Recent content by nh_tele

I'm currently taking French in school, and was pleased to find that, although I can't understand nearly every word or sentence, I can pick out the meaning of it pretty well. I think I'm going to lurk around the site to keep up with skiing & build my French skills at the same time. Maybe some...

You said "tramline looks OK"... Does that mean margainally skiable???

Gunstock actually has quite nice night skiing (I was just up there tonight actually). They claim the biggest night skiing operation in NH, and from what I've seen, they're probably right. For those who know the mountain, they've got: <BR> <BR>Tiger, Ramrod & Pistol lifts open for night skiing...

Ski area snow reports are over-blown. That's a fact of life. That's why it's so valuable to report TRs, for both resorts & especially BC. Even if you don't want everyone to know about your secret BC stash, you could just state the general area (say around Lafayette, or around Washington), and...

NOTHING in Laconia (Lakes Region) NH... <BR> <BR>I'm sad <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":("> <BR> <BR>We definitely got spoiled with that early season snow... (I just wish the rain hadn't come after that!)

"if that was the best conditions of the season so far... i feel bad for their season pass holders. i've skied over a foot of fresh twice this season. i guess wildcat didn't get those dumps, heh." <BR> <BR>Not sure WHERE they get that from... They got somewhere between 50-60" with that first...

One other thing you can do is skin back up Tucker Brook trail; I've done that once or twice. Only problem is that, yes, it is pretty steep.

Pray for snow. Please, Please, Please. No rain. I want snow. Give me snow. <BR> <BR>Please <BR> <BR> <BR>It better be snow....

That's pretty crazy, I've never heard of an avalanche (or something resembling one) at Wildcat before!

I went up to Cannon today, and had what was (with about 5 colorado & 1 Utah trip under my belt) quite literally THE BEST SKI DAY I HAVE EVER HAD!!!!!!!! <BR> <BR>Cannon had 24-ish inches when I got there about 8:45. Snowing HEAVILY. The Peabody quad was running, and some little lift. Trails: 6...

I haven't thru-hiked yet (hoping for summer of 2006!), but I've done fairly substantial hikes through the Whites, and I try to avoid the huts. I camp out in the woods, in a tent, cook all of my own food. I may sometimes re-fill water at them, but I still have a filter. <BR> <BR>I'm sure that a...

Welcome to the high-priced, yuppie-catered world of the AMC... <BR> <BR>I can't stand the huts... <BR>$60 person/night is WAY too much in my book

Lftgly- Sounds like a great trip! I hope to do more Mt. Washington skiing this year...I'm planning on taking an AMC avy course in late Febuary, and have a friend that has beacons, probes, and shovels, so hopefully I'll be able to ski with him. It looks like a great trip!

The problem with using the cog for a staging area for Tucks is, as others have said, the idea that a yahoo who's just gone out & read a ski magazine article is now up in Tucks. And he/she is left with NO choice but to ski it from above the headwall, regardless of the conditions in the bowl...

I don't think it's a good idea, BUT, it's not that big of a deal. Fourtanetly, they've decided (according to the article in the Concord Monitor) to only run the cog to the first water tank at 3800'. Skiers will be allowed to ski down on the groomed clear area on the sides of the cog. So we won't...