Recent content by davidwh_us@yahoo.com

So I just finished my first season with tele gear and loved it. I found some decent skis on e-bay and bought new boots. I'm no tele-god, but I'm getting the hang of it, and next season I may be on tele gear almost all the time (the exception would be on steep, often-icy moguls; I'm an Eastern...

Sharon -- I don't begrude you the (relatively) long board. I wish I'd had one back in the day when I lived a block from the beach down south. I never did get the hang of it. Those short boards make Eastern surfing interesting. But I have to say, if I lived at the ocean, I would be a surfer, no...

That's one big honkin' board. Try it on a nimble Eastern board, sister. Seriously, surfing is at least as addictive as skiing -- probably more so, because it's got the whole power-of-the-ocean thing goin'. Oh, and if you have a great run down a mountain, you can go back up and do it again. You...

Yes, Onondaga Ski Club.There are pluses and minuses, but lodge life can be interesting. It's good for people, like me, who often travel solo, the hermit that I am.

If Gore spins its lifts and the weather holds -- ie, anything but rain -- I might add further evidence to your contention that Gore is a do-able daytrip form Ithaca. Saturday would be my day. If the lifts are closed, see the "Sugarbush south" thread elsewhere on this forum. Sheesh: I've already...

Wow. What an April. It's making up for that disaster known as December and January. As for Sugarbush: Isn't it one of the most underrated mountains in the East? For my money, it may be the best all-around in Vermont, especially late in the year. Jay might have more tree skiing, Stowe slightly...

Well, that creamy corn you mentioned was indeed still present, but it had turned to a corn product, not the pure form. Which? Take your pick: 1. For me, betraying my Southern roots, it was like day-old cold grits. It's nice and creamy fresh but then it becomesa congealed, nasty mess. 2. To...

What a great tale! That's the way to do it. Be impulsive! I'm hoping to get out after work today, scattered showers be damned! D

Were you guys on tele or AT gear?

That would be a fine trail, beneath chair 2. (Funny: The lift towers, with their rickety-ness, look a little like the single chair at MRG.) It gets poached once in a while. In fact, there were some snowboard tracks on it Sunday. I suspect GP management and the ski patrol would be ok with good...

Yep, it'll take a big dump or several small ones to get Olympian and Zeus open -- though there are snowmaking guns on Zeus, they're being used to get Hercules open. Not that these trails haven't been skied, mind you. Zeus's situation is too bad. It's fun and holds the snow well, but I haven't...

To quote: " Initial impressions of my first two runs was that Greek Peak was not packed powder by any means, but much more hard pack. Of course, central NY packed powder usually equals hard pack. " Far be it from me to defend central NY conditions, but I was out Thursday evening at Greek and...

Thanks for the information, Sharon. GP was worthwhile last weekend, and there were even some little mounds one could imagine were moguls. Today, I'd thought about trying a Finger Lakes duathon: ski and mountain bike on the same day. Then I saw your post and opted instead to clean house, finish...

So maybe the lift-served season will get under way this weekend in Vermont and the Adirondacks. So, you old-timers: Which is my best bet for Friday, Saturday, and maybe Sunday out of: Killington Stowe Sugarbush Whiteface? (and would Gore be worth the trouble? It's the closest to home; I might...

I'd second the nomination for southern Vermont. It's a bit farther than the Catskills and Bershires, but the mountains are bigger and they're more likely to have good snow coverage. Beginners -- especially never-evers -- will have a much better chance at remembering the whole experience fondly...