Stowe jan 14 - 17

[hardline]

sahweet

man I can't wait to get up there. How's the place?

nice. they hot water went out this morning but it was working by the time i went to th hill. its been so cold the wind affected snow is still light and flufy. gondi to mid mountain is good. there is still a lot of bush lower down. didn't get up top was way to cold to be putzn around up there. as long as your where in the woods you would sweat. today was actually a fun day to be in the woods. you could still find fresh shots.

 

[deadheadskier]

Still trying to figure out which condo Phil set you up with. Was it Mountain side? The place up the hill across the street from the Sunset? If so, too funny. My first winter ski bumming in town in 95' my roomates and I used to poach the hot tub there while we used the laundry facilities located in the same building. They left the building unlocked so anyone could walk in.

That ended the night we were hanging out in the hot tub and a family came in to use it. Starting up small talk they asked what unit we were staying in. We responed 3E or whatever. They said, that's funny, we don't recall seeing you in our spare bedroom.

ah youth :lol:

 

[BeanoNYC]

Still trying to figure out which condo Phil set you up with. Was it Mountain side? The place up the hill across the street from the Sunset?

Kingslug stayed there once...

 

[billski]

For starters, let me say that hardline is one dam fine boarder. His skill and energy level gives him really good form and adaptability that I can only wish for at my age. Real nice guy, definitely a pleasure to spend some quality slope time with.

It was cold Friday, but not too bad, since the it was bluebird all morning and there was virtually no wind anywhere on the mountain. The place was empty. We'd never seen it like this. Amazing. The gondi building was entirely empty at 9am, we just walked right on. The trails were the same way. It was like having private trails. Midway was jammed with collegiate racers, who did their two runs and slugged in the lodge the remainder of the stay. We skied, ate and went whenever wherever we wanted. Never saw the parking lot so empty. I'm hoping for a reprise of this at Jay this AM. The cold scared them all away. Good for us!

Conditions - no appreciably new snow since sunday, though it did snow lightly at day's end. Trails are generally groomed out, but the usual natural suspects, were bumped with lots of dry pow giving lots of turning choices. If however, they get a lot of traffic, it's gonna scrape off quickly. So a carvers delight on the groomers. The woods could use more snow, lots of stuff that should have been filled in by now wasn't, but given the earlier rain debacle, they have recovered relatively well.
I've a few pics, including hardline which I'll post on Sunday.
All the terrain was open, we skied exclusively at Mani today. Expecting some snow, looking for things to slowly improve or one or two good dumps could do it too.
While we started on the gondi, the lack of wind made riding up on the quad fairly tolerable. Still, we ducked into the lodge every 3-4 runs for a warm up. Definitely skiing the woods kept us warmer than if we had skied marked trails; a good move.

 

[hardline]

ya it was the mountainside across the street from the sunset. so i am now sitting at the pancake house wait for theguy at the garage to check to out the car it was making some weird noises and i dint want to drive back and breakdown on the highway so better to get it checked out here. so i may have to spen another night here.

 

[kingslug]

Kingslug stayed there once...

Yes i did!

 

[RISkier]

The woman in the blue coat and Burnin' Luvs in the pic with the fur coat was Ice Queen, I was behind her. Weird to see part of your bodies posted on a forum.

 

[poconovfr]

BASTAGE! That's it I'm driving.................later.

