Eastcoast Roll Call TwoTwo/TwoThree A Slow Start to a Big Finish

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Originally Posted by byates1

Prob 15 yrs ago I was trimming up there, ran into the caretaker. Turns out he was a skier. Met him at the bottom in winter, he kept the road open, drove to the top, we skied down to little e, dropped the ne aspect, I set a gnarly deep ass skin back out, almost killed the poor guy following me.

I could tell you about the w side but I'd have to off you;)

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i had a couple of friends head up there around that same time (i opted to ski magic, as their plan was murky); i think they got up top with sled-assist.
can imagine wanting to off oneself postholing up the blue summit trail...which got me thinking the long auto road might be the best bet. would be a long-ass skin but there'd be actual views as well as having the objective in sight.

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Originally Posted by skinipenem

Could go on the bad trip thread.

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there's a bad trip thread now?:D

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Originally Posted by buckethead

i had a couple of friends head up there around that same time (i opted to ski magic, as their plan was murky); i think they got up top with sled-assist.
can imagine wanting to off oneself postholing up the blue summit trail...which got me thinking the long auto road might be the best bet. would be a long-ass skin but there'd be actual views as well as having the objective in sight.

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I'll be in the area Jan Feb this year. I can show you some shit that'll blow you away if there is a snowpack.

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Originally Posted by byates1

if there is a snowpack.

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That's been the story for SoVT backcountry for the last 3 years....

Fuck... the entire east. 2016 was it for me. Been skiing west ever since. Back home for a couple months this season, mom time .. MRG midweek, WF pass. Indy pass.. Some bc and Nordic.. it'll be fun ..

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Originally Posted by byates1

I'll be in the area Jan Feb this year. I can show you some shit that'll blow you away if there is a snowpack.

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right on, hope i can take you up on that.

2015 was fantastic after the feb. for the ages, absurd snowpack.
little snow after that but we had that stretch of 5 weeks from march 1 where it never went above freezing in the MRV. don't think i ever spent so much time in the woods...and stumbled upon neglected shots that were still fluffy.

since then not so much of that, more seizing of great days when they come. and thankfully mays > june at killington.

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Originally Posted by Jonathan S.

I was thinking exactly the same thing after skiing there earlier this month for the first time…

Pluses were that it was a clinic that fulfilled my PSIA continuing education requirement, combined with an inline skating clinic that same morning in a closed-off section of the parking garage.
Then that evening I went road biking with a friend in Greenwich, and the next morning had lunch with a friend in Manhattan.
Also hit up the Pick A Brick walls at the Lego stores in both the mall and Rockefeller Center for our daughter’s massive Lego city.
The mall was also a wonderfully overwhelming shock to the senses. Quite busy on a Sunday. The two most easily identically subgroups were Metallica fans (in identical tshirts) and Orthodox Jews (no Charedi, but still obvious to any secular Jew).

Minuses are that the pluses from this visit are almost entirely unrelated to the actual skiing as per the above write up.
The claimed vertical of 160’ might be realistic given that it seemed about two thirds of my memories of coaching college teams at 240’ Nashoba.
My Garmin watch recorded laps somehow but wouldn’t record vertical or position:
https://strava.app.link/CNrgqmTFmCb

However, nothing like two thirds as worthwhile as Nashoba. And Nashoba was marginal, although I could set a useful slalom training course there.
By poaching the far left of the trauma park, underneath the dormant poma, ducking occasionally, and snug up against the wall, where the snow wasn’t pulverized noncohesiveness, I felt like I got about six good turns on my slalom skis. The flatter runout at the bottom was worthlessly slow given the loose snow. And watch out for the partly buried orb. And the metal support corners of the lift line corral.

Even just a 300’ vertical hill in Connecticut would be far better. Doesn’t have to be a former ski area. Could even face south. Seems like being on a hill would be so less costly to construct and to refrigerate.
The new one in Norway is like that. Video of slalom training there looked decent.

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Thx. Good points

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Originally Posted by skinipenem

Laughing my face off. Corky needs to tell me how much I owe him ;) we have been on the next time we get together plan that keeps getting delayed.

In all serious though, buy his skiis. :)

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Typos are fine, but on trg, misspelling "skis" is strictly verboten.

^^trg? nice:fmicon:

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Originally Posted by byates1

Fuck... the entire east. 2016 was it for me. Been skiing west ever since. Back home for a couple months this season, mom time .. MRG midweek, WF pass. Indy pass.. Some bc and Nordic.. it'll be fun ..

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Come to Magic on your Indy. It's generally a maggot mini every weekend though not as much as it used to be. MLK weekend has consistently produced pow days for the last 4-5 years.

Or this.
https://youtu.be/U2n9zB6o-Hs?si=M5D7SFan8BahHbF6

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Originally Posted by MyNameIsAugustWest

Come to Magic on your Indy. It's generally a maggot mini every weekend though not as much as it used to be. MLK weekend has consistently produced pow days for the last 4-5 years.

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i encountered said mini as MNIAW can attest - and lost group as i took wrong trail to get to meeting place...i definitely need to get back to magic more! bring on the southern VT snow!

Definitely will be hitting magic. Hit it once, maybe 1997

I just checked the future - this year will be all time at Magic. So we've got that going for us. Which is good.

Big hitter, the Lama, long.

