indiggio Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Decided to ski Stowe today as Jay is supposed to pick up some fresh overnight and into tomorrow. Much warmer this morning as the temp read 20 when we left for the Mountain, a far cry from the single digit temps the past few days. Arrived at the mountain just before 8 to pick up passes purchased on Liftopia. Well that turned into a minor CF, as the lady told me that this is the first day they're working with Liftopia and she doesn't see the screen. After a few calls, they had it straightened out and we had our passes in hand. Since we were right at the Fourrunner quad, we made the hike up and rode it. Didn't see any guns going, but many trails had wells on them waiting to be groomed. The ride up surely didn't feel like the temps had risen much as the wind was blowing good and the low cloud layer obscured the sun from about 1/2 way up to the summit. Terrain choices were pretty limited, as many of the best were closed. Took run down Ridgeview, Sunrise, Norrh Slope and back to quad. Conditions were much like Blue, hard, fast, cookies, marbles (we were told they call them chicken heads up here) and lots of large frozen patches. Next lap was Lord to North Slope. With hardly anyone here, we had the run to ourselves so we could make huge GS turns at high speed, fun! Feeling a bit challenged, we opted for Liftline which, like all the other trails, was hard and icy and very fast! We then tried to see what Hayride was like by coming in a bit lower as it was closed at the top. It was newly blown and hadn't been totally groomed, so we bailed. We came in on Lower Hayride which wasn't much better. Decided to head over to the gondola to see what that side was like as there wasn't much else open off the quad. Off the gondola we tried Perry Merrill to Cliff Trail which was a sheet of ice with some bumps mixed in, no joy. Took Perry Merrill to bottom. Nothing else much was open, so we lapped Gondolier a few times. The sun was shining on Spruce Peak, so we took the Over Easy gondola to the super swank area. Not much was open over here either, but we made our way down to the Sensation quad and ended up running a memory of Blue, Main Street, a number of times. Decided to bug out early as we have another day of skiing left and the legs are not yet in mid-season shape. Wasn't the best day, but still beats working! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Supposedly snowing at Jay today....hope it's better up there for you. If you are day tripping, I'd suggest parking on the tram side. Better bar for apres IMO.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarponhead Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I miss the old stateside lodge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I miss the old stateside lodge I remember that lodge. I think it was still there the last time I was there in 2010. I like eating Poutine washed down with a 24 ounce labatt blue in the lodge by the Tram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Stowe is one of my favs, what a true classic.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiggio Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 We ended up going to The Bench for dinner started out with appetizer, and washed it down with a Burlington Beer Co. Wizard... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 How much snow did Jay peak receive?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiggio Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 How much snow did Jay peak receive?? About 8" at the summit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 We ended up going to The Bench for dinner started out with appetizer, and washed it down with a Burlington Beer Co. Wizard... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Love that place - usually have some Lawsons on tap as well.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride Delaware ? Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Love that place - usually have some Lawsons on tap as well....Lawson's is opening a 30 bbl brew house in the MRV some time in 2017. Pretty stoked about having that in my backyard. Pretty amped to hit Stowe again this year. Rain definitely took its toll. Hopefully it solidified the base on the natural stuff and we are setup for the rest of the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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