Edd
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So long buddy. See you in Tahoe sometime!
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Your 2016-2017 Season Thread
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So long buddy. See you in Tahoe sometime!
4aprice
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The "Pokes", yea! Keep up the reports. Hope you get crushed as well (and it continues over to Utah and Colorado then off the east coast and up).
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Jcb890
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1: Wachusett - 11/26
2: Wachusett - 12/9
3: Wachusett - 12/10
4: Killington - 12/17 - Amazing snow day, Happy Birthday to me!
5: Jay Peak - 12/21
6: Jay Peak - 12/22 - Another great fresh snow day!
7: Wachusett - 12/29 - Car got stuck, had to use un-plowed lower lot and hike up... great snow night!!
8: Stratton - 12/30 - Crowds were absolutely insane.
9: Killington - 1/1/17 - Great snow and small crowds, awesome day and great way to kick off 2017!
10: Loon - 1/2 - 1st time here in 10+ years, great conditions, not too crowded... a nice day of riding.
11: Mount Snow - 1/7 - Hard and fast snowpack day.
12: Copper Mountain - 1/15 - 2-4" of fresh... the altitude here is brutal.
13: Copper Mountain - 1/16 - Altitude still brutal, tried some ungroomed terrain... gnarly!
14: Copper Mountain - 1/17 - Resolution Bowl black diamond moguled hell.
15: Copper Mountain - 1/18 - Amazing "goomer" day, 34.6k vert. and 31 miles ridden... unbelievable!
16: Killington - 1/29 - Good coverage and soft but edge-able snow. Not bad... for New England :lol:
17: Wachusett - 2/9 - Powdah! Last night didn't suck!
18: Loon - 2/11 - Nice soft turns in the AM, PM freezing rain caused us to stop early.
19: Big Sky - 2/15 - What a glorious bluebird day!
20: Big Sky - 2/16 - Adventuring into some trees, great snow, gnarly terrain off the ridge!
21: Big Sky - 2/17 - Amazing "groomer" day - tried for 40k vert., got 34.7k & 33.8 miles, joined 60MPH club!
22: Big Sky - 2/18 - Last day, very sore. Worst ungroomed snow of the trip after wind and freeze/thaw cycles.
23: Wachusett - 2/22 - Spring riding conditions at night in February... fun, but not so good for the snowpack.
24: Loon - 3/5 - Hard and fast all day. Unfortunately some ice and a bit inconsistent snow.
25: Mount Snow - 3/18 - Nice conditions... I wonder how long their season will go.
26: Killington - 3/25 - Snow wasn't bad, a bit hard. Very FOGGY, couldn't see more than 20-30' to start.
27: Mount Snow - 3/26 - Arrived late to scraped off icy snow.
28: Mount Snow - 4/1 - April 1st POW DAY!
29: Mount Snow - 4/14 - Nice conditions in the AM, everything turned to a puddle by noon.
30: Killington - 4/15 - Perfect Spring conditions. Amazing coverage still for 4/15.
31: Wildcat - 4/17 - 1st time at Wildcat. Fun Spring conditions!
32: Sunday River - 4/29 - 1st time at Sunday River. Fun Spring conditions!
33: Killington - 5/20 - Fun spring riding on Superstar, pretty solid coverage for May 20th.
Sadly, I think Saturday (5/20) will mark the end of my '16/'17 season unless Killington makes it to June. If they do, I'll plan to go to say I went in June. I don't think Tuckerman is going to happen... this weekend we're pretty busy and have things around the house to do.
A great season overall with my most days in a season yet. Next season I'll shoot for 40+.
Traveled West outside of New England for the first time this season and that was amazing, looking forward to doing that again next season. We're also looking forward to having and using Mt. Snow as our "home" mountain next season (day trips though) and then utilizing the MAX pass for the New England mountains we like and some Western trips.
Early Outlook at Goals for the 2017/2018 Season:
1.) Improve my carving technique and keeping a more dynamic stance... they seem to go hand-in-hand, but need to work on my physical fitness level in the off-season to do so.
2.) Help the wife improve in the same categories.
3.) Ride 40+ days.
4.) Get the wife doing some black diamonds.
5.) Get the wife more comfortable on thinner trails, making quicker turns and staying on a single edge for a longer period of time... all related really.
6.) Travel West at least 2-3 times.
7.) Improve my tree/glade riding - this somewhat relates to #1 though.
2: Wachusett - 12/9
3: Wachusett - 12/10
4: Killington - 12/17 - Amazing snow day, Happy Birthday to me!
5: Jay Peak - 12/21
6: Jay Peak - 12/22 - Another great fresh snow day!
7: Wachusett - 12/29 - Car got stuck, had to use un-plowed lower lot and hike up... great snow night!!
8: Stratton - 12/30 - Crowds were absolutely insane.
9: Killington - 1/1/17 - Great snow and small crowds, awesome day and great way to kick off 2017!
10: Loon - 1/2 - 1st time here in 10+ years, great conditions, not too crowded... a nice day of riding.
11: Mount Snow - 1/7 - Hard and fast snowpack day.
