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  1. powderfreak
    Dog walk in the Notch this afternoon. RT 108 closure through the Notch is certainly an awesome spot around here. You don't get to just easily wander through dramatic terrain like this in many places with just an afternoon stroll up a snowpacked road. It's actually the same road we live off of, but miles away, which is fun to think about.
  2. powderfreak
    Yeah! Look at that. Where else in the East will you find that big, wide open expanse with a wide variety of cliff/rock drops, some technical turns, also easily skirted around... what a fun trail.
  3. powderfreak
    Devils Fiddle was my single favorite run in all of New England growing up. I could ski that all day long. The rock band, the brush, wide open, bumps, powder, slush... when that thing was open it has much more character than Outer Limits. I don't know what it's like now, but it used to have high brush/bramble on skiers right but with slots and "chutes" cut into it. So you'd have these narrow ski width wide slots between larger revegetation areas. It seemed like that trail would ski differently every time.
  4. powderfreak
    Noticed some light snow falling driving home from the grocery store. Didn’t think we’d see snow this evening for some reason.
  5. powderfreak
    All joking aside, I would love to spend a summer at Misquamicut. That’d be the life but I do really enjoy the summers up here. The classic ski town saying of “came for the winter, stayed because of summer” rings true.
  6. powderfreak
    Holding onto his legs as he body surfs?
  7. powderfreak
    Now it’s about not having heat and humidity in summer .
  8. powderfreak
    A wintry appeal today. Cold, sunny. Firm snow. Icy on the steeper parts of the run. Skis like early season snowmaking on a pitch.
  9. powderfreak
    Winter vibe right there, awesome. It's November 28th. That's a quality scene for this time of year. The past 48-72 hours have been winter-like.
  10. powderfreak
    I know Stowe was sending staff there for pre-season work. Some areas are really in dire straights with staff, it’s likely some of the reason. I’ll try to listen and see what’s up for Wildcat.
  11. powderfreak
    Had a great view your way today in the blue sky. The entire Green Mtn Spine looks well frosted. No lift lines that I saw on my three runs but man we need another full top-to-bottom route. And great snowmaking weather as you mentioned!
  12. powderfreak
    Ha nice.
  13. powderfreak
    Yeah it’s amazing what a few inches to cover the grass can do. Radiators mount up real fast with snow on the ground.
  14. powderfreak
    10F. Cold.
  15. powderfreak
    10F. Feels cold outside. Mid-winter cold.
  16. powderfreak
    New Lebanon, NY... just over the Mass border and around Pittsfield's latitude. That's a stack. You don't get that with wind and small flakes. That's what happens when the lift is maximized and there's zero downward wind. The air is just rising and it's calm in the void.
  17. powderfreak
    3” was plowed here this morning because it was dense. They wouldn’t do that if it was pure fluff. I think the density and situation matters. 1-2” will be plowed in suburbia if it’s sloppy. I also think towns in many populated areas feel the need to show action, so they loop plows no matter the amount.
  18. powderfreak
    Flakes flying but wind still blowing here. Wintry appeal. I saw this shot on BTV’s FB comments. 10” in Montgomery VT (near Jay) at 1400ft.
  19. powderfreak
    You have to cancel when it’s a safety issue. Makes sense. Racers are going to race if you let them but organizers know when the scales get dipped towards injury potential. Those skiers absolutely attack/charge the hill more than ligaments, joints, bones, muscles can support in the wrong conditions.
  20. powderfreak
    There’s nothing more painful to a powder hound as watching racers slip off fresh snow. Just running the whole trail with your skis sideways, pushing snow to the side… usually on a wide, uniform trail that would make the greatest powder field. That’s ski racing though!
  21. powderfreak
    Can see some of the snow in the ORH Hills into NE CT I think.
  22. powderfreak
    Yeah but have you seen his evergreens when he posts pics of like a week of 2-5" fluffers? I'd argue they look even more caked and stacked high like gnomes, ha. I think many look at fluffy snow as snow that doesn't stick to stuff and just blows away... but those often can stack just as easily or better. Get those large fluffy flakes with 6" on the power lines stacked straight up lol.
  23. powderfreak
    Yeah you were on the west side right?
  24. powderfreak
    Looked like 2-3” at home depending on the surface. 3” elevated like on cars. Up at 1500ft got destroyed. 8”? of just dense, dense snow. QPF bomb and insta big snowbanks.
  25. powderfreak
    Mendon, VT (near the Killington area) reporting 4-5” of absolute paste. A true birch bender.
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