GrilledSteezeSandwich
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Hey All,
I'm back from a fun long weekend at Stowe with some PASRs. This epic weekend in PASR history began Thursday morning at 9AM when I hit the road enroute for Stowe VT. The drive on Route 22 East to 33 South to I-78 east to I-287 North to I-87 was smooth and I averaged almost 70mph....zoom. I smoke with Dime on the drive up he was left Stroudsburg around Noon. I also talked with A-Jeff who decided to stay home and rocked out to some Huey Lewis and the News..when Hip To Be Square comes on..I drive a little faster and do my 80s dance.. :lol:
I stopped for gas near Schroon Lake..88 miles north of Albany NY before heading eastward on 74 to Ticonderoga then over the Champlain Bridge into Vermont...the temperature was in the upper 50s..30 miles east on Route 17..the temperature was 20 degrees cooler and the trees frosted with snow as I climbed the Appalachian Gap and coasted into the Mad River Valley. I made it to the Town and Country resort in Stowe a few minutes after 4PM. I ended up taking a nap, drinking a bunch of beer and then getting pizza from Pie in the Sky..then Dime came over and chilled and I drank more beer and walked around by the recreation path.
on to the skiing:::::::::
I arrived at Stowe at 830AM on Friday April 10th. The temperature at the base was in the upper 30s under partly sunny skys. I purchased my 3 day lift ticket for $124 and proceeded up the steps to the quad..as I wasn't hardcore enough to go up the hill.. :lol: Up the quad and at the top it was around 30 degrees and everything was so white. I first skied a groomer warmup down Ridgeview to Sunrise to Standard..then Lord to North Slope to the base of the Quad..the groomers were nice and packed powder near the top, crispy mid mountain and sticky and soft lower mountain. Over at the Gondola base I ran into PASRs own Johnny Style..Johnny bought his ticket and then we went up the Gondola..I wanted to poach Chin-clip and Johnny wasn't down so i just poached the top part which had sweet corn bumps then I bailed onto Switchback and caught up to Johnny on Gondolier then we skied Lower Switchback which was pretty bare and mushy. Back up the Gondola and I got a text from Dime to meet at the top of the quad at 10AM. So we skied some woods off of Cliff Trail to Nosedive across midway and down to the base..the quad was stopped so we went up the triple and down a cruiser back to the quad and up the quad and we were a little late for our 10AM meeting.
We skied Nosedive to the Slalom Glades..The top of Nosedive was nice Chalky snow which turned to mank lower down in the glades..then we sniffed around in some of the Goatdive woods..Then back up and we hit Bypass which had great snow to the BBQ grill woods. Then down Midway to Liftline up the Quad. Then we skied Starr which was fantastic..even the icy areas were edgeable and it was skiable edge to edge. We skied all of Starr over the bare patched under the Lookout double and back down to the quad..then back up for some gnarly tight woods next to Hayride..then down Hayride which had some really nice corn. Then up the quad and by this point around 1PM, the rope was dropped on Upper Goat. Goat skied great..an unforgiving run was very forgiving and the few exposed rocks were easily avoidable with a little Pocono Shuffle/ Jump Turn combo. We skied Upper and middle goat..and lower Goat was closed so down National we went which had big soft bumps..5 hours after beginning and no lunch breaks, I was spent and called it a day..A really sweet first day of the ski trip..and by now it was almost 50 degrees at the base.
I drove back into town...had some beer, a sandwich, combos, fruit salad, nachos and anything else I could get my hands on..then fell asleep..Melissa and her friend Mike rolled into the Town and Country around 630PM and I went to the Shed with them for dinner. I had a bacon burger and Shed Ale..and Melissa and Mike had the beer samplers with 6 different kinds of beer on a ski..then they got another ski and I tried a smoky stout and something else. Then later Johnny, Dime, Melissa and Mike all chilled in the GSS party room until like 11PM..we party hard!!!
Saturday morning I woke up early and went to the Stowe Bagel and Melissa beat me there...I had an early riser which is bacon, cheddar, egg and tomato on a bagel and Red Bull..they didn't have any Sugar Free Red Bull..Then I drove up to the mountain with the warm sunshine and Walking On Sunshine blaring from my speakers...It was going to be a good day!!!!