12: Copper Mountain - 1/15 - 2-4" of fresh... the altitude here is brutal.
13: Copper Mountain - 1/16 - Altitude still brutal, tried some ungroomed terrain... gnarly!
14: Copper Mountain - 1/17 - Resolution Bowl black diamond moguled hell.
15: Copper Mountain - 1/18 - Amazing "goomer" day, 34.6k vert. and 31 miles ridden... unbelievable!
16: Killington - 1/29 - Good coverage and soft but edge-able snow. Not bad... for New England :lol:
17: Wachusett - 2/9 - Powdah! Last night didn't suck!
18: Loon - 2/11 - Nice soft turns in the AM, PM freezing rain caused us to stop early.
19: Big Sky - 2/15 - What a glorious bluebird day!
20: Big Sky - 2/16 - Adventuring into some trees, great snow, gnarly terrain off the ridge!
21: Big Sky - 2/17 - Amazing "groomer" day - tried for 40k vert., got 34.7k & 33.8 miles, joined 60MPH club!
22: Big Sky - 2/18 - Last day, very sore. Worst ungroomed snow of the trip after wind and freeze/thaw cycles.
23: Wachusett - 2/22 - Spring riding conditions at night in February... fun, but not so good for the snowpack.
24: Loon - 3/5 - Hard and fast all day. Unfortunately some ice and a bit inconsistent snow.
25: Mount Snow - 3/18 - Nice conditions... I wonder how long their season will go.
26: Killington - 3/25 - Snow wasn't bad, a bit hard. Very FOGGY, couldn't see more than 20-30' to start.
27: Mount Snow - 3/26 - Arrived late to scraped off icy snow.
28: Mount Snow - 4/1 - April 1st POW DAY!
29: Mount Snow - 4/14 - Nice conditions in the AM, everything turned to a puddle by noon.
30: Killington - 4/15 - Perfect Spring conditions. Amazing coverage still for 4/15.
31: Wildcat - 4/17 - 1st time at Wildcat. Fun Spring conditions!
32: Sunday River - 4/29 - 1st time at Sunday River. Fun Spring conditions!
33: Killington - 5/20 - Fun spring riding on Superstar, pretty solid coverage for May 20th.
Sadly, I think Saturday (5/20) will mark the end of my '16/'17 season unless Killington makes it to June. If they do, I'll plan to go to say I went in June. I don't think Tuckerman is going to happen... this weekend we're pretty busy and have things around the house to do.
A great season overall with my most days in a season yet. Next season I'll shoot for 40+.
Traveled West outside of New England for the first time this season and that was amazing, looking forward to doing that again next season. We're also looking forward to having and using Mt. Snow as our "home" mountain next season (day trips though) and then utilizing the MAX pass for the New England mountains we like and some Western trips.
Early Outlook at Goals for the 2017/2018 Season:
1.) Improve my carving technique and keeping a more dynamic stance... they seem to go hand-in-hand, but need to work on my physical fitness level in the off-season to do so.
2.) Help the wife improve in the same categories.
3.) Ride 40+ days.
4.) Get the wife doing some black diamonds.
5.) Get the wife more comfortable on thinner trails, making quicker turns and staying on a single edge for a longer period of time... all related really.
6.) Travel West at least 2-3 times.
7.) Improve my tree/glade riding - this somewhat relates to #1 though.
dlague
Active member
That is a whole different challenge. My wife has never really gotten comfortable with narrower trails. The only thing that goes through her mind is "If I catch an edge I could go into the trees!". Her thoughts are actually more morbid but ..... she would never really ski that fast on narrow trails because if that. Once we moved out here, she loved it because her fear of sliding off into the trees was reduced. There are still some narrow trails here and there but greatly reduced. I find out here that she skis faster and more confident. IMO the narrower trails define NE skiing.
Jcb890
Active member
Oh I agree completely even just from our 1 trip out West.
My wife also has a fear of heights and trails which drop off to the side into the trees frighten her on top of them being narrow. So, generally we try to avoid them. But next year I want her to at least be competent and have confidence in her abilities on them so if we wind up on one, she won't freak out and will be fine.
I think Wildcat is a perfect place to practice this because that basically defines Polecat for at least half of the way down. For a green trail, it was pretty narrow in most spots and had a decent amount of drop offs into the trees.
Hopefully we'll meet some AZ'ers next season... didn't meet anyone this season.
