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

[Aldo]

that ok its got an open grid floor just push it through....

That thing sorta sucks - nothing like breaking the rhythm of laps then having to take off the skis and walk through a maze... I'll say this - right now as the crowd seemingly thins - especially over the wknd as temps drop and its locked up solid out there you can get some good vertical in. I'll take it.. This is as close to joining a gym as I'll ever come.

[jackstraw]

^ you can say that again.

hahaha! I didn't know it posted twice!

[buttahflake]

First place I ever smoked weed was at Otis Ridge in western Mass. I loved skiing before then, but after that day it was all I could think of. I was 14.

[danmelon]

What is that thing? Looks like an amusement park sky ride lift.

they have one at tremblant from the resort village to the base of the lifts on the south side. Kind of seems like a novelty because it is not that far of a walk.

[Vt-Freeheel]

The "teacups" at the Canyons are awesome as it's a really long walk or shitty bus ride to the base from parking, but Stowes' are much nicer


Conditions in the 70's were surely memorable.

[buckethead]

That's classic! Amazing how so many ec'ers starting out skiing ice on railed or completely dull rentals ever went back for a second time. The mindset of being outside, smoking weed, drinking beers, and just general debauchery of going fast and wiping out was way more fun than sitting on the couch listening to zeppelin all winter.

hell yes!
i went back after skiing spademan bindings no less!
yes the debauchery factor on our ski club bus rides was typically at ELEVEN ;0]
we went from snowplow to straightline. wizzing by lift towers w/o head protection. new jersey tough!

... I loved skiing before then, but after that day it was all I could think of. I was 14.

ha! boston at giants stadium. ditto for music and concert-going...more than a feeling ;0]

[Brownski]

What is that thing? Looks like an amusement park sky ride lift.

Dopey standup gondola thing called a cabriolet. Apparently it’s great for mountain bikes

[JongDoe]

hell yes!
i went back after skiing spademan bindings no less!
yes the debauchery factor on our ski club bus rides was typically at ELEVEN ;0]
we went from snowplow to straightline. wizzing by lift towers w/o head protection. new jersey tough!

Add in the fact that the snowmaking and grooming sucked ballz back then and the crowds were a perfect storm. Amazing me and my friends never got seriously hurt. I tell people I learned to ice skate at VV.

[Skidog]

hell yes!
i went back after skiing spademan bindings no less!
yes the debauchery factor on our ski club bus rides was typically at ELEVEN ;0]
we went from snowplow to straightline. wizzing by lift towers w/o head protection. new jersey tough!

Holy shit..let me ask....you learned at Craigmeiur? I remember my first ski club trips there..I took lessons there, spademans all iced up...great times. Hope it was the same place.

[buckethead]

^^ CAMPGAW! just once.

and yes, those spademans were the worst...thought you were in until you tried to turn. complete struggle. especially on last run of the day when i took the chair to the top.

next time out was vv/gg. real bindings, before long we were pointing and tucking and i was hooked. and yes, the whole night ski/ debauchery vibe was better than just anything else an early teen could ask for (that and unsupervised outings for tull and yes and styx and genesis at the garden, rush at the palladium.)

^^^ yea jong, the only injury on those trips was a kid who mounted his own bindings and they ripped out. we sat in the bus for an hour or so outside the hospital while he was getting his cast put on.
well, at least he didn't pay for that botched mount. i've PAID for at least one mount that ripped out on the first run. been mounting my own ever since with no such failures.

[jackstraw]

Our ski club night debauchery was at the now-defunct Alpine Ridge. I don't recall any chaperones. The bus driver had to have been a saint.

http://www.nelsap.org/nh/mountrowe.html

[Gepeto]

Craigmeur Alum... Leather boots, bear traps and long all wood skis with glued & screwed multi-part metal edges. Only the t-bar and a rope-tow that shredded my wool mittens.
The Ultimate in Grooming

It's still there - no winter activities
The history...
https://www.thehistorygirl.com/2015/...j-history.html
Graduated from my very own leather boots that I had stood in a hot water filled bathtub; molding them to my feet...

