Went up to Stowe again on Sunday to take advantage of the massive snowstorm. Bummer. The mountain was in worse shape than it had been 10 days ago -- a bit thinner and significantly more icy. Almost all of the ungroomed open runs were "technical" to say the least -- not really much fun at all. The woods were much better, though thin and not without significant icy patches as well as open water lower on the mountain.
The mountain looked like this:
Woods on skier's left of the top of the quad were my favorites. Bypass chutes offered a number of great lines:
Lower mountain woods offered plenty of this:
and unfortunately also plenty of this:
The mountain looked like this:
Woods on skier's left of the top of the quad were my favorites. Bypass chutes offered a number of great lines:
Lower mountain woods offered plenty of this:
and unfortunately also plenty of this:
