HoarfrostHubb Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 3/15/2020 at 11:01 PM, GCWarrior said: Berkshire East was pretty awesome today! A couple small gatherings there. Nothing crazy though. Hopefully we can continue to skin and ski for while. A friend of mine who is part of Wachusett’s snowmaking crew was skinning yesterday. He said a decent number were there. 8 feet on some parts of some trails. Very skiable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 i will probably do this a bit just to get outdoors close to home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWarrior Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Berkshire East today was nice. I felt it was a little bit busy but people never interacted outside their small groups. It was pretty cold and their was a decent breeze at the top. Snow never really warmed up until 3pm but it was a lot of fun. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Had fun at WaWa this afternoon. Fair # of people hiking with skis, skinning or just families hiking on the slopes. Going up to the summit between noon and 1, there wasn't much softening. The east facing slope - Minuteman chair - had much nicer and softer snow. There was even a bump line to be skied. May go up early Tuesday for turns if weather forecast is correct. There is quite a bit of snow on trails as reported. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWarrior Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Maybe the last day of hiking and skiing today. Semi shut down of the state isn’t something I’m messing with. Maybe backroads get me there but we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Without the groomers it was bulletproof over the weekend. Thank God I had just tuned my skis. But today was great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWarrior Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Berkshire East was very good first thing. My 9 year old was a bit of an anchor so I only was able to ski the lower half of the mountain twice. Skiing was very good first thing. Second run was much more sticky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, GCWarrior said: Berkshire East was very good first thing. My 9 year old was a bit of an anchor so I only was able to ski the lower half of the mountain twice. Skiing was very good first thing. Second run was much more sticky. Yep. Gorgeous out there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWarrior Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Berkshire East done! No trespassing signs and caution tape up. I may journey up to mount Snow but crossing state lines seems iffy right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, GCWarrior said: Berkshire East done! No trespassing signs and caution tape up. I may journey up to mount Snow but crossing state lines seems iffy right now. Lame. I totally understand though, insurance liability. I guarantee some people are still going to ski it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWarrior Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Did a quick trip up Mount Snow yesterday. Limited on time so I went up under the canyon quad and up onto ripcord. Then all the way down back to the lot. Nice little trip. It wasn’t too busy up there. Local people taking their kids sledding on the bunny hill. A few people hiking on different routes. Being alone I found it very easy to stay away from other people. I’d bet today is going to put some pressure to close uphill traffic as it’s supposed to be really nice. i hope people can stay away and keep things open for a while long. There is a ton of snow up there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 8 hours ago, GCWarrior said: Did a quick trip up Mount Snow yesterday. Limited on time so I went up under the canyon quad and up onto ripcord. Then all the way down back to the lot. Nice little trip. It wasn’t too busy up there. Local people taking their kids sledding on the bunny hill. A few people hiking on different routes. Being alone I found it very easy to stay away from other people. I’d bet today is going to put some pressure to close uphill traffic as it’s supposed to be really nice. i hope people can stay away and keep things open for a while long. There is a ton of snow up there. Ripcord brings back memories. First double I ever did as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Another day yesterday at WaWa. From last weekend, equivalent # of skiers but more hikers and the hikers were definitely families; and if had to speculate, groups of multiple families or couples not practicing good social distancing. Definitely shaking my head. Really no snow loss higher up mountain. They have pushed snow at base up the hill to facilitate melting? Basically took multiple runs on a couple different bump runs. Came home and roller skied around my neighborhood. Expect I will be back again. My son said he expects his next skiing will be the auto road on mt. Washington but I doubt it opens until the pandemic is in better place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWarrior Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 3/29/2020 at 11:27 AM, Angus said: Another day yesterday at WaWa. From last weekend, equivalent # of skiers but more hikers and the hikers were definitely families; and if had to speculate, groups of multiple families or couples not practicing good social distancing. Definitely shaking my head. Really no snow loss higher up mountain. They have pushed snow at base up the hill to facilitate melting? Basically took multiple runs on a couple different bump runs. Came home and roller skied around my neighborhood. Expect I will be back again. My son said he expects his next skiing will be the auto road on mt. Washington but I doubt it opens until the pandemic is in better place. I thought about this as well. The auto road usually opens in early to mid may. I’m highly doubting things are in a better place by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 50 minutes of nordic