March 4th, 2006
The day started early. By 6:45 we were putting Montreal in the rear-view mirror and heading down increasingly slippery roads. Excitement was high. We knew there’d be snow, but didn’t know how much. No worries: the details could work themselves out later.
Unfortunately the day also ended early. A Mazda slips and slides beside us and is soon skidding perpendicular in front. With nowhere to go, we tap their driver’s side door and then play follow the leader into the ditch. All humans emerge unscathed, but the Subaru has suffered for it’s foray into the pipe. Tow trucks, police, insurance – I’m sure too many of you know the drill.
Four and a half hours later we’re heading back to Montreal in a rental mini-van, not willing to push our luck any further.
Upon our return we gaze at threads like this and know that we have to try again tomorrow. A quick call to shmerham confirms that the day was epic – Tram and Flyer on wind-hold = almost exclusive rights to an entire side of the mountain for the price of a five minute hike.
I’ll let those who were there tell the tale and share the pics (if they ever stopped to take any).
March 5th, 2006
There are days when certain lines, shots and stashes can be put off and saved for later. Days when you work your way down the popularity ladder, reaping fresh turns all along the way.
With the parking lot filling fast at 8:30, with the line at the Flyer overflowing, and with the palpable energy in the air, it was deemed that today would be no such day.
It was a day for getting while the getting was good.
And it was good.
Maggots by the names of Vinman, shmerham, Schuss, Tuckerman, Core Shot, Raps, and Franz Klammer were there for the feast and helped throw the universe out of balance by combining for four pairs of Bros at one east coast resort.
Three runs through edge-deep powder served to render one stash suitably plundered (with much aid from Mit and Rap’s bombholes). Unfortunately, on the second of those runs Vinman broke an inch-and-a-half diameter branch with his already hurting shin and, to add insult to injury, got deposited in a tree-well as a result. He gamely stayed with it and was with the crew as we moved on from our vanquished plot of land.
The next item on the menu consisted of slightly tighter shots through various trees and such. The maggots fanned out and danced down, each one enjoying the powder of their own private line. To be fair, sometimes it was pre-chopped, but by turning to a slightly different rhythm, the fresh could still be had and the smiles were large as we popped back onto the run full of stories of snow washing over our second boot buckles.
By afternoon, the hype and resulting clientele had pretty much had their way with most of the hill. Grins carried us through some blurry runs to the pizza that awaited at the end (thanks Core Shot!).
And that’s about all I have to say about that right now.
There are a few pictures that should find their way into the posts below, but on this day we were skiers first and maggot trip-reporters a very distant second. As such, the quantity and quality of pics may suffer. We shall see.
In the meantime, here's a picture of a midget crouching from the Jay site's photo of the day:
In short: Good times, good times.
Sick and ashamed and happy (and ended the day proper by driving into Montreal rockin’ the old school Bon Jovi),
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03-05-2006, 05:47 PM #1
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Jay Peak Summit: March 4th-5th TR
Last edited by gincognito; 03-05-2006 at 05:59 PM.
"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
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03-05-2006, 06:25 PM #2
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I might as well post the pictures in here:
Well, where to begin? For the moment, I'll just let the photos speak for themselves:
MassLiberal ploughing through pow on Valhalla
MassLiberal O-face Detail
JAY SPRAY (courtesy of MassLiberal)
MassLiberal, shmerham and schuss hiking up to Valhalla (due to closed tram)
MassLiberal is a photoslut
A slightly blurry photoslut
More photoslutting by everyone's favourite campaign manager
The East Coast does not have blower pow ...
MassLiberal is too close to the lens
shmerham sluttin' it up in preparation for the W/BC summit
schuss gettin' after it
Bros like the EC pow
Another one gets too close to the lens
Can you say BLOWER POW? L8APX sure can ...
Kids beware - tree wells are dangerous
I've had a great time - easily my best two days of skiing on the East Coast. Many thanks to everyone at the summit and in particular to MassLiberal, schuss and shmerham for the rides and Core Shot for the housing. It was quite simply outstanding.
A proper TR will follow later (including hot tub shots of L8APX) ...Last edited by Franz Klammer; 04-18-2007 at 10:14 AM.
Ein Berg ohne Absturzgefahr ist nur noch Attrappe. (Reinhold Messner)
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03-05-2006, 06:51 PM #3
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My crappy dial-up connection is preventing me from seeing all these shots, but, damn, the teasers look mighty tasty! Good work, Franz.
Sick and ashamed and happy (and would gladly trade the over-the-windshield shots we were experiencing that day),
d."Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
- Kurt Vonnegut
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03-05-2006, 07:00 PM #4
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In classic East Coast dis-organization we managed to have two threads.
L8APX just posted in the other one, so we have to consolidate as much as possible.Ein Berg ohne Absturzgefahr ist nur noch Attrappe. (Reinhold Messner)
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03-05-2006, 07:01 PM #5
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YYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!
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03-05-2006, 07:05 PM #6
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Moved
To add to the excellent TR from Franz. Again letting the Photos do the work.
The trip up.
The way down.