36. May 20, 2017: Snowbird
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1) 10/28 - K
2) 11/21 - Aqua Terra / earned
3) 11/25 - Greek
4) 11/27 - Hunter
5) 12/04 - Hunter
6) 12/10 - Snow Ridge
7) 12/11 - Whiteface
8) 12/17 - Greek, foot
9) 12/18 - Greek
10) 12/24 - Greek
11) 12/30 - Greek
12) 12/31 - Greek
13) 01/01 - Hunter
14) 01/07 - Greek
15) 01/08 - Greek
16) 01/10 - Greek / night / 4" fresh
17) 01/11 - McCauley Mt
18) 01/14 - Greek
19) 01/15 - Greek
20) 01/21 - Greek
21) 01/24 - Greek
22) 01/28 - Wood's Valley, McCauley, Song
23) 01/29 - Snow Ridge TWO FEET
24) 02/03 - McCauley Mt. TWO FEET
25) 02/04 - Greek
26) 02/05 - Snow Ridge
27) 02/08 - Middlebury, Bolton Valley
28) 02/09 - Stowe
29) 02/10 - Stowe
30) 02/11 - Gore
31) 02/13 - Plattekill Powder Paradise
32) 02/18 - Greek, 50° mid Feb
33) 02/19 - Platty
34) 02/25 - Greek
35) 02/26 - Greek
36) 03/05 - Hunter
37) 03/06 - Holiday Valley
38) 03/11 - Belleayre
39) 03/12 - Hunter
40) 03/14 - Belleayre STELLA !!!
41) 03/15 - Platty STELLA!!!
42) 03/18 - Greek
43) 03/19 - Platty
44) 03/22 - Greek YUCK, sunny at least
45) 03/25 - Greek, closing day
46) 03/26 - Song
47) 03/31 - Windham, brutal
48) 04/01 - Gore, foot o pow, no joke!
49) 04/02 - Gore, sun and
50) 04/08 - Bolton Valley, another late season powder day.
51) 04/09 - Stowe, Spring skiing at it's finest. 100% open on April 9th, incredible.
52) 04/15 - Belleayre
53) 04/23 - K
54) 05/20 - K
55) 05/21 - K
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2) 11/21 - Aqua Terra / earned
3) 11/25 - Greek
4) 11/27 - Hunter
5) 12/04 - Hunter
6) 12/10 - Snow Ridge
7) 12/11 - Whiteface
8) 12/17 - Greek, foot
9) 12/18 - Greek
10) 12/24 - Greek
11) 12/30 - Greek
12) 12/31 - Greek
13) 01/01 - Hunter
14) 01/07 - Greek
15) 01/08 - Greek
16) 01/10 - Greek / night / 4" fresh
17) 01/11 - McCauley Mt
18) 01/14 - Greek
19) 01/15 - Greek
20) 01/21 - Greek
21) 01/24 - Greek
22) 01/28 - Wood's Valley, McCauley, Song
23) 01/29 - Snow Ridge TWO FEET
24) 02/03 - McCauley Mt. TWO FEET
25) 02/04 - Greek
26) 02/05 - Snow Ridge
27) 02/08 - Middlebury, Bolton Valley
28) 02/09 - Stowe
29) 02/10 - Stowe
30) 02/11 - Gore
31) 02/13 - Plattekill Powder Paradise
32) 02/18 - Greek, 50° mid Feb
33) 02/19 - Platty
34) 02/25 - Greek
35) 02/26 - Greek
36) 03/05 - Hunter
37) 03/06 - Holiday Valley
38) 03/11 - Belleayre
39) 03/12 - Hunter
40) 03/14 - Belleayre STELLA !!!
41) 03/15 - Platty STELLA!!!
42) 03/18 - Greek
43) 03/19 - Platty
44) 03/22 - Greek YUCK, sunny at least
45) 03/25 - Greek, closing day
46) 03/26 - Song
47) 03/31 - Windham, brutal
48) 04/01 - Gore, foot o pow, no joke!
49) 04/02 - Gore, sun and
50) 04/08 - Bolton Valley, another late season powder day.
51) 04/09 - Stowe, Spring skiing at it's finest. 100% open on April 9th, incredible.
52) 04/15 - Belleayre
53) 04/23 - K
54) 05/20 - K
55) 05/21 - K
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dlague
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Good approach with respect to learning skills to get her out of seemingly tough spots. My wife has that now. Does not mean she likes tough runs but if she ends up on a bump run she can ski it. If there is a double fall line she can handle that too. She has developed strategies to handle icy areas and narrow switchbacks. Cannon ended up being the perfect place to push her limits and gain exposure to bumps on Avalanche and Paulies Folly. Narrower trails with bumps and ice on Upper Hardscrabble. Upper Cannon was another good trail to teach on due to the narrowness, switchbacks, and sometimes icy turns. In many respects I owe it to folks on this forum and The Ride and Ski Card for my wife's abilities and interest in the sport for that matter. I got turned onto Cannon Season Passes by Cannonball who we do not see here any more. And we got to meet a lot of cool people at Cannon and on the Ride and Ski Tours (becomes a ski family of sorts).
A couple good strategies for us was having me lead the way and warn of tricky spots with hand signals and being downhill from her i could teach her how to read the trail and lastly do a black runs on your own first so the next run you can help her out or you can gauge it.
