Space Between Trees

I'm a bit giddy right now. Just a little bit. It's Wednesday evening during one of the biggest Nor'easters to hit Vermont in YEARS! It barely snowed a few inches here in Boston, but Jay has already reported 2 ft today. 2 FEET! And their expecting blizzard/heavy snows until Friday AM! So yes, I'm a bit giddy. But a report on the upcoming can only happen after it has occured, so you won't read about an epic upcoming days. Let's report on this past weekend instead. Jay got about 13 inches at the end of last week. The report mentioned that much of it was wind blown, which in all truth, is good news as the snow usually blows into the glades. On Saturday, I arrived at the mountain just as they started loading the first Bonaventure chair, which is approximately 8:30. Looking up at the mountain, you could tell that the wind had taken much of the fresh snow off the wide trails, specifically Can Am. Amazingly enough, I didn't head right into the trees on the first run...

To start, I have snowboarded every weekend except for one in January up at Jay this year. I think this is a feat unto itself if you consider how dire the conditions have been. Temps were above average (WAY ABOVE) until the second weekend in January. Still I got 9 days of riding in before January 15th. Really nothing to report about conditions or good riding days, except for Dec. 28, the Thursday before New Years. The resort got about 6-10 inches of fresh that day and I cut the ropes all day long. Found some great stuff but there was virtually no base prior to this so I had to be careful. Found great stuff on Green mountain boys and Racer. Even hit up North Glade and Beaver Pond later in the weekend. I want to thank Matt, Jason, Lindsay, Leah, and the Vominator, for coming up over the New Year's weekend. I had a great time and I hope you did, too. Hopefully next time Matt and Jason will be able to get on the mountain. Things started improving weatherwise halfway through the month. ...