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Reserved parking for enjorales.

Thanks for taking it. Wife will be happy. Just left after wife brought the kids up for snowtubing. Cones are still there.

Another great party. Enjorales is the fucking man.

Post of the year.

Follow the meat smell.

Yeah, you guys know how to have good time on the mountain! Attack the slopes and then go back to the base under the open skies. Beats the lodge and the hassle of the crowd inside hands down.

Today was the last day of our 2018 Canadian ski trip. It was another stellar day to cap off a stellar trip. MDS is located on the US side of the St. Lawrence River about an hour east of Quebec City. We woke up at 6, hit up Timmy Horton’s, and were on the road by 7. MSD is even more in the middle of nowhere than Le Massif de Charlevoix. Our trip took us through expansive farm fields before we finally arrived just past 9 AM. The parking lots were small, which matched the lodge and mountain, but they were filling up quickly. I would say that an additional 10” fell overnight, and that brought out the “crowds”. It took us about 10 minutes in line to grab our lift tickets, but we were still in line at the chairlift at 9:30. The weather was picture perfect. It was just under 30 degrees, was cloudy, there was no wind, and there was fresh snow. We weren’t the only people who had found this little gem of a mountain, and the lift line filled in quickly. MSD boasts a vertical of about 1,250’ and only has one summit lift, a fixed grip quad. Despite the lift line, we never waited longer than 3-4 minutes. The lift was slow, but it gave you plenty of time to rest your legs. The mountain only has a couple greens, a couple blues, and a couple blacks, all of which are groomed. However, the mountain also has perfectly manicured and expansive glades that were some of the best on the east coast. Almost all the trails have a glade between them. Despite being well traveled, only the steepest of the glades showed any signs of wear. That’s the benefit of receiving close to 200” of snow so far this season and having very little adverse weather. Most of them were still sporting sections of deep powder on our last run at 2:45. There was something for everyone: beginner glades, tight glades, inbounds side country glades in the middle of the mountain, and luge style fly by the seat of your pants banked turn glades. We had to leave at 3 PM for the 5.5 hour drive back to VT, so we rode straight through lunch. In all, we rode 10 runs, with the majority of the time being spent on the lift. The first 7 runs I went into the woods before I tried some “groomed” runs for the last 3 as my legs became tired. This is exactly the type of mountain I love to visit. The vibe is right up there with Plattekill and Blue Knob. You won’t rack up the most runs here, but those runs will be of the highest quality. I will definitely be headed back in the future. All in all, it was a great trip with great conditions. I got to try some new mountains and experience some of the best conditions I’ve had on the east coast. Next year I’ll add another new mountain or two, but I’ll be sure to make it to Le Massif and MSD at the same time.

Unreal coupla weeks, just keeps snowing. Foot deep and more untracked at the open. Double session today. DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!

one of my favorite days of the year is when the bottom lodge opens.

And im sure theres pieces of rock in peoples back yards.

Ended up with a freaking tank of a charcoal grille too. Thanks enjo.

Really fun day. Thanks to everybody that showed up and provided food, liquids, services, of just there to hang. It was great being out there with everyone and meeting some new people. Conditions in the lot and the mountain were fantastic. I even brought out my park skis to hit a rail of two. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This was very much appreciated.

sorry we couldn't make it today, looks like it was a great day for a party!

PASRs don't let an hour drive slide as an excuse, plus this board will probably help get you out more. Welcome to the board ATL!

That's not too bad a drive. Have to make certain things, like skiing or riding a priority.

Cheers to ya sally cat, we’ll be at killington st pat’ weekend. If your around maybe I’ll confuse your jacket with my son’s! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Carpooling with Root is next level luxury. Treats you like a king. Bottled water waiting in door, personal phone charger, etc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dont get me wrong, they certainly have their shortcomings. It's about the quantifier. One can only do so much with a shitty, unpredictable climate to make snow and are left to fend for themselves when riot police are more appropriate to handle a typical weekend crowd. Alas, have no fear. I won't actually post much because I won't really have much to add. No inane TRs a la Salty and his RTMs

One of your more stupid posts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

GTFO

Hard no. I used to snowboard and those bastards don’t wait for shit!

I will once. Maybe twice.

