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Well, there goes my plan for untracked today. Way to get it, JJ! Good thing there are so many other choices. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:57 AM, JJ <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I guess I should complain that we need more fresh snow, but the fact that > the base is consolidated, deep, firm, and mostly consistent has us skiing > anywhere the trees and schwack give room to run. It may be a few inches of > powder on hard snow, but go anywhere you like; you can always get an edge > in, so why complain? All this sunshine has me ok about the cold and wind, > too, > as long as you think of somehwere interesting to ski. > > Julie had asked about the Steeple trail the other day, so after some > President's Day tree runs (Bypass glades untracked, Hazelton scratchy) we > headed off to do a long tour, and explore the historic valley where VT > skiing > got really started. Down the Bruce we went, and once again I was happy to > have new skis with rocker, fresh edges, and a base that hasn't been abused > yet. I have to say that these rockered boards have brought me up a > notch...the improvement is control reminds me of when the first plastic > tele > boots, or when the first Jaks came out...when suddenly the tele-floppers > were > charging around MRG...game changer, for sure. Good thing, cuz as I close in > on 50, I need all the help I can get! > > Our little 3 hour tour kept us focused due to the cold temps, and the wind > hit > us here and there, but we kept our heads down and focused on traversing > through beautiful hardwoods. It did feel like forever though, as we > traversed > and climbed all along the Burt, Underhill, and finally Steeple Trails. On > the final > steep struggle up the last pitch, I thought I finally was going to see > Julie cry, > but she is a tough VT girl, and didn't give me that satisfaction. > > The down run consists of a mixed pitch, double fall line in spots kinda old > style > run. The funky hard base with a inch or two of pow kept us on our toes, but > the wind had blown in more snow in spots, and or course, it was completely > untracked, being hours from anywhere. All that work, and it was over too > soon, and we spit out onto the touring groomer and slid south to 108, where > we found ourselves at the Matterhorn, eating some sushi and washing it all > down with some Switchbacks, > JJ > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. > > To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html