Final Report From Southern VT
Been interesting here this past week. Been watching the snow line creep up during the day, then drop back down during the night. Tuesday, drove up to school in the morning and the snow level was just above the valley floor ~ 900 ft. During the day it went up to about 2400'. Wednesday morning the snow level was about 1600' and by the afternoon it was up to about 36oo'. This morning the snow level was at about 3400' but the clouds are starting to finally clear out now. Hiked up Stratton on tuesday afternoon, started the hike in driving rain which quickly turned over to snow as I climbed. Was hoping the snow might dry out on the upper mt, unfortunately I was wrong. The drifting snow was pretty intense on the upper mt though, Ripsaw-esque snow waves. Tons of snow up there, the tower pads were buried near the top of the mountain, my guess is that represents about 3' of new base snow up there. Should stick around for a while since it was so dense too.
Took a woods line down the mt, because of the flat light and snow, I couldn't see what the hell was happening on the trail. The snow density must have been in the high 20% range, it was like skiing on warm butter. Not quite the best skiing of my life, but not bad in the overall.
I think the bike will be out this weekend.
Took a trip out to Cali two weeks, spent one day skiing Alpine Meadows and skiied some of the balziest lines of my life, no fall-zone type shit, that at some times nearly scared the shit out of me. Was following some ski patroller who had won a pro freeskier comp at Squaw the previous year. He made the lines look easy. Spent the next two in the backcountry. By the final day the temps were in the 60's to low 70's with out a freeze up at night. We were able to set off some major wet-slides on the southern facing slopes, that was also pretty intense. Then got caught in a thunderstorm as we were crossing over the ridge back into the valley with our car. It started hailing without trees for cover, that sucked. Good times, good times.
Later ya'll, we talk again soon.
Took a woods line down the mt, because of the flat light and snow, I couldn't see what the hell was happening on the trail. The snow density must have been in the high 20% range, it was like skiing on warm butter. Not quite the best skiing of my life, but not bad in the overall.
I think the bike will be out this weekend.
Took a trip out to Cali two weeks, spent one day skiing Alpine Meadows and skiied some of the balziest lines of my life, no fall-zone type shit, that at some times nearly scared the shit out of me. Was following some ski patroller who had won a pro freeskier comp at Squaw the previous year. He made the lines look easy. Spent the next two in the backcountry. By the final day the temps were in the 60's to low 70's with out a freeze up at night. We were able to set off some major wet-slides on the southern facing slopes, that was also pretty intense. Then got caught in a thunderstorm as we were crossing over the ridge back into the valley with our car. It started hailing without trees for cover, that sucked. Good times, good times.
Later ya'll, we talk again soon.
posted by More Cowbells at 10:19 AM
1 Comments:
Glad to hear you got so much snow. We have some here on the ground around the house still, but it is starting to be very brown. Seth and I are entering the Alyeska Slush Cup this weekend! You know, pond skimming. We'll send pictures.
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