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Damn Moe that's some legit knee deep. Take me with you next time!

I had a 50% off voucher and didn't have to drive home Sunday because I was crashing at a friends in Hyde Park for the next couple days I decided to return to Stowe for the last day of their season. I ended up sleeping in and heading up to the mountain after checkout time. The sun was poking through the clouds in town but clouds were hovering over Mt Mansfield all day. My legs were beat up from the past couple days of riding nearly open to close so I opted to stay on the few open groomers. I ducked one rope on Sunrise to find great coverage down to Standard which was run of the day. This was most likely my last day of the season for a total of 63 days 7 short of my goal. It was a great season with a great end in Northern Vermont at Jay & Stowe. Riding up the Quad. The little bit of fresh snow that fell over night made things a bit whiter. Quite foggy at the top until about 1. Lower section of Lord North Slope Sunrise I walked over to the top of the Mountain triple to take a break. There was a nice untouched blanket of fresh snow from the past few nights. Mansfield from the Gondola parking lot. Mansfield from the Spruce Lodge parking lot

Is there a road that goes up to the top? 2 cars = ski lift

nm I read it wrong.

Not sure what your trying to say but I pretty much rode CB every non holiday mon-fri afternoon/morning and never really had an issues with crowds. The swarms of ppl come out on the weekends and holiday weekdays as always. I'd say Camelback and Blue are the busiest mountains in north east pa nothing will change that. If your looking for less crowds jfbb may be a better option for you.

I told you Jay is awesome and worth the visit!! I'll be posting my pics from Sunday later tonight. I pretty much just stayed on the same groomers we were on Friday but I ducked the rope on Sunrise several times to explore that way a bit and it had just fine coverage back down to Standard. Nosedive was closed, I'm sure the woods were still GREAT and probably had quite a bit of fresh since they were closed Saturday also but I didn't feel like doing that adventure solo with how worn my legs were from the past two days.

Suns breaking through the clouds and I'm on my way up to close Stowe out for the season. Possibly Jay again tomorrow, who knows. Livin the dream

"Some mountains are shaped. Some do the shaping. Raise 'em Jay"

Good plenty of rest to hit Stowe for some freshies early in the morn I'm probably headed to Hyde Park in an hour or two to chill with Chris for a few.

GSS getting mad technical at Stowe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC62LljabWA and Jay Peak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTuc62jZ0AE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdxKcNEdqL8

Jay Peak was absolutely incredible today! I woke up pretty early, took a look outside and seen a fresh inch on my windshield and more snow falling got dressed and left for Jay Peak at 8am. As I passed the Town and Country Inn I seen Doug's car was still covered and snow. At 9:30 I pulled into the Tram side parking lot, got my $2 discount for having a Camelback seasons pass and headed for the tram. I waited no more than 5 minutes boarded the tram and was off to the Summit. I ended up at the Bonaventure Quad took that back up and headed over to Tram side since Doug was about 20 min away. We met up and unfortunately didn't make the Tram before it was closed for the day on wind hold. We spent the rest of the day mostly over on the Jet & Bonaventure side since the Flyer is done for the season and the Metro quad only goes a short way up. Around noon it turned from a Cloudy cold day to a bluebird spring afternoon! Stoke market was rising at an incredible pace as everything turned whiter and whiter in my travels up route 100. Strapping in at the top for my only possible Tram run of the day. Plenty of fresh and windblown fresh from edge to boot deep. Riding up the Bonaventure Quad Cloudy chilly morning Some fresh in the woods off the Haynes from the top of the Jet. Clouds starting to break up and blue sky showing From the Bonaventure quad heading back Tram side. We also hit the woods off to the right for our last run of the day. Headed Tram side Poaching Kitz Woods from the Bonaventure. GREAT DECISION! Last run back to tram side after finding our way out of the Kitz Woods. Doug pointed out a good entry point, thought twice warned me that it may be steep and thin but I wanted to try regardless. On the drive back to Stowe all the snow has melted in the lower elevations. I have never seen Vermont so green the views on the drive back were breathtaking. The Green Mountain State is some beautiful country and Jay Peak is still my favorite mountain in the north east having returned 6 years later. All in all JADIP!

Today at Jay was absolutely amazing!! Fresh tracks in the morning off the Tram before it went on wind hold for the rest of the day and fresh to be found in the woods all throughout the day! JADIP Plenty of pics coming soon.