...we went from snowplow to straightline. wizzing by lift towers w/o head protection. new jersey tough!...

to plastic boots, Cubco’s, Atomic (red) 2x4’s and night skiing at VV. The Oh So Steep ice luges of GG on the weekends.

...the whole night ski/ debauchery vibe was better than just anything else an early teen could ask for...

Practicing my kissing and stinky finger technique on the bus rides to and from. Back seat dibs; get all situated before the lights got dimmed.

...Amazing me and my friends never got seriously hurt. I tell people I learned to ice skate at VV.

Always felt bad for the kids whose first exposure was the ski bus trips. First timers getting taunted to go to the tippy tippy top to have the ever-lovin shit scared out of them on what amounts to a fall line cat track of boiler plate.

hockey stops and stem cristie's

[Aldo]

Raises hand - Cubco veteran here.
Milton Snow Bowl was my first.
I recall a section of one of the trails called the " mogul beast "
fear in my heart over that section at the ripe old age of 5!

[Gepeto]

...Milton Snow Bowl...

Another 20 minutes up route 23N
...which coulda passed for a long private driveway when snow bound.

Not the first time I noticed that Snowbowl and Craigmeur aren't on the nj list of NELSAP

http://www.nelsap.org/

warning [emoji3544] rabbit hole

eta; craigmeur ski school nazis didn't teach the Ole Pole Block

[Skidog]

Craigmeur Alum... Leather boots, bear traps and long all wood skis with glued & screwed multi-part metal edges. Only the t-bar and a rope-tow that shredded my wool mittens.

The Ultimate in Grooming


It's still there - no winter activities


The history...
https://www.thehistorygirl.com/2015/...j-history.html

Graduated from my very own leather boots that I had stood in a hot water filled bathtub; molding them to my feet...

to plastic boots, Cubco’s, Atomic (red) 2x4’s and night skiing at VV. The Oh So Steep ice luges of GG on the weekends.


Practicing my kissing and stinky finger technique on the bus rides to and from. Back seat dibs; get all situated before the lights got dimmed.



Always felt bad for the kids whose first exposure was the ski bus trips. First timers getting taunted to go to the tippy tippy top to have the ever-lovin shit scared out of them on what amounts to a fall line cat track of boiler plate.

hockey stops and stem cristie's

Yeah i pass it from time to time think it's for semi cheesy company outings these days. I was lucky enough when I started they had the double chair.

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[m2711c]

my flow improved greatly with the upgrade to cubcos and sintered bases...

[buckethead]

^^ serious flashback friday here. anyone ever ski sterling forest?
i never made it over but had wanted to....

[Boreas]

The wind has whipped the snow into cream and for the most part the ‘Crete underneath is quiet. Low angle won this afternoon.

[Gepeto]

Yeah i pass it from time to time think it's for semi cheesy company outings these days. I was lucky enough when I started they had the double chair.

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I've seen it advertised as a weekend retreat. Yeah, from where... Paterson?

makes Rutland look like Greenwich

[ex-powderbroker]

^^ serious flashback friday here. anyone ever ski sterling forest?
i never made it over but had wanted to....

there’s no pipeline at sterling forest.

[Aldo]

If you go out there, just be careful.
Shit gets real over that ledge.

[Skidog]

I've seen it advertised as a weekend retreat. Yeah, from where... Paterson?

makes Rutland look like Greenwich

No I live in goshen, and for a short time worked in rockaway. Took back roads and the last stretch was right down past the resort. Passed 2 times daily for a couple months. Chuckled with memories each time.

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[Gepeto]

The exit of Pipeline

[Brownski]

^^ serious flashback friday here. anyone ever ski sterling forest?
i never made it over but had wanted to....

I brought my kids a few times towards the end, when it was called Tuxedo Ridge. They did a lot of business there- ought not to have closed

[Gepeto]

No I live in goshen, and for a short time worked in rockaway. Took back roads and the last stretch was right down past the resort. Passed 2 times daily for a couple months. Chuckled with memories each time.

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Wasn't meant to contradict your assessment;
"semi cheesy company outings"

it is fitting

Hidden Valley anyone? Went through a few iterations and is now ski/snow introduction to disadvantage children culled from urban public school systems.

A personal friend is the director - doing good things
https://winter4kids.org/