The Wild West (Side)
By: Greg
January 17, 2010
Man the Bretton Woods BC is just INSANE! I hope they never put this stuff on the map! Skin track stoke:
Looks like someone put in some work with some high speed quads!
Finally, time for some DOWN!
There’s just something about the Bretton Woods backcountry, and black and white.
Easily one of the most beautiful days I’ve had on the East Coast.
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Harvey44
wrote on January 17th, 2010 at 9:53 pmGreg – Hard to tell if you are a better skier or photog.
It’s cool when it just you two …then all the pics are of KC. :)
Sweet pics. Keep on Chooglin.
Joanne
wrote on January 17th, 2010 at 10:01 pmThanks for the update on the BC @ BW. Found plenty of untracked snow in some of glades in the BW BC on Friday… West side definitely has the snow this year.
Nice frost show BTW!
Toph
wrote on January 17th, 2010 at 10:41 pmWTF how the hell have I never heard of this until I saw your pics on t4t forums, where do you exit BW to get to this?
Skimtwashington
wrote on January 17th, 2010 at 11:11 pmyou’re missing the ‘joke’ ….
Toph
wrote on January 19th, 2010 at 8:33 pmI must have
Greg
wrote on January 20th, 2010 at 10:14 amToph: email me from my profile page if you want the scoop. Sorry, but there is a bit of a joke going on here… In the tradition of keeping favorite backcountry destinations loosely guarded by a veil of “locational misinterpretations” and “faux treasure maps” (see some of our old Trip Reports–especially President’s Weekend in Shambala or Valhalla Wood), I included a few vague and awkward description of our locale. This isn’t necessarily to throw everyone off–on the contrary, I’m generally open to meeting and skiing with anyone at my favorite backcountry spots, and furthermore hope that the avid backcountry skier might be able to read between the lines of this report and use it as quality beta–but is instead intended to prevent search engines from finding, indexing and classifying information about backcountry locales and thereby make the information too easily accessible to too wide an audience.
Skimtwashington
wrote on January 17th, 2010 at 11:00 pmSoo…….A snowcat towed you in to the trailhead or something… Otherwise, I’d commend you for the long approach into the base ..Hmmmnn….
Great Pics as always, Greg. You’re the Ansel Adams of MW and BC skiing! Best BC ‘stimulus package’ and report in a long while on MW frosting report at TFT.
MadPatSki
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 12:02 amAnsel Adams? He’s the 21th Century reincarnation of Winston Pote.
Porter
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 11:38 amLooks more like mild, than wild. Boy, I remember stopping a slide for life on the wild west side. That rime ice sure looks to provide excellent schussing conditions.
Make sure KC holds that camera too.
Greg
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 11:55 amAlso, there certainly wasn’t any sarcasm in this TR ;)… had to respond!
K_C
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 2:47 pmGreg carried the camera the entire chairlift ride and he wanted to take most of the photos so I didn’t argue :)
Skimtwashington
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 2:36 pmStill think a few here are curious about the your trip ‘start’….and finish ,Greg….sure you’ll keep us guessing!
Winston Pote would be be geographically a better reference but not as well known as Ansel by the readers, MadPat.
I noticed some additional pics today. Any more to add Greg?
Greg
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 2:39 pmI thought it was pretty clear! We legally left and re-entered the resort through the gates ;)
That’s all I believe for the photos. It’s nice to have your own website you can edit whenever you feel like :D
Skimtwashington
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 3:06 pmI’m gonna revert back to the snowmobile theory ’till I can figure it out( thinking:..car shuttle east and West? helicopter?..plowed rd because of some work near Peppersass ‘studio’?…Lost in Space jet packs?…. )
West side in winter…ahhhh! Upper scrub tree skiing, ravines, brooks, ice bulges, and even Peppersass’s old ‘run’. What’s that hut called? Ski My Roof Hut! Yes. what a nice alternative to east side…and ya can ski Bretton Woods once you come back in bounds. Bretton Woods: Our Off Piste makes other areas Piste Off!
Honestly, greg…. I almost never meet women at the top of snow filled gullys..
thanks again for all the pics.
MICKY O
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 3:03 pmhaha funny stuff and some great photography. The shot with the skis in the foreground and skier in the background is amazing.
Greg
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 3:51 pmoh shoot, that was KC’s picture. I’ll need to edit the copyright!
K_C
wrote on January 18th, 2010 at 4:48 pmYou best fix that G, stop trying to steal my chance at a cover shot. That photo is a physical manifestation of what I planned in my incredibly creative mind, the placement of my skis in the foreground was NOT an accident.
Ben
wrote on January 19th, 2010 at 12:02 amWelcome back to the east coast! Some pretty amazing shots there…
I just got back from a 5 day trip in the, errr, extended sugarloaf BC this evening. I’ll try to get a TR up in the next couple days, but the skiing did not suck up there either…
chris
wrote on January 22nd, 2010 at 4:03 pmvery funny stuff, what’s even funnier is how most people have nooo idea where this is, even with all the hints and if you look at the pics there are big time giveaway’s!!! Greg your a funny Dude! Keep on goofing and skiing
Pennie Rand
wrote on January 31st, 2010 at 6:47 amThese are amazing photos!! The one with the red skis in the foregrounds gives the pic great depth. And the B&W with the clouds rolling over the top of the ridge is spectacular! You have a special eye…not only for photography but good ski lines too! Keep at it.
Peter
wrote on February 1st, 2010 at 8:59 ammeh.
everyone knows the only good backcountry in New England is at Jay Peak.
;)
K_C
wrote on May 1st, 2010 at 6:59 amSHHHHH!!! It’s Bolton!