EAST COAST ROLL CALL #8 14/15 A NEW HOPE

[nyskirat]

Outdoor Gear Exchange in Burlington.

[Gepeto]

Some seasonal transition stoke from Europe:

This was spot on for the jones...

Nice, having a glacier in the backyard?
Good place to get rid of that vertigo that's been bothering you too



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[BigDaddy]

Bikini waxing in the front,


Bottom waxing in the rear.

[thewon]

I need a new pair of AT boots. I am hoping to try on the Vulcan, Maestrale RS, and some others. Can anyone recommend a good shop that has a decent selection of touring boots to try on? Also need some new custom insoles made with them. I travel up north most weekends, so VT, and NH are fair game as I am often in the North Conway area and have a trip to Burlington planned for next month for an interview (also I assume RI/MA might not have what I am looking for). Any good shops/bootfitters who specialize in touring boots that you can recommend?

i sell AT boots , but don't do custom insoles, just superfeet of all varieties which are great for many feet.

if you're in the north conway area, you can't go wrong with stan and dans for bootwork/footbeds. they may have upped their AT boot selection as well.

[weasel1]

That's all well and good but anybody who is anybody knows Weasel-sis cannot be trusted.

[vt_ski]

^-dayum!

[robrox]

Slight, intermitant snow on Cardigan today.

[Greenstateofmind]

I saw pictures of people sliding on dust on man made crust from Stowe today. Apparently they've been blowing for 48 hours or so. I'm suprised there aren't any pictures on here??

[Vt-Freeheel]

Where are those FIS guys or vtski, isn't that your haunt? Winds are whipping around here with tons of branches all over the roads. Lets hope some of the snow is on the trails.

These folks never disappoint.



They did a smoking All Aboard.

[sb]

[BigDaddy]

^Eat your hearts out west coast!

[vt_ski]

Where are those FIS guys or vtski, isn't that your haunt? Winds are whipping around here with tons of branches all over the roads. Lets hope some of the snow is on the trails.

Kept the skis at home yesterday and just did a solo hike (with the dog) up Hazelton to the top. ran into a snowboard crew that I know and they were making turns on lord/north slope.. looked like good coverage for only blowing for 48 hrs. Winds gusting to 45 at the top

[Generalstark]

Curiosity got the best of me yesterday so I headed to the local hill to see how much snow fell. Just enough for some fast grass and all told it was a fun time in the mountains.

[thewon]

wg, scotty?

looks like sunday river will be the 1st to open in the NORTH east this am. then maybe they'll be able to open back up in a coupla weeks after the thaw

see george white:

http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/cam/north/

[Peruvian]

wg, scotty?

looks like sunday river will be the 1st to open in the NORTH east this am. then maybe they'll be able to open back up in a coupla weeks after the thaw

see george white:

http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/cam/north/

Is SR opening a few minutes before Kton or something?

[thewon]

Is SR opening a few minutes before Kton or something?

SR 9am to the public. Kton 11am private party. kinda.

[ncskier]

Not that anyone cares about North Carolina, but the mountain picked up in excess of 22" along the NC/TN border. Two local ski hills, Catalochee and Sugar both opened after blowing Friday Night and picking up around 8" or so. What was strange was Columbia SC which is hotter and more temperate then even Charlotte, picked up around 3-4" by Saturday afternoon. Although I'm still full bore into the fall hunting season, with a quail trip this past Wednesday which had me sweating due to 80 degree temps, the temps sure did an about face quickly. Now I'm already thinking of skiing.

[thewon]

Not that anyone cares about North Carolina, but the mountain picked up in excess of 22" along the NC/TN border. Two local ski hills, Catalochee and Sugar both opened after blowing Friday Night and picking up around 8" or so. What was strange was Columbia SC which is hotter and more temperate then even Charlotte, picked up around 3-4" by Saturday afternoon. Although I'm still full bore into the fall hunting season, with a quail trip this past Wednesday which had me sweating due to 80 degree temps, the temps sure did an about face quickly. Now I'm already thinking of skiing.

sugar has pulled 1st opening a number of times, no? one year it even beat out a-basin and loveland, as being 1st to open in north america, if i remember correctly. gotta love high(er) elevation and state of the art snowmaking.

[Grape_Ape]

Curiosity got the best of me yesterday so I headed to the local hill to see how much snow fell. Just enough for some fast grass and all told it was a fun time in the mountains.

Now you're talking. It's nice to see other peeps who put body and gear to limit for some turns. I love MRG.

[thewon]

i spy scotty at wg:

http://whitegrass.com/report.html

[robrox]

Curiosity got the best of me yesterday so I headed to the local hill to see how much snow fell. Just enough for some fast grass and all told it was a fun time in the mountains.

Love that last shot! Very nice of you to ferry some snow down low.

[PearlJam09]

I need a new pair of AT boots. I am hoping to try on the Vulcan, Maestrale RS, and some others. Can anyone recommend a good shop that has a decent selection of touring boots to try on? Also need some new custom insoles made with them. I travel up north most weekends, so VT, and NH are fair game as I am often in the North Conway area and have a trip to Burlington planned for next month for an interview (also I assume RI/MA might not have what I am looking for). Any good shops/bootfitters who specialize in touring boots that you can recommend?

The shop at the base of the Killington Access rd has a pretty good selection of touring boots. Can't recall the name right now.

[Peruvian]

The shop at the base of the Killington Access rd has a pretty good selection of touring boots. Can't recall the name right now.

I've heard very good things about Base Camp Outfitters in the past.

[sb]

i spy scotty at wg:

http://whitegrass.com/report.html

I wuz there Sunday to visit but dats not me, pic I posted is off Chips site. Sorry bout the cornfusion.

[Marshall Tucker]

To the extent of my knowlege Catalochee opened 10/31 one year (2010? 2011?) and that's the earliest any of the NC resorts ever opened.