Eastcoast Roll Call TwoTwo/TwoThree A Slow Start to a Big Finish

[Brownski]

Sterling Forest /Tuxedo Ridge in southern upstate and Maple Valley in southern VT which was for sale for awhile but I think was supposedly being turned into a craft brewery last I heard.

[Jonathan S.]

Turns out that GMVS actually did run some sort of summer programs up through U14 at Big Snow this year on July 13-14 and August 10-11.
Since public access isn't until 1pm on weekdays, allows plenty of time in the morning for private group sessions.

[skinipenem]

Hey all, any interest in some cheap skis? Moving to a condo with less space so need to pare down. Not mention I don't have much use for giant skis being 170lb and ski tight NE trees now. Don't want to ship. I'm in the seacoast but don't mind a moderate jaunt to help deliver.

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4fnt Kye 120's 189cm (124 waist). Heavy and damp yet not really difficult to ski. Not great float in super deep but were my cold snow dust on crust destroyers (up to say 8-10") because they make it wicked fun and don't do anything weird when they hit bottom...at least until bottom became concrete moguls at Jay Would like to include the PX racing 15s (8-15 din) just know they have a 4mm plate under one to help with leg length discrepancy. One mount (@ -0.5 I think) 306mm.

Volkl Attivas 154cm 72 waist -- Free

Stay tuned for the QST Lux 93, may have a friend interested.

Debating keeping the BD Amperages but let me know if interested. 185cm 115 under foot. Nice light versatile pow ski made and hand delivered by RaccoonFace himself. He also repaired the biggest base shot I ever got that went through the core Would be a great EC pow touring rig, I think. Currently have old solly demos which will be included; use or not.

Blizzard Rustler teams are accounted for.

Skis in the plastic are skinepenem's Declivity 108s that he needs to get and pay me for

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Liberty Genesis 116 166cm. Nice easy pow ski for a lady that can handle the width...or guy I suppose, I don't judge [emoji2] Fairly light so maybe a good touring rig? One mount PX/Axial2 266mm

Underneath the Liberties, K2 what are essentially the 80mm public enemies that were around in various names for like 15 years or more. 159cm.

Head Collective 105 (blue tips). 191cm. These supplanted by beloved Rossi Axioms as my favorite West Coast daily driver. At least in maritime snow they crush. Heavy-ish supple tips/tails, stiffer under foot. Little sidecut underfoot makes them stable, surfy & easy to pivot -- sidecut increases as it gets toward and especially after the rocker points, so with more angle you can tighten the turns up. They did it all with aplomb (for me). Alas, I tried them a few times at Jay this past season and they just didn't work here and they're a wee bit long for those trees. Would keep the bindings - one mount PX/axial2 306mm @ -1 (where you want to be trust me). 2nd pair, so only one season of use.

Think I'm going to keep the Head Cyclic 115s. Was going to sell but I actually enjoyed the 191s a few times this year (they're lighter and easier than the 105s) -- and I just had the bright idea that my ex-wife's 171s might be a hoot for me in the trees, so going to give them a shot.

Just PM if any interest and we can discuss condition and whatnot and I'll work out a good deal for ya.

Laughing my face off. Corky needs to tell me how much I owe him we have been on the next time we get together plan that keeps getting delayed.

In all serious though, buy his skiis.

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[buckethead]

checked equinox off my list yesterday.
damn, that was a rugged one. an unrelentingly steep but very well-maintained trail.
great day but knees prefer to get back down on skis!

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[avacadotoast]

In all serious though, buy his skiis.

In all seriousness, when I said I'd work out a deal, I meant like get them out of the basement asap deal. So, if there is an inkling of interest in trying something I'll make it happen.

Liberties are a great ski for that special lady in your life, yes wide but would be worth it for those 2 days a season or trip west for what I'd sell them for. I'll throw it out there $60
K2s and Attivas both FREE
Head 105s $50 they're in good shape w only 1 season of use on them (no bindings)
Kye's, well they have barely used PX15's, so I can't be ridiculous but feel free to discuss. They can be FUN, esp for big dudes. If you don't want the bindings name your price (I don't mean anyone out there name your price but you guys, know what I mean).
QSTs are gone & decided to keep the Amperages for 1 more season

[danmelon]

checked equinox off my list yesterday.

Woah nice one!

[ex-powderbroker]

i’ve only hiked it as well, hope this is the year.

[byates1]

checked equinox off my list yesterday.
damn, that was a rugged one. an unrelentingly steep but very well-maintained trail.
great day but knees prefer to get back down on skis!

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There is an almost 3000 ft drop on the w side( prob e as well) of old equnok. Sharp! Also it's in the taconic range not Green.

[Peruvian]

checked equinox off my list yesterday.
damn, that was a rugged one. an unrelentingly steep but very well-maintained trail.
great day but knees prefer to get back down on skis!

In the right conditions, it looks like this.

[buckethead]

^^ byates: yea, that much vert so close to home made it the obvious choice, and the clincher that it was part of the taconics, days after doing greylock. the trail maps report over 3K from trailhead (east); felt every bit of it on the last 2k down!

