Sugarbush 11-11-08

[awf170]

Pretty good skiing from about 2,500 ft. up, below that was "survival skiing". Skied (in order) Exterminator, Rim Run, Bravo, Encore, Which Way, The Cliffs, and CrackerJack (Well I kept my skis on. I'm not too sure I would call it skiing though)

Here are a bunch of pics, none of which are particularly good since it was cloudy all day.

Going up Encore:

Skinning up Bravo, nearing the headwall:

Lower Exterminator skied quite well:

Skinning up Upper FIS. I actually thought about skiing the right side, but not being a complete retard I back out since I was by myself and didn't even have a helmet. Never mind the fact that it was only 8 inches of snow over no base.

So I skied Bravo instead:

The headwall was interesting:

But below that it was awesome!

Encore skied well:

Which Way was very nice. Probably the best run of the day:

Encore tracks on the skin up:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Nice TR..you make lots of turns..

 

[awf170]

Upper mountain:

Looking down the cliffs:

The Cliffs:

View on the drive out:

 

[awf170]

Nice TR..you make lots of turns..

Dude... it's 6-8 inches of snow on no base, and I'm by myself. I'm not going to be trying to arc GS turns at full speed. Also, you have to try to float you turns, not edge, or else you'll be hitting ground.

 

[2knees]

nice job bro.

didnt even know it was snowing up there today.

 

[andyzee]

You skied in October and just coming out with the report now?

 

[deadheadskier]

You skied in October and just coming out with the report now?

that was my confusion as well

 

[Alexander]

10 11 08 or 11 11 08? I'm pretty sure there was no snow on 10 11 08...

 

[awf170]

Whoops, it should be 11/11/08. Can a mod change that?:dunce:

 

[RootDKJ]

Nice job!

 

[Greg]

Whoops, it should be 11/11/08. Can a mod change that?:dunce:

Fixed. nice pics!

 

[hardline]

way to get it. why did ya chose the bush?

 

[WWF-VT]

Thanks for the report and pics from Mt Ellen.

 

[thetrailboss]

Nice pics and TR. Making me really jones for Ellen loving!

 

[severine]

Way to go! Thanks for sharing the pics with us!

 

[cbcbd]

dude, nice work!

 

[Glenn]

Nice job! While it's not a "ton" of snow, they at least have decent coverage. All in due time.....

 

[awf170]

way to get it. why did ya chose the bush?

As far as I know they got the most snow. The Mansfield stake reported the same, but Mt, Ellen has more elevation and less people than Stowe. No one else reported more than a couple inches of snow.

 

[danny p]

sweet pics/TR, thanks!

 

[bvibert]

Nice work Austin! Looks like some decent coverage in spots at least. Thanks for all the pics!