East Coast Roll Call #??? 20-21 Covid closures and hard core touring! Be Fit or Sit

**Laps** · 04-08-2021, 04:17 PM

Awesome article. Moosilauke was the first mtn I hiked up to ski down when I was 16.

And soup has been an EC thing since the beginning apparently...

“The event ended with a huge bonfire at the bottom of the run, complete with hot soup”.

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**Brownski** · 04-08-2021, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by singlecross

Speaking of Tux...

Our cherished family photo of my Grandfather hamming it up and skiing in top hat and tails in the 1940’s. I also have his ski guidebook from 1939 which was a gift from my Grandmother to him and passed on to me. It’s a fascinating read on all the old ski zones of New England from that era. Also some medals from races that he entered... seems he was good at coming in second!

That is awesome. I bought a reprint of that book a few years ago. A lot of the descriptions still line up with existing resorts. Others not so much but it is fun trying to figure it out.

**cat in january** · 04-08-2021, 06:29 PM

Great stuff singlecross

Tucks (come at me) was stellar today. Chute was the top pick for the run. Wore sneakers all the way to the bowl. Low crowds, no wind and plenty of sun. Could have been my last day skiing this year. Not a fan of down walking and doubt I will ride lifts again

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**Core Shot** · 04-08-2021, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by singlecross

Speaking of Tux...

Our cherished family photo of my Grandfather hamming it up and skiing in top hat and tails in the 1940’s. I also have his ski guidebook from 1939 which was a gift from my Grandmother to him and passed on to me. It’s a fascinating read on all the old ski zones of New England from that era. Also some medals from races that he entered... seems he was good at coming in second!

If you don’t scan all those pages and put them on the interwebs, your grandfathers ghost will haunt you.

Seriously. Share it with the world. Send the scans to ne ski museum.

Fucking top hat and tails?
1940?
Better photo than any misty cross backasswards ball scratch 720 mcfly shit today’s hacks post on Instagram!

**ADKmike** · 04-08-2021, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by cat in january

Great stuff singlecross

Tucks (come at me) was stellar today. Chute was the top pick for the run. Wore sneakers all the way to the bowl. Low crowds, no wind and plenty of sun. Could have been my last day skiing this year. Not a fan of down walking and doubt I will ride lifts again

So it's a hike in shoes at this point to reach the base of the bowl? My buddy and I are thinking of going next week but wondering what conditions are going to be after this warm weekend. Maybe not the best year to finally go there for the first time I dunno

**cat in january** · 04-09-2021, 02:06 AM

Snow in the bowl is good. Sherburn is melting out fast. Some skinned after first eight hundred feet or so but I found it just as easy to walk. Runs are still pretty fat. I say go just not on a weekend

Edit. May not have been clear in my brevity but you can ski over half way down the sherburn. I just found it easier to walk up in sneakers

**jhyatt** · 04-09-2021, 03:48 AM

Originally Posted by cat in january

Great stuff singlecross

Tucks (come at me) was stellar today. Chute was the top pick for the run. Wore sneakers all the way to the bowl. Low crowds, no wind and plenty of sun. Could have been my last day skiing this year. Not a fan of down walking and doubt I will ride lifts again

Thanks for the update. Planning on Saturday with my kids. Going full shit show but want my kids to live it.
Maybe I will bring a top hat and tails

**JohnF** · 04-09-2021, 04:36 AM

https://youtu.be/06AwUBLtbWk

Possible snow late next week?
Believe it when I see it.

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**Bottleman** · 04-09-2021, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by JohnF

https://youtu.be/06AwUBLtbWk

Possible snow late next week?
Believe it when I see it.

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Did ya really have to go and do that????

**JohnF** · 04-09-2021, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by Bottleman

Did ya really have to go and do that????

Yes, I'm going through my spring grief. I'm in the "grasping at straws" stage.

**Bottleman** · 04-09-2021, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by JohnF

Yes, I'm going through my spring grief. I'm in the "grasping at straws" stage.

And look at what that did for us a few weeks ago. LAPS!!!!!!!!!

**anotherVTskibum** · 04-09-2021, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by JohnF

https://youtu.be/06AwUBLtbWk

Possible snow late next week?
Believe it when I see it.

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I did pull my snow tires off on Wednesday. I'll see if I can get the snowblower drained and put away this weekend for maximum effect.

**MyNameIsAugustWest** · 04-09-2021, 12:18 PM

Yup, snows coming off today after work. Definitely going to snow.

**Bottleman** · 04-09-2021, 12:37 PM

Skiing is fun!!!

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**Core Shot** · 04-09-2021, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Bottleman

Skiing is fun!!!

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Chicks and landing strips

**Vt-Freeheel** · 04-09-2021, 02:26 PM

Schwing! ^^^

Good times at K today

**buckethead** · 04-09-2021, 09:37 PM

yes.
first bumps on ss for me since june '19.
beachy.

which appropriately auto-corrected to:
be achy

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**anotherVTskibum** · 04-10-2021, 05:53 AM

Looking like a warm one at the River. Proper spring sunshine, and they're salting the lift corral.

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**m2711c** · 04-10-2021, 06:36 AM

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yep.

**ticketchecker** · 04-10-2021, 09:57 AM

pretty sizable crowd showed up at the loaf today, then a transformer blew...

**m2711c** · 04-10-2021, 10:09 AM

**singlecross** · 04-10-2021, 10:22 AM

Pretty good party going on at Saddleback. Everything is a bit fuzzy. Mallet Brothers band starts at 3pm. First live music in over a year. Party on!

**Bottleman** · 04-10-2021, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by ticketchecker

pretty sizable crowd showed up at the loaf today, then a transformer blew...

This afternoon, we had a localized power outage that affected some of our lifts and some areas in the Village. Electricians will be making repairs tonight and are optimistic that everything will be restored by tomorrow morning; however, repairs can't be made while lifts are running, so we'll be closing the SuperQuad at 3:50 to give electricians some additional time this afternoon. Even if power is fully restored, Whiffletree and King Pine will be closed tomorrow because of snow melting and a loss of skiable terrain.
The outage is also affecting our internal network, so we will be delayed in updating the Mountian Report this afternoon.

YIKES! Looks like the Back is where it's at!