skiing this morning in a playing field adjacent to my house. Classic style but I've been out maybe a half dozen times on my roller skis since my last skinny ski at Tremblant six weeks ago. I was gliding on a lot wet grass at times - we got about 2" of compacted snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 My Baldy in California is reopening. https://unofficialnetworks.com/2020/04/22/california-ski-resort-mt-baldy-reopens-for-skiing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I saw that and went to their website - they have very detailed instructions and guidelines for purposes of social distancing. Looks like golf courses are reopening in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWarrior Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Spent some time today flexing all my skis and wishing I could use them. Mount Washington buried in late season snow and no one can ski it! Open the autoroad June 1 and make my day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 timefortucks website no longer has the forum feature. Anyone know if this is due to covid? I assume people are still hiking to ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 I heard the Forest Service closed the ravine for skiing, and cars are being towed from Pinkham Notch. This article is old, but seems to confirm: https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/forest-service-closes-parts-of-tuckerman-ravine/article_18771174-72c3-11ea-a870-8f339deb3efa.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 they shut T4T down last year or year before...there is an archive out in the cloud somewhere. It has to be 5 or 6 weeks ago, they asked that people behave responsibly and the ravine was a crap-show so they moved in barriers all along rt 16. A friend was riding his motorcycle up there last week and said, any and all parking spaces and turn-outs are now blocked. The National Forest has closed most if not all their trailhead parking spots throughout the white mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch2014 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 50 minutes ago, Angus said: they shut T4T down last year or year before...there is an archive out in the cloud somewhere. It has to be 5 or 6 weeks ago, they asked that people behave responsibly and the ravine was a crap-show so they moved in barriers all along rt 16. A friend was riding his motorcycle up there last week and said, any and all parking spaces and turn-outs are now blocked. The National Forest has closed most if not all their trailhead parking spots throughout the white mountains. They're opening the Jersey Shore for Memorial Day weekend and yet people can't go ski Tuckermans... Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 45 minutes ago, bch2014 said: They're opening the Jersey Shore for Memorial Day weekend and yet people can't go ski Tuckermans... Ugh! Blame the Feds for that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Looking at Killingtons webcams, I can't believe how much snow they have for mid May. A combination of a cold spring and no skiers and boarders pushing the snow all over which must speed up melting. My son said that Mt. Bachelor in Oregon is opening back up for their last week. 2 chairs and 500 pass-holders a day. They apparently sell out instantly. 1-2 people per quad chair socially distancing. Gloves and face masks required at all times. Sounds crazy stressful if you read the pages and pages of rules lol They have a crap ton of snow out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Hiked up and summited Cannon this morning slightly before 7:30. Absolutely spectacular, cloudless and deep blue . Skied Upper Cannon to Middle Cannon over to Extension and then down Zoomer. Had to take my skis off 4 times I think and walk probably a total of 30 yards. The top of the mountain is loaded with snow. Around the summit, there is easily 3-4 feet of snow in the woods. Upper Cannon was nice where the sun had softened up the snow. Middle Cannon was shaded, hard and icey. It is a horrible trail anyway. Extension and Zoomer had been in the sun for a good long time and both were fantastic. Skiing the top of zoomer and looking down to a glistening Echo Lake with a few boats on it was cool. That's probably it for me. I doubt I will get to Mount Washington. Profile/Cannonball looked great by the way...if I had time, I just go up there and lap it one of these nice upcoming afternoons. Took the dog up and he seemed to enjoy himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I skied Cannon on the 21st. Just finally got around to putting together a video of the last run. Great season, got in 50 days, but it took 7 days of skinning/hiking to get there. https://youtu.be/wLh7GKCuDJA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Was that Gary's? Wow, if yes, lots of snow disappeared in 24+ hours. And going op Gary's I was impressed by the depth. Anyway, nice to see you got up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I think it was Zoomer, not positive. This was only 2 days later (from Artist's Bluff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCWarrior Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I'm going to declare my season officially over. I thought I would be able to make a run at the presidentials but it never really panned out with this quarantine going on. I haven't skied since march 28th but I did manage to get more days in than the ugly 2015-16 season, so I'd say that alone is a small win. Overall though i'm going to forget this ski season and move onto the next one. Put my stimulus check partly to good use with the purchase of a new touring setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 8 hours ago, GCWarrior said: Put my stimulus check partly to good use with the purchase of a new touring setup. Best ski investment ever. Just wish I got different bindings after trying some other folks' set ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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