Northern Vermont Storm Chase 2/720

[Nipples]

Last Friday I saw forecast for northern Vermont. Was in my car an hour later and got into my usual Stowe car camping spot around 3:00am after the last 100 miles being some pretty gnarly roads but subie held true as always. Took a nap and caught chair around 8:00 as Stowe was already packed. First two warm up laps were lift serviced deep in woods skiers left of the nose untracked and cut over cloud burst zone. Quickly realized the upper mountain would be firing while everyone else was too distracted by the lift service terrain. So headed up to the chin, however from the top of the climbing gully to the summit was 50 mph winds at 0 zero degrees. Pretty brutal after not expected that and sweating the whole climb up. It paid off though I was was probably 3rd person down then hour glass chute that day. Waist deep not even scraped at the chute. Then cut over to hell brook trail and I think only 2 beat me to it. Skied back to the gondola and climbed back to the chin however the wind and cold was even wore this time... my cheeks being the only exposed skin turned white. Some first timers I passed just below the ridge I hope they did ok and I didn't sand bag them. Skied The Northern slopes off the chin and only one person beat me to it, skied back into Stowe and cut left went deeper then angel food to find untracked terrain which put me back in the notch again. Then skied classic balls falls which was still impressively untracked at 2:30pm. Then the Bruce trail to the matterhorn for a beer and a bus ride back to the car in the lot. Spent the last two days touring here and I'm not posting any information about it cuz that be a crime. Also to go to take pictures and video.

[Johnny Law]

That is a baller day and holy shit the moving around you did, you rode the notch like it was a revolving door !

[Nipples]

Learned a lot from my brother who went to uvm and I spent a lot of of time on his couch that 4 years. Stowe is definitely king on the east.

[AtomicSkier]

Sweet pictures bro.

[Schif]

24 minutes ago, AtomicSkier said:

Sweet pictures bro.

Theater of the mind

[PSUFrankenstein]

Nice report...terrible pictures

 

[toast21602]

So much snow that the pics blend in with the white background on this page. Sick.

Edited February 11, 2020 by toast21602

[saltyant]

29 minutes ago, AtomicSkier said:

Sweet pictures bro.

But Lieutenant Dan, he didn't post any pictures.

[Nipples]

Won't allow me to post them... something about the file too big. Plus my phone spent the days frozen and dead. As well as none few photos.I took dose any justice.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Nice report Nipples.  There’s a new invention called paragraphs. 

[skiincy]

[Nipples]

[Nipples]

[AtomicSkier]

@Nipples awesome pics.  looks like a fun time.

[Shadows]

You've been killing it man. Stoked.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

That was rad 

[Justo8484]

ohhhh foam brewery! was there on what was i think their opening night while camping on the lake just up the bike path from the brewery. things got pretty hazy, and i don't mean just their new england double IPAs

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

16 hours ago, skiincy said:

Wow

[moe ghoul]

Even better and deeper the past 3 days!