Only in Vermont!

By:  Greg
February 22, 2010


Gravity is definitely winning in here… and we’re OK with that.

It truly was a surreal experience: Sunday on a holiday weekend from 8:30am to 4:00pm, and we only encountered two parties of skiers (one of which was lost, and whom we pointed back to the resort [note to backcountry users: DON’T ATTEMPT TO LEAD YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS 2 MILES AWAY FROM THE RESORT AT 330PM UNLESS YOU ARE CONFIDENT IN YOUR ROUTEFINDING ABILITIES AND YOUR PREPAREDNESS TO DEAL WITH HARDSHIP! WE ARE NOT YOUR BABYSITTERS!]), and got first/second/third tracks for all but 1 chute (in which we got second/third/fourth).

Serenity. (skier: Greg)

Oh wait! Wait! No no no! This was serenity:

A slice of winter heaven in Vermont shared with good friends (even if we had to contend with not-quite-heaven the day before) is truly one of my favorite treats.

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12 Comments

  1. Adrian
    wrote on February 22nd, 2010 at 3:35 pm  
    1

    Awesome pics. Sunday was great, just wish I had been able to get after it a bit more.

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  2. powhounddd
    wrote on February 22nd, 2010 at 4:01 pm  
    2

    Killer pics and narrative, and I like the disclaimer. We rode the soft stuff on the bunny hill with the little groms this weekend, which was a different kind of trip entirely…but very very fun. Quebec seems to have escaped that icing.

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    • colin_extreme
      wrote on February 22nd, 2010 at 4:55 pm  
      3

      while montreal escaped the “icing”, the townships didn’t. sutton got another 10cm on top of it though, I don’t think bromont was so lucky.

  3. christian
    wrote on February 22nd, 2010 at 5:47 pm  
    4

    you get pretty deep on those snowblades, i’m jealous.

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    • Greg
      wrote on February 22nd, 2010 at 6:01 pm  
      5

      I actually just run down the mountain. One get’s REALLY DEEP when postholing!

    • christian
      wrote on February 22nd, 2010 at 6:36 pm  
      6

      what is “postholing” ?

    • Greg
      wrote on February 22nd, 2010 at 6:44 pm  
      7

      wow, that turned out to be the correct response to the jeapordy answer:

      “This is what snowboarders love to do to skin tracks.”

  4. Ben
    wrote on February 22nd, 2010 at 9:44 pm  
    8

    You can thank me for taking avi 2 this weekend!

    Over in N. conway it was nice and sunny and unsnowy…

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    • christian
      wrote on February 22nd, 2010 at 10:06 pm  
      9

      thanks ben!! i’ll be returning the favor by going to katahdin 3-19 to 3-21.

    • Greg
      wrote on February 23rd, 2010 at 8:59 am  
      10

      I’ll keep the world updated with my schedule… should I choose to leave VT for a period of time make plans to be there… a baker’s meter of blowah is guaranteed

  5. K_C
    wrote on February 23rd, 2010 at 9:14 am  
    11

    Nice writing G – I like your nickname but I know that you are actually homeslice. nice cover though.

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    • christian
      wrote on February 23rd, 2010 at 6:47 pm  
      12

      hahahah xD

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