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

[neufox47]

Mad props to Wildcat for opening and not charging anything.

[DoWork]

I am *this* close to pulling the fire alarm at work. Fuck not skiing.

[philth]

My buddy Félix is the one wearing the GoPro in that Mont Miller video - dude is stoked !! It's only his 3rd season skiing and I think he's ridden a chairlift once in his life

I was just plugging in Mont Miller into google maps. A trip in my camper may be in order this winter. Looks amazing.

[cat in january]

They have done some creative thinning in the Gaspe for earn your turns. Outside the park there are several other places. I think it is a great way to get some tourist dollars to the region during winter.

Great to see the powder runs-hard to believe from what I have seen of winter.

Vt-freeheel's shots look like there was enough depth to count as powder too.

[thewon]

Mad props to Wildcat for opening and not charging anything.

yup, them and bretton woods. bet it sure is nice up on the hills today. maybe soft and springlike.

[thewon]

My buddy Félix is the one wearing the GoPro in that Mont Miller video - dude is stoked !! It's only his 3rd season skiing and I think he's ridden a chairlift once in his life

stoked? i'd say super stoked!

you got your eye on the big pond, rudeman? could be entertaining tomorrow-thurs.

[monkfish]

the guy on the board, blows it up.
good stuff

but ... I'm pretty sure ... he's ... Canadian



Aha haha, kid/love.

That is a great vid, finely edited. Thanks for posting BGSTi_403 ,

[Grape_Ape]

Meanwhile north of the border...

Ummmm...yeah. That was nice.

[neufox47]

yup, them and bretton woods. bet it sure is nice up on the hills today. maybe soft and springlike.

Bretton Woods was free?

[prsboogie]

With a non perishable food item for the food kitchen.

[thewon]

Bretton Woods was free?

yup. well, with like 2 cans of food to donate. love it when mountains do food donation days.

[From_the_NEK]

Unfortunately no winter stoke from me yet but I did get a couple moon rise pictures from last night:

Late Pumpkin Moon Trees by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

Late Pumpkin Moon by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

[east or bust]

Nice shots NEK.


Met Silas at the Alpine Shop today, that was pretty cool.

[biggins]

^^^Those pics are a little mind blowing. Nice work.

[Peruvian]

Anyone interested in splitting a K'ton 2fer on Saturday? I can only ski in the morning as I am going to the Catamount Trail meeting at the Grand Hotel (free lunch!) in the afternoon.

[philth]

Nice little piece on WORTH Skis in Vt life. That pic of Daltons house is horrifying. I Hope things are going well for those guys.

[BigDaddy]

Anyone interested in splitting a K'ton 2fer on Saturday? I can only ski in the morning as I am going to the Catamount Trail meeting at the Grand Hotel (free lunch!) in the afternoon.

Possibly... are you bringing a roasted pig?

I'd love to try my new skis and boots and can only do the morning, too.

[Vt-Freeheel]

I'd love to try my new skis and boots and can only do the morning, too.

Work out a little harder and you could do a full day. [maybe]

[BigDaddy]

Work out a little harder and you could do a full day. [maybe]

I need to acclimate to the high country, not to mention it will be almost freezing!

[BigDaddy]

Whoa... cool down on the stroke o meter, cockeronie! Season is just getting started.


You don't want to do anything premature, do you?

[thewon]

This new cock seems pretty stoked. Nice change. He was always very nice and shared much stoke in pics and words on t4t as Madskier.

[Peruvian]

It turns out any skiing is better than not skiing.

[Jonathan S.]

Not sure on Noreaster and World Cup...only spied them from the road. Arrow coverage continued onto Lower Arrow to the point where the Mountain Road split with Village Run. Sketchy might be a good description of the coverage on Lower Arrow. It may not survive the warm temps today and tomorrow. We had to cross the road once and at least one more access trail, so the skiing below Rte 103 was not continuous. Rte 103 was also a portage. Our vert calculations were based on iPhone elevations so totals are + at best

Thanks again for the beta.

Based on the view from Ludlow, your route seemed broken up, but World Cup seemed to have much more vert than when I was there last week.
Unfortunately that was a bit of an illusion, but still, lucked out with very nice ungroomed yet smooth and soft (but not punchy) 875' vert laps, with almost ~1,500' available for the final, ah, descent on skis (including one short portage).
With three days of cold temps coming up, they should be in good shape for the scheduled opening on Saturday.
(Dawn patrol anyone?)

[thewon]

Omg!! You know mad skier Rog?!!!

well, not IRL. I do remember you being super stoked to move west and see some new terrain.

[thewon]

Thanks again for the beta.

Based on the view from Ludlow, your route seemed broken up, but World Cup seemed to have much more vert than when I was there last week.
Unfortunately that was a bit of an illusion, but still, lucked out with very nice ungroomed yet smooth and soft (but not punchy) 875' vert laps, with almost ~1,500' available for the final, ah, descent on skis (including one short portage).
With three days of cold temps coming up, they should be in good shape for the scheduled opening on Saturday.
(Dawn patrol anyone?)

sounds quite lovely. Smooth, soft, not punchy. Conditions you hope for in volcano land.