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TR: Skiing Between The Lines

Greg — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:47 +0000

For Super Bowl Sunday, myself and a crew of adjunct FIS including Pete, Jake and Jessie, along with two fellas from EasternBackcountry, Austin and Drew, had big plans to ski big(ger) lines (than we’ve skied this season). The mountain had other plans however, and it generally doesn’t like to compromise.

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Home of Vermont’s Most Eligible Bachelor

Greg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:53:15 +0000

That’s right, among other things, FIS is now the home of Vermont’s Most Eligible Bachelor, according to Seven Days. When he’s not busy studying the weather to get you the information you need to find the snow you want, Lionel Hutz is being exceptionally eligible. That a boy Lionel!!

For all you ladies dying to find out more about Lionel, might we suggest you check out Lionel’s Payday to see him deep in action, or read his weather posts as they are published over on FIS Weather. In any case, thanks for reading FIS!

Busy Monday

Greg — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:13:17 +0000

After a Lazy Sunday, we all had to buckle down for a busy Monday.

Ain’t gonna get dun itself. So we’re gonna have two git er dun…

…AND GIT SUM!

Thanks for readin FIS! Pray that Lionel’s Dream #59 bears fruits of powder snow.

Lazy Sunday

Greg — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:05:33 +0000

Sometimes after a long week of work and snow and rain and snow and rain and work, you just need a lazy Sunday to chill out.

All you want to do is just sit back, relax, and watch the boob-tube.

Monday will be here soon enough, so be sure to enjoy the ride today on Lazy Sunday.

Visions of…

Greg — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:58:55 +0000

“Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re tryin’ to be so quiet?

“Lights flicker from the opposite loft

“But there’s nothing, really nothing to turn off

“The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain

“And these visions…

“…are now all that remain.”

The Moose That Schussed!

Greg — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:32:59 +0000

Ahhh… First chair at your local ski hill. No matter what the weather has been–good or bad–you can be sure the groomers made something fun for you to zoom down, and you can be guaranteed of solitude as you schuss the pistes. But wait… what’s this… someone else is here too?

I guess you can only be guaranteed of solitude so long as the local moose isn’t looking to get some early morning turns in as well. Sadly for us, that wasn’t the case:

I hate it when I get snaked by a moose…

Thanks for reading FIS!

Lionel’s Payday

Greg — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:11:36 +0000

Who called this one? Lionel did, that’s who. That’s why this update is all Lionel…all the time…reaping the fruits of his forecast. Honestly, I’m not even sure that makes sense, but whatever, it’s time for some pow shots.

To start it off, here is the man himself Tebowing (or is that TePOWing?) to give thanks to the one and only divine Ullr.

Now let’s get a little bit o’ tele SOUL, replete with three part harmony and a gaper-neck-warmer.

Peak-a-boo-a-pow

And to close it out, here’s just some good old fashioned VTah Classic Deepness.

Thanks folks, and THANKS to Lionel for the forecast (feel free to thank him below yourself in the comments)! Hope you got/git sum! Earn your turns (and then “like” on Facebook).

Red Peaks at Morning, Schussers Start Touring

Greg — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:22:31 +0000

The weather has been tricky recently. Last week a strong low pressure system passed to our west drawing warm air and rain into New England, and ruining the Christmas weekend snow only a few days after it had fallen. As the low departed though, a moist northwest flow setup, and provided the needed ingredients for orographic or “upslope” snow (and incidentally, this TR) last Thursday and Friday. Then, just this past weekend, a “clipper-like system” approached from the northwest, and promised to bring snow in double digit amounts, only to flop at the last second, and instead deliver a rather “trying” three day wet-warmup. When high powered computer models fail to forecast a major low pressure system even remotely accurately within 24 hours, that’s when you know it’s a weird winter; that’s when you know you need to go back to some of your ancient adages to guide you in your search for powder schuss. One of my favorites is:

Red peaks at morning, schussers start touring.

Bingo!

(Special thanks to friend of FIS, Jesse Schloff for the shot!)

OK, I know what you’re thinking: “Greg, you just made that up by tweaking the more familiar, and actually ancient adage.” Well you’re right. You know what I didn’t make up though? A great day of skiing, and that’s what it’s all about.

Lake effect snow (and amazingly, not much of it) is to thank for today.

As we learned in VTah Part III, these bands of lake effect snow are tricky beasts to forecast; they can swing a hundred miles north or south in Vermont due to a change in a half degree in the wind angle over Lake Ontario. The models are almost certain to be wrong when they predict LES. That’s why, if what you seek is The Pow, it’s best to stick to the adages (or was that “edges,” as in edges of the trails?)…

…and, of course, keep reading FIS! ;)

TR: Resolutions

Greg — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:59:09 +0000

I’m young, and immature, but I try hard. Indeed, I know that I can do better, and so to keep myself honest, here’s a list of resolutions for the New Year; as per advice I heard on a talk radio program, I began adhering to these before the actual New Year. Supposedly you are more likely to stick with your resolutions if you start before the new year. Anyway, here we go:

Click the picture or here to read Resolutions

SPAM #16: Barney and Friends

Greg — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:38:52 +0000

While I organize the holiday week’s events into some sort of a TR, here’s an installment to the (not defunct!) SPAM Series. We were up for a dawn patrol due to the dual impetii of blacked-out-passes, and holiday crowds, and, well, the pow and the light and the high fives were rad. The only question you might have is: “Why is this SPAM called Barney and Friends?” Well Christian (you remember Christian, right?) has a purple suit he snowboards in, and–well–he kinda looks like Barney.

As always, here’s a desktop background version. Hopefully it’s worth at least a few hours behind your workspace.

Barney and Friends- 1000 px (right click, “Save As”)

Thanks for reading FIS! Pow shots will be coming shortly. ‘Till then: GIT SUM!