Clean up 12/20/14

Hard day clearing trails in Huntington. Cleared about 4 miles of x-country ski trails near and on the Catamount trail in Huntington. Clear sunny day.

Storm aftermath 12/13, 12/14

It snowed Tue through Fri of the week leading up to this weekend. The mountains got 2+ feet of snow. Heavy snow with a lighter layer on top. Great skiing. Unfortunately the heavy snow took down a lot of limbs and bent over a lot of trees. Skiing at Carse road on Sat was difficult. The trail was hard to follow and even though I have been to the area many times I was lost a few times. Finally got out onto a large field area. It was nice to ski without going over and under branches. Smugglers Notch was in great shape Sunday. FreeFall and most trails were open which is surprising for this time of year. All of the snow had come in one storm and was good heavy covering snow and fun to ski in. The day was short as the lifts stopped at about 2:30 due to a power failure. This will make for a great base going into the season as long as the temperatures stay reasonably cold.

Sun in Dec - 12/5/14

Camels Hump on a blue sky day. This time of year skiing starts to become an option. My first day of skiing was last Saturday 11/29. We had some rain a few days ago which took away a lot of the snow. It looked like the mountains got another 2-4 recently that we didn't get near the lake. Up forest city and down Burrows. No one had been on Forest city since the last snow storm so it was untracked except for a rabbit that followed the trail for about a mile. It was surprising to see the tracks stay on the trail that long.

window reflection self portrait

ski/sail 11/23/14

Last day of J24 Fall series sailboat racing (Sunday). Ended on a warm day with relatively light wind.

4-6 inches of snow in Smugglers Notch for skiing Saturday. Nice packed powder with no ice. First skiing of the season which immediately got me thinking about all the places I want to go this winter!

J24 racing 11/16/14

A few pictures from racing Sunday. One more race left this season.

Last Kid Picked - boat I raced on

And a few more pictures from Fall racing 1-3 weeks ago:

Stark mt and Mt Ellen 11/15/14

Started at the base of Mad River (Stark mtn) and went up the ski trails to the Long Trail. Then went along Long Trail to Mt. Ellen. Winter weather not getting above freezing during the day. Some people were skiing at Mad River. About 4 inches of nice snow on the trails but no base. Would have been fun. Maybe next time.

Second to last day of sailing today 11/16.

Sugarbush ski area

Base of Mad River

Single chair Mad River

Camels Hump from top of Stark mtn

Top of Mt Ellen looking back toward Mad River and Camels Hump

Jay Peak 11/7/14

It will not be long now...
Picture by Sue