Johnny Law

That's some dope fucking shit and I can't think of another hill that so directly calls peeps out on a traverse.

I had it next on my list to keep the weirdo tour going but peeps showed up and I wanted to ski with them. -----‐--‐------------------------------------ 2/20 Killington Was dope, conditions were prime the sun was out and it was quiet but nothing worth reporting on. 2/21 Loon I will preface this by saying this is snow sports industry type stuff and may be interesting to no one so feel free to stop reading. If you are familiar with the snow sports industry you are familiar with the Vail vs Ikon/Ksl but there is a third player we often forget about that is blowing unprecedented amounts of money to try and eat both their lunches in the NE. Boyne at some point realized all of boston is driving by nh and loon to ski the River and the loaf and VT 2 hrs west has people hanging off the rafters. So in 2020 they went all in and announced Loon 2030, their plan to build the most advanced resort in the US. You can read it here if your interested - https://www.loonmtn.com/flight-path-2030 In 2020 they put in the most advanced lift in NA to go 900 vert and like 2/3 of the way up the hill. Every lift has loading conveyors and two have laser overlays for your loading position. If you know me I had to go check this out. What's the verdict ? The lifts are impressive and what they want to do would put an truly insane number of people on the hill. The 8 can do 3500/hr and there plan is to put in like 6 more. The terrain is good with alot of blue twisty crusier types and some reasonable steeps. The views are quite excellent with alot of peakyness around for the NE. That's the good but the reality is they don't currently have the lodge infrastructure to support 1/20th of the people they stuff in there and even more importantly the acreage. No where in NH is above 400 and that isn't nearly enough during the week let alone on a weekend. Cool place with a dope 4 person gondy and lots of narrow old school NE twisties and there plan is impressive but not nearly there yet. If they really want to play with the big boys they will have to add a sizeable amount of terrain and more expert type steeps. I would only go there Monday through Wednesday, no shit, though I did have a good day there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have more skiing to do but none of it is probably interesting in a report kinda way. It's been awhile since I spent this kind of time up here and I what I'll always come back for is the straight up uniqueness of it all. There is no state with anywhere near the number of super famous wooden bowl makers or artisinal llama cheese. The snow was most excellent, like February 2014 kinda depth and it was dope as fuck to ski it.

Someone I was talking to recently claimed all their best pow days were there and Turner.....seems plausible with nobody home.

2/19 Dartmouth Skiway I have mad meetings this afternoon and could only swing a half day so I wanted to peep somewhere a bit more intimate. My first memory of Dartmouth is rich wanna be investment bankers booting and rallying but only a bit after that was I wanted to ski Dartmouth Skiway. The logical question is why ? It's like 900 vert and has two old mad slow lifts.....because it's literally ski history, short of getting a DeLorean and going back in time this is as close as you can get. The skiway is two pods across the street from eachother so I started on the Holt side as I wanted to ski their big race trail Don Warden Schuss. They only kinda groom and blow snow so I figured this would be by far the best and I was not wrong. A razors like wide strip of perfection, unlike Ragged it pours the steep on. When you get to the point were most trails ease off it goes even steeper. I ran this like 10 times it was sooo good and had that dramatic background that makes you feel like your movie skiing. On the natural snow only trails like lift line the snow was hyper hyper dry and slow which was good because there is a solid layer you can't get through so the surface is quite firm. After I skied all the Holt trails I went across the street to Winslow. This seems more like the noob area and the lift stopped about 5 times per ride. More rolling blues and greens this was set it and forget it territory where I wasn't even warming up down the hill. It honestly felt like a step back in time, super cool place to ski.

2/18 Ragged Mtn Indigio was here earlier this year and it sparked my interest to check it out. Super picturesque and rolly rather than steep, kinda like the Okemo of NH. From what I understand it doesn't get very busy and the leftover supersonic winds certainly helped that. You could get a seat for lunch no problem. Coverage in the woods was good with everything I found this sort of mid angle rolly. NH I think is almost always worse than VT as their resorts are lower and the tree snow had a solid three inch super hard layer that made rotating the ski particularly difficult....... though it mostly didn't matter as it had so much drag you couldn't go that fast. Groomers were mint and up could arc until your hearts content as they do alot of winding twisty type trails. Cool place, that I think is better than Sunapee which is nearby. Way more mid angle and even it's steeps go flat so I'm sure it's part of the reason the snow was so good.

