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Adding to the VT BC stoke from today.....

Originally Posted by weasel1

BC today was a quick lap out the back of my parents's yard at the edge of the ridge rising out of Middelbury. Still in the valley, so nowhere near the snowpack up high, but enough to give it a go.

Chipman Hill gnar?!

^^^^^ Pictures up one post are sick! Well well done.

holy shit! that is some serious stoke. welcome home

well said buttah hands!

rog

Originally Posted by ecskier7

Josh Fox is calling for 20-30 inches. I will be at MRG Wednesday Thursday, blue jacket green pants most likely praxis pows.

dude, seriously
#1 rule of fight club; is you do not talk about fight club.
#2 rule of fight club; is you Do Not talk about fight club.
letz knot hex this one ya'll

Originally Posted by buttahflake

i was there a few weeks back. ultra boney. however, it's worth a look with this last storm and whatnot. i parked at the condos on Terminator. there was a skinner right out of the lot

Skinning under the high pressure skies was spectacular until...



Climbing in changeable conditions (crust, powder, some bootpack, some posthole, some skin track) in the second heel lifter position. Ski slid sideways under moderate lateral force into a hollow pocket, levering the toe laterally and snapping the mounting at the screw hole.

Binding: 2005 Fritschi Freeride, 5 years of use
Skis: 2005 Line Prophet 100, 172cm
Skier: 170lbs, 5'11", 50 years, very aggresive
Location: Ascutney, Vt.
Environmental: 20 degrees F., clear night, no wind.
Some failure was inevitable after all these years.

This was the genius year of shipping Prophets pre-drilled for Reactors, then never following up and making a decent clamp to use the holes once every pair of Reactors blew up under load. I'm hesitant to put yet *another* set of holes in these things, so my choices are to throw a plate on them, toss them entirely, or replace one Freeride using existing holes. Meh.

Originally Posted by buttahflake

dude, seriously
#1 rule of fight club; is you do not talk about fight club.
#2 rule of fight club; is you Do Not talk about fight club.
letz knot hex this one ya'll

I know I will retract that comment for later. But [ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112467"]this[/ame] is promising.

Originally Posted by buttahflake

dude, seriously
#1 rule of fight club; is you do not talk about fight club.
#2 rule of fight club; is you Do Not talk about fight club.
letz knot hex this one ya'll

Yeah. I WILL BE MAKING MY MEETING IN BOSTON ON THURSDAY. I WILL, I WILL, I WILL.....

in my chocolate OR jacket and on MoShips.

HA- AWESOME PICS DUDE... And I heard you left Mammoth at just the right time anyway.

Alpinista, get two used fritschi's. those things wont set you back and you'll have an extra if/when you break another.

Anyway, on to another no photo report from me. The GF's skiing is coming along pretty well. She got on a black at the snow bowl today, so that's like the equivalent of a double black at Okemo, so she's pretty much ready for anything.

Supposed to see some other mags in Middlebury but cell service was terrible, but unless they were wearing a race suit I figured I would have seen them.

Also, Killington Ski team won the race. But really, Vermont won for having two perfect days in a row with plenty of pow on the edges, deepness in the woods, and soft bump line with zero rockage in the trofts.

you fucking kick ass, vermont.

Originally Posted by Bottleman

Chipman Hill gnar?!

Nope, that's on the bill for Tuesday with the tinies. If you are in Middlebury and look east, the first ridge you see is where this is. Basically, just east of the "airport"....read: field with old round-top buildings that are supposed to be hangars.

Originally Posted by NWS BTV forecast discussion

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.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...SO SNOW TOTALS WILL BE HIR TO THE SOUTH GOING INTO TUES NGT. QPF W/ FRNTL BOUNDARY WILL RANGE FROM .03" NORTH TO 0.10-0.20" SOUTH...GIVING POTENTIAL FOR 3-6" SNOWFALL...TAPERING TO 1-2" FOR FAR NORTHERN ZONES.

LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 238 PM EST SUNDAY...EVERYTHING ON TRACK FOR SNOW EVENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STILL SEEING STRONG SIGNALS OF WARM AIR ADVECTION/FRONTOGENESIS/OMEGA MOVING INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EXITING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

SINCE SYSTEM IS COMING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS...GULF MOISTURE
WILL COME INTO PLAY WITH THREE QUARTERS TO AN INCH OF LIQUID
PRECIPITATION. TRACK OF SURFACE LOW TO OUR SOUTH AND THERMAL
PROFILE SUGGESTS PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW OVER
OUR ENTIRE AREA. BUFKIT ALSO SHOWING A FAVORABLE JUXTAPOSITION OF SNOW GROWTH AND OMEGA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO SUPPORT ENHANCED SNOW RATES.

AS A RESULT...HAVE GONE WITH CATEGORICAL PRECIPITATION
CHANCES...80-100 PERCENT...FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. WITH MOST DATA SUPPORTING THIS SCENARIO...THE LIKELIHOOD OF HEADLINES BEING ISSUED ON MONDAY FOR THE WEDNESDAY EVENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR THURSDAY AND SHOULD PREVAIL OVER THE NORTHEAST FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL ACTUALLY BE AT OR SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL.

The folks at NOAA are talking about fight club!! Someone silence them!! Everyone knows that Ullr only likes to puke heavily on southern new england, he wouldn't dare venture this far north

Somewhere, LH is fingering himself. I Don't know exactly what "warm air advection", "frontogenesis", or "omega" are but god damn that sounds fucking hot.