12th son of the Lama… the flowing robes, the grace, bald… striking.

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Originally Posted by Aldo

I just checked the future - this year will be all time at Magic. So we've got that going for us. Which is good.

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southern vt is long overdue. i'm in!

staying in one of those condos on the hill at tremblant and they have some impressive scenery going on for the little ski on ski off trails.

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and the village is kind of going off. not bad.

who is ready for some green pow?

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Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker

staying in one of those condos on the hill at tremblant and they have some impressive scenery going on for the little ski on ski off trails.

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and the village is kind of going off. not bad.

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Beauty. I'm guessing that's up in the 'newer' area?

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Originally Posted by Thaleia

Beauty. I'm guessing that's up in the 'newer' area?

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never been there before so i can’t say but it was up the hill. i had a really good time in the end, there was lots to enjoy. if i get invited back i guess there are some ponds to skate and cliffs to check out in the winter too. kind of cool and made me realize it’s only a couple more months till skiing too…

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Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker

never been there before so i can’t say but it was up the hill. i had a really good time in the end, there was lots to enjoy. if i get invited back i guess there are some ponds to skate and cliffs to check out in the winter too. kind of cool and made me realize it’s only a couple more months till skiing too…

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I've done some great hikes up there in the summer months.

East coasters, got a question for you. Old college buddy of mine in the Baltimore area is looking to get new boots. What are the good shops/boot fitters in the Baltimore, DC area? Up to southern DE (Wilmington) also OK. What he refers to as the "dmv" area.
Thanks!

In SoVT for a few days,
thought I’d get in some reading

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that's one funny looking dog

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Originally Posted by LegoSkier

East coasters, got a question for you. Old college buddy of mine in the Baltimore area is looking to get new boots. What are the good shops/boot fitters in the Baltimore, DC area? Up to southern DE (Wilmington) also OK. What he refers to as the "dmv" area.
Thanks!

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Mid-Atlantic Roll Call Mr Divegirl :biggrin:
Mid-Atlantic Rollcall - Page 36 (tetongravity.com)

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Originally Posted by LegoSkier

East coasters, got a question for you. Old college buddy of mine in the Baltimore area is looking to get new boots. What are the good shops/boot fitters in the Baltimore, DC area? Up to southern DE (Wilmington) also OK. What he refers to as the "dmv" area.
Thanks!

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I have lived in that area for a few years. I don’t think I have a great answer but the best place (out of not much) I have found so far is ski Haus in annapolis. They have a decent boot selection and they advertise boot fitters. Although as an aside I took some skis in for some work and wasn’t impressed with what they did or their prices. So if I were him and had to buy new boots down here I would go there but then take them to for the mount work.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPaVNkz8spM

must see for anyone into NE ski history/MRG

^that was cool, thanks.
Paradise the rogue build and they gave them lift access to do so. [emoji2]

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Originally Posted by LegoSkier

East coasters, got a question for you. Old college buddy of mine in the Baltimore area is looking to get new boots. What are the good shops/boot fitters in the Baltimore, DC area? Up to southern DE (Wilmington) also OK. What he refers to as the "dmv" area.
Thanks!

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I dunno about B-more...but I'm guessing there's nothing. But if he wants to come all the way up here, take the extra bit of time and go to Buckmans. Either the KOP one (where he can see a GIANT mall) or the Exton one (where he can visit Victory). Those two have actual ski people there (or they traditionally do) while the other locations are smaller shops. The one in Allentown is decent too...but then you're talking another 1.5hrs.

My recco: wait until they travel up to VT or out West...and buy while on vacation at an actual shop.

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Originally Posted by byates1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPaVNkz8spM

must see for anyone into NE ski history/MRG

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great stuff.
that race down chute > canyon on old gear sounds quite rugged!
must have been a sight.
i remember when they had still had the no-stop/no fall event on paradise on the website.
all the more stoked to get back there!

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Back in Putney for a few days and saw this beauty this morning.

Gonna be a deep snowpack this year? Whaddya think?

We’ve got as good a chance as predicting as anybody! Embrace the VooDoo

My sister and BIL are selling their beloved house in Montgomery village, VT. Cool and funky house, 15-ish minute drive from Stateside parking at Jay Peak, 30 second walk from trout stream, sleeps many, could be great full-time residence or seasonal house:


https://s.paragonrels.com/goto/F74mo5

That looks pretty nice! I am sure it will go fast but... would they like to host an Ullrfest in about three weeks? A big event could bring in a lot of prospective dentists!

Ha ha ha. Ullrfest might disrupt the squeeky-clean realtor photos!

Stunning. Looks like it's worth 1.5-2M not 379k

gorgeous indeed.some really nice spaces and details.
rivers make me nervous though.

^ the house sits easily 25' above the river...access might be a problem but I doubt it would flood the house.

Agree with byates1...at Magic, that house would go for $650K easily.

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Originally Posted by MyNameIsAugustWest

^ the house sits easily 25' above the river...access might be a problem but I doubt it would flood the house.

Agree with byates1...at Magic, that house would go for $650K easily.

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In the 30+ years they have owned the property, there have certainly been some flood events. The river came up to the road edge a few times but the house is up high, as MNIAW pointed out.

I was a bit surprised at the asking price as well. Where I live, in Ontario's "cottage country" it would easily list for a million CAD. Things are are affordable in the NEK, I guess!