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Back to the hotel in Southern NH, I hung out for a bit and decided to get a brisket sandwich at 603 BBQ in Concord. Some of the best brisket I've had...just on a regular potato roll but I actually prefer that over a thick kaiser roll or whatever. Took my sandwich next door to Lithermans Limited brewing and had a pale ale with my sandwich. Then I hung out at Feathered Friends Brewing, which is a bird themed brewery I guess. Live music, dogs, pretty cool place. Chocolate peanut butter stout was really good, but all the beers were great. interesting artwork in the bathroom, especially the teabagging art. Trying to hit ski areas that I haven't been to, so tomorrow's plan is Pico until early afternoon and then maybe Saskadena Six for a few hours on Indy pass

After panang curry and Thai spring rolls and browsing the thieves of the week. I drove the 20 minutes to Dartmouth skiway. Pretty crowded parking lot but no lift lines. The terrain there is pretty fun, but I only got to hit the Holts ledge side for 6 runs. Soft snow, kinda slow...Don Wardens was closed for racing. After one run, my back binding felt pretty loose. The ankle strap broke in half but the hard plastic part was still working. Made for some funky turns but it was raining at that point so I didn't bother going to get another board from the car. I'd like to get back here on a weekday and check out the rest of the trails, but looking at the map, Holts looked like more fun

Tenney in NH also added to indy. May have to check that out next year

Cochrans is usually only open late afternoon/evening during the week. They normally have $ 5 Fridays from 3 to 8 but their hours this past week were 9 to 4 with it being VT vacation week. I enjoyed it there way more than I expected. Pats was a fun place but really crowded. Still cool to check out. I actually hit that instead of Ragged expecting less crowds but that didn't work out I'll post a Dartmouth/brewery report in a bit

Hit Pats peak in southern NH this morning. Really crowded but it's a pretty well run mountain and fun for a few hours. Grooming was good, especially on the cascade basin side. Some nice trees off of the hurricane trail but icy so I didn't spend much time there. Getting some Thai food at the place @Johnny Law recommended and then I'll hit Dartmouth skiway until they close at 4

Burke is now on indy for next year (not just allied resort/half price)

Yeah northern VT has a ton of snow right now. Bolton is a really fun mountain. Jay obviously has better terrain but there are a lot of trees and stuff to explore at Bolton.

After Bolton, I drove the 15 minutes to Cochrans ski area. Small place with like 350' of vertical but it's a cool non profit place and for 19 bucks, I wanted to check it out. They have a t bar and a rope tow. No lift tickets, just the honor system whether you pay or not. Underprivileged kids pay nothing or whatever they can afford, which is cool. Grooming was actually really good and I had fun. Only complaint was the t bar lifty playing Nickelback repeatedly. Did 6 runs and now at Zero Gravity Brewing in Burlington.

Drove up late last night, stayed in Lake George and then to Bolton valley this morning. Rode there from 10 to 2...only hit Wilderness lift this time. Vista wasn't running and I mainly did Timberline side last time. A ton of snow in the trees and soft snow on the rest of the runs. Outlaw woods probably had the best snow of the day

Thanks man! I'm probably double dipping tomorrow with indy in the morning and somewhere cheap in the afternoon. Dartmouth looks like the place. I wanted to hit Whaleback but conditions look rough

@Johnny Law, I'll be in NH tomorrow....which did you prefer, Ragged or Dartmouth? Im thinking less Saturday crowds at Dartmouth

I'm away this weekend - should be back at Blue next week/weekend

Yeah, I think they're on sale march 1st. If you've been on Indy before I think you may be able to renew prior. I saw something about lapsed passholders getting early access. Already renewed mine and will do Blue also. Considered Ikon but I don't think I'd get my money's worth

I'll check it out later - I may actually do a similar trip to @toast21602 next month or early April. Montana Snowbowl or something in Missoula is on Indy and isn't terribly far from Spokane/Northern Idaho.

yeah it's still listed on their website - I thought it was weekends only when I was there, but I think you were there on a weekend. Maybe due to conditions, they didn't bother running it.

Nice reports. I always like hitting Montage, mainly due to the lack of crowds. Sucks that I couldn't make it.

I always enjoy Loveland. I'm guessing you didn't take advantage of the free cat skiing (if thats still a thing)...if the stuff off lift 9 wasn't great I don't think the terrain off of the cat would be good either

It seems like to get the benefit of the magnetraction, you have to put more pressure on the edges than my Never Summer Harpoon. I can get kinda lazy with my turns on the Harpoon and doesn't make a difference other than maybe skidding a bit

Got to Greek around 9 this morning. Did Olympian and another 2 runs off the quad while waiting for the other lifts to open...then hit Aesops Glade and another glade off of the oil rig lift a few times. Then over to lift 4 for a few runs. Coming out of Labyrinth glade, I decided to straight line back to the groomer towards the bottom. Good thing I had some speed, as I had to jump over a creek bed. Not a big gap but it was probably a 5 ft drop if I fell in. Hit Electra which had some good powder...unfortunately I kept following the trail and ended up below the lift at another creek bed. I had to hike back to the lift, which kinda sucked. Hit a few groomers after that and back to the car to switch boards...then most of the same trails on that board Pretty good day overall. Most of the glades and mountain bike trails were open. Rode until around 2 and hit Beer Tree Brewing on the way home

I like it...pretty quick edge to edge and handled the trees better than most of my other boards. The funky sidecut (magne traction) will take some getting used to

Picked up 2 new boards on clearance this week. Been riding the Salomon Super 8 all morning, love it so far. I'll test out the Lib Tech T Rice Pro after my beer and lunch break. I know, snowboarders aren't cool but I'm having fun

will do - PM me your email. I have 2 - do you want both? They have my name on it, but I doubt that'll matter

I don't know that I'll use the 2 discount tickets I bought for Montage in addition to my remaining Indy day, so if anyone needs a free ticket, let me know.

Not that it's really close to NH, but Magic is 100% open also. Black looks super cool too - I think the owner of Indy Pass, Erik, has been working there a lot since Indy Pass kinda revived the mountain