Sick !!! Even among skiers that get around its way underrepresented. I say ski and go somewhere weird like Kelly Canyon or Tamarack, the latter is a statement in modern economics , snow sports and mtn land issues all in a day of skiing.

All marketing, they know what their clientele wants. It gets as icy as anywhere for the reasons mixil cited, their people collector trail gets very firm on alot of afternoons at the steep sections like all mtns because most people are skidding, board or skis.

I apologize for a word block but the weather sucked for pictures so I didn't take any. Killington 2/16 -------------------------------------------- The weather got gnarly Sunday so I went to Killy to ski good Devils Fiddle, which is a Centralia kinda trail. 4 or 5 inches on the hill and with two town busses crashed and shitty roads the lineup was thin. Growler, Devils Den, Nowhere all the pointy tree stuff are as deep as I ever seen and with a few inches where absolute bliss, I only hit two braches and a rock which for vt is all time. Pellets came in hard around 11 and while still very very good it sort of threw a spanner in the works. For large portions of the rest of the day it hurt my face to go downhill......it did however change over back to snow around 4. Killington 2/17 -------------------------------- Around 11pm while still snowing pretty hard the winds went absolutely super sonic so I went Killy again as there is just no way most of anywhere could run lifts and they were claiming skye 2 would run. I'd say about 3 to 6 inches fell but only Hurricane Swartz knows as it was blown all over the place in sometimes hilarious drifts. It was like biblically windy, if you have skied there the dumbest, stupidest chair that serves the dumbest terrain, Snowshed double, was shut down around 1 as it was blowing so hard they could no longer pulse it up the hill. Also me and everyone else in the line for the gondy fell over like dominoes on a hyper blast that had to be stupid funny from the lifty box. This was actually awesome as it marooned almost everyone at ramshead while I was at skye peak. While the terrain was super limited for Killy there was fluff all over late into the day. Outside of the trees or protected areas it was blown to mix of super firm and then almost a wave like wind lip of fluff that made for dope hopping. There's limited good trees over there put the pockets continued to be superb. I did almost eat it in a surprise knee high drift and I had to put my face mask under my helmet with two hoods kinda wind but it was tits Mcgee in a strange day kinda way.

It's blowing like a mofo up north and I did think it must be windy as shit at blue

Vt on presidents is like a UN meeting and as such I was looking for a place to beat the crowds. Trackbiker or someone had mentioned the Bowl last week and it clicked in my head that Saturday would be Winter Rodeo. Imagine a frat party at a ski mtn or Mt Rose's beer fest but with less drinking. The day starts with a big Gs race for all the local colleges and considering who they are that is some very good skiers. Then by about noon the dj comes out and everyone really gets going. I don't know what the ratio is at Middlebury but had I known about it in my teens I would have flunked out of there for sure. Partying aside the bowl delivered the goods, from bell to bell I never waited in line and the trails were mostly empty. The snow was a mix of super grip groomer and chundery off trail. The off trail was deepish but not easy to rotate in. The groomers at the bowl are generally good however their grooming is on par with a college hill and the real star is the tree zones. My favorite is big tree off 11 but all of it was good tail gunning super soft. Liftline was the classic VT mix of excellent and shit all at the same time and I lapped that until my back said no more. I cannot speak highly enough about the bowl. You want to get away from it all or experience what magic was like before it became magic I say give the bowl a long look. It's lifts are slow and the vert nothing to write home about but it's classic VT skiing which is sadly becoming a dying art.

Most of it is just for marketing now, dv doesn't matter and mad river more of the same. I can see the argument to ride Alta but Alta is also all traverses. I'm not saying they can't but the high t on a board would suck hairy ballsack.

I stopped in for some afternoon laps on the way to VT. Snow was lots of soft semi sugar on glacier, it was super playful kinda trash. Maybe it's old but they have a sign now that reserves the right side close to the learning hill for passholders. It seems pretty permanent as its bolted to the pole. I was as shocked as anyone but it did seem to work and I pulled right up front. Between that and the vip line I waited maybe 2 min.

I looked at regular time and saw absolutely no one in line so I waited until the last second but it's funny like a dozen people there and I never ran into you.