To Be Continued.....
I'm back from a fun long weekend at Stowe with some PASRs. This epic weekend in PASR history began Thursday morning at 9AM when I hit the road enroute for Stowe VT. The drive on Route 22 East to 33 South to I-78 east to I-287 North to I-87 was smooth and I averaged almost 70mph....zoom. I smoke with Dime on the drive up he was left Stroudsburg around Noon. I also talked with A-Jeff who decided to stay home and rocked out to some Huey Lewis and the News..when Hip To Be Square comes on..I drive a little faster and do my 80s dance.. :lol:
I stopped for gas near Schroon Lake..88 miles north of Albany NY before heading eastward on 74 to Ticonderoga then over the Champlain Bridge into Vermont...the temperature was in the upper 50s..30 miles east on Route 17..the temperature was 20 degrees cooler and the trees frosted with snow as I climbed the Appalachian Gap and coasted into the Mad River Valley. I made it to the Town and Country resort in Stowe a few minutes after 4PM. I ended up taking a nap, drinking a bunch of beer and then getting pizza from Pie in the Sky..then Dime came over and chilled and I drank more beer and walked around by the recreation path.
on to the skiing:::::::::
I arrived at Stowe at 830AM on Friday April 10th. The temperature at the base was in the upper 30s under partly sunny skys. I purchased my 3 day lift ticket for $124 and proceeded up the steps to the quad..as I wasn't hardcore enough to go up the hill.. :lol: Up the quad and at the top it was around 30 degrees and everything was so white. I first skied a groomer warmup down Ridgeview to Sunrise to Standard..then Lord to North Slope to the base of the Quad..the groomers were nice and packed powder near the top, crispy mid mountain and sticky and soft lower mountain. Over at the Gondola base I ran into PASRs own Johnny Style..Johnny bought his ticket and then we went up the Gondola..I wanted to poach Chin-clip and Johnny wasn't down so i just poached the top part which had sweet corn bumps then I bailed onto Switchback and caught up to Johnny on Gondolier then we skied Lower Switchback which was pretty bare and mushy. Back up the Gondola and I got a text from Dime to meet at the top of the quad at 10AM. So we skied some woods off of Cliff Trail to Nosedive across midway and down to the base..the quad was stopped so we went up the triple and down a cruiser back to the quad and up the quad and we were a little late for our 10AM meeting.
We skied Nosedive to the Slalom Glades..The top of Nosedive was nice Chalky snow which turned to mank lower down in the glades..then we sniffed around in some of the Goatdive woods..Then back up and we hit Bypass which had great snow to the BBQ grill woods. Then down Midway to Liftline up the Quad. Then we skied Starr which was fantastic..even the icy areas were edgeable and it was skiable edge to edge. We skied all of Starr over the bare patched under the Lookout double and back down to the quad..then back up for some gnarly tight woods next to Hayride..then down Hayride which had some really nice corn. Then up the quad and by this point around 1PM, the rope was dropped on Upper Goat. Goat skied great..an unforgiving run was very forgiving and the few exposed rocks were easily avoidable with a little Pocono Shuffle/ Jump Turn combo. We skied Upper and middle goat..and lower Goat was closed so down National we went which had big soft bumps..5 hours after beginning and no lunch breaks, I was spent and called it a day..A really sweet first day of the ski trip..and by now it was almost 50 degrees at the base.
I drove back into town...had some beer, a sandwich, combos, fruit salad, nachos and anything else I could get my hands on..then fell asleep..Melissa and her friend Mike rolled into the Town and Country around 630PM and I went to the Shed with them for dinner. I had a bacon burger and Shed Ale..and Melissa and Mike had the beer samplers with 6 different kinds of beer on a ski..then they got another ski and I tried a smoky stout and something else. Then later Johnny, Dime, Melissa and Mike all chilled in the GSS party room until like 11PM..we party hard!!!
Saturday morning I woke up early and went to the Stowe Bagel and Melissa beat me there...I had an early riser which is bacon, cheddar, egg and tomato on a bagel and Red Bull..they didn't have any Sugar Free Red Bull..Then I drove up to the mountain with the warm sunshine and Walking On Sunshine blaring from my speakers...It was going to be a good day!!!!
To Be Continued.....
