Northeast Rant on Weather

**Bluebird** · 01-02-2007, 12:20 PM

Hit up Shawnee in ME on Sunday. Cool little area.

**biggins** · 01-02-2007, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by crashnburn'd

Then I watched some guy eat a 1 lb burger with every imaginable condiment except bbq sauce.

Gnar. Seriously. Deserved its own TR.

And the xc at Stowe was delightful on Sunday.

**crashnburn'd** · 01-02-2007, 12:22 PM

It's too bad I didn't take my camera.

**Vinman** · 01-02-2007, 12:23 PM

The bush was pretty good saturday 8inches or so. pretty sweet.

IC sucks Go C-STATE!!!!!

**cinnepa** · 01-02-2007, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by CantDog

So did anyone actually ski this weekend? Or did everyone simply sit around and whine, or complain about other people's whining.

40 mile roadie ride sat, 2 hour hike with dog on sunday, trail run yesterday. much beer in between.....dogfish head chicory stout.

**Damian Sanders** · 01-02-2007, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by CantDog

So did anyone actually ski this weekend? Or did everyone simply sit around and whine, or complain about other people's whining.

Oh, I skied Friday through Sunday. It was excellent. Saturday was one of the best days of the year. Should have taken more pics though.

**CantDog** · 01-02-2007, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by crashnburn'd

It's too bad I didn't take my camera.

Meh, the skiing was so bad that a camera wouldnt of even been worth it.

**eug** · 01-02-2007, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Vinman

The bush was pretty good saturday 8inches or so. pretty sweet.

Seconded. Castlerock was very good. Sunday was pretty decent too with a bunch of new trails open on LP.

**steve** · 01-02-2007, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by CantDog

So did anyone actually ski this weekend? Or did everyone simply sit around and whine, or complain about other people's whining.

Skied friday and sunday. (blacked out on saturday.) Sunday was great. Best day of the year. Spent the afternoon with snowsprite - we hiked up Ram's Head and skied that (I've never done that before, very fun) - plus the views from the summit of killington were amazing. Did equally amazing things to my bases on catwalk (thankfully no core shots) and was thrilled that the season was finally starting..

I hadn't read the extended forecast. When it rained on Monday and I looked to see more rain coming, I was just devastated.

**BigDaddy** · 01-02-2007, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by helmetcam

When were you guys there?
1988-1992 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
1992-1993 Master of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering

WTF?... Is this a CU reunion? I was there then, too. BARCH 91'

Lived on the Cascadilla Gorge in the building that was about to fall in. Lots of fun bombing Lambda Chi with our "funnelator", and holy shit, loved those PMPs!!!

PS- Sugarbush and Middlebury were great this weekend. Nice x-country up there, too.

**crashnburn'd** · 01-02-2007, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by CantDog

Meh, the skiing was so bad that a camera wouldnt of even been worth it.

Of course, I was talking about the cheeseburger though.

**CantDog** · 01-02-2007, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by steve

Skied friday and sunday. (blacked out on saturday.) Sunday was great. Best day of the year. Spent the afternoon with snowsprite - we hiked up Ram's Head and skied that (I've never done that before, very fun) - plus the views from the summit of killington were amazing. Did equally amazing things to my bases on catwalk (thankfully no core shots) and was thrilled that the season was finally starting..

I hadn't read the extended forecast. When it rained on Monday and I looked to see more rain coming, I was just devastated.

Saturday and sunday were great. Yeah it rains. It rains every new year. We all know it. And we all know the weather sucks. Except HighwayStar, who just likes to talk about how rad devils fiddle skied this weekend. So do we really need to keep posting about the rain? Its the same argument everytime. Someone says it sucks, then someone says you suck, and then everyone whines until the red sox come up and then we bitch about the yankees.

**biggins** · 01-02-2007, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by CantDog

Saturday and sunday were great. Yeah it rains. It rains every new year. We all know it. And we all know the weather sucks. Except HighwayStar, who just likes to talk about how rad devils fiddle skied this weekend. So do we really need to keep posting about the rain? Its the same argument everytime. Someone says it sucks, then someone says you suck, and then everyone whines until the red sox come up and then we bitch about the yankees.

Yankees suck. Hoohaa!

**CantDog** · 01-02-2007, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by biggins

Yankees suck. Hoohaa!

Nah guys lets talk about bacon and how awesome bacon is. Bacon is so great. I like bacon on sandwiches. Bacon!

