last trip for a while :( but one to remeber

Killington this season feels like our second home to me and my friends.  We were there already 5 times this season!  My triplet friends and I were able to sneak a trip in the first week of February to Killington.  With 6 inches of fresh snow on the ground and no lines made it the best ski day of the season!  We did over 25 runs and had the mountain to ourselves.  There was so much snow to ski its was incredible!   The photo below was taken in the glades called "Julio."  Julio is one of the steepest and longest glades on the east coast!  I hope to get in a couple more ski days this season!

Jay Peak/ Bring your warm clothes!!!

A 3 day ski trip to Jay Peak, I'm in!!! The average temperate for this trip was 2 degrees with the windchill!  This place has the reputation the be the coldest resort on the east coast.  It sure was!  We had to take a break every 3 runs because our feet, toes, hands, and face would go numb after 30 minutes of skiing.  But the amazing terrain made up for the crazy cold temperatures.  After Mondays insane powder day Tuesday's forecast called for a clear blue day with -20 degrees without the windchill!!! With a preplanned late start we arrive at the hill to learn 8 of 9 lifts are on wind hold because of 50 MPH winds at the summit!  Skiing the bunny hill at Jay Peak wasn't out interest when it was that cold out.  Tuesday looked like a day to tour around the town of North Troy in which we did.  We got the best out of Wednesday were we skied the glades all day and got to take in the amazing scenery.  All I have to say is the 8 hour drive to Jay Peak is so worth it! 

  That view is looking into Canada!

Making everyday count!

Schools out and it was time to get my money's worth outta my brand new skis and my Vermont season ski pass!  The Monday after finals it was Ski-work-ski-work.  My three friends and I would ski every week for 5 weeks straight until the spring semester started.  We were skiing 2 days a week, it was amazing!  We would stay at an affordable bread and breaks fest on the base of the mountain.  With my new all mountain fat skis I was really able to take advantage of the amazing power conditions.  The fat skis allow you to just about "float" over the deep snow and turn side to side pretty quickly.  Every trip was getting better and better with these skis!  We had one epic tripped planed before school started and that was to Jay Peak Resort which is 1 Mile south of the candida border.  The resort is well known for it's legendary back country skiing.  Read my next post to find out what it's all about!

First trip of 2014/2015 Ski season

Our group of friends have been talking about making turns since the fourth of July, We couldn't wait to to get up to Vermont to start skiing.  We talked about getting a early start to the season to try and get the most amount of skiing in as possible.  So we committed to skiing the weekend after Thanksgiving.  So we made the trek up to Killington, Vermont that Friday night and skied Saturday.  It was great, there were 60+ trails open and we had the whole mountain to ourselves!  For early season skiing the conditions were great!  Hats off the the start of a great season!

-Jacob