 

[hardline]

The woman in the blue coat and Burnin' Luvs in the pic with the fur coat was Ice Queen, I was behind her. Weird to see part of your bodies posted on a forum.

my camera see's all you have been warned

 

[hardline]

Saturday the day of gloom

So i get up later because the power went off again and my alarm did do its buzz thing. so i call around town to find out whos open and can take a look at the car. yaya was the only one in so it was that or stay in town till tuesday. so while yaya took a look(i already had a idea of what was wrong) we got pancakes nextdoor at the grey fox. about 2 hours later they confirmed what i had suspected. radiator is fuckt and not passing coolant and 1 cylinder is done. heres the kicker. if i had not decided to warm my car up. it would never have overheated. it was because it was just sitting there for 40 min with out air running over it. so this was bound to happen at some point. i am just glad it wasnt on the highway.
i took a bunch of pics but i am to tired to crop them and upload them but i will do it tomorrow. these are mostly the pics that where taken when we where drinking and goofing off around town.
the upside to this is i have to go back up at the end of the week or the beginging of next week. ill just time it with the snow. and this time ill have a new split in tow so i can do some exploring.

 

[hardline]

For starters, let me say that hardline is one dam fine boarder. His skill and energy level gives him really good form and adaptability that I can only wish for at my age. Real nice guy, definitely a pleasure to spend some quality slope time with.

It was cold Friday, but not too bad, since the it was bluebird all morning and there was virtually no wind anywhere on the mountain. The place was empty. We'd never seen it like this. Amazing. The gondi building was entirely empty at 9am, we just walked right on. The trails were the same way. It was like having private trails. Midway was jammed with collegiate racers, who did their two runs and slugged in the lodge the remainder of the stay. We skied, ate and went whenever wherever we wanted. Never saw the parking lot so empty. I'm hoping for a reprise of this at Jay this AM. The cold scared them all away. Good for us!

Conditions - no appreciably new snow since sunday, though it did snow lightly at day's end. Trails are generally groomed out, but the usual natural suspects, were bumped with lots of dry pow giving lots of turning choices. If however, they get a lot of traffic, it's gonna scrape off quickly. So a carvers delight on the groomers. The woods could use more snow, lots of stuff that should have been filled in by now wasn't, but given the earlier rain debacle, they have recovered relatively well.
I've a few pics, including hardline which I'll post on Sunday.
All the terrain was open, we skied exclusively at Mani today. Expecting some snow, looking for things to slowly improve or one or two good dumps could do it too.
While we started on the gondi, the lack of wind made riding up on the quad fairly tolerable. Still, we ducked into the lodge every 3-4 runs for a warm up. Definitely skiing the woods kept us warmer than if we had skied marked trails; a good move.

just wanted to say it was fun playing tour guide for you guys. hopefully next time there will be some fresher snow and if you guys are up for it out into some of the funner stuff out in the notch. billski is a super nice guy. they told me what type of stuff they wanted to do and i tried to find it for them. pretty much everytime i turned around they where right there behind me. even if i did lead them in to a ditch. sorry guys.

 

[billski]

More Pics

Sorry to hear about hardline's car troubles, hope it was something minor and not the rockers.

here are some photos from the day.
p.s., the ditch was the laugh of the day.

Stowe grooms them well (even if I'm not a groomer-luver). With no company, we had entire trails to ourselves.

Can you say corduroy?

While we killed time waiting for hardline to arise:

Minus 15 at the summit, minus 5 at the base.

bluebirds smiling on me...

One line of cars in front of the mani ghetto lodge.

the man hardline arrives with board and my skiing kumbada for the past three decades, Doug eating some bark

Lots of pucker brush, since the snowpack was so low. Lots of woods waiting for snow to fill in those little surprises called ditches.

Can't wait to get back and find some of the other lines with hardline - prayin' for more sno....

I played tourist afterwards to gawk at the new "camp" - you can stumble from the lodge into the transfer lift. Literally

This construction project is about 1/3 done!

Yep - this is where you change!

 

[hardline]

bill where were we when you took the pic of me we were still above the hardwoods. was it when took you to what i call upper chapel? looks like i will be back up the week of the second. i will be taking reservations for guiding services. lol. like i said ita always fun to have some people in chase. i need to find some new people to chase around the mountain.

 

[billski]

bill where were we when you took the pic of me we were still above the hardwoods. was it when took you to what i call upper chapel? looks like i will be back up the week of the second. i will be taking reservations for guiding services. lol. like i said ita always fun to have some people in chase. i need to find some new people to chase around the mountain.

