Day 19: Nov 30

John joined me for the notch road commute today... however, we ended up getting a late start (ski bums need coffee and then newspaper reading time in the bathroom 💩), which meant we only had time to take 2 runs on the lift, and then we had to skin back up the notch to pick …

Day 18: Nov 29

Finn reached the wise age of 16 today !  to celebrate, I headed to Stowe after dropping him off at the GMT bus for UVM.   Since the Forerunner quad was down yesterday, most of the higher elevation glades had not been skied much, so I thoroughly enjoyed myself exploring all this new powdered terrain.  I …

Day 17: Nov 28

Yesterday dumped a pile of snow, and it was heavy at the beginning, then getting lighter as the storm passed over.  This makes for awesome conditions to ski the trees, covering up obstacles, but leaving enough fluff.  So John and I headed to Stowe early to explore their glades. Sunrise glades

Day 14: Nov 24

Opening day at Smuggs was so good, we had to do it again the next day !  This time, John joined us, and Hazel only posed for the picture, and skied with friends the rest of the day... since they are much cooler than her ski bum parents... Colorful family... Finn stayed home to study …

Day 13: Nov 23

Today was Smuggler's Notch opening day, so Hazel and I grabbed some free vouchers and had a girly ski day on our favorite mountain ! Amazingly, both Sterling and Madonna mountain were operating with almost all trails open !  Apparently, this has never happened before.  I definitely picked a good winter to be a ski …

Day 12: Nov 21

Double day... Early in the morning, I skinned up Madonna mountain to the top of Doc Dempsey's and found fresh powder filling up the old tracks... Then in the afternoon, Hazel and I skied on our land.... we found some fun little snow stashes as well !

Day 10: Nov 19

Today I decided to commute to "work"  (ie, skiing at Stowe) by skiing over the 3 mile stretch of the Notch road (route 108) which is closed in the winter (the red line).   Going around by car adds ~32 miles (the blue line). Blue line shows how to get to Stowe by driving around... Red …

Day 8: Nov 17

John and I used our Epic passes for the first time this year and we rode the lifts at Stowe. The forerunner quad and mountain triple were running, so the lines weren't too long. Conditions were amazing and the run of the day was definitely Hayride which had some huge bumps from the previous day.   …

Day 7: Nov 16

Today was a major snow storm, and Hazel didn't have school, but UVM wasn't closed, so Finn had to go...  It was also opening day at Stowe, but given the nasty road conditions, we decided to explore the backcountry around Fairfield. Lots of powder, but I still managed to grab a few ferns on my …

Day 6: Nov 15

Today, was yet another November powder day... John and I skinned up Madonna at Smuggs, to the top of M2 lift.  Fresh tracks !

Day 4: Nov 13

Today, John and I skinned up Treasure to the top of Sterling at Smuggs.  It was a little foggy, but the snow was fantastic !  John skinning up through the clouds Lots of snow ! John finding his powder legs

Day 3: Nov 12

While everyone else headed to their cubicle on a monday morning, I  headed to Smuggs to earn a few turns.  This time I decided to skin up Jolly Rodger to check out the coverage under the lift line and Harveys.   Things looked good so i decided to ski down Harveys.  Some of us have to …

Day 2: Nov 11

Day 2 was significantly better than Day 1 !   Steve, Nick and I earned our turns by going up RumRunner at Smuggs on Sterling mountain.  There was enough powder so we skied down Bootlegger ! Nick laying down a very nice skin track.    Steve booting it up... Can you see the ski bum on …