Ontario maggotry 23 and two-four

[paulster2626]

Storm of the season in Toronto? Drove through there around noon Friday and it was looking snowy. Top of the DVP had plows out and traffic jams. Bottom of the DVP was basically snowless and we continued our drive back to London after dropping off my buddy. A quick trip to Ottawa for a celebration of life event. One of my pals turned 70 in November and passed suddenly last week. Life is short, do it right.

No snow on the ground in Ottawa and nothing between here and there for the most part. Might be that my season is done except for the possibility of making it to the WWHSTA event in Huntsville April 6th if conditions look right. The thought of driving eight hours and spending 100 bucks at Blue or Moonstone to ski on dirt and sticky snow doesn't rub me the right way.

Moonstone had the guns blazing on Friday, saw it on the webcams!

I'm done for the year. Bring on spring - some more of that weather we had in February would be nice.

[petey_]

Surprising to hear that they had the guns going there. I think they end their season at the end of March regardless of the conditions. Nice to see the dedication.

Thought about sneaking into the local for some earned turns and pondering camping at Limberlost when Hidden Valley has the event April 6. Haven't used my skins this season and still pining for a turn or two. Must be a sickness

[Mr. Multiglisse]

Hidden Valley is looking pretty phat for April 6 WWHSTA day, hope to see you there. Bit of a refresh possible Wedensday, we'll see. No skiable snow elsewhere around here.

Going to Jay Peak for April 12 weekend, super stoked. I've been skiing there almost every year since I was 12 (66 now) and this will be my first time there since the first COVID lockdown. It will be a brothers/nephews weekend, very deep Jay experiences.

[petey_]

Yesterday morning I planned to make the Hidden Valley event. Phone call in the afternoon changed that plan. My wife has been on a waiting list for over a year for a medical diagnosis. She goes in tomorrow. Looks like skiing will have to wait. See you at Limberlost in October? Have canoe, will travel. Le sigh.

[Mr. Multiglisse]

Petey, sorry we won't see you at HV but family matters always override skiing. LL glading daze the weekend of Oct 26. We've booked Buck Lodge if you want to make it an overnight, details to follow in late summer.

[petey_]

Petey, sorry we won't see you at HV but family matters always override skiing. LL glading daze the weekend of Oct 26. We've booked Buck Lodge if you want to make it an overnight, details to follow in late summer.

Had to reset my password. Clunky site this TRGeez.

Any pics from Hidden Valley? Tall tales? Snow reports to make me jealous?

Having lots of visits to the hospital lately and found out a gadget wasn't gadgeting right and my wife is stuck for a few or more days. Did manage to get out in the canoe for the eclipse.

[Mr. Multiglisse]

Had to reset my password. Clunky site this TRGeez.

Any pics from Hidden Valley? Tall tales? Snow reports to make me jealous?
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The HV day was great. I haven't been able to log on to TGR for two days, rumour has it you can't post images. Apparently now you can. Thanks to cooperative management at the local bump, our WWHSTA group organized the third annual Corn Harvest at a closed ski hill. Over 25 souls made the trek to Hidden Valley on Saturday for skinning, fishscaling and sliding downhill. Conditions were spectacular. Edit: pics seem to work now, Check the WWHSTA Facebook page for more.

[Brownski]

Ha! I got locked out for a couple days too. Looks like you guys put together a fun day there. How did the big eclipse look from your neighborhood?

[petey_]

Gadzooks Mr. M, looks like fun was had on a bluebird day. A vicarious visit via visual view. Merci!

Managed to canoe on Big Creek near Long Point for the eclipse and it was astounding. Got some glasses from a pair of kayakers so was able to watch the progression. The total eclipse was better than I could have imagined. Best thing I have ever seen except for the birth of our kids. Spectacular!

[Mr. Multiglisse]

Gadzooks Mr. M, looks like fun was had on a bluebird day. A vicarious visit via visual view. Merci!

You are most welcome, hope to ski ya next season.

Sounds like Petey had a great eclipse experience, mine was kind of a bust. Cloudy, so no visuals. Got pretty gloomy for five minutes, which was weird. I even fabbed up some pinhole eclipse projectors, didn't get anything to project.

I'm off to Vermont and Jay Peak tomorrow, super stoked. The weather forecast is not the greatest but there is lots of snow. I'm skiing with my older brother and two adult nephews, collectively we have about 200 years of Jay Peak skiing experience, so should be fun. We even have our own Jay Peak language, for example, if someone says "what run?" and another says "Full Goat?" everybody knows what that means.

[petey_]

Dry summer? Good thing we have buck a beer. Galen must be rubbing his hands together in anticipation of a money windfall.

Good ski dream last night though. Just need to work on equally weighting both feet.

[m2711c]

anybody use the canadian lift pass deal?

https://store.goskiinggosnowboarding...dian-lift-pass

if so, didja think it was worth it?

[Thaleia]

anybody use the canadian lift pass deal?

https://store.goskiinggosnowboarding...dian-lift-pass

if so, didja think it was worth it?

Huh, had never heard of this before. This year I'd likely pass but I could have gotten a pretty good value out of this on my last Quebec trip. Bookmarked for the future, thanks for mentioning this pass.

[paulster2626]

anybody use the canadian lift pass deal?

https://store.goskiinggosnowboarding...dian-lift-pass

if so, didja think it was worth it?

Never used that, but have used the Grade4/5 pass with both my kids. Totally worth it, BUT you need to remember to book your dates as far in advance as allows (7 days I think it is), otherwise you can easily get skunked.