Yep, that's UC.

My wife just cracked a plan to ski Bolton on 1/31. Often they like to sleep in on Sunday AM and we sneak over to Mani for the morning. That would be the only time I've got that weekend. I really do want to get to the bench.

p.s., How's the car?

 

[hardline]

well the radiator is shot and the #1 cylinder wasn't to good. he said he will be done by monday. i have an event i have to do on saturday and was going to take the vermonter up in the morning so i could just sleep instead of driving. however that means i dont get into waterbury till later in the day so now snow time on sunday. the best i can do is monday. i gave you the best directions you could get for the bench. just remember when you start to see a ridge building on your right and most of the tracks going to the right you should follow if you want get the traverse back or you will be down by 108. there is some really fun stuff out there you just have to be willing to take you time and look around. or have someone to follow.

 

[billski]

The woman in the blue coat and Burnin' Luvs in the pic with the fur coat was Ice Queen, I was behind her. Weird to see part of your bodies posted on a forum.

Next time you're up there or elsewhere, post a note in the trips section or drop a PM. No need to ski together, I understand we all have different plans; I'm happy to just say "hello!"

 

[hardline]

The woman in the blue coat and Burnin' Luvs in the pic with the fur coat was Ice Queen, I was behind her. Weird to see part of your bodies posted on a forum.

ya the next time you are up let us know

Sorry to hear about hardline's car troubles, hope it was something minor and not the rockers.

here are some photos from the day.
p.s., the ditch was the laugh of the day.

Stowe grooms them well (even if I'm not a groomer-luver). With no company, we had entire trails to ourselves.

Can you say corduroy?

While we killed time waiting for hardline to arise:

Minus 15 at the summit, minus 5 at the base.

bluebirds smiling on me...

One line of cars in front of the mani ghetto lodge.

the man hardline arrives with board and my skiing kumbada for the past three decades, Doug eating some bark

Lots of pucker brush, since the snowpack was so low. Lots of woods waiting for snow to fill in those little surprises called ditches.

Can't wait to get back and find some of the other lines with hardline - prayin' for more sno....

I played tourist afterwards to gawk at the new "camp" - you can stumble from the lodge into the transfer lift. Literally

This construction project is about 1/3 done!

Yep - this is where you change!

the other thing that is kinda funny about the couches is everybody sleepd on them i have had 3 different friend all just go down there abd take a nap. and they where out to the world.

 

[billski]

smash

ya the next time you are up let us know



the other thing that is kinda funny about the couches is everybody sleepd on them i have had 3 different friend all just go down there abd take a nap. and they where out to the world.

Truth be told, I've been known to take a quick nap in the lodge before the drive home during a long day trip.

Doug told a story about a neighbor who daytrips skiing and fell asleep behind the wheel on the way home. Totaled car, in hospital but is OK. After that his wife INSISTED that he check into a hotel and get a good night's sleep before he drives home. Guess it's better a little bit poorer than a little bit dead!:smash:

 

[hardline]

Truth be told, I've been known to take a quick nap in the lodge before the drive home during a long day trip.

Doug told a story about a neighbor who daytrips skiing and fell asleep behind the wheel on the way home. Totaled car, in hospital but is OK. After that his wife INSISTED that he check into a hotel and get a good night's sleep before he drives home. Guess it's better a little bit poorer than a little bit dead!:smash:

wow already up to 1,049 views.

i totaly agree much better to sleep a night than lose your life. i think its just kinda funny people sleep so peacefully down there.

 

[RISkier]

I thought about posting something for some kind of get together. Probably couldn't have kept up with you on the slopes but my apres ski technique is real solid. I could have at least bought a round at the Horn or the Shed (that Shed Mountain Ale is really special, the Switchback Ale is very tasty too).