powderfreak
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I'm too tired right now to convert the tinyurl.com links to photos in the text. If I get some energy later or tomorrow I'll do it. FTO column forthcoming. Its so freakin' good out there right now.
Ran into Wes and Mr. Rogers at the bottom of the quad.
That must've been one helluva run down at 750am from the Stone Hut.
Met up with Dylan and his friend Andy...then proceeded to have by far the
best powder day of the year. I'll let photos and short clips tell the
rest of the story.
Skiers were...
Dylan:
Dave:
Andy:
Myself:
Never would I have imagined that Stowe's 6-7" report would end up to be
this much. For the first time I feel like they might have under-
reported. 18" since Sunday is no joke.
I'm 6'2" and my poles are pretty tall. Here's the new snow:
Clouds came and went...snowed most of the day at various intensities but
mostly lightly. Lots of snow out there. Bypass Chutes were comparable to
skiing the Wildcat area at Alta. So light, so fluffy, so deep.
Dave in route...
Dylan making a turn...
Dave losing himself in a wake of powder...
Video Clip of Dave dropping, sticking the landing, and skiing out with
face shots of a frequented cliff in the Bypass Chutes (I'm sure Dylan's
footage of this is awesome as he's below filming, too):
http://www.uvm.edu/~sbraaten/Stowe%2005 ... Chutes.MOV
Face shots were had, and many times.
I know Dylan has some great shots and video of some face shots. One was
of Dave dropping into this small gully and he went snorkeling.
Hit the Hazelton trail and then the chutes. The sun was out for this run.
After the mellow powder cruising of the upper part, both chutes were
untracked. Dylan and Dave took the first one and Andy and I took the
second one (pictured here):
Dylan has the pictures from the skiing in here but it was classic east
coast birch chutes with a nice sunny exposure. Deep and a little heavier
than the rest of the mountain. Still, the sun doesn't do much in January
when its 18F out.
Then we skied some runs off the gondi in the Outter Planets region.
Here's a video clip of Andy skiing a nice, fluffy line:
http://www.uvm.edu/~sbraaten/Stowe%2005 ... %20Run.MOV
A little lower, while trying to find the right line to a zone we wanted to
hit, Dylan stand ready to thread the needle.
Then threads it.
http://www.uvm.edu/~sbraaten/Stowe%2005 ... %20Run.MOV
Dave hit a tree in some thin cover at the bottom of the Outter Planets and
was in a lot of pain. He's still having trouble walking but there's
nothing like hearing your ski buddy, who is 10x tougher than you, yell in
pain after hauling ssa into a tree. He traversed out and his day was done
but at least it was around 2pm. We skied two more runs and then called it
quits, totally exhausted and soaking wet from being choked with snow.
All in all, by far the best day of the year and top 5 I've ever skied at
Stowe. Too bad it had to end on a low note but nothing could take away
from the face shots had. One great day to witness the wonders of upslope
snowfall.
Tuesdays storm is looking pretty freakin' nice right now. I'll be writing
my FTO column now and including a lengthy part on the east coast regional
forecast. I'll post a link later.
Get out and ski some powder.
-Scott
Ran into Wes and Mr. Rogers at the bottom of the quad.
That must've been one helluva run down at 750am from the Stone Hut.
Met up with Dylan and his friend Andy...then proceeded to have by far the
best powder day of the year. I'll let photos and short clips tell the
rest of the story.
Skiers were...
Dylan:
Dave:
Andy:
Myself:
Never would I have imagined that Stowe's 6-7" report would end up to be
this much. For the first time I feel like they might have under-
reported. 18" since Sunday is no joke.
I'm 6'2" and my poles are pretty tall. Here's the new snow:
Clouds came and went...snowed most of the day at various intensities but
mostly lightly. Lots of snow out there. Bypass Chutes were comparable to
skiing the Wildcat area at Alta. So light, so fluffy, so deep.
Dave in route...
Dylan making a turn...
Dave losing himself in a wake of powder...
Video Clip of Dave dropping, sticking the landing, and skiing out with
face shots of a frequented cliff in the Bypass Chutes (I'm sure Dylan's
footage of this is awesome as he's below filming, too):
http://www.uvm.edu/~sbraaten/Stowe%2005 ... Chutes.MOV
Face shots were had, and many times.
I know Dylan has some great shots and video of some face shots. One was
of Dave dropping into this small gully and he went snorkeling.
Hit the Hazelton trail and then the chutes. The sun was out for this run.
After the mellow powder cruising of the upper part, both chutes were
untracked. Dylan and Dave took the first one and Andy and I took the
second one (pictured here):
Dylan has the pictures from the skiing in here but it was classic east
coast birch chutes with a nice sunny exposure. Deep and a little heavier
than the rest of the mountain. Still, the sun doesn't do much in January
when its 18F out.
Then we skied some runs off the gondi in the Outter Planets region.
Here's a video clip of Andy skiing a nice, fluffy line:
http://www.uvm.edu/~sbraaten/Stowe%2005 ... %20Run.MOV
A little lower, while trying to find the right line to a zone we wanted to
hit, Dylan stand ready to thread the needle.
Then threads it.
http://www.uvm.edu/~sbraaten/Stowe%2005 ... %20Run.MOV
Dave hit a tree in some thin cover at the bottom of the Outter Planets and
was in a lot of pain. He's still having trouble walking but there's
nothing like hearing your ski buddy, who is 10x tougher than you, yell in
pain after hauling ssa into a tree. He traversed out and his day was done
but at least it was around 2pm. We skied two more runs and then called it
quits, totally exhausted and soaking wet from being choked with snow.
All in all, by far the best day of the year and top 5 I've ever skied at
Stowe. Too bad it had to end on a low note but nothing could take away
from the face shots had. One great day to witness the wonders of upslope
snowfall.
Tuesdays storm is looking pretty freakin' nice right now. I'll be writing
my FTO column now and including a lengthy part on the east coast regional
forecast. I'll post a link later.
Get out and ski some powder.
-Scott
I was just coming back to do that after getting the column up. You know its a good day when your legs are stiff even when in mid-season form...
