New England skiiers rejoice

[Kneel B4 Zod]

this storm may have left my parking lot with a solid 6 inches of life-threating uneven ice, but it also left this:

5 feet (!!) of snow at Jay Peak
3-4 feet at Stowe

operations are largely shut down today b/c of high winds. I'm calling in sick tomorrow...holla at a once every 4 year ski day.

anybody else?

PS please nobody tell my boss

[skiier04]

I'll be at Jay Peak and the Bush next weekend [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Narcileptico]

they have skiing in new england? must be a thrill.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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we sure do!

in fact Stowe and Jay tomorrow will be as good as any resort in America.

Jay Peak and Stowe season snowfall: 197 inches


Squaw: 174
Vail: 191
Alta: 213

neither Stowe nor Jay have 30 foot cliffs or miles of bowls, but both have tree skiing that is 95% as nasty as anything you can find at Alta or around Tahoe. that is, if you know where to look.

[kmak]

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they have skiing in new england? must be a thrill.

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we sure do!

in fact Stowe and Jay tomorrow will be as good as any resort in America.

Jay Peak and Stowe season snowfall: 197 inches


Squaw: 174
Vail: 191
Alta: 213

neither Stowe nor Jay have 30 foot cliffs or miles of bowls, but both have tree skiing that is 95% as nasty as anything you can find at Alta or around Tahoe. that is, if you know where to look.

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Whistler: 391

No comparison.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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they have skiing in new england? must be a thrill.

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we sure do!

in fact Stowe and Jay tomorrow will be as good as any resort in America.

Jay Peak and Stowe season snowfall: 197 inches


Squaw: 174
Vail: 191
Alta: 213

neither Stowe nor Jay have 30 foot cliffs or miles of bowls, but both have tree skiing that is 95% as nasty as anything you can find at Alta or around Tahoe. that is, if you know where to look.

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Whistler: 391

No comparison.

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Whistler is having a great year from what I understand. also a lot of rain though.

I did hit Stowe yesterday, and it was ridiculous. almost too much snow in some places.

we did some hiking OOB (for those that know Stowe, we hiked up to ski 'upper bypass'. this is at the top of the quad), and hit some areas untracked areas with 4 new feet. it's borderline dangerous, b/c if you fall you can drown from the snow, and it's also extremely easy to lose skis and/or put them back on.

there were some great line and some really steep stuff. at one point we almost had to dismount b/c we were stuck above a huge frozen waterfall going into a 3 foot wide frozen chute. we all ended up sliding down which was dangerous by itself.

if you are on the quad and look right above the normal Bypass glades, you'll be able to see some cleared out areas, which is where this waterfall is. ridiculous terrain, as nasty as anything you'll find anywhere.

[nyc999]

I'll be at Sunday River this weekend with their 37 inches of new snow!

[MarkSummers]

lemme know if you're going to be at stowe (or sugarbush or smuggs) either friday or saturday. i want to go but have nobody to go with because my dad is too slow [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Kneel B4 Zod]

btw, does anyone know how hard (in mph) the wind needs to be blowing for lifts to shut down down?

only 4 lifts open at Stowe today, with 14 mph winds.

tomorrow forecast 9-14 mph...not so good?

[mulebennett]

i grew up in central VA, and my ski and snowboard team used to ski down dinky little hills of a mountain. for spring break each year, we went to stowe. it's like driving a Geo Metro all year and for a week you get to drive a Lambo. that place is so sweet.