Bostonian
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One trail nice coverage more to follow!
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Okay home now...
So I left beautiful Acton at 6:00 this morning as my 5 month pregnant wife looked at me like I was completely insane. I packed up the A4 (sans my hat and gloves - go figure-) and made my way up to Maine. Three hours and a Starbuck's Pumpkin Spice Latte later... First I drove to the main lodge to get a hat, gloves and of course the lift ticket. Then, I made it to the base of Barker. Not many people there, I was able to pull up to the second row in the lot. Kicked off the sneakers, threw on my Atomic Boots... and now.... Let the fun begin!
Running up to the lift, I dropped my skis, on the hay... and clicked in. And jumped on the lift:
Making the way up the lift it continued to blow and get chilly:
Finally get up to the top and come around and this is what you got to see:
Truly awesome conditions considering they were blasting for a night or two in a row. So now onto the good stuff!
The first run I took down my legs were not use to it. The combination of the snow guns (water guns almost at this point), and the sticky wet snow, put my legs to work. Something I wasn't expecting! However, after the guns came off, and the snow got pushed around a bit... this is what everyone didn't make it up to the Rivah missed:
Now for all your park fanatics... they even had two rails up... Here is one of them:
I stayed up there until about 1:30ish and it was just picture perfect. But as all good things do come to an end... I made my way back down the lift and this was the parting shot of the day.
All in all, what a great first day out on the snow. I hope this year I can get even more days in and improve my skiing! Welcome to 2010-2011 my friends ... IT IS ON!
*sorry killington... I would have skied you today, but well, the Rivah really is the new "Beast of the East."
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Okay home now...
So I left beautiful Acton at 6:00 this morning as my 5 month pregnant wife looked at me like I was completely insane. I packed up the A4 (sans my hat and gloves - go figure-) and made my way up to Maine. Three hours and a Starbuck's Pumpkin Spice Latte later... First I drove to the main lodge to get a hat, gloves and of course the lift ticket. Then, I made it to the base of Barker. Not many people there, I was able to pull up to the second row in the lot. Kicked off the sneakers, threw on my Atomic Boots... and now.... Let the fun begin!
Running up to the lift, I dropped my skis, on the hay... and clicked in. And jumped on the lift:
Making the way up the lift it continued to blow and get chilly:
Finally get up to the top and come around and this is what you got to see:
Truly awesome conditions considering they were blasting for a night or two in a row. So now onto the good stuff!
The first run I took down my legs were not use to it. The combination of the snow guns (water guns almost at this point), and the sticky wet snow, put my legs to work. Something I wasn't expecting! However, after the guns came off, and the snow got pushed around a bit... this is what everyone didn't make it up to the Rivah missed:
Now for all your park fanatics... they even had two rails up... Here is one of them:
I stayed up there until about 1:30ish and it was just picture perfect. But as all good things do come to an end... I made my way back down the lift and this was the parting shot of the day.
All in all, what a great first day out on the snow. I hope this year I can get even more days in and improve my skiing! Welcome to 2010-2011 my friends ... IT IS ON!
*sorry killington... I would have skied you today, but well, the Rivah really is the new "Beast of the East."
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