NE Roll Call 18/19

[Jonathan S.]

[...] Slackfest is happening on the Northeast Snowfield, all three days of Memorial Day weekend (if the Auto Road is open)

Slackfest should be starting well before then.
Here's the first day of Slackfest for the past few years:

2013 May 10
2014 May 18
2015 May 14 (late in p.m.)
2016 May 24
2017 May 20
2018 May 12

Some pics here of NE Snowfield yesterday (at almost 800' vertical to our pleasant surprise):

https://www.facebook.com/NERandoRace...87944034580158


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[robrox]

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Some pics here of NE Snowfield yesterday (at almost 800' vertical to our pleasant surprise):
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Our grillin and chillin slackers will be out of the wind (mostly) on the NE Snowfields over Memorial Day w/e. We probably will get half or less of that vert....still enough for 28-30 gates

[jackstraw]

Jon, I think we all know the road opens randomly and that MA plates shouldn't be allowed up the first day! Robs slackfest is always memorial day wkend.

[scrambledbacon]

Sheeeeeet. I'll be up memorial day weekend to climb at rumney but definitely want to hit tuckerman that sat when me and a bud come up. 🤞any pertinent need to know info?

[biggins]

Foggy and rainy up at K, an inch and a half sugared over the existing snow pack. I think the extended Superstar terrain (Skylark and upper Ovation) will make it to the weekend, but who knows. As Peruvian and MNIAW reffered to it: the “sand” piles were super fun today.


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[ex-powderbroker]

Sheeeeeet. I'll be up memorial day weekend to climb at rumney but definitely want to hit tuckerman that sat when me and a bud come up. 🤞any pertinent need to know info?

beware the wolves

[danmelon]

Sheeeeeet. I'll be up memorial day weekend to climb at rumney but definitely want to hit tuckerman that sat when me and a bud come up. 🤞any pertinent need to know info?

check to see if the t-bar is on wind hold. KBYG.

[buckethead]

caught a last chair just before 4pm on sunday (april 28)

4:14 pm snow-drizzle



4:19 pm bluebird final descent

same scenario 2springs back when i rode last chair, saw first sun of day from atop SS. amazingly that was on april
27. same weekend, different year.




a really good day but still kicking self for staying home saturday...

[train07]

^^ that looks awesome

[danmelon]

tasty lookin bumps man

[biggins]

a really good day but still kicking self for staying home saturday...

Good stuff, and yeah, Saturday was an unexpected treat for sure. Thinking this weekend should be some good fun. See y'all out there

[jhyatt]

Snowing today in Franconia.

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[scrambledbacon]

check to see if the t-bar is on wind hold. KBYG.

Solid. But the fixed quad will be running most likely,right?

[scrambledbacon]

check to see if the t-bar is on wind hold. KBYG.

beware the wolves

But if I bring my glock in a lvl 10 retention holster I'll be ok,right?

[jackstraw]

check to see if the t-bar is on wind hold. KBYG.

If it is, you can always have Rog or Jon short rope you up.

[Goniff]

Sun decided to make an appearance late afternoon.

Ovation still skiing great from headwall to bottom.

[anotherVTskibum]

Closing day at the River wasn't quite as lively or as crowded as I expected, but by mid afternoon there were a pretty good number of folks having fun. Patrol was being quite proactive in getting stuff down the hill, and trails without ropes are open, right?

Donny Pelletier made an appearance, too, and got quite the reaction from the lift.

Got back up today for a skin with the dog, and while they've plowed some of the work roads, most stuff is still skiing pretty damn well for this time of year.

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[njfreeskier]

Anyone head up to Mt. Washington recently? Wondering the Tuckerman Ravine Trail and Sherbie are hiking only at this point or if they are still skiable/skinnable. Thanks!

[JayPowHound]

Anyone head up to Mt. Washington recently? Wondering if the Sherbie is hiking only at this point or if it is still skinnable? Thanks.

Serious question??

Hike the TRT, not the Sherb. Always.

[biggins]

Anyone head up to Mt. Washington recently? Wondering if the Sherbie is hiking only at this point or if it is still skinnable? Thanks.

Magic carpet. Duh.

[buttahflake]

Pretty sure the Sherb is downhill only.

That guy on Ovation is killing it on those BBR’s!

[anotherVTskibum]

TRT was still mostly skinnable last Tuesday, but Sherbie was going fast and some portion is now closed (report mentioned which crossover, but I forget which).

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[njfreeskier]

Serious question??

Sorry, edited it. Got a little ahead of myself in my thought process and combined the way up and down.

Pretty sure the Sherb is downhill only.

Yes it is. Although if you can go down something, you should in theory be able to go up it? But you are correct.

[buckethead]

Sun decided to make an appearance late afternoon.

Ovation still skiing great from headwall to bottom.

snow looks great on lower O!

[robrox]

....Wondering the Tuckerman Ravine Trail and Sherbie are hiking only at this point or if they are still skiable/skinnable. Thanks!

By report, the top mile of the Sherby was open as of Sunday. The rope is at the cache by the long crossover to the TRT.