Thread: East Coast Roll Call V---> SO MUCH better then all the other roll calls

Originally Posted by powbmps

Fuck this 80 degrees in March. Sunapee is done. No AcroBag. Wah.

Was looking forward to throwing down with Lynchdogger (phew, an excuse to bail ).

Great to talk with you powbmps! The wife was not excited about this plan! Hahaha. It would have been fun. Friday afternoon shots and beers, triple lindys and slushy snow. But for not. Crazy f'n weather! For NE ski areas this year was crap! Especially in NH. Aaah f*ck it! Just hope High George gets refreshed next week!

Fixed it.

Originally Posted by thin cover

man, i remember hitting mt. baker in '99 and thought i wouldn't see anything like that again but this is crazy.

The ScottSki63 bump report from a few minutes ago:

(can't embed, it's just a video)

Likely open this weekend:

Vermont-
Bolton (Saturday Only)
Burke
Jay
Killington
Mt Snow
Smuggs?
Stowe
Stratton
Sugarbush

New Hampy-
Attitash
Bretton Woods
Cannon
Loon
Waterville
Wildcat

Maine-
Sunday River
Saddleback
Sugarloaf


Plenty of places still open this weekend but several may call it after Sunday.

Good news - Cannon tickets are $25 for the rest of the season.
Bad news - they are closing on Sunday (25th)

^yup.

ski days cost a little more each trip out this season. what a bitch of a winter.

to lazy to embed this and cannot remember who said it...but so true. the snow stake chart is a big FU middle finger.
http://www.uvm.edu/skivt-l/?Page=depths.php

unless, it turns into a 'sign of the horns'

you know, that "rock on" gesture

that would rock

on

Originally Posted by strawjack

^yup.

ski days cost a little more each trip out this season. what a bitch of a winter.

to lazy to embed this and cannot remember who said it...but so true. the snow stake chart is a big FU middle finger.
http://www.uvm.edu/skivt-l/?Page=depths.php

That was me. I'm still waiting/hoping for the side of the hand to form that would be where the ring and and pinky finger are folded over in orderto complete the effect. If it just drops all the way to the bottom, It is going to to look like a tiny sharp prick with some hairy balls.

I have been swimming the past two days (well, not really swimming, but I dove into river water for a very brief amount of time) and riding my bike in the 80 degree sun.

Thinking of hiking Franconia Ridge on Tuesday... anyone want to join? Going up Falling Waters to Little Haystack, across to Lafayette and down Old Bridle Path.

^^ yes, some devil horns on that bad boy would be a good thing indeed (who the hell wants the other thing )

just read smuggs snow report...they are closing sunday

does anyone know what date stowe is now shooting for...and whether they've gone to late season pricing yet (their scheduled late season is around april 7-22)?

the pics swede put up has me thinking they can hang on til at least next weekend...

Smuggs runs until Sunday. Earliest closing I've seen. The upside....a smooth transition to single track and if it snows private mountain.

Originally Posted by Powder Pussy

Pussy in a backpack?! Is that part of some survival gear for long term solo treks into the wilderness?

I don't know anything about that but I DO know some cat pissed on my cool dude shorts that were on the floor today...they must read here?

Originally Posted by buckethead

the pics swede put up has me thinking they can hang on til at least next weekend...

I don't think those are my pics you're talking about, but I could be crazy.


However, Here is a photo from last Saturday.




Also, was flipping through a N'East Mag and saw one of High Anxiety's pics from Smuggs earlier this winter, nice work man!

^^ my bad: it was not the angry swede but the fussy dutchman who put up the stowe pics. nice pic from saturday though!

Originally Posted by angry swede

Also, was flipping through a N'East Mag and saw one of High Anxiety's pics from Smuggs earlier this winter, nice work man!

You did? What mag? I don't think its one of my pictures, but here is a picture from last saturday

Originally Posted by highanxiety

You did? What mag? I don't think its one of my pictures, but here is a picture from last saturday

it was "N'East Mag" may have been an add for meathead films. I swear photo credit was C.Nelson, that is you? and it was someone in a yellow jacket getting a faceshot under a frozen waterfall. Looked just like some that you posted earlier this year. Next time I see the mag I'll Investigate.

Jay is hurting right now. Anything with natural snow is done. The Jet and Haynes were the only runs where you didn't have to cross any grass on the way down.

Bring on mountain bike season.