**Free Range Lobster** · 01-02-2007, 12:41 PM

Fuck it. I'm gonna go frostbite 470's for the rest of the winter.

**BigDaddy** · 01-02-2007, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by CantDog

Its the same argument everytime. Someone says it sucks, then someone says you suck, and then everyone whines until the red sox come up and then we bitch about the yankees.

I'm dying over here! This is the New England TGR mantra!

**BigDaddy** · 01-02-2007, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Free Range Lobster

Fuck it. I'm gonna go frostbite 470's for the rest of the winter.

Hey, you just hit 3000 with that one^ Time for a drink!

**helmetcam** · 01-02-2007, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by BigDaddy

WTF?... Is this a CU reunion? I was there then, too. BARCH 91'

Lived on the Cascadilla Gorge in the building that was about to fall in. Lots of fun bombing Lambda Chi with our "funnelator", and holy shit, loved those PMPs!!!

PS- Sugarbush and Middlebury were great this weekend. Nice x-country up there, too.

Nice.
That year I lived next to the Nines.
I lived across the gorge from your house (DeWitt Place, below the Chapter House) '92-93.

**MassLiberal** · 01-02-2007, 12:44 PM

Arepas rule.

**Tin Woodsman** · 01-02-2007, 12:47 PM

Had a random meet-up with Vinman on the Summit chair Saturday followed by boot to knee deep fresh most of the afternoon on reserved trails at SB North. Dined on soft chowder at SB South Sunday before a hike to the closed Castlerock delivered 1700' of boot/knee deep 10th tracks on Middle Earth.

Drank beers and broke bread with good friends for NYE before heading out to a bar and oggling a ridiculously hot au paire and some quasi-lesbians. Came outside to a steady freezing rain at 18 degrees F and the snow guns blaring. Bizarre. Roads were too icy to make it home safely. Slept in car with wife. Happy New Year, baby.

All in all, it was a great fucking weekend.

**BigDaddy** · 01-02-2007, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Tin Woodsman

Had a random meet-up with Vinman on the Summit chair Saturday followed by boot to knee deep fresh most of the afternoon on reserved trails at SB North. Dined on soft chowder at SB South Sunday before a hike to the closed Castlerock delivered 1700' of boot/knee deep 10th tracks on Middle Earth.

Drank beers and broke bread with good friends for NYE before heading out to a bar and oggling a ridiculously hot au paire and some quasi-lesbians. Came outside to a steady freezing rain at 18 degrees F and the snow guns blaring. Bizarre. Roads were too icy to make it home safely. Slept in car with wife. Happy New Year, baby.

All in all, it was a great fucking weekend.

That explains why no cars on Rt 100 NYE...

... and all the steam coming from inside your car!

**steve** · 01-02-2007, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by CantDog

Saturday and sunday were great. Yeah it rains. It rains every new year. We all know it. And we all know the weather sucks. Except HighwayStar, who just likes to talk about how rad devils fiddle skied this weekend. So do we really need to keep posting about the rain? Its the same argument everytime. Someone says it sucks, then someone says you suck, and then everyone whines until the red sox come up and then we bitch about the yankees.

You know, if this winter were merely below average, meaning without quite so much rain, you wouldn't hear a thing from me.

Below average I can handle. I kept saying it'll get better in December. Then I said it'll get better by January.

This is just brutal... at some point, you snap.

**Bluebird** · 01-02-2007, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Vinman

The bush was pretty good saturday 8inches or so. pretty sweet.

IC sucks Go C-STATE!!!!!

Those IC/C-state games were too much fun. Long live the Cortaca Jug!

**snowsprite** · 01-02-2007, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by CantDog

So did anyone actually ski this weekend? Or did everyone simply sit around and whine, or complain about other people's whining.

I actually skiied in beautiful, falling snow on Saturday, sunny skies and dust-on-crust Sunday, and in feezing drizzle on New Year's Day.

I was surprised how many people were actually skiing on Killington's 3 open trails yesterday. They were only running the Snowdon Quad and Triple too...they put everything else on hold due to high winds.

Sprite

**365wp** · 01-02-2007, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Free Range Lobster

Fuck it. I'm gonna go frostbite 470's for the rest of the winter.

That sounds fun. I didn't frostbite this winter because I wanted to ski more.

I was walking along the Charles last weekend, wondering why no boats were in the water...oh yeah, it usually freezes.