Harv's NY/VT Pictures Thread

Some of my pics from Friday at Plattekill. Fridays at Plattekill are awesome.

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Ridge Run

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Instructor Rich

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Jason on Cliff

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Little front side

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Dean and Jason

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Back in for a ski change, adding some rocker was key

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Dean goes all terrain with rock skis

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Low angle was the way, best skiing was in the mellow trees above Overlook

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Dean

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Jason

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More pics and text:

https://nyskiblog.com/forum/threads/plattekill-ny-2-2-24-friday-is-the-day.1784/
 
By noon everything is getting pretty skied/ boarded off...that damn rain Saturday really mucked things up. Even with almost 2 feet in the last week..it was too light to stick. But...it's deep enough in many places that you can float through the ice bumps.
We need a good 6 inches of heavy snow...and no friggin rain to get the most out of this.
I think this season I have skied 60 days of every condition possible...and my ski bases look like it!
 
Last Saturday afternoon. Spring skiing at the bush..then it started pouring..then super froze that night.
Been hitting it all week at Stowe. Even 2 feet can't cover it..by noon everything is pretty sporty.
 
I skied Snow Ridge Saturday, they opened the North Chair, for the first time since the tornado.

In August all five lifts were damaged by an EF-3 and the North was the final lift to be certified by NY, on Thursday last week. It was quite an effort with the owner family, employees, volunteers and other ski areas all chipping in to help.

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Silver Glades

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More North Side Trees

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Tip toe through the tulips

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Snow Pocket, upper groomed section

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Robert

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Evan

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Tiff on Black River

My story:

nyskiblog.com

Snow Ridge: Back at Full Strength

Come on out and ride.
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kingslug said:
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Is this Middle or Upper Goat? It looks a bit wide for Goat so that I might guess Middle. It does have a nasty double fall-line in places.

kingslug said:
5th pic goat....huge ice moguls lurking about..
Pretty much all the front 4 are composed of them.
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Isn't that practically the normal season in New England? Great skiing when the glades/steeps at Jay/Stowe/MRG/Sugarbush open for 1-2 weeks....until the inevitable thaw/freeze happens to create the rock base, which is always a struggle to resurface.

Sometimes, waiting for the next thaw/Spring Day to ski some soft snow is best.
 
Middle goat..upper would have been deadly..
Goat hasnt been good much at all.
2 Saturdays ago it was super warm..then rain..then hard freeze.
It was good early season though.all the front 4 were great.
Need at least a foot of dense snow to cover now..
 
Last night Stowe Mountain Rescue was involved in the search and recovery of a young man who died in a tragic skiing accident in backcountry terrain
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Sad and very rare in the East.

Does Killington still have those old school signs on chairlifts "These mountains will be as cold and dark as they were 10,000 years ago... etc..."
 
jamesdeluxe said:
https://www.facebook.com/stowemountainrescue/posts/811044861066099
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Looks like he skied off a cliff?! Skier’s left of Chin Clip/Gondola?

Stowe has legitimate side or backcountry terrain.


Still trying to figure out what was going on at Killington in January. It’s woods are quite dense.

The Boston.com article references Snowshed Peak???!!!


www.cbsnews.com

Rescuers lead 23 lost skiers, snowboarders to safety in Killington, Vermont

Rescuers hiked five miles in "frigid temperatures" to lead 23 lost skiers and snowboarders to safety in Vermont.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

More than 20 skiers had to be rescued from the Killington, Vt., backcountry. But how did they all get lost?

Christopher Campanella set out for the slopes early that Saturday morning, ready for a day of snowboarding at Killington Ski Resort.
www.boston.com
 
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