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Posted in 2007-2008 Ski Reports, Ski on Apr 28th, 2008
Two weeks of above average temperatures and no freezing nights took a toll on the snowpack, and we arrived at Sugarbush to rapidly liquefying ski trails. It was a pleasant surprise to see Stein’s Run with edge to edge deep coverage as well as lots of snow on Spring Fling. Downspout had a reasonable layer [...]
Posted in 2007-2008 Ski Reports, Ski on Apr 21st, 2008
We saw temperatures 28 degrees above normal on Saturday along with bright sunshine and clear blue skies. If it’s not going to snow a lot in April, that warm weather and sunshine is exactly what a skier likes to see for optimal Spring skiing condtions. The warm weather and deep snowpack made for some of [...]
Posted in 2007-2008 Ski Reports, Ski on Apr 13th, 2008
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Jim skiing, originally uploaded by jimschley. Pouring rain a whipping winds woke me up at 5:30 AM on Saturday morning, and I wasn’t optimistic about the prospects of skiing when I [...]
Posted in 2007-2008 Ski Reports, Ski on Apr 7th, 2008
Spring weather in New England is always unpredictable so I wasn’t too fazed by an unfavorable forecast for Saturday. It did start out poorly with drizzle and fog, but once the fog lifted in the afternoon leaving bright sunshine in its wake, it turned into a brilliant spring skiing day. The summit of Lincoln Peak [...]
Posted in Personal on Apr 3rd, 2008
This is the phrase that was taken on as the motto of the ski lift operators manning the Gatehouse Express at Sugarbush a couple weeks ago. They proudly displayed it written on their message whiteboard next to where you load the lift. As we had more than a couple minutes waiting for that lift to [...]
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