Quick Shot From Saturday

Been far more focused on biking than skiing recently. Lot's of trainer time, some winter bike races (more on that soon), and team stuff for next season (lot's of exciting things happening there too). Got some sweet turns with Pete yesterday. No base meant we skied fast and straight with the tips up. A little out of control and a whole lot of fun.

More to come soon.

First Tracks, Last Call

Some fun late-day skiing yesterday, sniffing out some fresh, untracked snow, and sliding back to the car just before dark. Pretty perfect way to enjoy the last east coast daylight of 2012.

POW!

Just incredible snow out there. Here's a shot from yesterday, BEFORE it stared snowing!

And out the back door today.

A parting shot. Definitely the time to get out and ski!

Morning Powder Turns

Awesome to get out and ski what was some pretty decent snow this morning. Hope the rain stays away from the upper elevations these next few days!

From fast grass, to snow, to stick season once again

We've had a little bit of everything in Vermont as of late. Winter was here in fits and starts for a few weeks there, and we were able to get some sweet turns on thin cover.

We even scored some sun here and there.

Last Thursday though, things began to look a bit different. Snow came down pretty heavily, and we were pleasantly surprised to find 3-8" of fresh snow as we hiked up under moonlight Friday morning.

By the time we got to the top the sun was out, and we were pretty sure it was going to be a pretty sweet descent.

Sure enough the powder brought big smiles to our faces. 

There's nothing like fresh tracks.

A big rainstorm Sunday into Monday has things looking more like this in the mountains again, but a storm rolling in later today might change that. Fingers crossed.

Two-a-days once again

Fire's cranked and there's snow out the window right now. Still, the trails were riding quite well this morning before things started to stick. We snuck sweet 2.5 hour mtb ride, with central VT's best (2,000 vertical foot) descent mixed in for good measure, and followed it up with some biscuits and gravy at Positive Pie in Plainfield (seriously good weekend brunch).
Throw in a late afternoon mission to snag a few turns on the Marquette's, and you've got a pretty good Saturday. Sounds like tomorrow might feature some awfully nice turns up high. Certainly can't complain about lack of options.
See you out there!

Winter Begins in Earnest

Ski season kicked off in earnest with some sweet top to bottom runs this weekend. A quick scouting mission late in the day Saturday got me pretty psyched.

Sunday Nina and I headed out, getting some pretty sweet turns in up high.

Skiing Marquette Backcountry skis has really opened up terrain. A little snow and grass all of a sudden becomes really fun. Pretty stoked to be stepping things up with the Pro Leisure Team this winter.

More snow on the deck this morning. Must be winter.