TR: Goating - Ski Touring with your goat (in your backyard)

[Thatcher]

As with all my TR's, a little set-up is in order.

‘Twas a glorious Christmas season. New York was non-stop:

(conservative)



(ready to go)





After an action-packed three weeks in the city, with a Christmas party just about every night, it was time to head to the country.

Stratton, pre-Christmas, wasn’t bad:





The Christmas lights were set up with care:



And winter festivities abound:



A glorious Christmas sunset:



And Christmas moon:



And winter fun!



Winter fun….with a very special friend…(my brother is about to bite it, by the way)



…which brings me to my main topic:

GOATING [Goht –ing]

-noun
The act of a person ski touring with a goat

In this case, touring in my backyard with my goat. I was eager to test out my new 190 Bibby’s. No better way to do so than with my loyal goat. (Goat checking out the foreign objects)





Out into the wilderness:



Please don’t eat the pinetree






Come little goat



Spooky graveyard



Epic powder turns down a near vertical face








Back to the barnyard…







Wait – we’re supposed to keep moving…



Home sweet home.



Time to head into the trails in our woods, sans goat





Sick



More pow turns



Under the fallen trees



On another, warmer day, I headed out with the goat again - this time he was galloping behind me (bad iphone photo):



Some epic turns behind my house:



Ok, well that ends my story. Thanks for viewing. Off to LCC now. Bye.

[coreyb]

would be so much better if you were skiing on gots with your goat...



and if there were nekked pics of the dancing xmas girls... just sayin

[lionelhutz]

YES! The GOAT!
Love it.
Just got back from LCC. 62 inches in 6 days. It was pretty good. Have fun. I left some for you.

[coreyb]

YES! The GOAT!
Love it.
Just got back from LCC. 62 inches in 6 days. It was pretty good. Have fun. I left some for you.

jealousy. will anything be left when i get out there feb 5th? or perhaps a new cycle of fluff in the works?

[Tye 1on]

holy galloping goat! Never knew there was so much skiing going on in/around the Big Apple.

[fixiewrek]

That's just all kinds of awesome.

[4matic]

Cool goat!

[Steven S. Dallas]

Nice marmot, man.

[alfajores]

Next up, lioning (skiing with your local mtn lion chasing you)

In Whistler, they moose and bear.

At Mt Baker, they Marmot (I have actually marmotted, those bastards chase you and shit!)

[uppernotmaster]

Without question that's the best goating i've ever seen.

[jgb@etree]

Werd up. Lovin' the goat.

[lionelhutz]

P.S. What's the goat's name?

[Thatcher]

holy galloping goat! Never knew there was so much skiing going on in/around the Big Apple.

It's a happenin' place in a far out kind of way.

P.S. What's the goat's name?

Do you really think I'd give out that sort of information on the internet?!

[mikemcee]

Damn Thatcher, Central Park, the Goat? Man, you're killing it!

Please keep 'em coming.

[montanaskier]

this TR was pretty Baaaaaaaaaad...

[Making a Pizza]

Obligatory Girl Comment: AWWW HOW CUUUTE! Love how it just follows your skin track

[klar]

^^totally agree.

also, your goat looks very well suited to winter conditions, as by far not all goats are!

[criscam]

no beacon on the goat.

[khyber.pass]

^^ For the win.

[Poop~Ghost]

Your goat is bad ass. I laughed hard when I saw your pix of him following you. Well done, sir.

[BCR]

goat = new chick magnet

Obligatory Girl Comment: AWWW HOW CUUUTE! Love how it just follows your skin track

[nick > jesus]

I want a Goat!

(and a goat tower)

[ACH]

Some first rate goat stoke there.

[capulin overdrive]

we used have a little pygmy goat. poor bastard had nuts the size of grapefruits and didn't have girly goats to lighten his load with.

he'd try and screw the cows and they'd kick the shit out him! he'd limp around for a week or two and then he'd be right back at it!

[DocChronic]

That goatee is sick. I wish i could grow one like that!