NJSkiFamily

After looking at that I have to grab a napkin to wipe the drool off my chin. Officially jealous now.

Nice TR and your pictures are great.

Yeah baby!!!!! We'll be there the day before Easter for sure!!!!

Have a safe trip and can't wait to hear all about it. Hey, we drive through Woodbine on the way to Avalon when we spend our week in paradise at the shore.

Way to go CB!!!!!

This is just awful. Things change in an instant.

Well you guys better be seated, ready.....good.....yes, CB's web site says they are making snow. Unbelievable. Have they ever made snow in March before? I thought they usually start carting off the snowmaking equipment right after President's Day.

That's very true - over the years we've seen a couple of local teenagers die of undiagnosed heart problems.

That is just awful. Prayers for the family. Any more news?

I totally agree. No one stops to read worded warnings but a good visual........priceless.

Its like a broken record this winter - storm after storm tracks too far west and we get dumped with rain. This just stinks.....been planning for weeks for an extended family daytrip to CB on Saturday....all the cousins skiing together for the first time.

My kids did a ski race camp over the Christmas break at Smugg's and HATED doing that drill. They still complain about that. So now I have proof that others do this drill. But that's awesome news about Ty.....WAY TO GO!!!!!

No doubt yesterday's rain was depressing and now I'm seeing buds on the trees and green growth appearing on the bushes. What's all this about a potential nor-easter this weekend? Will it be rain or snow for the slopes?

Great TR and thanks for the update on skidude. He's still got the orange boots!!!!! I knew he must have went off to school somewhere but didn't know where. And I miss skimom posting here.

Haha.....Glen, I've got side with SK on not removing the face mask just to take a picture when its single digits out and the wind is howling. My Smugg's pictures (that I will post, I promise) will have the creepy maskface pictures of me in there. My face still feels frozen and its two weeks later. I think this is what it feels like to be injected with botox.

Oh man, remember how long it took to dress a kid in ski gear at that age plus put on the boots.

We rent boots from our local ski shop for the season - that way we can swap for a bigger size at no cost during the season. My daughter's boots lasted one month before she had a growth spurt and grew an entire shoe size. POC I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your daughter has a good time on the mountain. You know kids that age - one bad fall and she's hollering to go home or she wants mommy and you're done for the day. I wish this thread came up two weeks ago before I went to Smuggs. They just introduced a camp program for kids age 2 1/2 (yes, they are still in diapers). I would have asked the counselors how they teach kids that young to ski. Here's a shot of the 3-5 y/o's getting on their tractor ride to head over to the learning hill which has the magic carpet for their ski lesson. I believe Smuggler's offers snowboarding lessons for 4 years old and the reason is that they got Burton to custom make them snowboards that small. I don't think it had anything to do with children being too young but the availability of getting snowboards that small.

One big block of granite ice underneath....completely frozen solid. That describes midweek VT skiers perfectly.

Sounds like my apres ski activites when we were at Smuggler's last week (except the going to the bar). Thank God the local cable TV had CMT so we got to watch lots of episodes of My Big Redneck Wedding. So jealous you got lots of fresh pow.....hey, at least its soft when you fall on it. Can't wait to hear more.

Be safe on the way up tonight. VT needs more snow desperately. We were at Smuggs all last week and the heavy rain of a week ago was followed by mutliple days of single digit daytime temps and the snow is just frozen solid. There is still plenty of coverage but it is a dangerous block of solid ice. The intermediate groomed trails are fine but the ungroomed bump trails and glades are either shut or very treacherous to ski on. It kept the crowds down to nothing but people got hurt on the slopes and slipping on the steps to their condos. So here's hoping for a big dump of 12-18 inches plus for you.

Smuggs just reported 16-18 inches in the past 48 hours. I'm doing the Michael Straham stomp!!!!!

Wow, wow and wow. Loved the "perfect storm" pic. I swear it looked like the snow was going to reach right up to the chair lift in some of those pics.

Niiiiiiiice. Keep 'em coming.

You actually called Blue to confirm they were closed.