Amazing run of great snow the past week. I have been trying to take advantage of it and made it out skiing 5 of the last 7 days. Today was a Tuesday with a half day at work and 4 hours skiing in Huntington. This time I went to Carse road. The Catamount trail goes South primarily on a snow mobile trail. Today I found a nice trail that avoids the snow mobile trail for the most part. I didn't make it to Waitsfield on this day but you can go all the way to the battleground condos in Waitsfield. The snow was great mid winter conditions.There are some interesting views of Camels Hump from an angle I am not used to.
It is also worth mentioning the downhill skiing. The mountains have a great base at this point and have been getting a lot of 6-12 inch storms that are happening just at elevation. I went to Mad River last Friday. Everything open, amazing base, and they got 6 inches of powder the night before. Amazing day. The next day Saturday was Jay Peak. Jay got another 6 inches Friday night for another powder day. Jay was a mid winter day. It kept snowing all morning and then turned into a blizzard at the end of the day. Tough to see unless you went into the woods. Luckily Jay has many options to ski in the woods.
Notes about Carse rd: To avoid the snow mobile trail go straight across the snow mobile trail when you first get to it. Take a left at the first fork. This brings you up toward the Huntington gap and comes out on the snow mobile trail again. Continue South a short distance and you get to the Catamount trail. At this point head South on the Catamount trail. This is a new section that was added in the past year.
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| What cats do for entertainment on a winter day |
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| Even in the "city" there is snow |
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| Carse road ski |
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| This one and the next are distorted with a fish eye option on the camera. |
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| Go either way. Everything works. |
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| Where I spent my morning. Talking to machines! |
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