This blog just got exceptionally radder. The FIS may have bagged a FD (first descent) today. Well, in reality probably not… but for a few minutes until we hear from the old dudes saying as usual “if it can be seen it has been skied” we’ll continue to be optimistic. Unfortunately though, if the line in fact hasn’t been skied, it’s not really because of gnar factor but because of silly factor. Nevertheless it photographed well; here’s Ben following in the photographer’s ski tracks (bwa-haha!)–although with decidedly better style.
Full TR forthcoming…
Stowe Mountain Resort is again holding the East Coast Super Shoot action sports photography contest. I’m participating this season.
Check out my entry slideshow below
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The final slideshow presentations will be on Friday March 26th at 6pm at one of Stowe’s base lodges (TBA).
(UPDATED: 3/11/10) Weather Blather: Smarch!
Before I get to the forecast (and trust me – you should be in no rush to get to the forecast) let me apologize for the long time between updates here. Things have been rough for the Hutz. After a great trip to WF and first tracks down Slides 1 and 3 and an epic day and MVH the Ms. and I returned to the real world, which subsequently proceeded to dump a big bucket of manure right on my head. Of course this “nice” weather only made matters worse as I was the only person in metro Philly that wasn’t happy it was sunny, windy and 53 degrees. To put it bluntly, I was grumpy. But I’m over that (kinda). Roy Halladay looks awesome, I could be getting a dog in the future and I get to go to Rhode Island to review documents (oh wait…that’s not fun…). Anyway, on to the weather:
Continue reading (UPDATED: 3/11/10) Weather Blather: Smarch!
Interview With Biran Newman, Gulmarg Snow Safety Director
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Here is an interview with Brian, Gulmarg’s beloved snow safety director. He is quite a guy and has tackled the immense project of developing a snow safety plan for the huge ski resort while training a local ski patrol and maintaining a backcountry advisory.
Allen and I are getting back in the TR game with this little update from India:
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As promised earlier, the blogging ban is being broken.
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In the great outdoor tradition of creating lists as a way to boast achievement, I decided that we should try to link a string of ski days together in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine–the four states that form the border of the United States from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. Unfortunately however I really like saying the word “trifecta” a lot more than the words “four states,” so I decided that we could skip one state, and only ski three. Our choice (sorry Maine) was to ski in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. Click the picture to find out how it went:
The forbidden blog post will be posted (yes, this was really at the trailhead)…
Continue reading Coming Soon!
After our running of the Stowe Derby (and our experience skiing by braille), we lost our guidebook, but still wanted to find the gnar. Christian’s solution was to just hold his hands up as if he were holding the guide book and hope we would remember which way it said to go.
Continue reading Skiing by Mustache
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Before I get to the forecast (and trust me – you should be in no rush to get to the forecast) let me apologize for the long time between updates here. Things have been rough for the Hutz. After …
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