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Friendly Faceshots
January 13th, 2011 | By: Greg | 3 Comments
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With yesterday's storm pulling out of New England, we headed to Pico Mountain (get lift tickets here), my home hill, for a quick pre-work dawn patrol. As you may recall from their 1980s slogan, Pico is the Friendly Mountain. Nevertheless, at 645 am, just shy of 4,000', with the wind ... ...Read more |
Northwest Trend
January 12th, 2011 | By: Greg | 3 Comments
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The storm has trended a bit northwest, and gave points north of VT Route 125 a nice little surprise today. What was forecast to be 4-9" easily verified at 8-12". Hucks got sent: Although we'll be pleased to investigate the goods further south tomorrow, today did not suck: SUPER EXTREME MEGA GNAR ... ...Read more |
TR: Give Us 6 Inches, and We’ll Schuss a Meter
January 11th, 2011 | By: Greg
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Last week we put in our time studying the mountains of New Hampshire in order to schuss high alpine powder safely. Indeed, after hours of number crunching, a day of reconnaissance, and an evening of libations, in the end we arrived at New Hampshire’s magic mathematical secret: 1 inch=1 foot. ... ...Read more |
Deeper Sleeper
January 10th, 2011 | By: Greg | 7 Comments
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Today was one of those sleeper days... just deeper. As Lionel predicted, the northern tier of the Greens weren't going to see much from the synoptic storm, but the upslope on the backside as the low departed was going to be superb. Not quite VTah 6... but I'll go ahead and ... ...Read more |
TR: Give Us an Inch, and We’ll Schuss a Foot
January 9th, 2011 | By: Greg
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We did our homework last week, and as a result were able to harvest some New England alpine powder. The skiing was sublime but nerve racking, and required every last bit of our avalanche smarts to ensure safety. Click the picture or here to read Give Us an Inch, and We'll ... ...Read more |