Kyle Posted February 28, 2019 Report Posted February 28, 2019 Just got to the condo at the bridges. Spicy drive up with steady snow from Albany on. Glad I bought a truck. Plan for tomorrow is to get first chair and mostly groomers to get the legs back under all of us.Probably about 3” new on the ground. Forecast is a balmy high of 15 tomorrow. I’ll try to update this as best as possible as well as take a few pictures. First time outside of PA on two planks, should make for an interesting few days. 5 Quote
Kyle Posted February 28, 2019 Author Report Posted February 28, 2019 Got in the lot at 8:50. Up gatehouse to lynx and a few runs down that side. Headed over to castle rock and now just lapping that double. Good snow, bluebird skies. 9 Quote
Kyle Posted February 28, 2019 Author Report Posted February 28, 2019 stopped for lunch at castlerock now. Knee is holding up pretty well so far. Surprisingly having no issues skiing the bumped up runs. Weather channel says 11 degrees but it feels warmer than that with the sun. Next few hours will probably be spent taking runs off super bravo. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 28, 2019 Report Posted February 28, 2019 This is really your first day skiing outside of PA??? Wow Quote
Kyle Posted February 28, 2019 Author Report Posted February 28, 2019 1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: This is really your first day skiing outside of PA??? Wow On skis, yes. I’ve been to Vermont a bunch of times before, just snowboarding instead of skiing. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 28, 2019 Report Posted February 28, 2019 Just now, Kyle said: On skis, yes. I’ve been to Vermont a bunch of times before, just snowboarding instead of skiing. Oh gotcha. Quote
Kyle Posted February 28, 2019 Author Report Posted February 28, 2019 2 hours ago, JFskiDan said: Castlerock is super fun. Castlerock was a lot of fun today, spent probably a good 2 hours lapping that double. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 28, 2019 Report Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Kyle said: Castlerock was a lot of fun today, spent probably a good 2 hours lapping that double. Rumble is one of my favorites. I’ve also had first tracks on middle earth with 16” of pow Edited February 28, 2019 by GrilledSteezeSandwich Quote
tarponhead Posted February 28, 2019 Report Posted February 28, 2019 Castlerock was a lot of fun today, spent probably a good 2 hours lapping that double. Impressive for first time on skis. You must not totally suck Quote
Kyle Posted February 28, 2019 Author Report Posted February 28, 2019 Just now, tarponhead said: Impressive for first time on skis. You must not totally suck First time on skis in VT. Been skiing on and off for the last two years in PA Quote
Kyle Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Posted March 1, 2019 Checked out Localfolk Smokehouse I’m Waitsfield last night, cool little bar/restaraunt. The food was alright, it was a little bit on the pricier side given what it was (bbq) but that’s to be expected around a ski resort I guess. They made up for it with their beer special, 20 different beers for $3 each on Thursday’s. Had a Switchback pale ale and another beer from their on-property brewer (Cousins) along with some smoked andouille sausage. Woke up this morning to 5 degrees and what looks to be another bluebird day with a high of 25. Gameplan today is to take a few warmup laps off of gatehouse and the lynx triple then head over slidebrook to mt Ellen. No new snow fell in the last 24 hours. Enjoy the view from the condo. 3 Quote
indiggio Posted March 1, 2019 Report Posted March 1, 2019 28 minutes ago, Kyle said: Checked out Localfolk Smokehouse I’m Waitsfield last night, cool little bar/restaraunt. The food was alright, it was a little bit on the pricier side given what it was (bbq) but that’s to be expected around a ski resort I guess. They made up for it with their beer special, 20 different beers for $3 each on Thursday’s. Had a Switchback pale ale and another beer from their on-property brewer (Cousins) along with some smoked andouille sausage. There's always Mad Taco right up the road... Quote
Kyle Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, indiggio said: There's always Mad Taco right up the road... I believe that’s our plan for tonight. 1 Quote
tarponhead Posted March 1, 2019 Report Posted March 1, 2019 You know you could have skied Mt Ellen yesterday for only $30? Just sayin Quote
Kyle Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Posted March 1, 2019 8 hours ago, tarponhead said: You know you could have skied Mt Ellen yesterday for only $30? Just sayin Yeah I knew that, unfortunately everyone else in my group didn’t want to so had to stick with them. Mt Ellen was fun today until the slidebrook express went down and we had to shuttle back over. FIS was ROTD as well as the woods between rim run and FIS. 1 Quote
Kyle Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Posted March 1, 2019 This is the only picture I took today, having too much fun to stop and take photos. Every lift was ski on today, no crowds, no lines, bluebird day. 23 degrees and not a cloud in sight. Lapped gatehouse for an hour until slidebrook express opened at 10. Took that over to mt Ellen, down to north ridge express, made our way over to summit quad and lapped runs through that area (can’t remember all of them) for 3 hours. Took a few park laps then back up to the top of summit quad. Hit the trees between FIS and panorama, surprisingly good. Lower FIS and spin out had moguls, getting better at those each day. I think the hockey background has helped me skiing with the quick turns and having a feel on what the edges are going to do. Called it quits at 3:30 and took the shuttle back to the condo. Heading out to castlerock pub shortly for happy hour. 5 Quote
tarponhead Posted March 1, 2019 Report Posted March 1, 2019 First pic is near the end of run out on lower FIS? Quote
Kyle Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Posted March 1, 2019 45 minutes ago, tarponhead said: First pic is near the end of run out on lower FIS? Yup! Right at the end of the runout actually. Quote
Kyle Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Posted March 1, 2019 Here’s a photo of some $20 nachos from castlerock. Quote
JFskiDan Posted March 1, 2019 Report Posted March 1, 2019 On 2/28/2019 at 2:39 PM, Kyle said: On skis, yes. I’ve been to Vermont a bunch of times before, just snowboarding instead of skiing. Did you have to take your skis off to get down at all? Did you try skiing onto the Gondola? 1 1 Quote
Kyle Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Posted March 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, JFskiDan said: Did you have to take your skis off to get down at all? Did you try skiing onto the Gondola? I skied all the way through the lunch line in the cafeteria 3 2 Quote
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