You are taking the right approach and you both will be rewarded. While it is fun to take runs on your own or with others with better skills, your wife can/will be a skiing partner for life while the others will come and go.
dlague
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October 23rd A Basin
October 30th A Basin
November 13th Loveland
November 20th Loveland
November 27 Keystone
December 2nd Eldora
December 10 Keystone
December 11 Breckenridge
December 18 Keystone
December 25 A Basin
December 30 Breckenridge
January 1 Vail
January 13 A Basin
January 14 Loveland
January 21 Breckenridge
January 28 Cooper
February 5 Keystone
February 12 Breckenridge
February 17 Keystone
February 19 Keystone
March 5 Beaver Creek
March 12 A Basin
March 17 A Basin
March 19 Breckenridge
March 26 A Basin
March 31 Keystone
April 2 A Basin
April 8 Breckenridge
April 14 Keystone
April 15 Loveland
April 16 A Basin
April 22 Loveland
April 23 A Basin
April 28 A Basin
May 7 A Basin
May 20 A Basin
Looks like 40 will be the magic number
October 30th A Basin
November 13th Loveland
November 20th Loveland
November 27 Keystone
December 2nd Eldora
December 10 Keystone
December 11 Breckenridge
December 18 Keystone
December 25 A Basin
December 30 Breckenridge
January 1 Vail
January 13 A Basin
January 14 Loveland
January 21 Breckenridge
January 28 Cooper
February 5 Keystone
February 12 Breckenridge
February 17 Keystone
February 19 Keystone
March 5 Beaver Creek
March 12 A Basin
March 17 A Basin
March 19 Breckenridge
March 26 A Basin
March 31 Keystone
April 2 A Basin
April 8 Breckenridge
April 14 Keystone
April 15 Loveland
April 16 A Basin
April 22 Loveland
April 23 A Basin
April 28 A Basin
May 7 A Basin
May 20 A Basin
Looks like 40 will be the magic number
37. May 26, 2017: Snowbird (it even snowed!
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38. May 28, 2017: Snowbird.
dlague
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October 23rd A Basin
October 30th A Basin
November 13th Loveland
November 20th Loveland
November 27 Keystone
December 2nd Eldora
December 10 Keystone
December 11 Breckenridge
December 18 Keystone
December 25 A Basin
December 30 Breckenridge
January 1 Vail
January 13 A Basin
January 14 Loveland
January 21 Breckenridge
January 28 Cooper
February 5 Keystone
February 12 Breckenridge
February 17 Keystone
February 19 Keystone
March 5 Beaver Creek
March 12 A Basin
March 17 A Basin
March 19 Breckenridge
March 26 A Basin
March 31 Keystone
April 2 A Basin
April 8 Breckenridge
April 14 Keystone
April 15 Loveland
April 16 A Basin
April 22 Loveland
April 23 A Basin
April 28 A Basin
May 7 A Basin
May 20 A Basin
May 27 A Basin
May 28 A Basin
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October 30th A Basin
November 13th Loveland
November 20th Loveland
November 27 Keystone
December 2nd Eldora
December 10 Keystone
December 11 Breckenridge
December 18 Keystone
December 25 A Basin
December 30 Breckenridge
January 1 Vail
January 13 A Basin
January 14 Loveland
January 21 Breckenridge
January 28 Cooper
February 5 Keystone
February 12 Breckenridge
February 17 Keystone
February 19 Keystone
March 5 Beaver Creek
March 12 A Basin
March 17 A Basin
March 19 Breckenridge
March 26 A Basin
March 31 Keystone
April 2 A Basin
April 8 Breckenridge
April 14 Keystone
April 15 Loveland
April 16 A Basin
April 22 Loveland
April 23 A Basin
April 28 A Basin
May 7 A Basin
May 20 A Basin
May 27 A Basin
May 28 A Basin
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Looks like my hopes of June 3rd skiing evaporated this weekend when I screwed up my right knee and leg. Seems a tendon hung, and then snapped free. My knee is bruised, and my whole quad is quite tender. Not going to be able to ski for a few weeks so I guess my fat lady sang her last with May 23rd.
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Looks like my hopes of June 3rd skiing evaporated this weekend when I screwed up my right knee and leg. Seems a tendon hung, and then snapped free. My knee is bruised, and my whole quad is quite tender. Not going to be able to ski for a few weeks so I guess my fat lady sang her last with May 23rd.
ss20
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I got 61 days in! No May turns like I had hoped...kinda an early end on 4/18. Good head start on 11/7.
My sig has all my days. I can't remember a note for all my days like some people on here can! Here's the ones that stand-out:
Killington 11/7- first time up/down the stairs. Great, sunny day before the Election (time flies). I remember thinking, "Man, this is better than anything I skied last year!" I met the legendary ski historian Joshua Seagul. After skiing I looked at the Superstar snowmaking setup before the World Cup- very impressive!
Killington 12/10- pretty day. Cold. Trees were marginally in play. I poached Header and got untracked the whole way down. Way cool.
Mount Snow 12/12- Powder day...and a $12 ticket...I had a lot of fun on the Main Face. Snowdance waterbars, South Bowl with snowmaking mounds and powder.
Mount Snow 12/17- another Powder Day. Jaws was fantastic.
Berkshire East 12/30- first time at the Beast with good conditions. I was with a buddy and we had one of the best days we've had together playing on the features in the bike park. Place was packed too, surprisingly.
Mount Snow 1/1- ANOTHER powder day...4 inches of very light fluff. Spent my time on the North Face.