Hey errybody. Pulled into the lot at 720 and ended up on the 3rd chair up. The first run was probably the most fun I've had all season, first person down a perfectly groomed packed powder lazy mile and managed to link together all of the stuff Ive been trying in the lower park. I could have left and been happy! Speaking of the lower park, absolutely perfect from 8-930. After that it was switchback(awesome) and challenge with dumb golf ball sized ice balls but otherwise nice. After that it was the bumps. Wow! So much fun after they blew an inch+ and challenging as some of them were pretty deep. I ate it pretty good on the bottom section . then Burma and challenge again. This is when the lift stopped, for me right in front of the pole jam. They emptied the lift and I saw a few PASRs at the bottom them.. you guys bounced but the lift was back up within maybe 4 minutes. I finished with sidewinder, burma, bumps and switchback for 10 runs. Went and chilled with the PASRs that left for a little while. Ill be up tomorrow early am and look forward to meeting you all. I'll probably be the only snowboarder so you'll know who I am, come say hi!

I dont know if youre allowed to post here anymore.

Yea we really like it there. Our 3rd year going to Blue and have yet to walk away disappointed. Mountain Ops really do a great job with what they are given.

So I've finally decided to join and post after living vicariously through you guys all season. The GF and I made it for the last of our triple play today. We found widowmaker to be the best run for us. Overall I found the conditions to be great, despite the gf's objections But without a doubt, Blue Mt is our favorite in the area. Wish it made sense for us to do season passes. Oh well, there's always paskiandride to help me live the dream.

Today was the day to be at Le Massif. Since I had been lucky enough to hit Le Massif last year on a pow day, my expectations were skewed, and yet, today delivered on those expectations. We were expecting a storm total of about 10”-12”, but we woke up disappointed to just more than an inch in the hotel parking lot. Despite the lack of snow, we still got on the road by 8:10 in case we hit some inclement weather. The further northeast we got, the heavier the snow became, and the colder it got. The wind was really whipping, but the road conditions weren’t poor enough to slow us down. The parking lot was a little more full than yesterday, but we were still able to get on the lift by 9:15. We followed the same game plan as yesterday in terms of lift service, but I finally decided to dig into the trees in earnest. About 4” of snow had fallen, and it continued to dump. The wind was really whipping at the top, which also helped to refresh the trails. I did back to back glades, and the only bare spots were at the very top where it was steep. Lower down, the snow was soft, deep, and the coverage was full. My next run was down an open trail, but it was already starting to bump up with soft snow. Following the third run, we decided to head down and do some t2b runs off one of the HSQs. We went to far skiers right where I hit some more trees. Being slightly steeper, they had some more bare spots than the previous runs, but once the pitch flattened out, those glades were also quite enjoyable. We also went over to the ungroomed expert only section and were met with mostly untracked powder and some huge drifts. The snow was starting to bump up on the well traveled runs, but it continued to dump. After a handful of runs off that lift, we grabbed our lunch and headed to the bottom to eat. After a good lunch break, we went back to the first lift and repeated several runs we had started with. Since it was later in the day, the trail traffic was significantly less than before and the snow was piling up. The woods were absolutely phenomenal and starting to get deep. After two or three runs, patrol started shutting down some trails to funnel skiers back to the base area at the top of the mountain. I was able to sneak into the glades via an unmarked woods trail off an open trail, and was richly rewarded. We tried to sneak in an extra run, but unfortunately, we were a little too late. Overall, we ended today with 13 runs, which was one less than yesterday. However, the powder was much tougher on the legs, and 2,500’ vertical t2b routes really rack up the vert. I would say that 8” had fallen by the time we left today. Our two days at Le Massif have been phenomenal. We are packing up tonight to head back to Vermont, but we are going to try to hit Le Massif du Sud on the way back.

Thanks for the trip reports. Really solid trip you had...are you gonna be at Blue Sunday???

really nice pictures!

Day 7 - Snowbird Better snow, crowds. After 5 consecutive days skiing we were seriously debating staying at Alta for our final day and take it easy. But, we decided to finish the trip off at Snowbird. We took our time with breakfast and getting over to the hill. First up was a couple of warmups in mineral basin, then we made our way over to gad 2 area. We spent most of the morning exploring that terrain...lots of nice trees and bumps. Lunch was brats and sauerkraut at mid gad. Tasty tasty indeed. After lunch we headed up to the knucklehead traverse area and then over to the organgrinder area. We finished the day with a run down tiger tail and pearly gates. Few ppl were in that area, so we had nice chalky snow conditions. Overall it was a very good trip. Good snow and good ppl. Staying at GMD was the right call and will most likely stay there again when we return. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not going to make it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk