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This morning I chased my long tall shadow down the wide open groomed slopes at A-Basin. The trails were empty and it was my first time out on my midfats this year, so early on I ran them wide open down the sun bathed slopes into shadows and back out again. Those edges were grooving. So very...

The conditions and coverage are still very good at the ski area, despite temps in the mid-upper thirties and the wavering hot sun above. Precious <BR>little is left for inbounds untracked though. It seems to me that A-Basin attracts more of the hard core, powder hungry, tree skiing types than...

My plan was to post only pictures, as I'm having a hard time keeping words from repeating themselves. But alas, the photo place called "1 Hour Photos" does not develop film in an hour, or even the same day if you go there after 3pm. <BR> <BR> So words will have to be enough. It snowed last...

Lift 4 opened this morning, for the first time this year. You know how much snow has fallen since Saturday. 188 acres of unblemished powder became open game today. Here we go again! <BR> <BR>Windswept fields of rippled powder. Tear jerking speed on a cushion of air. A cloud bursts up and hangs...

While waiting for the lift to open at Loveland this morning, my skis caught the eyes of a couple tele skiers and conversation spilled over into several lift rides throughout the morning. They've skied Loveland for years, so it was pretty fun to be on the hill with them. <BR> <BR>Four new inches...

The skiing today at Loveland was better than any I've had since the sublime 2000-2001 season in Vermont. 3 or 4 lifts and about 20% of their terrain were open, but consider that 100% would be over 1,350 acres. They said 275 acres were open today. All covered in powder. Not many people there...

Zoo? Circus? Yeah.... <BR> <BR> <BR>Conditions at Keystone today were quite good. Nick and I found the trails <BR>to be covered with soft, chopped powder for the most part. We were lucky <BR>enough to be in the proper position once as patrollers dropped a rope, and <BR>a some deep powder was the...

Coverage is great for this time of year. It was my first day out on my new internal equipment, so I kept it to a quick 4 runs and left by 10am. Conditions were universally firm, groomed and fast. It was the type of firmness in which I always anticipated ice in the long morning shadows, but never...

I'm a bit surprised that Marc overlooked a good one... Smugglers' is a decent sized hill for NE (in the 2,000 vert range) and is cheaper than just about anywhere in Vt. They haven't updated for this years prices yet, but here's last year's info: <A HREF="http://shop.smuggs.com/PassStore/"...

When you spend a lot of time skiing a particular mountain, you are setting <BR>the table for one fantastic feast. Over the years, you find many main <BR>courses, little treats, appetizers, desserts, and tall, cool ones to put <BR>on the table. If you're lucky, the fruit of your explorations...

Didn’t quite get first chair, but close enough. Got fresh lines on the Sterling Liftline again, this time in 8 inches new. GS’d it all the way, ephortless phast phloating, hovering over rolls that 2 days ago were ledges under blue and yellow ice curtains. Added to the rush of it was a bit of...

Walking the dog <BR> <BR> I brought the puppy and my snowshoes for a romp in the woods around noon today. We ascended some chutes toward a ski trail at Smuggs in a full-on blast of winter weather, complete with biting wind, accumilating snow and low visibility. About two inches had piled up...

We brought Winter to Smuggs yesterday. Everybody up there loves her. <BR>Winter is 7 weeks old now, and is quite possibly the cutest little puppy <BR>in the world. All shiny black and the size of a small cat, one person <BR>called her "a baby seal". <BR> <BR> After her first intro to the...

I have 1, lonely Igneous Midfat Carver, 190cm, looking to be paired with a like partner. It's former mate is dead. Anyone out there in the same situation? If yes, please email me and we'll negotiate. I want to buy a partner for my lonely ski.... <BR> <BR>Thanks, <BR> <BR>Matt <BR> <BR><A...

"Just to let you know, it's minus 58 on top." It was a warning given to us by the attendant of the M1 lift. Ha. That's nothing. Until it gets below the negative triple digit mark, it isn't too cold to ski. Anything below that, and it depends on the day... <BR> <BR>Back to the point, minus 58...

WOW!! Mark - This is spectacular!!!

Thanks Brian! I still get all prickly when I think about it. I can still vividly see Charlie standing still & entranced as he watched his life come crashing down before his eyes. Agh! Makes me shiver...

It ended with a bang. I mean, a big, thunderous boom that made my heart skip and my stomach uneasy. An event transpired on Sunday evening that will forever be clear in my mind & likely give me nightmares for many days to come. I will never forget what happened on closing day at Smugglers' Notch...

Got up early, left Whit sleeping at my place while I headed up the road to Smuggs. She was a bit worn out from our day of skiing yesterday. I have a bottomless appetite for powder though, and it's up there for the taking. So off I went, and powder I would have. <BR> <BR> In the same place...

OH. MY. GOD. <BR> <BR> You'd think that I'd have lost my voice a few months ago, but here I am - still yelling and screaming with more enthusiasm than Tour Guide Barbie in Toy Story 2. <BR> <BR> The Smuggs website says 5" new. That's strange, there's more than double that on my stairs. And it...