Lake walk

Skiing was out this weekend. Too icy. Forecast for next week looks good but time out from skiing for now.
Walked at S-Farms and the LaPlatte trails. The up and down weather has caused the ice on the river to break up a number of times this winter. Lots of large blocks of ice on the sides of the river and in the wooded flood areas near it. Not easy to walk through but interesting!

Early February

Skiing was great through the weekend (2/2, 2/3). Pictures below are from the weekend. It rained and got too warm the next week. As I write this on 2/7 there is still plenty of base but we need another good snow storm to cover the ice.
Pictures below are from the Challenge trail on sat and Stowe on Sunday. On Sat I started from the CH hiking trails and went up Bald hill and over to CHSA on the challenge trail. I came out on a new trail for me at CHSA called Gateway loop. This must be the new connector trail that goes to Bald Hill via the Challenge Trail. Nice day and great snow.

First the Winooski river driving back from CHSA:

Bald Hill/CHSA

House falling down in Huntington

Stowe:

End of Jan Stowe

This was one of the better days of the year so far. Conditions were great coming out of the weekend and then it snowed about a foot tue night at Stowe. I got there in the AM and it was nice light snow and unlike the aftermath of most storms it wasn't that windy. It was snowing more off and on during the day. There was some clearing as the day went on. Found some new-to-me woods to the left of Nose Dive. Talked to someone on the lift who did a two month car trip to all the ski areas on the Mountain Collective pass. Sounds like something to put on the list!