Did someone say snow?
Over here at FIS world headquarters, the weather department had been calling for a high elevation dusting (also see here) across northern New England. I decided to see if they were right.
Yesterday, I had the day off, so I decided to hike up Stowe. Allen, Greg, and Greg’s girlfriend Kristin met me later in the evening. I felt pretty silly hiking up the mountain alone with my new mountain dew skis on my back, but about half way up, I encountered this and felt vindicated.
SNOW!
Things got whiter as I continued up.
Maybe I’m spoiled, or a little crazy, but over the last few years I’ve gotten pretty used to seeing snow at the end of leaf season. Yesterday and this morning felt weird even for me though. In the valleys the grass was still green and the leaves hadn’t even peaked yet.
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Lionel Hutz
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 1:40 pmFKNA. Love it.
milton
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 1:42 pmDO THE DEW! Kind of appropriate for those conditions, way to get after it.
Scott
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 2:18 pmAwesome. Glad I ran into you guys at the bottom…f’in sweet for October 1st!
MMP
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pmpsychiatrist.com
you’re nuts!
kirsch
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pmi’m jealous
efoxx
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 3:35 pmVery awesome. If I lived closer I would have been doing the same thing.
Aaron
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 5:00 pmFKNA is right! Glad to see you guys got it.
Mike G.
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 5:18 pmYou are all my personal heroes!!! Keep living your dreams. Thank you for the pictures.
Greg
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 5:46 pmThanks Mike! It means alot to me to hear people really appreciating what they see!
Porter
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 9:41 pmTwo years in a row, same day, east and west.
Keep rocking boys. Come join for some Wasatch pow.
EDGECRUSHER
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 11:25 pm“We got some speed up and could actually link turns where they’d mowed”
CLASSIC!
Andyzee
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 11:38 pmGood stuff, can’t wait!
MadPatSki
wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 11:53 pmI was sure you guys were out on Mansfield today. Great…
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the next one, hopefully it’s as good as last year at Le Massif (finally posted the pics on that TR on FTO).
Ski ya outhere!!!
Bora Bora
wrote on October 2nd, 2009 at 8:44 amI cried a little… WTG !!! Sweet pics!
Scott D
wrote on October 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 amHey guys. Careful not to ruin the good base we’ve got going.
Zic
wrote on October 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 amgood job boys! somebody has to do the stupid and rediculous. i’m only sorry i couldn’t enjoy it with you. maybe next year?
K_C
wrote on October 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 amIs there another late edition photo of Sam/Greg/Allen pounding Mountain Dews and crushing the cans on their heads? that would be xtreme.
Greg
wrote on October 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 pmsparks only
Dwyer
wrote on October 2nd, 2009 at 7:56 pmSparks only!? Wow, you guys are X-treme!
Dave Sautter
wrote on October 2nd, 2009 at 8:09 pmI consider myself as having a ridiculous appetite for skiing and an “earn your turn” mentality at 43.
But you guys set the bar high and I live vicariously through you. Keep up the good work, I really enjoy it. Have a great 2009/2010 season.
D
scharny
wrote on October 3rd, 2009 at 1:30 pmThe “over-the-bars-to-landing-on-your-ass-and-feeling-stupid” photo gives a new meaning to the name Nosedive. Good on ya for gettin’ out there. Great website – keep up the good work.
Greg
wrote on October 3rd, 2009 at 1:45 pmlol… nice catch scharny!
billski
wrote on October 4th, 2009 at 8:11 pmHmm. Were you the dude that won the mtn dewskis at BV last winter? We got a case of dew instead….
Greg
wrote on October 5th, 2009 at 1:05 pmI believe Sam’s story about obtaining those skis is a bit sketchier than MTN Dew race victory…
MICKY O
wrote on October 11th, 2009 at 10:10 pmprops guys!
K_C
wrote on April 12th, 2010 at 2:49 pmWow this trip feels like it was yesterday – where did winter go!?