Women's Army Corps, Western Athletic Conference, Wydad AC ? Alas I will be in New England and can't make blue the true

As always with blue every forecast and radar showed the rain should end at 9 but it was still coming down pretty good when the lifts started. Absolutely no one home, the only other non employee in the lower lot was one of the BFG crew. I counted 8 people in total though I'm sure I missed a couple. The snow was perfect hero snow on the main st side. The trails were absolutely empty and grip was infinite. Put the hammer all the way down and let the dogs run, there wasn't even anyone to look out for. This was imperative as you couldn't see dick, between the rain and fog it was double swipe conditions down the hill and you still couldn't see anything expect white and non-white. The razors side was nearly as good but with some harder snow up top and spots around. Coming Soon still sucks and the challenge booter is deadly in poor vis but it mattered not. Hammer down and let them go. The rain slowed down around 1030 but I was wet and called it. Would have been hyper nice if I got the timing right but the rain just holds at blue forever.

I love where this is going

I think it's fair to conclude that it has at least sold, the chatter has been consistent and now reputable persons are saying so. Blue patrolers said weeks ago that elk patrolers had a new boss and you can see the appeal. When BC was made BC it was years before people really had any idea who bought it other than southern investors from the hotel industry. Elk makes sense because it's prime for a hotel with like 90% capture. There isn't really dick around there and you could do numbers. The real question is do they go high speed ? It's logical obviously but it also could really change what makes elk elk.

The first few I thought were super dope soft and effortless. It all came apart fast but for the most part it was still pretty good once it got all scrambly. It does suck most of the snow was south of blue but compared to previous seasons just the idea of plausible snow get my motor going and it does improve general vibe.

Next time your there peep the long haul, at least the last time I was there it's 4938382 different lift pieces put together with all kinds of fabricated stuff. It's amazing. I don't understand really why there is never anyone there. I get scranton/wb is economically depressed but people go everywhere now and it's a great product. It's so low key you can mess around all day and miss nothing, the bar/restaurant is good and it's cheap. I do think though that its like Elk though in which the low crowds are the major factor. Both can't handle the blue crowd and would be far far far worse due to layout/lifts etc etc etc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I'm around when you guys go I would definitely go.

It was good I'm sure no matter what you started on and i am impressed with how fast they get it decent after icing events. That's most excellent to hear, it takes alot to make me think twice but that one slowed me down for sure.

They said it goes on the other side of the pond, I said that would require another lift but they were adamant it did not. They also seemed to think the timing was soon which again would require some kind of impact study to have been completed, at least I think. I would not have reported it except they were very confident and they did something at blue. What I truly want is to start a rumor and then have it come back to me but I need to think up a good rumor.

C1er and BFG crew in the house featuring special appearance the Glenn Experiance. Sunny and deliciously empty, I had figured it would be more of the weekend and started a few minutes late because I'm an idiot and wore a different jacket. Everything seemed soft and super nice but I wasn't buying any of it until about a 1/3 of the way down main. Full grip, easy turning cream cheese on top of a wet hard base made for super fast super fun mega slutty arcs. Switch and Raceway were more of the same though a bit harder and midway was ratty from the start somehow. When I switched sides of the hill I ran into Glenn and we put rail road tracks down Challenge, Razors, side and coming soon. While not as nice as main all were more spring like hero snow under blue skies and super sun. My favorite condition is empty bleachers and the best part of the day was all the goof balls were not skiing. Multiple times I'd go main and Glenn switch or similar so that both of us could have the trail to ourselves......I wish the eagles could play in the super bowl everyday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sketchy lift rumors, I rode up with two snowboard psia master dudes I've never seen before who said they are disconnecting coming soon from pdis. I was highly skeptical but if true that would be a massive improvement.

Everyone was around except gss, pretty warm and not crowded at all at least to start. The first couple runs were soft spongy and way better than I thought considering a billion dip and dots fell out of the sky. It fell apart quick but even all scrambly it was pretty ok and I liked sketchy ditch. Even if it was a bit icy it made a dope sound as you made turns. Super shout out to enjo, I eat alot of fries and lots of them including the shack don't make that good of a fry let alone in a parking lot. Also props to the Justin Timberlake wannabe not only rocking out but loudly singing VT old cabin in the winter, wrist sliters. I like Gregory Alan Isakov every now and again too but how much lead do you need to consume to think anyone wants to hear you ? Hilariously funny though

For anyone on the fence the roads are fine, takes super long to defrost your car. The McDonald's lot is fun fun fun and there are so many idiots out but it's all nbd

Pouring ice in the ding, if this keeps up we will be encased by 9pm. Someone send hard pretzels and birch beer