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

[cat in january]

Saddleback was almost as good as yesterday which surprised me since storm skiing is always the best. Phone stayed tucked away. I do feel for the mountain. Again very small crowds with many empty chairs.

[singlecross]

Don’t feel too bad about low crowds and ski on chairs, especially on a weekend powder day. Just think of all the money that they saved on snowmaking. Mother Nature did the job for free and we didn’t even charge them to pack it down!

Glad you had another good day

[Laps]

Got out to see what the woods were like in the backyard.
Not too promising when Peruvian texted, but he gave me the thumbs up.

Glad I kept going.

Still really thin, but about 20” in the central greens has the low angle shots in good shape.


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[anotherVTskibum]

Sunday River was far, far better than expected this afternoon.

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[Duffman]

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a fine and indeed soft opening
skier: scottski

Fuck yeah!

[ex-powderbroker]

Nice Bucket, what is the story with the double?

[buckethead]

a few more from the end of day
looks like double is lined up to open before new years.
hiked over there for last several runs.
well worth the travel for the lightest snow of my weekend.
was nearly dark by the time i reached my car.

[Brownski]

Nice stuff. What a great opening day. Chute was in good shape too

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

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a fine and indeed soft opening
skier: scottski

Nice! Shocked at the low number of cars in the lot.

Got one of my best/worst core shots just below where scottski was in that second pic. So worth it.

[adrian.bee]

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There should be a term for this type of snow. Drippy pow? Spotted slop?

[ridge_skier]

Skied both days at Stowe over the weekend and surprisingly minimal crowds despite the Forerunner being down on Saturday. Didn't wait in line longer than ~15 minutes on the double. Think paid parking and lift issues may have scared everyone away. Ducked several ropes for some great turns early on in the morning before patrol got wise and shut it down.

Looking like the classic Christmas thaw coming on Friday and then re-freeze to ruin all this good snow.

[ex-powderbroker]

Got one of my best/worst core shots just below where scottski was in that second pic. So worth it.

early season platty is something special. glad you got after it too!

[Bottleman]

There should be a term for this type of snow. Drippy pow? Spotted slop?

"Dappled chowder"

[HankScorpio]

Looking like the classic Christmas thaw coming on Friday and then re-freeze to ruin all this good snow.

I'll quote the final sentence from WCAX forecast this morning, "The snowpack will be turning rock solid."

Time to get the fat bike ready for some action.

[buckethead]

^^ glad you got it brownski. 1 almost did chute later in day but by then the pull of the double side had taken hold.

Nice! Shocked at the low number of cars in the lot.

by 3:30 most folks had left.
it was a demanding day and ran into a few folks who were out for first time this season. saw no others last 3 or 4 trips to double side.

[riser4]

Shit that annoys me: EMS opened a new store in BTV, after a several year hiatus. It is very upscale and curated. Pricey as fuck too. The old store was grungy and a dirt bag could feel at home there, with affordable options. I miss the old store.

[JohnF]

Shit that annoys me: EMS opened a new store in BTV, after a several year hiatus. It is very upscale and curated. Pricey as fuck too. The old store was grungy and a dirt bag could feel at home there, with affordable options. I miss the old store.

I live near Syracuse, we have no gear stores. The LL Bean in Fayetteville doesn't count.

[cat in january]

Love seeing scottski photo. Roll on East Coast

[vt_ski]

Great weekend despite the Saturday crowds. Bonus to ski castlerock yesterday!

[buckethead]

^^ nice! that's an early being in!
looks pretty un-twiggy

[Peruvian]

Shit that annoys me: EMS opened a new store in BTV, after a several year hiatus. It is very upscale and curated. Pricey as fuck too. The old store was grungy and a dirt bag could feel at home there, with affordable options. I miss the old store.

Pricey compared to what? OGE? Fjallraven? REI? Helly Hansen?

[buckethead]

Love seeing scottski photo. Roll on East Coast

right on, one more for the cat.

[Boosh]

Sugarloaf was awesome this weekend, first time for me up there. We had to wait in short lift lines a few times but it was generally not crowded at all. the pow on Saturday was insane, our legs were screamin' by the end of the day but we just couldn't stop it was so good. They ran the groomers overnight and we got out for a little morning tour; extra 2" of fluff on top was the icing on the cake; I think I saw storm totals of 32" in 48 hours, it barely stopped the whole time we were there. Stellar conditions Sunday morning, the groomers were firing and we took a few dips into the woods to poke around on some low angle stuff. Hit up the Rack for apres on Saturday, that's a really cool bar. All in all great trip to the Loaf; skiing is fun.

[Boreas]

Pricey compared to what? OGE? Fjallraven? REI? Helly Hansen?

You forgot Black Diamond. But, EMS is in S. Burlington so maybe pricey compared to Alpine Shop.

[S.B.]

The drive from northern NH to K took a lot longer than expected. Rt 4 blocked by a tree, turned around, Costello Rd blocked. Turned around. 117 blocked but I went underneath. Barely.
First tracks at needles eye more than made up for it.
Snow was deep and dense. Great base builder.
Like others have said, great lift served new England day. And I was surprised about almost no lines for the lifts despite the parking being so full.

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