Bolton Valley, VT 4/30/00

[Jeff]

To start out my 41st birthday, I took a hike up Bone <BR>Mtn at Bolton. Climbed Cobrass (not Sherman's) to the <BR>summit. The trails and woods on the upper mountain <BR>(lift 4 area) have good snow that's very firm in the <BR>AM. Not much mud! Areas of Cobrass were still 5' deep. <BR>Wind picked up at 2700' then some more on the summit. <BR>Views were wonderful. Camels Hump, Whiteface, <BR>Mansfield, Worcester Range. From the firetower I saw <BR>some other folks strapping into some tele's but they <BR>were already on their way down when I started gearing <BR>up. Took a great run down Spillway. Little firm at the <BR>top but still lots of fun. Minor dirt patches easily <BR>avoidable. Able to ski to Beach Seal and right to the <BR>lodge. One could feel the snow softening all the way <BR>down. It was a great morning. Followed by a spirited <BR>paddle on the Waterbury Resovior with my two <BR>daughters. It's why we settle for less money to live <BR>in Vermont. <BR> <BR>Jeff <BR> <BR>P.S. For a shorter run, they have groomed the Half <BR>Pipe flat leaving lower Practice Slope with 2-4' of <BR>base across the slope.