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Date Skied: 2/26/12
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush – Mt Ellen
Conditions: Powder, Packed powder, wind blown, blue skies, temps in the teens
Trip Report:
After enjoying the 24+ inches of powder at Smuggs on Saturday and a white knuckle drive back to Fayston, VT. I woke up to blue skies and a reported 10-12 inches of new snow at Sugarbush. I was feeling a little tired so I started the day on the Inverness chair where I figured there would be less competition for first tracks and I could start off on some low angle woods.
My first run was in a virtually untouched Semi Tough Woods. Kinda cool to see this in front of your skies on a bluebird day:
Walts Trail is mellow green run – all natural snow and plenty deep on Sunday:
Walts Woods is a short shot through some nice birch trees:
After a few runs off the Inverness chair I decided to head up the GMX and take a trip on Hammerhead:
I did a couple of other trails off the North Ridge chair – Bravo was deep, Elbow was a bit windblown but still held good snow. Cruiser and Which Way were in great shape.
Lower FIS had a lot new snow:
With the exception of the run out, Lower FIS is one of my favorite runs at Mt Ellen:
I decided to finish up with a few more runs off the Inverness chair. Here’s a great view looking toward the summit. It gives you an appreciation of how big the mountain is:
I hit the usual suspects – Brambles and Brambles Woods which still had lot of untracked lines:
Around 1 PM my legs were toast after skiing hard on Friday, the powder fest on Saturday at Smuggs and a morning tour around Mt Ellen. My last run of the weekend was through a tight pines line:
And finally Semi Tough:
Overall it was a phenomenal weekend to ski in Northern VT. Get it while you can and let’s hope for more snow this week!
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush – Mt Ellen
Conditions: Powder, Packed powder, wind blown, blue skies, temps in the teens
Trip Report:
After enjoying the 24+ inches of powder at Smuggs on Saturday and a white knuckle drive back to Fayston, VT. I woke up to blue skies and a reported 10-12 inches of new snow at Sugarbush. I was feeling a little tired so I started the day on the Inverness chair where I figured there would be less competition for first tracks and I could start off on some low angle woods.
My first run was in a virtually untouched Semi Tough Woods. Kinda cool to see this in front of your skies on a bluebird day:
Walts Trail is mellow green run – all natural snow and plenty deep on Sunday:
Walts Woods is a short shot through some nice birch trees:
After a few runs off the Inverness chair I decided to head up the GMX and take a trip on Hammerhead:
I did a couple of other trails off the North Ridge chair – Bravo was deep, Elbow was a bit windblown but still held good snow. Cruiser and Which Way were in great shape.
Lower FIS had a lot new snow:
With the exception of the run out, Lower FIS is one of my favorite runs at Mt Ellen:
I decided to finish up with a few more runs off the Inverness chair. Here’s a great view looking toward the summit. It gives you an appreciation of how big the mountain is:
I hit the usual suspects – Brambles and Brambles Woods which still had lot of untracked lines:
Around 1 PM my legs were toast after skiing hard on Friday, the powder fest on Saturday at Smuggs and a morning tour around Mt Ellen. My last run of the weekend was through a tight pines line:
And finally Semi Tough:
Overall it was a phenomenal weekend to ski in Northern VT. Get it while you can and let’s hope for more snow this week!