It was a long ride up 7 hours from house with 2 stops for food and gas. I've never seen it so green up here, there was no snow to be seen anywhere except a few ice chunks that fell off rocks on the side of the road. 100" less snowfall than average this season and it's been almost as warm up here as it's been back at home in the Poconos it's been a weak winter for northern Vermont. I arrived in Stowe around 7 yesterday and checked into the Stowe Motel, they upgraded me to an efficiency with a little kitchen and pantry set for stoke! Picked up some brews and stopped by Town & Country to discuss smart style with GSS. I got up at 7:30 this morning, it was raining when I went out to pick up some breakfast and a hat I later realized I didn't need to buy since there were 2 hidden behind the seat in my truck I decided to wait out the rain a bit before heading up to the mountain and finally drove up at 10 when the rain started letting up, there were maybe 5 cars in the parking lot including Doug's subie. Fortunately my friend gave me a 50% off voucher the night before that came in handy when I found out they were charging the full $57 spring rate today. I've never seen Stowe so bare as it is now but there were still plenty of fun to be had on selective areas of the mountain. There were a few nice groomer runs open that were pretty smooth spring corn snow throughout the day that stayed nice since there was no traffic. I didn't take any shots of the well covered groomers. Woods off of Nose Dive Lower Nosedive had quite a few bare spots. Towards the very bottom there were some patches 6" thin to ride across unless you just took the grass route. Some soft bumps on Standard to Gulch, plenty of snow. The lower woods were to thin to ride but a nice place for a beer. All in all it was a great day and I would have been satisfied even if I paid full price. The nosedive woods were the run of the day! Hitting Jay Peak tomorrow and I got the hook ups with another 50% coupon to hit Stowe again Sunday then possibly Jay Monday. JADIP!!

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Ya there was so much snow last weekend on what was opened with a good turnout Stay open!!!!

Thanks! Ya BB is a much smaller mountain and their snow making system is PRIMO. Automated polecats line most of their trails and those suckers can really pump it out.

It is a beater board but actually it barely got scratched from the grass and rocks, they're so light they'll buff right out.

I have to say that the lift we rode today is just as good as a high speed quad. The jump line is so entertaining to watch your at the top and forgot you were even on a lift. Thanks again for the ticket Phillycore and it was nice riding with some PASRs again even though only for a short while. You should have came today and had a spray contest!!

Oh your right, then I meant to say I was lapping Draufganger, I didn't want to walk over to Mittl Weg Indeed, I'm pretty confident they will be able to do a lift serviced May Day. With the amount of snow on Boulder Park trail I'd imagine if they pushed those jumps it could still be fully covered in May.

So I started off a little later than expected today and arrived at Big Boulder at 11:15, gave Phillycore a ring and met him, JFSkiDan, and PA Ridge Racer. The snow coverage was amazing, way better than I expected! We ended getting split up each run but kept bumping into each other at the top or bottom of the lift. I think Dan and Ride Racer took off shortly afterwords so I took a couple runs with Phillycore & then I think he ended up taking off. I seen Toast in the distance lapping Boulder Park and I believe KT KILLING it on the big booters. I didn't stay much longer only until about 1 and left. It was pretty crowded and there were only a few jibs I felt like playing on so I mostly lapped Mittl Weg. Props to Big Boulder for staying open top to bottom, if I wasn't going to be in Stowe next weekend if they opened I surely would return. Mittl Weg/Bunny Schuss interestion Boulder Park As I was coming down I-80 I seen Camelback in the distance and thought what the hell I have a pass and it's on my way home I might as well stop by. I pulled into Camelback and their were less than half the amount of people that were at Big Boulder. Coverage was really thin, they lost a ton of snow since last weekend and the park setup was pretty lame. They were doing a corrugated distance jib contest for anyone who wanted to hit it and if you cleared it I believe they were giving away a longboard. I took a couple runs through the park and didn't feel satisfied with my day yet so I decided to hike it up to the top and see what I could find. It took me quite awhile as I'm not in the greatest of shape and took a few breaks along the way. I headed left of the Glenn chair towards Near East up through a secret woods run and onto Julius Caesar up through the woods onto Little Caesar and onto the top of the Stevenson. I found about $3 in coins along my way! Beautiful view riding up the Glenn Lift Julius Caesar Julius Caesar I see an opening! Made it! Little Caesar Visiting Steve Cliffhanger lookin super thin from the top Nile mile, my chosen run. Who said you can't ride on grass? The End. Anyway you slice it or dice it today was JADIP

I figure out who ski911 is but I will keep it a secret even though you didn't accept my facebook friend request

Because you went in the morning. All the jib honks and park rats are in school they come out in the evenings. Your more than welcome to use the terrain in the park just don't do stupid things like try to get air off of the lips of rails but avoiding the rail itself just go around.

You had me on the double barrel roll, I had to watch it twice. The terrain looks amazing out there.

R2D2 last year lol