Day 143: April 18

I eloped from work at 2:30 pm to ski at Dewey before having to play taxi parent at 5pm. It was about 50F, with 40 kts wind gusts and looking a little thin, skiing a little thin and I probably spent more time looking for ways to ski around open water than making good turns. …

Day 113: March 14

I was lazy this morning and didn't get to my ski destination until 8:30am. I was contemplating skiing the north side of a new zone near Smuggs today, but since it's not a highly traveled BC zone, I thought I might have to break trail in 10" of heavy snow, and I ended up at …

Day 110: March 11

I had to drop off Chickadee at the school this morning, so I decided to return to Dewey and check what yesterday's snow and wind produced. It was 33F at the trailhead at 7:15am and there were no other cars, no tracks and the wind and snow had made a thorough refresh of the area. …

Day 106: March 6

Another cold day in ski bum country... 5F with a brisk westerly this morning. I dropped Finn off at the GMT bus and headed to Dewey to hide in the trees. There were 2 cars in the lot and I followed the two tracks up, and saw one of the two skiers ski out as …

Day 88: Feb 15

Now that the bullshit is over, we got on to more serious things. Like this: http://trumpdonald.org/  Or this, at Dewey mountain: Going to... My line My skis in my line 27degF, 50kts SE winds.

Day 76: Feb 2

The second half of my 150 ski days challenge started off with a fantastic day in the backcountry with Steve and Nick today. But before that, the sunrise from my bedroom was a good omen. View from the bedroom this morning: apple orchard and the half buried green house! We met at the Dewey trailhead …

Day 65: Jan 21

After this latest winter storm, we now have 80" at the Mansfield snow stake, and bottomless powder where the wind doesn't blow... It was -9F at the Dewey trailhead this morning, with a windchill of -40F and what looked to be >20" of new snow. The ski bum saying is: there are no friends on …

Day 62: Jan 18

Today was similar to yesterday: Hazel taking her AP English midterm while I went backcountry skiing at Dewey mountain. Who was going to have more fun? With all of this snow, I will definitively have more fun than Hazel today! It was 25F at the trailhead with big fat snowflakes twirling around... I was expecting a …

Day 55: Jan 11

Powder Day !!! Another 8" fell overnight and brought the total for this storm to 38" (nearly 1 meter). The wind was blowing from the NW at 30 knots, temps were in the negative realm and the windchill was -35degF, so it was better to be in the woods than on a chairlift. I headed …

Day 52: Jan 8

Today was turn around day... As I was driving Hazel to the bus on our usual route, the road was blocked by a fallen tree - knocked down by the powerful southerlies blowing since the night. After that detour, and making the bus just on time, my plan was to skin up at Smuggs and …

Day 50: Jan 6

Today marks 1/3 completion of my 150 ski days challenge! I'm a little behind on the uphill vertical challenge (150,000 ft of uphill skiing), as I reached 44,200 ft today. I should be at 50,000 ft. A few big days in the backcountry should put me back on track, and with the snow that is …

Day 36: Dec 20

It was another great blue bird day today; with temps well above freezing in the Champlain Valley. Given the forecast, I wanted to get the most out of this day, so we decided to go check out Dewey mountain, which would have had nice upslope snow (6"+) during the storm earlier this week (monday night). …

Day 23: Dec 6

This morning it was snowing pretty hard at our house, and John needed help to finish butchering the deer he harvested on Tuesday, so I decided to go for a short ski tour up Dewey mountain in the afternoon, before picking up Hazel from the bus at 3pm. I was surprised that there was only …