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51 days on snow total, so far...not done yet! 41 Days skinning in VT, NY, and NH for a total of about 116k' vert, Hit my 4x Mt.Everest goal. Unfortunately, many of these days in VT were actually at closed resorts, here's a good one: http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/wanting-what-you-get/ 2 days "skunked", put on skins, headed out, and literally got 0 turns, wow bad snow year! 1 Skate over RT108 (only one skate day, no Intervale skiing at all, damn!) 2 Days XCD low angle schwacking 2 Stowe (1 spring day and Gaper Fools' closing day) 2 Sugarbush (slushy spring days) 1 Jay (white ribbon of death in Dec) 1 Smuggs (white ribbon of death in Dec) ** $0.00 spent on lift tickets thanks to Bro deals ** Highlights: - EPIC day in the ADK, including my first day ever ice climbing! http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/trip-reports/11-12/altarondacks- episode-3/2/ - Powder on Hillmans, followed by gnarly descent of Left Gully Variation, *tight!&steep!* TR still to come. - Biggest vert day ever, 6,700' on W (http://phwadsworth.com/other/hilm/steep.jpg) - One really terrific evening of windbuff with my wife on an empty Teardrop (http://phwadsworth.com/other/TD-0517.jpg) Lowlights: - I got skunked. seriously skunked. twice. wtf? - Getting lost in a wet whiteout in my own "backyard" and missing one of the best powder days of the season. Vertigo induced nausea. - Demoing Garmont Radiums on Mt.W and the mind-searing foot pain that ensued. - Not winning the Backcountry Purist Contest: http://backcountrypurist.com/entry-item/the-peter-wadsworth-entry/ Peter W - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html