Killington 1/19- Snow had fallen the night before. Ovation was heaven on the natural side. Vertigo was incredible. OL had powder bumps. Just an awesome day of hard, hard skiing. My buddy and I didn't ride any chairs with anyone else, place was dead.
Mount Snow 1/24- Ice/sleet in the morning made me miserable. The afternoon was good. No detachables ran...empty skiing all day...when you could see lol. Interesting snow product. Sleet skiing. It's fun. The legs hate it.
Magic 1/26- My buddy and I were expecting a limited amount of terrain, but with temps in the 40s, things opened up all day. I got waayyyy too much air in the Goniff Glade. When you're having that much fun, it's all good though. We accepted ski patrol's warning that the West Side had some waterbars...we hopped over them and hooted and hollered the whole way down.
Thunder Ridge/Mohawk- Just a fun powder day at my local hills. Skied 14" at Thunder Bump before trekking up to Mohawk. Flatland powder days are rare and fun. The trails don't get chopped up, there's maybe 2 dozen others on the hill, and I got to ski lines I hadn't skied in a few years.
Magic 2/16- 4" for $25. I skied with a local for the AM who showed me lot's of great places off the map. He kept showing me fresh. Then I met Mishka in the PM, who let me try on some of his sticks. Man, talk about skis that bulldoze through crude.
Mohawk 2/24- Skiing in shorts and 70 degrees outside. We had a big group rallied up and partied on the deck.
Killington 2/17- Just a classic Killington day in midwinter. 2" the night before gave way to a bluebird day with temps in the 20s. I skied off the Bear chair from 9-11 lapping OL, Bear Den, Centerpiece, Growler, and the Fiddle. There's no better chair in the East for expert skiing when it's spinning. No frills fixed-grip quad with easy access shutup-and-ski terrain with no runouts. And if you know where to go you can find fresh.
Mount Snow/Stratton second weekend of March- incomprehensibly cold. I found my limit. I wore 2 jackets. Temps never got out of the negatives and the wind kept the lifts running slow. It was cool to say "I did it" and have a story to tell but never again.
Bellayre: 3/15 32" powder day. Yep. Cold. Nothing was out of play. Nothing. The trees by Cathedral Brook were amazing.
Pico/Killington 3/18-3/19: Great weekend. A-Slope was so awesome. Great to ski Pico in good conditions. Still some fresh powder in the Summit Glades. I have a lot more respect for Killer Giant.
Killington 3/31- Powder day. Foot+ powder day. I lapped the Stairs 3 times...runs of my season. Powbumps...powbumps everywhere. Roundabout, OL, The Canyon, all memorable. Skied 8:05-4:25. No breaks.
Killington 4/1- Nothing could top the day prior, except brilliant April sunshine and 50 degree temperatures. Spent my day in the Canyon. Skied everything in there. Skied the Fiddle in April just to say I did. Bear trees were great. Ovation wasn't death ice for once. Downdraft was creamy and steep. The party moved to Superstar in the afternoon. What a day. Skied 8:00-4:30. No breaks. Probably the most skiing in two days I've ever done.
Killington 4/18- The last day isn't so sad when you don't think it's your last. 70 degrees, broke out the t-shirt and shorts again. Said goodbye to Outer Limits for the season, spent a lot of time on that trail this year. Those kickers at the bottom were something to remember. Downdraft and Big Dipper were awesome. Superstar was fantastic with the best bumps I can remember...ever. I didn't want the day to end.
I didn't want the season to end. I had so much fun. I accomplished a lot too, on the teaching side. Honestly, sometimes I sit back on these spring nights and think, "Man, I had so much fun this winter." It's gone now, but I've got so many great memories.
My sig has all my days. I can't remember a note for all my days like some people on here can! Here's the ones that stand-out:
Killington 11/7- first time up/down the stairs. Great, sunny day before the Election (time flies). I remember thinking, "Man, this is better than anything I skied last year!" I met the legendary ski historian Joshua Seagul. After skiing I looked at the Superstar snowmaking setup before the World Cup- very impressive!
Killington 12/10- pretty day. Cold. Trees were marginally in play. I poached Header and got untracked the whole way down. Way cool.
Mount Snow 12/12- Powder day...and a $12 ticket...I had a lot of fun on the Main Face. Snowdance waterbars, South Bowl with snowmaking mounds and powder.
Mount Snow 12/17- another Powder Day. Jaws was fantastic.
Berkshire East 12/30- first time at the Beast with good conditions. I was with a buddy and we had one of the best days we've had together playing on the features in the bike park. Place was packed too, surprisingly.
Mount Snow 1/1- ANOTHER powder day...4 inches of very light fluff. Spent my time on the North Face.
Killington 1/19- Snow had fallen the night before. Ovation was heaven on the natural side. Vertigo was incredible. OL had powder bumps. Just an awesome day of hard, hard skiing. My buddy and I didn't ride any chairs with anyone else, place was dead.