^^ peruvian : nice! will have to hit you up for guidance if snowfall permits. those natural slides have always intrigued en route to magic and brom. looks like you hit it on a nice day

^^ex pb : will be watching, will keep in touch.

^^ thanks dan

[byates1]

Prob 15 yrs ago I was trimming up there, ran into the caretaker. Turns out he was a skier. Met him at the bottom in winter, he kept the road open, drove to the top, we skied down to little e, dropped the ne aspect, I set a gnarly deep ass skin back out, almost killed the poor guy following me.

I could tell you about the w side but I'd have to off you

[t-the-east]

Not sure what thread to put this in. It’s east coast so…

[ex-powderbroker]

i didn’t have predators on my Bingo card

[buckethead]

fkn amateurs!

[skinipenem]

Not sure what thread to put this in. It’s east coast so…

Could go on the trip thread.

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[buckethead]

Prob 15 yrs ago I was trimming up there, ran into the caretaker. Turns out he was a skier. Met him at the bottom in winter, he kept the road open, drove to the top, we skied down to little e, dropped the ne aspect, I set a gnarly deep ass skin back out, almost killed the poor guy following me.

I could tell you about the w side but I'd have to off you

i had a couple of friends head up there around that same time (i opted to ski magic, as their plan was murky); i think they got up top with sled-assist.
can imagine wanting to off oneself postholing up the blue summit trail...which got me thinking the long auto road might be the best bet. would be a long-ass skin but there'd be actual views as well as having the objective in sight.

[buckethead]

Could go on the bad trip thread.

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there's a bad trip thread now?

[byates1]

i had a couple of friends head up there around that same time (i opted to ski magic, as their plan was murky); i think they got up top with sled-assist.
can imagine wanting to off oneself postholing up the blue summit trail...which got me thinking the long auto road might be the best bet. would be a long-ass skin but there'd be actual views as well as having the objective in sight.

I'll be in the area Jan Feb this year. I can show you some shit that'll blow you away if there is a snowpack.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

if there is a snowpack.

That's been the story for SoVT backcountry for the last 3 years....

[byates1]

Fuck... the entire east. 2016 was it for me. Been skiing west ever since. Back home for a couple months this season, mom time .. MRG midweek, WF pass. Indy pass.. Some bc and Nordic.. it'll be fun ..

[buckethead]

I'll be in the area Jan Feb this year. I can show you some shit that'll blow you away if there is a snowpack.

right on, hope i can take you up on that.

2015 was fantastic after the feb. for the ages, absurd snowpack.
little snow after that but we had that stretch of 5 weeks from march 1 where it never went above freezing in the MRV. don't think i ever spent so much time in the woods...and stumbled upon neglected shots that were still fluffy.

since then not so much of that, more seizing of great days when they come. and thankfully mays > june at killington.

[Core Shot]

I was thinking exactly the same thing after skiing there earlier this month for the first time…

Pluses were that it was a clinic that fulfilled my PSIA continuing education requirement, combined with an inline skating clinic that same morning in a closed-off section of the parking garage.
Then that evening I went road biking with a friend in Greenwich, and the next morning had lunch with a friend in Manhattan.
Also hit up the Pick A Brick walls at the Lego stores in both the mall and Rockefeller Center for our daughter’s massive Lego city.
The mall was also a wonderfully overwhelming shock to the senses. Quite busy on a Sunday. The two most easily identically subgroups were Metallica fans (in identical tshirts) and Orthodox Jews (no Charedi, but still obvious to any secular Jew).

Minuses are that the pluses from this visit are almost entirely unrelated to the actual skiing as per the above write up.
The claimed vertical of 160’ might be realistic given that it seemed about two thirds of my memories of coaching college teams at 240’ Nashoba.
My Garmin watch recorded laps somehow but wouldn’t record vertical or position:
https://strava.app.link/CNrgqmTFmCb

However, nothing like two thirds as worthwhile as Nashoba. And Nashoba was marginal, although I could set a useful slalom training course there.
By poaching the far left of the trauma park, underneath the dormant poma, ducking occasionally, and snug up against the wall, where the snow wasn’t pulverized noncohesiveness, I felt like I got about six good turns on my slalom skis. The flatter runout at the bottom was worthlessly slow given the loose snow. And watch out for the partly buried orb. And the metal support corners of the lift line corral.

Even just a 300’ vertical hill in Connecticut would be far better. Doesn’t have to be a former ski area. Could even face south. Seems like being on a hill would be so less costly to construct and to refrigerate.
The new one in Norway is like that. Video of slalom training there looked decent.

Thx. Good points

[jackstraw]

Laughing my face off. Corky needs to tell me how much I owe him we have been on the next time we get together plan that keeps getting delayed.

In all serious though, buy his skiis.

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Typos are fine, but on trg, misspelling "skis" is strictly verboten.

[buckethead]

^^trg? nice

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

Fuck... the entire east. 2016 was it for me. Been skiing west ever since. Back home for a couple months this season, mom time .. MRG midweek, WF pass. Indy pass.. Some bc and Nordic.. it'll be fun ..

Come to Magic on your Indy. It's generally a maggot mini every weekend though not as much as it used to be. MLK weekend has consistently produced pow days for the last 4-5 years.