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- January 2011
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- 04/18/11
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- swiss army knife of possibilities...
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- The Nashoba Valley Backcountry
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- Massachusetts
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- 20-120, depending where im living
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Ride Reports
Tue, 03/08/2011 Jay Peak
Temperature: 28F
Conditions:
24 inches in the past 24 hours, 42 inch storm total
i was in a rush most of the day, so this random pit stop in the woods is the only photo opp, but jay got hammered while most of other new england resorts got rain in the last week- i heard cranmore got like 3 inches of rain? its like that then. OK- gotta head futher north..
ive been just slammed...
Sun, 02/20/2011 Bretton Woods
Temperature: 15F
Conditions:
I could've crowd surfed in the lift line.
Since the warm up around New England finding places with some good snow has been reliant mainly on having the gasoline to get that far up north. Not looking to relive my Pat's Peak experience for awhile (i mean it was aight but...) I headed further north. Not to mention I was with an old high...
Thu, 02/17/2011 Pat's Peak
Temperature: 48F
Conditions:
a legit hoody day- i even saw someone in shorts. mashed potatoes snow for days....
Hard to pass up a hoody day. Started in the park, then went exploring in the woods to find a bunch of set up log slides to jib. The woods look nasty, but it was mostly like a carvey bob sled course through those trees. Might be a good night to break out the base cleaner actually...
The '...
Mon, 02/14/2011 Jay Peak
Temperature: 32F
Conditions:
dumpin wet snow on the lifts, vertigo on the groomers, pow and chunderballs in the trees....
Apologies for the terrible photo- but my camera would've died had it accompanied me yesterday. Very, very wet snow- but that along with the wind buff really filled in what others had already gotten to, and we had some great snow in the trees. The tram wasn't running yesterday at all, but we ended...
Wed, 02/09/2011 Ski Bradford
Temperature: 20F
Conditions:
The loose granular was deep
I mean really, what the hell was I doing? Searching for something that I certainly wasn't going to find- especially an hour away from my house. Trips out west mid season always force the real truth back on me that I don't live too close to any decent mountains- not like that fact had changed...
Sat, 01/22/2011 Wildcat
Temperature: 6F
Conditions:
bluebird
Wildcat was a blast yesterday- for me it really was all about a run or two. I was riding along with about 7 others from my lady's side of the family, and overall the mountain is a pretty good time. You can tell it's an old one by the way the ski trails are narrow and cut to twist and turn their...
Thu, 01/06/2011 Right Gully, Tuckermans
Temperature: 20F
Conditions:
Variable, the whole way down.
A last minute, early morning decision landed me up in Tuckerman's with an old buddy from MT by early afternoon, staring up at different chutes and game planning. Weather was ideal for this time of year, in the 20's, partly sunny, light wind. The hike up was beautiful, with the only other traffic...