And some page top. I have noticed that when this song comes on the mp3 there is no possible way to ski fast enough to satisfy the metal gods. Nothing like the maiden gallop

Originally Posted by ml242

Also, Killington Ski team won the race. But really, Vermont won for having two perfect days in a row with plenty of pow on the edges, deepness in the woods, and soft bump line with zero rockage in the trofts.

you fucking kick ass, vermont.

Noice! My kiddo used to race for the K team a few years ago, and I remember going to races @ Middlebury. We found some good trees there b/4 and after waiting for him to race.

I *may* be in VT this weekend & looking forward to those conditions you mention!

Sprite

F' this fight club nonsense...

I am just going to say it outloud:

Vermont will get at least a dusting to 2" between now and the end of the week. There. I said it.


Oh, and it looks like the Superbowl will be played in Middlebury, VT and be a few days early this year.

The drama continues at MRG...

Surveillance cameras caught the two dudes who "skied" the snow off Paridise: http://dblums.tumblr.com/

The story (courtesy of Butterflake): http://starkspub.com/2011/01/30/a-fe...ples/#comments

ML... that was wicked bad.

Another solo tour to the powdery adkbc.

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON

326 AM EST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND END EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE DAYTIME
HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

Looks like I brought some snows with me back from UT.
Wheee...

Getting back into the flow of forecasting and It looks really really good for the catskills through VT for the rest of the this week.

First, warm air advection overrunning a stationary front will bring light to moderate snows to these regions over the next 36 hours. Then a storm system deepening in the G.L. will slide east thru PA. As it does it will bring heavy precip (likely a mix of snow and sleet) to the Catskills, ADK, VT and Southern NH. Significant QPF with this system...so the possibility exists for 12+ easy.

Originally Posted by lionelhutz

Looks like I brought some snows with me back from UT.
Wheee...

Getting back into the flow of forecasting and It looks really really good for the catskills through VT for the rest of the this week.

First, warm air advection overrunning a stationary front will bring light to moderate snows to these regions over the next 36 hours. Then a storm system deepening in the G.L. will slide east thru PA. As it does it will bring heavy precip (likely a mix of snow and sleet) to the Catskills, ADK, VT and Southern NH. Significant QPF with this system...so the possibility exists for 12+ easy.

Here I am coming to check in and ask you what's going to happen this week (yes, I checked fis first ) and you're at the top of the page with the most recent post. I'm planning on taking a day sometime this week, is this thing going far enough north for Jay, or will I have to go to NH again for teh deep stuff? My plan right now is Thursday, would Wednesday be better?

^^^Wondering the same thing. Wed or Thurs? How windy will it be during this storm?

Had an excellent time at Magic this past weekend. Great skiing, great people. Big thanks to everyone for showing me around the mountain, driving me around, giving me a place to sleep, feeding me, giving me booze and for being fun to ski with. I will be back.

Originally Posted by JayPowHound

Here I am coming to check in and ask you what's going to happen this week (yes, I checked fis first ) and you're at the top of the page with the most recent post. I'm planning on taking a day sometime this week, is this thing going far enough north for Jay, or will I have to go to NH again for teh deep stuff? My plan right now is Thursday, would Wednesday be better?

why drive an extra hour+ when there will be more more snow south of Jay?
on the other hand...
why pay for a ticket when you have a pass, 12+, heavy snow, no crowd=top 10 for the year probably

really can't go wrong JPH - have fun

Chris - awesome pics per usual

Originally Posted by Brewski2

^^^Wondering the same thing. Wed or Thurs? How windy will it be during this storm?

Curious about this too. As of right now, through Wednesday at least, it's pretty windless. Will we see winds ramp up on the backside, or is this going to be a nice, even canvas to work with Thursday?

Skinned alot yesterday. Skiied some steeps and some south facing stuff that is almost ready. Skin track included 2 caves and 3 beaver ponds, and about 30,000 overlapping spruce trees. Hard work yeilded 1 steep gully and 1 previously unknown man made line...equally as rowdy. So much to discover.

Wow, what a great weekend!

Had such a great time even if this last storm missed us. Skied Magic friday which was still skiing exactly like the weekend before (WOOT WOOT!), then headed oop nort' to the Middlebury area to explore some shitty, snow-free terrain around there. Stoked to go back, as the snowpack was just plain silly but I WILL NOT tour again with my stiff-ass alpine boots... Especially not for 3-4 hours with super long flat approaches... My heels are still steamin'- Still totally worth it though. PJ I'm hoping for this week on those badass slippers, so please harass me daily about them. Celly pics, taunting and insults to my manhood are a big fat "go".

Big thanks to Weasel for letting me borrow his skins, to TC + fam for their hospitality as well as Bumpskier & Bluebird for an awesome dinner.

I am so stoked right now it's hard for me to concentrate on work... So much potential in this storm and oh-so-many lines that have been waiting patiently. There are going to be a lot of big pictures this weekend if this thing hits like it's supposed to for sure. The whole green spine is poised for fkn liftoff, BC is oh-so-ripe for the picking and even all the normally bony resorts are chock full of snow.


Strong stoke work all around guys, keep up the awesome schralpin' and snappin'! I am REALLY REALLY liking what I see in here right now. Totally reedeemed the ECRC in my eyes! Keep kickin' ass peeps!