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    Tuckerman Ravine, NH: 07/06/08

    I do enjoy putting an 07 at the front of the date in the subject line. I have been quite recently and off the boards for the past month due to a new puppy (Ari, a Flat Coated Retriever). Suffice to say, she has been quite a hand full. Besides that, I tend to calm down in June when full hikes up...
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    50! Gulf of Slides, NH: 05/11/08

    Reporting in for day 50 of the season today for a new one season high. Not bad for a Monday through Friday 8a-5p working stiff. Last two years living in Vermont should have been way higher but I was skunked for two months last year (49) with wisdom teeth extraction and an in grown toe nail and...
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    Gulf of Slides, NH: 04/26/08

    Quite a day today. Got a later start than planned and paid the price as the main and aux lots were full by 8 A.M. so I joined the masses lining Route 16 with parked cars. Got a few odd comments regarding wearing shorts and putting on my boots ("You gonna hike up in those?"). Nah, I'm gonna skin...
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    Stowe, VT: 04/19/08

    Why are you reading this? Go get your gear ready, pack up your gear, make a sandwich, and check the weather! No need for any more information! If you didn't ski today, you really should be out there tomorrow. Okay, with that aside, a little more information regardless. Sunday the 20th is...
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    Mad River Glen, VT: 04/05/08

    This was definitely a morning to sleep in (oops) as thing were quite firm out of the starting gate. But man, did things get really good later in the day. Really really good. Got to the mountain at 9:15am and headed up the Single feeling a little chill in the air and could barely see two chairs...
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    Mad River Glen, VT: 03/30/08

    Wowzers, what a crowd today! Keep that up folks, no complaints here! We'll be skiing into May if we could get half of today's crowd not to hang up their skis for the season following this weekend. Because we all know that there is no more skiing come April. Let's review for those thinking about...
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    Cannon, NH: 03/29/08

    Original plan was to head west and ski Mad River Glen so I could burn one of my two remaining ticket vouchers. With Share Holder day coming up soon (ski free that day), I really only had five more potential days to use these tickets assuming they do not extended operations. Snow down in SoVT...
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    Jay, VT: 03/22/08

    Lots of options were on the table today, but with the lifts closed yesterday I had figured Jay would be the best pick despite the crowds. And holy moly were there crowds. This weekend was a "Perfect Storm" of sorts. No major powder days since March 1-2, almost two feet of Fresh snow heading into...
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    Jay, VT: 03/21/08

    Headed up to Jay on Friday with moderately reasonable hopes that at least one of the Stateside lifts (probably the Jet) would turn during the afternoon but it was not to be. Friday could have been my day of the year had the lifts spun but it was still sensationally epic skiing none-the-less. We...
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    Over one hundred inches at the stake....

    ...and more on the way next week :D http://www.uvm.edu/skivt-l/?Page=depths.php Though I will admit that base depth isn't everything.
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    Jay Peak, VT: 03/09/08

    Well, the forecast for wrap around snow was a complete bust. It was snowing when we got there but nothing had stuck and nothing would stick. Wind was blasting something fierce. But things were shut down for the day with no hope of opening. Word was that parts of the lifts were frozen solid and...
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    Cannon, NH: 03/01/08

    *permagrin* Cannon got a foot Wednesday and at least a foot into today and it was still snowing when I left bringing the season total to date (with over a month of potential snowfall left) to an unreal (for Cannon) 214". Untracked from mid-week combined with today's snowfall made for many knee...
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    Mad River Glen, VT: 02/27/08

    This storm certainly did not dump "18-30 inches by Thursday morning" as forecasted by many weather folks including MRG's own Josh Fox. As of 6:00 A.M. this Thursday morning, MRG is reporting just over a foot of snow, a far cry from a minimum of 18". Five of six dozen people had queued up for...
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    Jay: 02/23/08

    Dust on crust special today, all the three inch untracked powder you want with little competition if you don't mind frozen base scarping. Figured things would be pretty nice this morning with a few inches of fresh. We could have used heavy/dense stuff rather than the fluffy blower. Took three...
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    Jay: 02/16/08

    The short and skinny is Jay skied very well today. Bitter cold and uncomfortable winds had the slopes empty well into late morning when some brave vacationers finally decided to leave the comfort and warmth of their condos and townhouses and do what they supposedly drove up to Jay to do :lol...
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    Burke, VT: 02/13/08

    Similar setup to last year's V-Day storm but just not enough cold air, unfortunately. Original plan was to hit Cannon today but the winds were howling out of the south instead of the west which shut all lift operations down, do not pass go, do not buy a lift ticket, go find your powder somewhere...
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    Jay 02/10/08

    Meh. Maybe I misread the weather forecasts (including Jay's own email promoting an expected 6-10" yesterday) but I was expecting to find more than one, occasionally two, inches of fluff covering hard pack and scraped surfaces. Still hurting from Friday but made the early alarm and had my skis on...
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    Mad River Glen, VT: 02/08/08

    It has been just over a month since my last visit and that was just over a month to long. Friday skiing rules. Except for having to deal with commuter traffic, school buses, snow plows, and getting up a half hour earlier to actually get to the mountain a half hour later. East/West ski commutes...
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    Jay Peak, VT: 01/26/08

    \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ =D>
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    Jay Peak, VT: 01/20/08

    An extra special THANK YOU to all you whackos that call yourselves skiers and riders but have your priorities completely mis-aligned with the ski season. Today and yesterday... well, what can I say? Yesterday was good but the crowds were horrid and the untracked went fast. Fun but nothing...
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