Mount Snow 1/24- Ice/sleet in the morning made me miserable. The afternoon was good. No detachables ran...empty skiing all day...when you could see lol. Interesting snow product. Sleet skiing. It's fun. The legs hate it.
Magic 1/26- My buddy and I were expecting a limited amount of terrain, but with temps in the 40s, things opened up all day. I got waayyyy too much air in the Goniff Glade. When you're having that much fun, it's all good though. We accepted ski patrol's warning that the West Side had some waterbars...we hopped over them and hooted and hollered the whole way down.
Thunder Ridge/Mohawk- Just a fun powder day at my local hills. Skied 14" at Thunder Bump before trekking up to Mohawk. Flatland powder days are rare and fun. The trails don't get chopped up, there's maybe 2 dozen others on the hill, and I got to ski lines I hadn't skied in a few years.
Magic 2/16- 4" for $25. I skied with a local for the AM who showed me lot's of great places off the map. He kept showing me fresh. Then I met Mishka in the PM, who let me try on some of his sticks. Man, talk about skis that bulldoze through crude.
Mohawk 2/24- Skiing in shorts and 70 degrees outside. We had a big group rallied up and partied on the deck.
Killington 2/17- Just a classic Killington day in midwinter. 2" the night before gave way to a bluebird day with temps in the 20s. I skied off the Bear chair from 9-11 lapping OL, Bear Den, Centerpiece, Growler, and the Fiddle. There's no better chair in the East for expert skiing when it's spinning. No frills fixed-grip quad with easy access shutup-and-ski terrain with no runouts. And if you know where to go you can find fresh.
Mount Snow/Stratton second weekend of March- incomprehensibly cold. I found my limit. I wore 2 jackets. Temps never got out of the negatives and the wind kept the lifts running slow. It was cool to say "I did it" and have a story to tell but never again.
Bellayre: 3/15 32" powder day. Yep. Cold. Nothing was out of play. Nothing. The trees by Cathedral Brook were amazing.
Pico/Killington 3/18-3/19: Great weekend. A-Slope was so awesome. Great to ski Pico in good conditions. Still some fresh powder in the Summit Glades. I have a lot more respect for Killer Giant.
Killington 3/31- Powder day. Foot+ powder day. I lapped the Stairs 3 times...runs of my season. Powbumps...powbumps everywhere. Roundabout, OL, The Canyon, all memorable. Skied 8:05-4:25. No breaks.
Killington 4/1- Nothing could top the day prior, except brilliant April sunshine and 50 degree temperatures. Spent my day in the Canyon. Skied everything in there. Skied the Fiddle in April just to say I did. Bear trees were great. Ovation wasn't death ice for once. Downdraft was creamy and steep. The party moved to Superstar in the afternoon. What a day. Skied 8:00-4:30. No breaks. Probably the most skiing in two days I've ever done.
Killington 4/18- The last day isn't so sad when you don't think it's your last. 70 degrees, broke out the t-shirt and shorts again. Said goodbye to Outer Limits for the season, spent a lot of time on that trail this year. Those kickers at the bottom were something to remember. Downdraft and Big Dipper were awesome. Superstar was fantastic with the best bumps I can remember...ever. I didn't want the day to end.
I didn't want the season to end. I had so much fun. I accomplished a lot too, on the teaching side. Honestly, sometimes I sit back on these spring nights and think, "Man, I had so much fun this winter." It's gone now, but I've got so many great memories.
Zand
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Kind of a weird season for me. Last year I kinda sat around all winter waiting for it to get better, and waited so long that I ended up getting a grand total of 7 days in. Swore to myself all summer that I'd make up for it this year. After getting 0 days in before MLK last year, I got a few early season days in this year, however seemed like every time I tried to get out it would rain, but would snow at the beginning of the work week every week. When the snow came spectacularly in February, I also got absolutely slammed at work. When I finally got a couple days off, it's suddenly 70 damn degrees. Naturally work dropped off during the recovery period. I took a long weekend after the March storm, but it was a couple days too late as Mt Snow was already pretty skied off and sun baked. Did get that one AWESOME day at Plattekill to make up for lost time a bit.
Basically, in the same boat as last summer. Got quite a few more quality days this time around, but still generally pissed that I got out as little as I did. Changing jobs in June, so hopefully I'll have a lot more time to ski next season.
Basically, in the same boat as last summer. Got quite a few more quality days this time around, but still generally pissed that I got out as little as I did. Changing jobs in June, so hopefully I'll have a lot more time to ski next season.
my season was odd, we had a lot of snow (80 cms in one storm!) but it always came early in the week with a warm up and refreeze before the weekend.
I had way more fun riding my fat bike on the ice crust than I did skiing this year.
I had zero ski vacations for the first time since I got back into skiing in 2012.
I did an uphill challenge at the local hill, so after spending 9 hours skinning in one day, I feel a lot more comfortable going uphill now.
All in all I am happy with the season, despite the lack of hard core skiing. I skied at least once every weekend and was in better biking shape this spring than I was in the fall.
I had way more fun riding my fat bike on the ice crust than I did skiing this year.
I had zero ski vacations for the first time since I got back into skiing in 2012.
