All articles tagged as 'East Coast'


SPAM #14: Carnival Ride
February 8th, 2011 | By:  Greg | 8 Comments


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With Part I of our Winter Carnival--the Unconventional Terrain Event--in the books, and Part II coming soon, here's a quick SPAM entry from the ski mountaineering descent Ben and I made. As detailed in the TR, as we approached the rap station, we had to cross a snowfield hanging above ... ...Read more


TR: The (Other) Winter Carnival — Part I
February 7th, 2011 | By:  Greg


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After last Wednesday’s storm, Ben and I happily noticed that a certain line high in a mountain pass of Vermont which we had had our eye on for several years was receiving copious wind loading, and might almost be ready to go. Tracing its way down off the ridge, from ... ...Read more


Day of Dy-no-mite
February 2nd, 2011 | By:  Greg | 12 Comments


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With a dynamo storm barreling through the east coast, and with dreams of powder schuss keeping us awake through the night, we lodged ourselves in northern Vermont and hoped for the best today. We had planned to head down to Magic Mountain, but as we got ready to go this ... ...Read more


Negative Freezing
January 23rd, 2011 | By:  Greg | 11 Comments


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The forecast temperature for the coldest part of this cold snap is "negative freezing." I don't just say that tongue and cheek either. Negative freezing is a technical term. It's freezing (32F) but negative (-32F). That's cold! What can one do to stay warm? Get the skins on your skis, ... ...Read more


SPAM #13: Triple Black Diamond
January 21st, 2011 | By:  Greg | 6 Comments


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It's been a few weeks since we cooked up some fresh SPAM. Between doing some hard math problems in which 1"=1', and 6"=1m, and going back to our roots, FIS has been quite busy. Anyway as we go into the weekend here's Ben Peters tagging the heck out of a ... ...Read more

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