TR: Stowe 11/17/07

[Bobert540]

4 of us headed up from the valley to stay at a friends place in Burlington Friday afternoon. We made it to Burlington in roughly 6.5hrs. We we psyched to be there but we didn't see any snow around the city, but our friend had been hiking Stowe everyday last week, so we knew there was snow somewhere. This was my first time to Burlington and I really enjoyed the city. We headed downtown to grab some food and to meet up with the rest of the group that was coming from UVM. We ate at Ri Ra's an Irish Pub in the town. Good food, nice atmosphere. We then headed home and someone mentioned that they wanted to go on an adventure, well this adventure turned into 4 of my friends and hiking up Stowe around 12:30 in the morning for some fresh pow. They had headlamps which was their only light. I opted not to go, but I was glad I did because I had fresh legs for Saturday's hike. We decided to hike on Saturday instead of paying for a ticket, I find it to be very rewarding, especially the view at the top and seeing what you have accomplished. Here is a picture of Gondolier the tail we hiked up, it took us roughly an hour and forty-five minutes. While climbing, we had other skiers and rider's passing by us enjoying the fresh pow. We also saw a group of snowboarders that had built a jump and that was quite entertaining.

 

 

We then took a small break up top at the peak of the gondola. Then it was go time, we headed down Chin Cup which had a great pitch and still had plenty of snow. The coverage and snow quality was superb for November! To end this day we had all planned to meet up with more friends in Burlington at Adriana's restaurant. We had excellent service for a group of 17, the food was very good as well. To end the night we headed down to The Flynn Theater to see the new Warren Miller movie. I liked the movie but each section seemed like it needed closure but overall it was great film. There is a section on speed skiing with parachutes which looks like an adrenaline rush. We then headed back to my friends apt. in Burlington to crash since we were all beat. Sunday we left Burlington and it was a gorgeous day, I get a phone call from my roommate stating that it is snowing back at home and it is starting to stick on the roads. So it was a nice surprise to come home to snow on the ground.

 

 

Pics will be up shortly....

[Bobert540]

 

 

Phil showing us how to hit the pow with Tele's

Phil hitting the knoll on Tele's

Me catching more air than I expected on the some knoll as above...

Edited November 19, 2007 by Bobert540

[Bobert540]

And the last few pics from another camera....

 

 

 

Charging the hill with 2 pairs of ski's

 

Me, cruisin through the pow

 

Josh showing us how it's done

 

Thanks for looking!

[Schif]

Stowe was open right? Thats really cool that they would let you hike on mansfield before it opened and not have to buy a ticket. That kind of thing would never fly in PA. Nice going.

 

Great TR. Great story and great pics.

Edited November 19, 2007 by Schifdawg

[Bobert540]

Yes, Stowe was open. They had 3 trails open off of the Forerunner quad. I was surprised at the amount of people that were hiking.

[Bobert540]

I had a great time up there, the weather couldn't have been better. Stowe is a really nice mountain and I would like to explore it more once it is fully open.

[emtp563]

I had a great time up there, the weather couldn't have been better. Stowe is a really nice mountain and I would like to explore it more once it is fully open.

 

Hey man, I was up there the same time you were. I just got back last night. I took some great pics and I'm uploading them now. I'll post some when they're done.

Edited November 22, 2007 by emtp563

[emtp563]

[Bobert540]

Sweet Pics! Did you eat at Ri Ra's too? What kind of camera do you have?

[emtp563]

Sweet Pics! Did you eat at Ri Ra's too? What kind of camera do you have?

 

Nah, I didn't eat there. I was just walking by and thought it was a cool building. Some of those were taken with a Canon 1D and some with a Canon 40D.