I did an uphill challenge at the local hill, so after spending 9 hours skinning in one day, I feel a lot more comfortable going uphill now.
All in all I am happy with the season, despite the lack of hard core skiing. I skied at least once every weekend and was in better biking shape this spring than I was in the fall.
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1) 10/28 - K
2) 11/21 - Aqua Terra / earned
3) 11/25 - Greek
4) 11/27 - Hunter
5) 12/04 - Hunter
6) 12/10 - Snow Ridge
7) 12/11 - Whiteface
8) 12/17 - Greek, foot
9) 12/18 - Greek
10) 12/24 - Greek
11) 12/30 - Greek
12) 12/31 - Greek
13) 01/01 - Hunter
14) 01/07 - Greek
15) 01/08 - Greek
16) 01/10 - Greek / night / 4" fresh
17) 01/11 - McCauley Mt
18) 01/14 - Greek
19) 01/15 - Greek
20) 01/21 - Greek
21) 01/24 - Greek
22) 01/28 - Wood's Valley, McCauley, Song
23) 01/29 - Snow Ridge TWO FEET
24) 02/03 - McCauley Mt. TWO FEET
25) 02/04 - Greek
26) 02/05 - Snow Ridge
27) 02/08 - Middlebury, Bolton Valley
28) 02/09 - Stowe
29) 02/10 - Stowe
30) 02/11 - Gore
31) 02/13 - Plattekill Powder Paradise
32) 02/18 - Greek, 50° mid Feb
33) 02/19 - Platty
34) 02/25 - Greek
35) 02/26 - Greek
36) 03/05 - Hunter
37) 03/06 - Holiday Valley
38) 03/11 - Belleayre
39) 03/12 - Hunter
40) 03/14 - Belleayre STELLA !!!
41) 03/15 - Platty STELLA!!!
42) 03/18 - Greek
43) 03/19 - Platty
44) 03/22 - Greek YUCK, sunny at least
45) 03/25 - Greek, closing day
46) 03/26 - Song
47) 03/31 - Windham, brutal
48) 04/01 - Gore, foot o pow, no joke!
49) 04/02 - Gore, sun and
50) 04/08 - Bolton Valley, another late season powder day.
51) 04/09 - Stowe, Spring skiing at it's finest. 100% open on April 9th, incredible.
52) 04/15 - Belleayre
53) 04/23 - K
54) 05/20 - K
55) 05/21 - K
56) 06/01 - K
It's a wrap...I think, great season, many great powder days, even late.
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2) 11/21 - Aqua Terra / earned
3) 11/25 - Greek
4) 11/27 - Hunter
5) 12/04 - Hunter
6) 12/10 - Snow Ridge
7) 12/11 - Whiteface
8) 12/17 - Greek, foot
9) 12/18 - Greek
10) 12/24 - Greek
11) 12/30 - Greek
12) 12/31 - Greek
13) 01/01 - Hunter
14) 01/07 - Greek
15) 01/08 - Greek
16) 01/10 - Greek / night / 4" fresh
17) 01/11 - McCauley Mt
18) 01/14 - Greek
19) 01/15 - Greek
20) 01/21 - Greek
21) 01/24 - Greek
22) 01/28 - Wood's Valley, McCauley, Song
23) 01/29 - Snow Ridge TWO FEET
24) 02/03 - McCauley Mt. TWO FEET
25) 02/04 - Greek
26) 02/05 - Snow Ridge
27) 02/08 - Middlebury, Bolton Valley
28) 02/09 - Stowe
29) 02/10 - Stowe
30) 02/11 - Gore
31) 02/13 - Plattekill Powder Paradise
32) 02/18 - Greek, 50° mid Feb
33) 02/19 - Platty
34) 02/25 - Greek
35) 02/26 - Greek
36) 03/05 - Hunter
37) 03/06 - Holiday Valley
38) 03/11 - Belleayre
39) 03/12 - Hunter
40) 03/14 - Belleayre STELLA !!!
41) 03/15 - Platty STELLA!!!
42) 03/18 - Greek
43) 03/19 - Platty
44) 03/22 - Greek YUCK, sunny at least
45) 03/25 - Greek, closing day
46) 03/26 - Song
47) 03/31 - Windham, brutal
48) 04/01 - Gore, foot o pow, no joke!
49) 04/02 - Gore, sun and
50) 04/08 - Bolton Valley, another late season powder day.
51) 04/09 - Stowe, Spring skiing at it's finest. 100% open on April 9th, incredible.
52) 04/15 - Belleayre
53) 04/23 - K
54) 05/20 - K
55) 05/21 - K
56) 06/01 - K
It's a wrap...I think, great season, many great powder days, even late.
