time and the wideness really helped in the chop down low and they were stiffer than I imagined they'd be which was a big plus. The top of the run was the best..real fast hardpack and very edgeable..then under the guns was variable and a little thick and at the very bottom the snow got sticky. After our 3rd run, we ran into MCTVT something Mark from AlpineZone. He bikes 30 miles per year and was in much better ski shape than me and Atomic Jeff. I only skied one 1700 vertical foot run non-stop..most of my runs involved a quick 30 or so second pitstop. Based on my I-pod, most of my runs were 4-5 minutes long and it was a real leg burner because extra turns were needed to avoid all the people. Crowds were lighter than expected but there was still quite a bit of congestion. Around 11:00AM we stopped for some water and a snack and then skied a few more runs. 13 runs in total and I was spent for a total of 22,100 vertical feet.
After skiing we drove back into Bennington and got Subway..then chilled and had some Birch Beer and I took a nice 1.5 hour nap..then more birch beer, chips and salsa...pizza from pizza hut..birch beer..sugar free red bull..and then I fell asleep at like 10:30PM..There were alot of mad steezy ski videos on RSN TV including the Teton Gravity video Anomoly.
This morning we putzed around a little bit and got to the mountain at around 8:20AM and there were less cars in the parking lot than yesterday. The temperature was in the upper 20s at the base but it was very windy. On the first run..we ran into Skidude and KrazyK2 who were down for the day with about 20 others for Green Mountain College in Killington. There were lots of Killington skiers enjoying the excellent early season snow at Mount Snow. The snow that was blown from the towers was great. I heard one rider comment that it wasn't like normal manmade..this stuff was more feathery and not so chunky. Conditions today were similar to yesterday..a little slicker at the top..and less sticky lower down..there was a little granuler ice chunks in the middle but no real death cookies. Me and A-Jeff were both uber stiff from yesterday and called it a day at 11:00AM after only 7 runs for 11,900 vertical feet. The combination of new boots and not preparing for ski season with exercise took it's toll. Plus I'm a more mature GSS and prefer to quit when I'm spent as opposed to being a hero and putting up big vert..I can do that plenty later in the season when I'm in shape. It felt great to get out and make some turns..I started my ski season a full 2 weeks earlier than last season which is mad steezy yo...and now there's an entire season ahead....Holla..
I'm back from a weekend skiing at Mount Snow. The only lift served skiing in the entire state of Vermont. On Friday at 2:00PM sharp, I picked Atomic Jeff up on the south side of Bethlehem. Then drove 412 South to I-78 then I-287 north in NJ to I-87 north in NY. We stopped at a rest stop near the Catskills for some Mickey D's..then continued north to Albany than east to Bennington. We stayed at a Best Western kind of north of town near the Pizza Hut and Wal-Mart. There was a smoking room available for $80 a night and a non smoking sweet for $90 a night and I was about to get $10 knocked off the Suite with a AAA discount so it was really $80. The suite was huge with a big TV, refridgerator, microwave..nice bed, and a couch with a coffee table. After dinner at Carmodys in town we both went to bed pretty early.
The next morning the alarm clock went off at 6:30AM and we gathered our ski gear and hit the road with a stop at Dunkin Doughnutz. The drive to Mount Snow was 30 miles and as we approached the mountain we could see guns blasting in the distance. We pulled into the parking lot a few minutes after 8:00AM and the temperature was in the upper 20s with no wind and a mostly cloudy sky. Lift tickets were $49 and no morning tickets were available and also no two day tickets. The only lift to the top was the Summit Grand express which isn't really that fast..maybe 800 feet per minute as opposed to 1,000 feet per minute for most high speed quads. There were also no foot-rests which I've grown used to and appreciate. Near the top there was a haze from low lying clouds and snowmaking. All the trees up high were frosted. Then at the top of the lift you skate up a little hill to Canyon which leads into Standard to the base. Other than that run there was a bunny hill open with some park features and a park a shuttle bus ride over on Carintha. I was on my Rossi Scratch BCs for the first time and the wideness really helped in the chop down low and they were stiffer than I imagined they'd be which was a big plus. The top of the run was the best..real fast hardpack and very edgeable..then under the guns was variable and a little thick and at the very bottom the snow got sticky. After our 3rd run, we ran into MCTVT something Mark from AlpineZone. He bikes 30 miles per year and was in much better ski shape than me and Atomic Jeff. I only skied one 1700 vertical foot run non-stop..most of my runs involved a quick 30 or so second pitstop. Based on my I-pod, most of my runs were 4-5 minutes long and it was a real leg burner because extra turns were needed to avoid all the people. Crowds were lighter than expected but there was still quite a bit of congestion. Around 11:00AM we stopped for some water and a snack and then skied a few more runs. 13 runs in total and I was spent for a total of 22,100 vertical feet.
After skiing we drove back into Bennington and got Subway..then chilled and had some Birch Beer and I took a nice 1.5 hour nap..then more birch beer, chips and salsa...pizza from pizza hut..birch beer..sugar free red bull..and then I fell asleep at like 10:30PM..There were alot of mad steezy ski videos on RSN TV including the Teton Gravity video Anomoly.
This morning we putzed around a little bit and got to the mountain at around 8:20AM and there were less cars in the parking lot than yesterday. The temperature was in the upper 20s at the base but it was very windy. On the first run..we ran into Skidude and KrazyK2 who were down for the day with about 20 others for Green Mountain College in Killington. There were lots of Killington skiers enjoying the excellent early season snow at Mount Snow. The snow that was blown from the towers was great. I heard one rider comment that it wasn't like normal manmade..this stuff was more feathery and not so chunky. Conditions today were similar to yesterday..a little slicker at the top..and less sticky lower down..there was a little granuler ice chunks in the middle but no real death cookies. Me and A-Jeff were both uber stiff from yesterday and called it a day at 11:00AM after only 7 runs for 11,900 vertical feet. The combination of new boots and not preparing for ski season with exercise took it's toll. Plus I'm a more mature GSS and prefer to quit when I'm spent as opposed to being a hero and putting up big vert..I can do that plenty later in the season when I'm in shape. It felt great to get out and make some turns..I started my ski season a full 2 weeks earlier than last season which is mad steezy yo...and now there's an entire season ahead....Holla..
