East MF Coast 19/20.

[Peruvian]

Said meeting has been cancelled. It has come to my attention that the so-called Peruvian (Burlingtonian???) has not yet completed his AIARE 2 class. With avy conditions being as they are, the high Breadloaf peaks are only open and available to expert route finders and risk assessors. Solly, cholly.

No avy 2 cert but I do have my woofer.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Grateful to see so many enjoying the new snow.
The wheel provided transport Sunday and with dress circle seats the Jedi crew and I got some fresh





Cousin B from Longmeadow doing well, first year on 2 planks instead of a tray



Until he wasn't



Got a call from ML242 that he was at my house making lunch! Arived to find him and his lovely Gal Pal serving soup at a set table with a beautiful salad and simmering meatballs and sauce. Great to see them as usual. Finally found my missing plates in the dishwasher.

Hooked up with Fast Jim and Jonesy for some untracked laps today





Skied low and then back up, Cat was happy 9/10



Crank54 was threading the sticks as Stowe but got some double stick stoke today

[powbmps]

MRG was pretty sweet. Crowd was no worse than the two other days I've skied here (Saturdays). My 17 y.o. son and his buddy both said it was the best day of skiing they've ever had. Pretty cool to hear.

These damn kids can't work a camera. Blurry stick stoke.




Still a little boney out there, but the Nordica 88's took a pounding and help up well.

[crank54]

Crank54 was threading the sticks as Stowe but got some double stick stoke today

Wow, the bar has been raised. The timing of that shot had to be perfect - how many takes did it require to get the double twig blockage?

[JongDoe]

No avy 2 cert but I do have my woofer.

Nice

[Vt-Freeheel]

Wow, the bar has been raised. The timing of that shot had to be perfect - how many takes did it require to get the double twig blockage?

Easier than it looks, tapping off pics with my phone instead of the dslr.

[eug]

Tree Fiddy Shitshow Live Broadcast

That was nuts. No parking at 9:30, 30 min wait. Never seen that midweek.
On the plus side, the price was right and the base is building up for sure.

[Vt-Freeheel]

The Glen at 10:40 today

[eug]

I should re-consider madcards for next year. Not doing that again...

[Bottleman]

A preview for the Peruvian.

[Bottleman]

Awfully purty oot there today, eh?

[Aldo]

" With avy conditions being as they are, the high Breadloaf peaks are only open and available to expert route finders and risk assessors. "

Had I been eating soup at the time of reading this I most certainly would've spit it out. Bravo for some highly principled risk assessment right there.

[Peruvian]

Awfully purty oot there today, eh?

You Nordsic skiing?

[Bottleman]

You Nordsic skiing?

Hells no. That requires WAAAAAAAAAY too much effort. Just stopped the truck on the way home from Vermont's highest peak.

[singlecross]

Rockband stoke... way to get after it!

[powbmps]

Awfully purty oot there today, eh?

Indeed.

Rockband stoke... way to get after it!

I was informed that going around a rope is the same as ducking it. The kids went first, so I had no choice.

[biggins]

Thread level orange. Good stuff.

[Bottleman]

Indeed.




I was informed that going around a rope is the same as ducking it. The kids went first, so I had no choice.

Those puny little Hills are cute. PA or MD?

[Bottleman]

" With avy conditions being as they are, the high Breadloaf peaks are only open and available to expert route finders and risk assessors. "

Had I been eating soup at the time of reading this I most certainly would've spit it out. Bravo for some highly principled risk assessment right there.

Safety first!

[2ski2fish4ever]

one of my adopted kids getting after it on sunday

[FussyDutchman]

Indeed.




I was informed that going around a rope is the same as ducking it. The kids went first, so I had no choice.

Fine parenting in my book!

[Vt-Freeheel]

Like in Skifishes picture there are a lot of erratics under that tower 5 drop, fun to do with a full house on the single viewing.

Took an afternoon ride up the hill to wander into the brook for a run.
Lift was spinning, might be opening soon



Edges provided quality turns to the bridge



Skinned back to the top for exercise and passed a quartz erratic along the way



Cat wasn't happy to find a couple of hacks stumbled into our hidden line home. Double railroad tracks stopping every 50-100' wasn't easy to look at. 1/10




Forgot we spotted this interesting lesson on Tuesday. Snowboarder holding his beginner skiing buddy back on the benny hill. First time any of us had seen this.




Up to 16` bob from 5` at 5am under sunny skies and no wind as witnessed by the fog bank snowmaking has produced

[Bottleman]

Proof that people from TGR can actually ski with each other and not just argue on the internets. The Peruvian did just fine with the altitude - here's a pic of us after dropping off the supplemental oxygen at 17.500 feet. Summit pics are unavailable because of the extreme conditions at the top. We did see some sundogs at lower elevations. Firm and fast but all in all a really fun day.

[Peruvian]

Many thanks to the Bottles for being such kind souls, guiding me through the alpine zone to avoid the vertigo inducing steeps of the Mighty, mighty.

Not for nuthin, but I did get cliffed out at one point and had to back pedal after venturing far off the beaten track.

As much as there were questions asked, I felt the corn chowder was properly groomed.

[buttahflake]

Today was possibly the best day we get this winter. Perfect snow, perfect weather. Cold mornings and pleasant afternoons. I could get used this.