Back in White
Cause I'm Back in White...
After almost 6 weeks of snowless-ness the white stuff finally makes its grand re-appearance here in Southern VT. Nothing blockbuster, measured 7" at my house this evening, but definitely more than I was expecting and more than enough to get me hiking again tomorrow pre-dawn.
Have finally recovered from a pretty blatant snow-xtravaganza this past weekend in the woods perched above the Keating abode. Was pretty excited to finally make a trip back to Northern VT since I haven't skied up there for a couple years now. Despite a long approach to the snows above, everybody in the group was pretty excited to do some exploring in the north facing woods off the western ridge that extends off Bolton Mtn. There was a solid 8-12" of good surface snow on top of a very solid base on the northern aspect...more than enough base so that you didn't have to worry about any ground material. We ended up logging 3 yo-yo runs on the northern aspect, each run between 500-800' vert of mostly open birch/spruce groves that you could crank high speed turns through...before the long descent back down to the Keating's house on the extended luge track which had moments of awesome-ness. Everybody in the group was in good spirits, up for anything and all on the same wavelength which made the trip all the more enjoyable to be a part of. Here are a couple pretty lousy photos I took of it...still trying to figure out my camera for action shots
After almost 6 weeks of snowless-ness the white stuff finally makes its grand re-appearance here in Southern VT. Nothing blockbuster, measured 7" at my house this evening, but definitely more than I was expecting and more than enough to get me hiking again tomorrow pre-dawn.
Have finally recovered from a pretty blatant snow-xtravaganza this past weekend in the woods perched above the Keating abode. Was pretty excited to finally make a trip back to Northern VT since I haven't skied up there for a couple years now. Despite a long approach to the snows above, everybody in the group was pretty excited to do some exploring in the north facing woods off the western ridge that extends off Bolton Mtn. There was a solid 8-12" of good surface snow on top of a very solid base on the northern aspect...more than enough base so that you didn't have to worry about any ground material. We ended up logging 3 yo-yo runs on the northern aspect, each run between 500-800' vert of mostly open birch/spruce groves that you could crank high speed turns through...before the long descent back down to the Keating's house on the extended luge track which had moments of awesome-ness. Everybody in the group was in good spirits, up for anything and all on the same wavelength which made the trip all the more enjoyable to be a part of. Here are a couple pretty lousy photos I took of it...still trying to figure out my camera for action shots
posted by More Cowbells at 10:00 PM
1 Comments:
nice write up dave. i'll get some of my pics up soon.
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