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Matt -- Do you mean "wreak" havoc? Or "wreck" havoc? On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Matthew Kulas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Word has it that both the Old Indian Trail & the Pine Hill Trail were > skiing nicely on Friday. > > With yesterday being "W. Day," the day we celebrate President George W. > Bush's best decision of his time in office--his 2005 signing into law the > move of the start of Daylight Saving Time approximately three weeks earlier > in the year--it seemed that there would be no better way than to hit > Wachusett's mighty slopes at 4 p.m. > > The sun was still shining and corn snow abounded. Frannie's Folly > furnished fun first tele turns. The Smith Walton steeps were covered with > good-sized, well-spaced, relatively soft bumps. Balance Rock--normally > closed during the night-skiing hours of 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.--was a delightful > meander down. A foray into the woods skier's right off Balance Rock to > Roper's Road was not a poor decision. As the sun moved behind the mountain > the piles of soft snow firmed up slightly, but only marginally so. At about > a quarter to six, they had finished grooming Smith Walton, and with some > deft maneuvering, I was able to lay first tracks down the headwall's > unblemished corduroy before a hoard of straight-lining, largely incompetent > boarders & skiers enveloped and passed me. With a liftline starting to > form, it seemed like a good run to end the night on. > > Let's only hope that this week's warm-up does not wreck too much havoc > upon the snowpack. > > Think snow! > > --Matt K. > > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 3:01 PM, John Mc <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Wachusett trip report. 15 inches of nice, light pow shared with 1,000 >> of my closest friends. A foot of hard crusty snow coupled with the new snow >> meant the entire mountain was skiable. Every bit of woods is doable if you >> are willing to tolerate the occasional whips to the face. Regardless of >> any list whispering or full-on internets shouting about stashes, old or >> new, there are no secrets on that mountain. People were everywhere and >> they were all having a blast. Get it while you can ... mid 50s coming >> Sun/Mon/Tue. >> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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