there were a lot of smiles today with Ripcord opening. It skied beautifully with some really great, dry manmade snow.
many, many thanks to Patrol for the hard work sledding snow into the water...
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there were a lot of smiles today with Ripcord opening. It skied beautifully with some really great, dry manmade snow.
many, many thanks to Patrol for the hard work sledding snow into the water...
The mountain wasn't offering the usual "Outback Ski Tour" in Slidebrook this past weekend. The snow report on Saturday said, "The 'Slide Brook Basin Wildlife area' is open for snowshoe tours, only,...
Mohair is supposed to give better glide, i.e. for longer tours with flats while nylon is supposed to give better climbing traction. My wife has a set of the Black Diamond GlideLite STS Mohair/Nylon...
sorry to hear about your friend. hope they make a speedy recovery.
&$*$&$** weather!
how does Sunday look?
snow line was below the top of super bravo about an hour ago. woo hoo!
buddy of mine received the gift certificates he purchased from Miguels in the mail today. they say right on them that they are not good saturdays and holidays. he's not happy since he was not aware...
If you download Google Earth, you should be able to transfer the trail map onto your GPS using the data in this file: sugarbush.kml. this option has the advantage of being free. I have a Garmin...
Lou Dawson's site, wildsnow.com, has good reviews of a bunch of different models: http://www.wildsnow.com/category/avalanche-beacon-review/
for anyone on the board that is a Fidelity Investments employee and a Sugarbush skier interested in a corporate season's pass discount, please send me a private message. Spouses are eligible too....
took a couple photos:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3448/3718792827_34ed79c784_b.jpg
#91 Renata Bucher of Lucerne, Switzerland won the women's race, finishing in 2:46:54
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My wife and decided we'd watch a ski movie on Saturday night, and we started off watching TGR Under the Influence. It was pretty cool but with so much focus on skiing in Alaska or other heli-skiing...
Cat Skiing at Mt. Ellen made the news tonight:
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10205350
Just caught this story on the Channel 3 news. Watching the two Bernese Mtn Dogs chasing Win skiing...
it's been fun watching the kids in that group this year. they really rip!
I have Garmont Axons, and I don't really use them at all for lift-served skiing. They are very stiff in the spectrum of AT boots, but they just aren't stiff enough for me to use for on-piste skiing,...
Sugarbush was featured on the NECN weather ski report.
http://www.necn.com/weather
click on- Downhill Lowdown: New England ski report
my buddy said he was watching on TV last night and saw me...
No problem. Download it here: USSMA_Mad_River_Valley_Race.kmz
Note- this is the recreational division course. the race division continued up the work road to the top of North Lynx instead of...
for those who haven't tried out Google Earth, it is an excellent program. Here are a couple of screenshots with the trail map layer enabled:
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Thanks Gregg and all of the other volunteers, organizers, and Patrol who helped make for a great race yesterday. It was definitely a lot of fun, and everyone that donated their time to keep racers on...
thanks, guys. glad you find it useful.
FYI the USSMA Mountain Hardwear Ski Mountaineering Race is this Sunday, February 8, 2009.
Info here:
http://www.ussma.org/race/2009-02-07/mountain-hardwear-ski-mountaineering-race
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good point. open Spillsville too. all skis are rock skis.
last year ropes were dropped on Spills from Grinder on 11/24. the top of Ripcord was roped, but lower ripcord and lower paradise were...
Funny that you bring up fan guns because I noticed that there was one sitting at the base of LP this weekend, next to the rail/box features. not sure if it is new or not, but I definitely hadn't seen...
Slidebrook Lodge is a good place and gets sweet live music acts throughout the season, but I can't see it filling the void of the Phoenix. Slidebrook is small and was already pretty packed most...
The Phoenix closed back in April. Anyone heard any word of somebody new moving in there?