This is the summit on which coast?
Thomas getting his first taste of the east coast.
Coming up for air.
& going back for more
Deep
Halfast loving life.
Tennesse Tom getting to know east coast pow
Making the mantras look tiny. Phantoms.. Thanks core shot.
Does that say 30"
Harvest the ride.
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03-05-2006, 07:11 PM #7
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I could learn to love the east coast. Great pics. Glad to see you guys getting a solid day of west coast pow.
"In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair." -Emerson
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03-05-2006, 07:12 PM #8
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Nicely played L8APX - I just deleted the other thread so TJ Brk and Benny Profane will have to repost.
Ein Berg ohne Absturzgefahr ist nur noch Attrappe. (Reinhold Messner)
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03-05-2006, 07:19 PM #9
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Sorry couldn't ski with you guys Sun but soooooooo not sorry to have been there Sat......left there being totally satiated with the incredible blower and the good company. This couldn't have been planned better
except of course woulda been better if GIN KNEW HOW TO DRIVE
sorry about the accident...wish you were there...but ya really didn't miss much
Last edited by train07; 03-05-2006 at 07:38 PM.
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03-05-2006, 07:42 PM #10
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Funny thing was that MassLiberal and I also had a minor accident - good thing the Jay Peak truck pulled us out of the snow just at the right time.
Not to mention the hot bumper-to-bumper action that L8APX, halfast, schuss and I enjoyed with those Québecois Koreans ...
BTW: high res shots are available at http://www.mit.edu/~ederer/photos/jay/best/.Last edited by Franz Klammer; 03-05-2006 at 07:45 PM.
Ein Berg ohne Absturzgefahr ist nur noch Attrappe. (Reinhold Messner)
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03-05-2006, 08:33 PM #11stowebum Guest
Props to you guys for knowing the good shit. Valhalla could be the best official woods trail at Jay Peak, and it is so overlooked I love it!
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03-05-2006, 08:37 PM #12
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Well - you need to be willing to hike if both Flyer and Tram are closed ...
Originally Posted by stowebum
Ein Berg ohne Absturzgefahr ist nur noch Attrappe. (Reinhold Messner)
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03-05-2006, 08:40 PM #13
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Explosiv's in the shop being mounted, otherwise I would have been up there. Grrrrr.... Wasn't so pissed about it until I read this thread. Just missed the best weekend of the year on the EC by far
Way to get after it, at least someone got to enjoy the nukage.'Least I ain't chicken.
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03-05-2006, 08:47 PM #14
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I'm very bummed out that I missed this (though I doubt I could have kept up w/ you all!). Still, it would have been fun to try.
Sprite"I call it reveling in natures finest element. Water in its pristine form. Straight from the heavens. We bathe in it, rejoicing in the fullest." --BZ
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03-05-2006, 08:56 PM #15
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Not too much to add, great write up Gin - good to see many old faces and a couple new ones.
Definately glad i make the spur of the moment decision to drive up for todays sweetness......
I'll add pictures later when i load em on my computer....
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03-05-2006, 09:02 PM #16
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Originally Posted by L8APX
Making the mantras look tiny. Phantoms.. Thanks core shot.
That reminds me, I bumped into Dave O of Phantom today at Gore. He agreed, it wasn't a Phantom kinda day. There. Just got back from Switzerland. Looked good.
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03-05-2006, 09:13 PM #17
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Damn, the Spats are getting itchy seeing those pics. It's been almost a year since they were out last, and that was during a big March storm at a little hill just north of Jay.
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03-05-2006, 09:16 PM #18
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Massliberal you slut!
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03-05-2006, 09:34 PM #19
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You know it!!
This weekend did not suck!!!!
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03-05-2006, 09:41 PM #20
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Put up that pic of me and the pics from Bolton, you slut. Originally Posted by MassLiberal
Ein Berg ohne Absturzgefahr ist nur noch Attrappe. (Reinhold Messner)
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03-05-2006, 09:52 PM #21
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I have to wait for my friend to send them to me, my camera had an unfortunate accident (it jumped out of my pocket into a creek), but his should be pretty sweet.
Also, I'll put up the pic of you tomorrow, my camera may be toast, but my memory card should be okay. I just need my work computer which has a card reader.
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03-05-2006, 10:18 PM #22
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Whoop Whoop!
EC takin' the prize! Jay Peak, can't stop it!
Oh ma gawd I'm 3000 miles away.
Summit should last at least three more days. As your doctor I insist that you all take sick days NOW.
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03-06-2006, 07:39 AM #23
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Good times I'll post my pics later.
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03-06-2006, 08:10 AM #24
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Aftetr the last few months round here, I'd say that was justice! Warms my heart to see this stuff. Nice work!
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By the way, I just want to add that it was a pleasure to finally meet, and ski with, some maggots. It's amazing how much fun it is to ski with other people who are so passionate about making fluffy, fluffy turns in east coast pow (and who look so damn good doing it!). I especially wanted to thank Franz, whose enlightened academic discusssion kept me from falling asleep at the wheel given our RIDONKULOUSLY early departure time of 4:30am.
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