Eastern ski sea on isn't over yet

http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1203E&L=SKIVT-L&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=13073

And

http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1203E&L=SKIVT-L&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=15400

Time to close the book on the east..we will live to fight again..Head west dude...
Heavy Snow Snow is accumulating rapidly.

Heavy Snow / Wind....lake tahoe.....

Nuking in Tahoe right now. Do it, do it, do it!!!

My son and I are in Stowe now closing down the hill. We arrived last night so our first day will be Stowe's last. We head to Jay tomorrow and over to Sunday River later this week which is reporting over 100 acres open. Maybe get a day at Sugarloaf too. I'll post a TR with Photos later this week.

Hope you're still there Rob to get in on this,

http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1204B&L=SKIVT-L&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=15601.

http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1204B&L=SKIVT-L&D=1&T=0&O=D&P=22600

We left on the 7th. We skied Stowe on lift closing day and it really didn't look to promising for skiing off piste at that time. We skied Jay and Sunday River. I've been meaning to write up a trip report but I just haven't had the time. I just uploaded some photos to EpicSki:

Spring Skiing in New England 2012

LHC, I have mentally let go of ski season, so to see you guys at it again is a shock, especially in the East. I liked this photo from:
Jay Peak upper mtn Actually, it's the pic before this one, but old and new tram is fun too.
It's like you guys have your own private ski season while the rest of us are mowing the lawn. Now I know what some of you must have felt when I posted ski photos from Colorado a few April's ago.

There's a white Valley floor this morning!

How much? Any feel for the upslope effect?

Do you mean this one shot from the chair? I like it too. I'm still not good at taking photos and my only subject isn't too cooperative. We had a great time and Eric talked me into getting him a set of Atomic twin tips with early rise tip and tail. The kid is now skiing newer technology than me.

When I booked this Vermont trip I really was expecting much better coverage. We had mid-winter conditions, hard and fast, with late spring coverage. It was fun, good father/son times and you know what that is all about. It's been too many years since Eric skied big mountains.

The season is done for us except to put a coat of storage wax on the skis. I hope next winter brings more, deeper, longer lasting snow.

Pic of a UT friend dropping into Alta's Main Baldy Chute last weekend.

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/download/file.php?id=15243&t=1

That's a pretty sporty entrance, well beyond me.

"Sporty"....that's an understatement of the grandest kind!!
Are you still out in Utah?
The Colonel

Yes, Colonel, I've been back for more than a week now. But, as any forum reader can see, I still haven't let it go. In early May I'm headed to Mt Hood where I will ski for 4 days. It's an annual trip with a group of backcountry skiers and climbers from the PNW. We stay in the Silcox Hut at the 7000 ft level, luxury accommodations, google it and see. .

A week ago I had written off hope of a Mt. Washington trip in late May, but they have had 2 feet of snow since so my hope is renewed. Just for reference the mountain had 100inches in the month of May 1997, and the skiing was spectacular in early June that year.

He's taking the toughest entrance. It's not as bad as it looks. Several tame entrances to the left and right.

He's taking the toughest entrance because he is Bobby Dangerous. That's what his ski friends call him. I don't know his real last name. He's a New Hampshireman. Skied Tucks at about age 7.

The full story is here,
http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10184&start=0
And, yes, one pic of an entrance that ordinary mortals could aspire to.

I wonder how long Bobby Dangerous let his skis run down the fall line before he had an edge set?

Denis, I assume you've skied Main Baldy Chute? If not, you could have easily handled it in your prime.

The pictures make it look a bit scarier than it actually is. I skied it once, and didn't really think it was all that bad. The entrance was a bit less rutted when I skied it. To be safe, I was somewhat cautious on the entrance doing a minimal air airplane turn to get safely and stably over the cornice. No hucking or a Bobby D move.

Jay Peak. Still skiing there.

Well..its still kicking along out east...far east in Scotland

http://ski.visitscotland.com/conditions/cairngorm/

Those mountains need a little "Sprucing" up...I think I would be great Glade skier there!

amazing snow report: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-NwYxJsfRk&feature=player_embedded#!

May 18th and still kicking...is this normal?
http://ski.visitscotland.com/conditions/cairngorm/

PS...Snowing above 2300'...we aint talking Rockies here!

Not normal but it has happened before. I remember the last time, about 15 years ago. Europe got the cold ad snow this winter, while we experienced a very poor year on this side of the pond, other than the PNW.

The mountains over there (British isles and Ireland) are small but you can see the characteristic U shaped valleys that indicate glacial carving. On a trip to Ireland I marveled at how many minature Tuckerman Ravines I saw in the Wicklow Mountains which are very small and rarely see snow today, but the glaciers were there in the last 20,000 years.

Speaking of glacially carved terrain, I am going to Mt. Washington next week. I'll be skiing the summit snowfields probably on Th/F. If weather turns bad ill go over to VT and see my daughter and grandsons. The annual auto road opening in late May begins a 2-3 week window of easy access to the summit snowfields and the Great Gulf, I did the latter when I was young and stupid, 65, but I don't do the scary stuff on the Rockpile any more.

More, http://www.telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=82935&start=45

Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 7:23 pm Post subject:
Back in my room in Gorham. There is virtually nothing left. Go to commune with Agiocochook if you wish but don't go for the skiing. The summit snowfield is now pinched off by a 30 foot swath of rocks about halfway down. It is perhaps 100 vertical feet of turns in either piece, no more than 150 max. I did one run, not bothering to take off my skis and walk across to get to the bottom half. Snow quality was pretty good but i heard the click of rock on steel a couple times.

From the road I could see a longer stripe of snow in Airplane, but it is gone before you reach the choke. Pipeline is very skinny and interrupted in several places. Jefferson snowfield might be the biggest thing left but it is a long slog to get there.

I put skis and boots in car and hiked the Alpine Garden Trail which was rewarding in it's own right. Clouds filled Huntington Ravine to the brim with some spilling over onto the garden. Now And then it threatened to sock in the summit and I could appreciate why those huge cairns that mark the trail are just 20 - 50 feet apart.