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1. Killington - peasants opening day - 10/26
2. Bretton Woods - 11/13
3. Killington - 11/20
4. Cannon - 11/26
5. Bretton woods - 11/27
6. Killington 12/10
7. Pats peak 12/11
8. Bretton Woods 12/12
9. Smuggler's Notch 12/17
10. Pats Peak 12/22
11. Sugarbush 12/23
12. Pats Peak 12/27
13. Cannon 12/28
14. Pats Peak 12/30
15. Pats Peak 1/1
16. Ragged 1/2
17. Wildcat 1/8
18. Pats Peak 1/13
19. Pats Peak 1/15
20. Pats Peak 1/16
21. Pats Peak 1/18
22. Ragged 1/21 - Not bad - spring like. Still issues with the bar.
23. Pats Peak 1/25
24. Bolton Valley 1/27 -wind holds
25. Pats Peak 2/1
26. Bolton Valley 2/4 - great conditions in and out of the woods. They got 14" the day before
27. Pico 2/5 woods were great all around
28. Pats Peak 2/7 powder then freezing rain around 6pm
29. Pats Peak 2/9 Powder afternoon
30. Pats Peak 2/12 (change of plans but worked out okay) Powda afternoon
31. Pats Peak 2/13 17" of powder skied everything and everything in between and outside the lines.
32. Wildcat/Attitash 2/18
33. Whaleback 2/19
34. Whaleback 2/20
35. Whiteface 2/27 Top started out good but got scrapped off by 12:30. bottom was soft spring turns all day.
36. Whiteface 2/28 great bluebird AM. Warm soft snow all day. better of the 2 days
37. Gore 3/5 surprising that the steeper stuff off the top (Rumor, lies and open pit) were the least scraped off. North side blues were good as well.
38. Pats Peak 3/10
39. Middlebury SB 3/11
40. Attitash 3/12 (Wanted to go to Wildcat - closed because of wind and cold)
41. Cannon 3/13 great man made - groomers were skiing great - not ice at all!
42. Sunday River 3/16
43. Sugarloaf 3/17
44. Sugarloaf 3/18
45. Pats Peak 3/26 - closing day with 100% coverage
46. Waterville Valley 3/31 - dollar day
47. Crotched 4/1 - 13 inches of snow!
48. Crotched 4/2 - very sticky must have had the wrong wax on!
49. Mount Snow 4/9- can't see myself skiing here much on my pass next year. Front side is very boring and almost too flat to keep going in the sticky snow.
50. Tuckerman's - 4/15 - one of the best 2 or 3 times I have gotten up there out of the 20-30 I have.
51. Killington - 5/12 - nice bumps, still nice coverage on SS, nice weather. How long will it last?
52. Killington and the answer to my last question was 6/1
2. Bretton Woods - 11/13
3. Killington - 11/20
4. Cannon - 11/26
5. Bretton woods - 11/27
6. Killington 12/10
7. Pats peak 12/11
8. Bretton Woods 12/12
9. Smuggler's Notch 12/17
10. Pats Peak 12/22
11. Sugarbush 12/23
12. Pats Peak 12/27
13. Cannon 12/28
14. Pats Peak 12/30
15. Pats Peak 1/1
16. Ragged 1/2
17. Wildcat 1/8
18. Pats Peak 1/13
19. Pats Peak 1/15
20. Pats Peak 1/16
21. Pats Peak 1/18
22. Ragged 1/21 - Not bad - spring like. Still issues with the bar.
23. Pats Peak 1/25
24. Bolton Valley 1/27 -wind holds
25. Pats Peak 2/1
26. Bolton Valley 2/4 - great conditions in and out of the woods. They got 14" the day before
27. Pico 2/5 woods were great all around
28. Pats Peak 2/7 powder then freezing rain around 6pm
29. Pats Peak 2/9 Powder afternoon
30. Pats Peak 2/12 (change of plans but worked out okay) Powda afternoon
31. Pats Peak 2/13 17" of powder skied everything and everything in between and outside the lines.
32. Wildcat/Attitash 2/18
33. Whaleback 2/19
34. Whaleback 2/20
35. Whiteface 2/27 Top started out good but got scrapped off by 12:30. bottom was soft spring turns all day.
36. Whiteface 2/28 great bluebird AM. Warm soft snow all day. better of the 2 days
37. Gore 3/5 surprising that the steeper stuff off the top (Rumor, lies and open pit) were the least scraped off. North side blues were good as well.
38. Pats Peak 3/10
39. Middlebury SB 3/11
40. Attitash 3/12 (Wanted to go to Wildcat - closed because of wind and cold)
41. Cannon 3/13 great man made - groomers were skiing great - not ice at all!
42. Sunday River 3/16
43. Sugarloaf 3/17
44. Sugarloaf 3/18
45. Pats Peak 3/26 - closing day with 100% coverage
46. Waterville Valley 3/31 - dollar day
47. Crotched 4/1 - 13 inches of snow!
48. Crotched 4/2 - very sticky must have had the wrong wax on!
49. Mount Snow 4/9- can't see myself skiing here much on my pass next year. Front side is very boring and almost too flat to keep going in the sticky snow.
50. Tuckerman's - 4/15 - one of the best 2 or 3 times I have gotten up there out of the 20-30 I have.
51. Killington - 5/12 - nice bumps, still nice coverage on SS, nice weather. How long will it last?
52. Killington and the answer to my last question was 6/1
39. June 3, 2017: Snowbird
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