>From: Scott Braaten <[log in to unmask]>

>Thanks Matt and Jay for the information.  I'm writing down a list of 
>possibilities and just between the two of you there are more than I can hit 
>this fall.

>I just saw a picture of the cliffs yesterday.  It seems like another cool 
>hike to do.  Of course I was thinking about skiing it in the winter but it 
>looks like you'd need a rather healthy snowpack to even think about it.


Scott, I dug up and scanned a few pictures from our hike up the Bristol 
Cliffs (link below) so you could get an idea what the area/hike is like.

http://www.jandeproductions.com/1995/BCWAug1995.html

As far as skiing goes, there is some great pitch there, but one would need a 
monstrous snowpack to cover up the talus field.  There might be some other 
open areas above, below, and around the talus that offer steep open lines 
without biggest boulders, but I'd really have to revisit the area to know.  
I sent this frontchannel since there may be other SkiVT-L members looking 
for an interesting/off the beaten path trip as we approach prime hiking 
season, or they have some insight into the ski possibilities.

While I was putting the web page together, I found out that the cliffs are 
actually part of the "Bristol Cliffs Wilderness", the smallest of the six 
wilderness areas in Vermont.  I've heard a lot about the wilderness areas in 
NH, but I didn't know we really had any in VT (actually, I guess I HAD heard 
of the Breadloaf Wilderness but somehow didn't make the connection).  It 
seems like some of the southern VT wilderness areas are a bit on the wet 
side, but all the areas offer some good wildlife viewing opportunities.

J.Spin

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