powderfreak
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My images are too big to even break into multiple posts so I'll do it this way; mods please destroy the first thread I made, I can't even open it up to do so.
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I got some frostbite on a couple finger tips, so typing isn't very
easy...however, pictures will tell the story. I still cannot comprehend how
much snow fell up there...almost too much for any inbounds pitch. I've
never struggled to get speed in the Goat woods. It was very wind blown and
dense, but we went to where the wind doesn't blow...and here are the pictures.
Our back parking lot in Burlington...7am
http://tinyurl.com/2gwpr2
Up on the mtn, never seen North Slope not groomed, much less buried in a sea
of 2-4 feet.
http://tinyurl.com/28fnj5
Higher up.
http://tinyurl.com/22gwlv
Not eastern skiing...
http://tinyurl.com/yr4fst
http://tinyurl.com/28nuct
http://tinyurl.com/youhma
British Columbia or Vermont?
http://tinyurl.com/yu7jvg
Avie danger was present on any open slope up here but there were enough
trees in here...I was told the avie message was called into Stowe Mountain
Resort by Stowe Haz Terrain Search and Rescue. Relatively knowledgeable
peopled were hearing lots of "whoomps" and noticing cracking, it was
especially issued for Hourglass and the entire upper Chin where slides have
been witnessed before.
In the trees (yes, trees do not mean no avies) we were comfortable and I was
the only one to really get something going in this chute...turn, face shot,
whoomp, whitewash, slowly slide downhill and stop at stand of trees. In
this deep snow, you could charge incredibly steep stuff (note trees below
off in the distance).
http://tinyurl.com/ys7vfm
http://tinyurl.com/2uxxmz
http://tinyurl.com/3ydu2n
The small slab or very heavy slough carried off down the right chute, I was
aiming for left of the tree stand where another shot dropped down...instead
just ended up at the tree island in the middle.
http://tinyurl.com/3aujy9
Dave hitting one of the upper portions (above the traverse from Bypass) of
the chute one past Stephanie's.
http://tinyurl.com/3yl6qf
Then letting 'em rip down the lower section...anyone know these chutes, they
are steeper than it appears in this photo...and Dave basically
straight-lined it.
http://tinyurl.com/32lyyc
http://tinyurl.com/3yl6qf
Tyson dropping in.
http://tinyurl.com/3e4bfp
Here, Tyson's submarining straight down a chute...I was standing on one side
and the rocks just past him is the other wall of the chute. Note the rock
layering is parallel with the horizon for a judge of pitch.
http://tinyurl.com/3ycwwo
http://tinyurl.com/28dtd7
Deep woods.
http://tinyurl.com/253fjs
Mind the gap.
http://tinyurl.com/2479nr
http://tinyurl.com/29vveh
This was the best, steep powder skiing I've ever experienced, east and west...
Clean up work at the mtn was on-going. Watching them try to groom Gondolier
was incredible. The 99% of the time hardpack run had too much snow for the
cats to go up, so they'd make a pass down and then circle around and back up
Perry Merrill. There is a lot of snow up there...wait, everywhere. For
once its not only above 2k feet!
http://tinyurl.com/23nt3c
http://tinyurl.com/2btpod
http://tinyurl.com/2399ls
Waves of wind and snow would blow on through.
http://tinyurl.com/ysp963
The storm I've waited four years for up here...
http://tinyurl.com/yotkjb
26" in downtown Burlington...2nd largest snowstorm (behind 1969) since 1883
when records were first kept at the airport.
-Scott
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I got some frostbite on a couple finger tips, so typing isn't very
easy...however, pictures will tell the story. I still cannot comprehend how
much snow fell up there...almost too much for any inbounds pitch. I've
never struggled to get speed in the Goat woods. It was very wind blown and
dense, but we went to where the wind doesn't blow...and here are the pictures.
Our back parking lot in Burlington...7am
http://tinyurl.com/2gwpr2
Up on the mtn, never seen North Slope not groomed, much less buried in a sea
of 2-4 feet.
http://tinyurl.com/28fnj5
Higher up.
http://tinyurl.com/22gwlv
Not eastern skiing...
http://tinyurl.com/yr4fst
http://tinyurl.com/28nuct
http://tinyurl.com/youhma
British Columbia or Vermont?
http://tinyurl.com/yu7jvg
Avie danger was present on any open slope up here but there were enough
trees in here...I was told the avie message was called into Stowe Mountain
Resort by Stowe Haz Terrain Search and Rescue. Relatively knowledgeable
peopled were hearing lots of "whoomps" and noticing cracking, it was
especially issued for Hourglass and the entire upper Chin where slides have
been witnessed before.
In the trees (yes, trees do not mean no avies) we were comfortable and I was
the only one to really get something going in this chute...turn, face shot,
whoomp, whitewash, slowly slide downhill and stop at stand of trees. In
this deep snow, you could charge incredibly steep stuff (note trees below
off in the distance).
http://tinyurl.com/ys7vfm
http://tinyurl.com/2uxxmz
http://tinyurl.com/3ydu2n
The small slab or very heavy slough carried off down the right chute, I was
aiming for left of the tree stand where another shot dropped down...instead
just ended up at the tree island in the middle.
http://tinyurl.com/3aujy9
Dave hitting one of the upper portions (above the traverse from Bypass) of
the chute one past Stephanie's.
http://tinyurl.com/3yl6qf
Then letting 'em rip down the lower section...anyone know these chutes, they
are steeper than it appears in this photo...and Dave basically
straight-lined it.
http://tinyurl.com/32lyyc
http://tinyurl.com/3yl6qf
Tyson dropping in.
http://tinyurl.com/3e4bfp
Here, Tyson's submarining straight down a chute...I was standing on one side
and the rocks just past him is the other wall of the chute. Note the rock
layering is parallel with the horizon for a judge of pitch.
http://tinyurl.com/3ycwwo
http://tinyurl.com/28dtd7
Deep woods.
http://tinyurl.com/253fjs
Mind the gap.
http://tinyurl.com/2479nr
http://tinyurl.com/29vveh
This was the best, steep powder skiing I've ever experienced, east and west...
Clean up work at the mtn was on-going. Watching them try to groom Gondolier
was incredible. The 99% of the time hardpack run had too much snow for the
cats to go up, so they'd make a pass down and then circle around and back up
Perry Merrill. There is a lot of snow up there...wait, everywhere. For
once its not only above 2k feet!
http://tinyurl.com/23nt3c
http://tinyurl.com/2btpod
http://tinyurl.com/2399ls
Waves of wind and snow would blow on through.
http://tinyurl.com/ysp963
The storm I've waited four years for up here...
http://tinyurl.com/yotkjb
26" in downtown Burlington...2nd largest snowstorm (behind 1969) since 1883
when records were first kept at the airport.
-Scott
. I hope this weather pattern lasts as will head back down to VT ( MRG) first week of March .