Ski Season Arrives!

Kate and I spent Friday 12/8 at Gore and Saturday 12/9 and Sunday 12/10 at the NE telefest at Jay Peak. Got in a DP early Sunday morning before lifts opened. Typical early season conditions to be found. Kate's knee is back and she really know how to carve the turn. A big progression over the course of three days! Current season tally is 5 days on snow for Kate and 7 for me.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Got some turns in hiking at Jay, went to Smuggler's and just hiked around with skis since the one run was scary icy. We also did some bouldering and recon of sport routes on the Wind Wall. The highlight besides Kate skiing some tough conditions on only her second day out since ACL surgery was the sunsets over the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain.

First Turns of Season

On Saturday 11/4, I headed to Jay Peak, VT to get some turns. Snow guns were roaring on Stateside and some natural covering made for decent skiing. I hiked then skinned Hot Shot to the top of Stateside, took a quick lap, skinned back up, skied down Montrealer for skin up Vermonter to summit. Vermonter was skiable all the way back down to Montrealer for the skin back up and descent down Jet that had been buried deep with snowmaking. On Friday 11/10 we headed back to Jet for Kate's first skin and turns of the season on her reconstructed ACL. She didn't forget how to ski!

First Snow

Sunday October 29th brought the first snow to the area. Old Forge got dumped on by nearly 2' of heavy wet snow that brought down trees and powerlines. Unable to get to McCauley for turns so skinned up the old ski area behind the high school instead.

Bouldering Moss Island

Bouldering in the potholes of Moss Island. The incredible power of water is evidenced by the holes bored into the rock.

Columbus Weekend

A great weekend in the mountains. The air was crisp and clean and made for taking pictures. To get started on this blog here are some favorites.