If you like a high speed groomer, this was one of the best.

Suhweeeeet! Now...I need more information Mr. Ibotta. Like when was this filmed etc.

Filmed last Friday, one of the clearest days I've ever seen in Vermont. You could see Mt Washington, almost 200 miles away, as clear as anything. Awesome day!!!!!!!

Well done Lou. Now I know what the summit looks like from up there. Very low vis when I was at Stowe earlier in Jan. And folks, it's definitely steeper than this makes it look. He never poled the whole way down. It's about like Limelight at Whitetail, but twice the vert.

My legs were starting to burn towards the end of the Vid! ..Bet that was nice to get that view of Mt Wash!
PS..4:57 to drop 2000'...How long is the run? How fast was he going?

First time I was wearing my new helmet cam. I looked like Tinky Winky (without his purse, which would have made Jerry Fallwell smile) with the contraption strapped to the top of my helmet. As far as statistics: Actually the gondola has a vertical of 2,360" and Perry Merrill has a total length of 8,855 feet, roughly 30 feet per second or an average of 20 MPH. However, the first and the last thousand feet are fairly flat and crowded and I also wanted to take in the view, so the middle 6 thousand or so tend to be fairly steep and allow for much faster skiing. I'd guess I was doing over 30 MPH, fairly fast for recreational skiing, considering that even the adrenaline-rush college kids couldn't keep up with me. Not slow, but not olympic. This was a run to be enjoyed.

I was impressed by Kenny's article about Stowe. I know the Westerners will throw stones (or snowballs) at me but Stowe is one of my two favorite areas period (Zermatt being the other). The terrain is varied; steeps, narrow serpentine runs, leisure groomers, and a view that will knock your ski socks off. Then there's Stowe itself. It is like stepping on a post card. The village of Stowe has been photographed and placed in more calendar covers than you can imagine. The accommodations range from budget (there is a State-run dorm hostel for young people) to ultra-luxurious. The food is awesome. And the entire place is steeped in history, with skiing having been a part of the area folklore for over 100 years. There are no billboards, no neon signs, absolutely no fast food restaurants within 20 miles, and it is almost as pet friendly as European resorts. When I was there, they had the Stowe Winter Carnival, and there were numerous dogs in attendance, mine included.

On the subject of dogs, I stayed at one of the dog-friendly inns and found a dog sitting place literally across the street. So Tango could stay at the sitter without having to be crated. There are numerous off-leash areas too.

One more thing about it is that it opens way, way early. The locals are there when the ropes drop before 7:30 and ski for a couple of hours before going to work to service the tourists.

The other thing I missed about Stowe, and New England in general, is the ski culture that generates ski courtesy as a matter of course. It was a pleasure skiing there.

sorry bud but the college kids ski woods here everyday!! most could care less about the groomers....as I can.

next time we will have to race down Perry! I got my 197 atomics twins ready to go :P

but last weekend had awesome views but today had 16 inches of new snow!

ok one last post you see those people in front of you camera last frame in the white and black. those are my friends they got married like 30 min before you caught them on tape.



this is what I skied that day


4-5 inches of powder on a 35-40 degree pitch(perry is a staggering 18 degrees!!)


The bride can ski whereever she wants in this case its the white woods on her white wedding!


gorgeous sky

For anybody who wants to ski this beauty, we have two seats heading up there for President's weekend. Two hours in flight is a lot faster than 11 hours driving!

See my post "Stowe this weekend"