Stowe/Mt Mansfield Deep Snow Pics 2/15

[powderfreak]

Sorry if this is too many pictures or if they're too large or whatnot. It needed to be documented.

I'm still struggling to grasp how much snow fell up there in only 24 hours...almost too much for any inbounds pitch. I've
never struggled to get speed in the Goat woods. It was very wind blown and
dense, but we went to where the wind doesn't blow...and here are the pictures.

Our back parking lot in Burlington...7am

Up on the mtn, never seen North Slope not groomed, much less buried in a sea
of 2-4 feet.

Wind hold till noon forced hiking/skinning from the triple which goes only halfway up and leaves 1,000ft of verts to go...we weren't complaining, at least they got us halfway up.

Classic Eastern skiing...

Whistler or Stowe?

Scroll down for Part II.

 

[powderfreak]

Part II

Avie danger was present on any open slope up here but there were enough
trees in here...I was told the avie message was called into Stowe Mountain
Resort by Stowe Haz Terrain Search and Rescue. Relatively knowledgeable
peopled were hearing lots of "whoomps" and noticing cracking, it was
especially issued for Hourglass and the entire upper Chin where slides have
been witnessed before.

In the trees (yes, trees do not mean no avies) we were comfortable and I was
the only one to really get something going in this chute...turn, face shot,
whoomp, whitewash, slowly slide downhill and stop at stand of trees. In
this deep snow, you could charge incredibly steep stuff (note trees below
off in the distance).

The small slab or very heavy slough carried off down the right chute, I was
aiming for left of the tree stand where another shot dropped down...instead
just ended up at the tree island in the middle.

Dave hitting one of the upper portions (above the traverse from Bypass) of
the chute, one past Stephanie's Chute.

Then letting 'em rip down the lower section...anyone know these chutes, they
are steeper than it appears in this photo...and Dave made figure 11s.

Go to next post...

 

[powderfreak]

Tyson dropping in.

Here, Tyson's submarining straight down a chute...I was standing on one side
and the rocks just past him is the other wall of the chute. The rock
layering is parallel with the horizon for some perspective.

Hey, the east ain't so bad after all...

Mind the gap.

So nice to finally have snow...

 

[from_the_NEK]

All I can say is :-o :-o :-o
Some of those pictures do look like they are from the Pacific Northwest.

 

[ajl50]

NICE!
(really not more can be said)

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Wow awesome pics, they speak for themselves

 

[ChileMass]

Fabulous pictures!!! Great action shot of your buddy busting that tight spot open.


OK - I'm a on old racer, and slugging your way thru all those trees is NOT my idea of fun (looks like WAY too much work), but that's pretty impressive. Nice job......:beer:

 

[SkiFirst]

WOW...Great pics.

 

[cbcbd]

wow, can't wait

 

[adamti91]

Sick pictures!

 

[eatskisleep]

Most amazing trip report of this season!

 

[wintersyndrome]

sweet dreams are made of these