Burling Trail to Beaver Meadow

Bob, Mike, Ben, Gianni, Boo, Ramble and I skied up to Beaver Meadow Pond today. It was a spectacular day, all sunshine and perfect temps. About 3/4 of the way up we were in an area of the woods that was just incredible. To the north, Whiteface was bright in the sun, but looking back at the ridge the woods turned blue. It was an odd phenomena, which none of us had seen before. Mike tried to capture it in a picture. Looking up the north side of the ridge, the woods truly looked completely blue. Strange, but fun. After lunch at the cabin, the chill set in on us so we moved quickly back up to the ridge, which warmed us. This picture is just before we dropped in for our exciting decent. Consensus was that it was an fabulous day.

More Early Season Skiing

We enjoyed a nice weekend up in Stowe, again. On Saturday, Gianni did some training at Mt. Snow with the Yawgoo kids, no gates, just free skiing. Afterwards, we drove up to Patti and Mike's. Of course chef Mike was hard at work (thank you!). On Sunday I took the boys up to the SMR Touring Center for a couple of skate loops. In the pm we met up with the rest of the group and did the Main Loop. Cover was thin and it was a bit bumpy for skating, but it was a beautiful day and of course, just nice to be out there!

Early Season Ski

Gianni and I enjoyed a nice morning of skate skiing at Bretton Woods on Sunday. The woods were fun, but the field windy and cold! We were both happy we remembered how to ski.

Hell Brook in the Snow

Mike and I climbed Hell Brook on Saturday. The trail was icy from
recent rains. To add to the excitement it snowed the whole day. So at
first it was slippery because we couldn't see the ice, but as the snow
accumulated footing improved, as we were just walking in snow. The
snow never really accumulated enough to make hiking too difficult,
maybe 6 inches over all for the day (more up top). Speaking of the
top, our summit was really exciting. The wind was blowing really hard,
40+. It was very difficult to stand. Originally, we had hoped to cross
the ridge, but the wind was just too much. We dropped down the long
trail to the Taft Cabin for a sandwich, before finishing out the
mellow decent to the Notch.