Glad to see you guys getting after what is still sticking to the mountain! I'm jealous but more determined than ever to come back strong next season. This stupid hematoma sucks, tho. Anyone have ideas on how to speed up the healing process? I did manage to work on my PT this week - walking down the street to the Prohibition Pig twice. That place has it dialed!

On a side note, is anyone else going to the GZA show tomorrow night at the Nail? Pm me if you are - we'll be pre-gaming.

Originally Posted by grubbers

Jay is hurting right now. Anything with natural snow is done. The Jet and Haynes were the only runs where you didn't have to cross any grass on the way down.

Bring on mountain bike season.

wow i was hoping they were in better shape than that!
the jet and haynes being the only continuous runs sounds so may 2011.

how's upper can am holding up?

back to stowe, anyone know if they reduced their ticket rates yet?

Originally Posted by angry swede

it was "N'East Mag" may have been an add for meathead films. I swear photo credit was C.Nelson, that is you? and it was someone in a yellow jacket getting a faceshot under a frozen waterfall. Looked just like some that you posted earlier this year. Next time I see the mag I'll Investigate.

Chris Nelson, aka Rooster is one of the Meathead founders/skiers/filmers/photogs...

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Originally Posted by buckethead

^^ yes, some devil horns on that bad boy would be a good thing indeed (who the hell wants the other thing )

just read smuggs snow report...they are closing sunday

does anyone know what date stowe is now shooting for...and whether they've gone to late season pricing yet (their scheduled late season is around april 7-22)?


the pics swede put up has me thinking they can hang on til at least next weekend...

Bucket - You were close enough, I never realized the similarity of the two names until now. I asked one of their ops guys both of those questions yesterday and he smiled and said if it were him, "I would have dropped the pricing last weekend but it's a corporate decision so who knows when and if they will" and on their close date he said I wouldn't count on seeing April.

Swede - Nice pic indeed! Unreal how much coverage is completely gone since you took that pic. I talked to a guy who did a hike late Saturday afternoon and said it probably wouldn't be worth it after the weekend so looks like your timing was dead on.

Grubbers - Thanks for the Jay report, was considering it for Sunday but might just hit Saxon Hill instead...let me know if you want to meet up.

Edit: Thanks to TC for the heads up...mistakenly (more like stupidly now that I really look at it) thought swede's pic was taken on mansfield, obviously I have zero mt wash area experience! Hopefully pop that cherry very soon before that's all gone too.

March 21 TR: Mt Washington Four-Ravine Circumnavigation . . . or should that be, March is the new April, or maybe even May, or in some places June.

Yes, although some spots still have nice snow, the possibilities for touring among multiple ravines are pretty slim, or maybe even nonexistent now after yet another day of major melting, and with one more coming up tomorrow.

Full picture set and TR (via captions) here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1183643...eat=directlink

... but here are few quick pics ...

Route (clockwise):




Heading on up:




Color coordinating the helmet and skis:




Booting back up after relaying the news up to a waiting Jerimy that, no, it doesn’t go:




Josh in upper Monroe Brook:




And quite a bit further down:

Originally Posted by angry swede

it was "N'East Mag" may have been an add for meathead films. I swear photo credit was C.Nelson, that is you? and it was someone in a yellow jacket getting a faceshot under a frozen waterfall. Looked just like some that you posted earlier this year. Next time I see the mag I'll Investigate.

Unless I'm severly mistaken, N'East Mag hasn't existed for at least 5 years....

Awesome shots, Jonathon.


Sad to hear about the down right hot temps back east... gf told me it was 86° in norwich today... WTF?! Guessin' I won't be getting any more VT (or NH) days in this year, alas...
Not that much better than here in Jackson, it was up to about 50° at elevation, and with even warmer temps forecasted for tomorrow, things are just too warm.

Originally Posted by JayPowHound

Chris Nelson, aka Rooster is one of the Meathead founders/skiers/filmers/photogs...

I think Rooster from the Meat Heads' real name is Chris James

Just updated my blog post with an entire rundown for the entire East (from Ontario to the Atlantic):

Eastern Ski Disaster and Winter Hating Heatwave

Here is the breakdown from Ski Mad World:

http://madpatski.wordpress.com/2012/...ting-heatwave/

70 or less ski areas that are looking to open this weekend. I might have missed 1 or 2 that are still open in the Atlantic Provinces. Quebec lost over half its areas in the last few days. I didn't manage to confirm a few.

ON: 1 maybe
QC: 42 or less (wasn't able to confirm some of them)
NB: 2
NS: 1
NL: 1 or more
NY: 4
VT: 10
NH: 6
ME: 3