East Coast Roll Call #??? 20-21 Covid closures and hard core touring! Be Fit or Sit

[SoVT Joey]

Time to shift the conversation. Woods still need some snow in Maine

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We still need snow in Vermont under 2000’ and north of Route 4. Monday night Tuesday looks good for 10. And then the end of this coming week looks promising as well.

[snowday]

Good shape in the Mass/Vt snowbelt. Dutch Hill skiing well yesterday




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[iriponsnow]

[shaggy433]

Not too bad of a view up here



Pretty empty as well!



Was a good night at Bolton until they shut down Vista at 6pm because it was too cold up top..

[buttahflake]

Another sweet afternoon in SoVT

New 96’s!

[Peruvian]

Perfect blue wax day for a rip on the skinny sticks to Alexander Supertramp’s bus.

[iriponsnow]

Pre-storm Carver fest continues!!!!

[Phall]

Anyone know how strict Dartmouth ski way is on the uphill season pass thing? Looks like they only have an uphill season pass, no day option. Was looking for some way to get some turns in with this upcoming storm.


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[buttahflake]

Best chair lift sticker I’ve seen in a while

[iriponsnow]

Best chair lift sticker I’ve seen in a while

Butta....u @ Stratton?

[vt_ski]

I dunno that it's rationalizing...I mean: if you're following the rules. I have the luxury of being employed...and can do it from home. I've been working from home since last March...and tested negative for COVID as recently as two weeks ago.

If I packed up my gear, a sleeping bag, and a cooler with PB sammiches and water...why shouldn't I come up there?

But if I were to rationalize: EPIC isn't letting me defer to 2022 and won't refund my $$$$, so: I might be visiting Stowe and/or the Cat.

Please don't break the rules and come to my town. Tested 2 weeks ago? Already irrelevant [emoji852]

[iriponsnow]

Please don't break the rules and come to my town. Tested 2 weeks ago? Already irrelevant [emoji852]

Hmmmmmmm..... how many times does this need to be rehashed?!

Your Petri dish is not another’s Petri dish!!! How GD hard is this to understand? If you are a skier, you are in the 1%, just watch Netflix & chill.

[Boreas]

Excuse my 8yo for the shaky shot. Hill training on the nordics with the kids.

[Generalstark]

Nothing like lapping untracked snow at the local bump’s side country with your crew...




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[Phall]

Also anyone know if you need to buy an ascutney uphill ticket? Couldn’t see it on their site so I’m assuming no.


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[jackstraw]

COVID still sucks

[geomorph]

Anyone know how strict Dartmouth ski way is on the uphill season pass thing? Looks like they only have an uphill season pass, no day option. Was looking for some way to get some turns in with this upcoming storm.


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Have you looked at Whaleback instead?

[Phall]

Good point. That’s also close.


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[Greenstateofmind]

I’m over all the COVID cones in parking lots.

Ever unjammed a cone from under your car lol?

[My Pet Powder Goat]

I think the chairlift at whaleback is down for an extended time? Dartmouth doesn't really check on uphill passes

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[Vt-Freeheel]

Got out of state yesterday with PL242 for a long skin -4º in the lot to start was crispy.

We tried to throw our bindles on the choo choo but fell short.



500' of vert got the needle above 0º and wind of 0-3mph made for perfect touring weather as layers came off.
After a snack stop at Jacobs PL had to get through a traffic jam of fumblers





The frost flag wasn't flapping



Winter George cherry broken for P



Skadi was in attendance



Back to the bottom







A solid day of fun was had!

Pretty clouds west of Danville





Last, but not least, a popsicle wannabe roaming around Mendon

DATE/TIME: On January 31, 2021, at approximately 0300 hours

INCIDENT LOCATION: Killington Mountain, Killington, Vermont

INCIDENT: Lost Snowboarder



NAME: Raymond Park

AGE: 49

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Killington, Vermont



SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

On January 31, 2021, at approximately 0300 hours, Vermont State Police received a report of a lost snowboarder in Killington on the back side of the Killington Ski Area. Raymond Park was snowboarding at Killington before going out of bounds. After several hours of trying to return to the trail, he sent his GPS location to a friend just before he lost power to his phone. State Police Search and Rescue and Killington Search and Rescue Teams located Park at 0800 hours in good condition. Temperatures overnight were approximately -13 degrees. Killington Ski Area has a boundary marker to prevent skiers and riders from leaving the ski area boundary. Skiers and riders are reminded to always stay within the ski area boundaries, let someone know where they are going and if venturing off into the back country, be prepared to spend the night in the woods.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

Another tour in SoVT for us on Sunday 1-31-2021....very similar to last Saturday's (same locale). Temps near zero at the start but no breeze and bright sun made it more than bearable.

Nobody had skinned up behind us all week (we had broken trail for 90% of the 2.8 mile hike) but fortunately some nice snowmobilers gave us an easy way up for about 75%.


This view never gets old...

Still no breeze at the top made for a very comfortable and leisurely transition.

The top of the ski-down was still a total schwack fest...the heavy wet snow from MLK Saturday had bent all the Beech bushes over and cemented them into the snow. We don't mind getting scratched in the face but these formed an impenetrable wall that no amount of momentum could power through.

Once we got a little lower down though, good turns were found:


As VT-free mentioned, fun was had.

Credit as always to Goniff for the pics.

[iriponsnow]

Great pics all.

Not the weekend to be lost on K. This was Sunday AM.

[cat in january]

Nice pictures all

Irip what are you doing with an empty tank in those temperatures

[iriponsnow]

Nice pictures all

Irip what are you doing with an empty tank in those temperatures

Don’t even get me going.... I went to stop & my local place opens at 9:00 on Sunday.