TR: Chest Deep Pow (East Coast Season 2009/10 begins!)

**backcountryben** · 10-01-2009, 03:02 PM

10/1/2009 - The day dawned cloudy and cold, with (premature) snowflakes drifting lazily down from the slate-grey Hanover skies. A flurry of activity: making coffee, checking webcams, packing the car with skis (and bikes). We left town giddy with a mix of excitement and anticipation. All the new (developmentally-challenged) snow that had fallen overnight made driving treacherous, necessitating a chain-law for all of I89 in Vermont:

Fortunately, by the time we got to Stowe, it was clear that the snow that had fallen overnight on the mountains was more well developed. In fact, the snowline was low enough that we scrapped our initial idea to bike to the goods and just booted up from the parking lot!

Breaking trail was tough, but fortunately there were a few tracks (gpetrics, allenataylor, and samthaman) to help us. Otherwise it's doubtful we could have made it to the top in just one day. But we persevered and made it to the snowy summit. Conditions were deteriorating however, and as more snow began to fall out of the sky we opted to descend, given the increasing avy danger. (a cursory snow pit revealed a well-bonded snowpack; anything that would have slid would've gone to ground)

Noah led us off and I followed, my trusty powder skis providing adequate flotation in the 2-3" deep snowgrass

The top of Nosedive was a little rocky for good turns, but soon we found ourselves on grassier terrain and we were able to really open it up. It was chest deep in a couple places:

The trail was divided into two mowed-grass ribbons on the sides that had by far the best skiing of the day.

Noah tearing it up

My kayaking friend Nick proved that skiing 2" of grass is harder than Class V boating and thus adopted an interesting descent strategy

Finally around where national comes into nosedive, the snow ran out. but we continued bravely on and skied frosted grass to the car

Me working on my form under adverse conditions.

Overall it was... interesting conditions, but this is my earliest first day on the east coast ever! Hard to complain on october first...

Let's keep it coming!!!

**shera** · 10-01-2009, 03:07 PM

Now there's an act of desperation! Come out to Colorado, we've got the grass covered if not the shrubs.

**DeeAre** · 10-01-2009, 03:07 PM

A for efforrt, but skiing over shrubbery is depressing.

**cliffhucker** · 10-01-2009, 03:09 PM

I really thought there might be some deep snow, I was soreley dissappointed, now even angrier than I was before. Way to get after it, but your promise of chest deep will disappoint many more

**cramp** · 10-01-2009, 03:15 PM

I envy you for your deep snow pack. Honestly! (no snow anywhere in the Alps but at the very highest glaciers).

**the_clizz** · 10-01-2009, 03:27 PM

talk about a psych-out. what kind of wax you using??

**rideit** · 10-01-2009, 03:30 PM

So Jealous!

**dk_alaskan** · 10-01-2009, 03:37 PM

PLEASE, watch out for the shrubs, you may completely decimate them. Show your regard for all the living creatures and shrubery. If you do not head this advice, you WILL be destroyed by

**skiingsamurai** · 10-01-2009, 03:50 PM

I knew this was coming

sam wes and allen puss out this time?

**gpcharles** · 10-01-2009, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by skiingsamurai

I knew this was coming

sam wes and allen puss out this time?

http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/...eone-say-snow/

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that's sommy funny shit right there ben... now you see why i didn't need to do it a second time

it's worth doing it to say you did... but that's about it

**skier666** · 10-01-2009, 03:55 PM

Ummmmm.....YES!

**backcountryben** · 10-01-2009, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by gpetrics

http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/...eone-say-snow/

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that's sommy funny shit right there ben... now you see why i didn't need to do it a second time

it's worth doing it to say you did... but that's about it

haha true.

I still had a shit-eating grin all the way through my afternoon class though... AND this is 3 weeks earlier than last year (I suppose you had your mt adams snowblade adventure though...)

@ shera - I was in CO all summer! I had to leave to get back to school 1 week too soon...

**arewolfe** · 10-01-2009, 04:06 PM

CALL S.A.R. I'M LOST IN THE WHITE ROOM!!!!

**enzo3366** · 10-01-2009, 04:10 PM

I'm jealous.

**AsheanMT** · 10-01-2009, 04:13 PM

This thread fills me with joy and laughter.

**ddtglfman** · 10-01-2009, 04:42 PM

Just like the mid-January conditions I remember in the 60's. When goat was only rocks, ice and stumps!

**F.D.V.** · 10-01-2009, 05:20 PM

Easy now princess...

We got enough gapers in the state already!

Originally Posted by SheRa

Now there's an act of desperation! Come out to Colorado, we've got the grass covered if not the shrubs.

**Blurred** · 10-01-2009, 05:30 PM

Where's Dexter Rutecki??????

Sick TR. Tedski would be proud.

**levistewart** · 10-01-2009, 05:44 PM

no one loves skiing as much as east coasterds!

**nihiles** · 10-01-2009, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by SheRa

Now there's an act of desperation! Come out to Colorado, we've got the grass covered if not the shrubs.

where is the line between desperation and getting the fuck after it.

Originally Posted by cliffhucker

I really thought there might be some deep snow, I was soreley dissappointed, now even angrier than I was before. Way to get after it, but your promise of chest deep will disappoint many more

Originally Posted by dRider

A for efforrt, but skiing over shrubbery is depressing.

your avatar is depressing.

to those running around mansfield:

**gpcharles** · 10-01-2009, 06:47 PM

i would like to clarify my above post:

it was worth doing....

it was VERY fun...

a second lap in a hungover tired hungry wet state was a bad idea... glad you got it ben! i had the same grin myself

**shera** · 10-01-2009, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by F.D.V.

Easy now princess...

We got enough gapers in the state already!

We usually get some cool maggots coming through too though!

**shera** · 10-01-2009, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by nihiles

where is the line between desperation and getting the fuck after it.

Between the willow and the maple?

Hey, I've skied thin terrain before. I'm going to ski thin terrain tomorrow.

**allenataylor** · 10-01-2009, 07:36 PM

Ben, you are losing twice over. We beat you to the snow by a long shot and you are now 1 day behind in the day count. Step it up man.

Today was awesome! Bring on winter. Its been a long 3 months since I Skied tucks in July.

**backcountryben** · 10-01-2009, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by allenataylor

Ben, you are losing twice over. We beat you to the snow by a long shot and you are now 1 day behind in the day count. Step it up man.

Today was awesome! Bring on winter. Its been a long 3 months since I Skied tucks in July.

You forget that I had 2 days in July, 1 in August, and 1 in September before today

(but today was awesome!)