Northeast Ski Blogger Summit 2011

Quick update for the forum.

NSBS Day 1: Today was excellent. We got maybe 8 inches of snow, and there was no crust to be found.

The hardest part was choosing between trees and groomers which were both primo.

This is mattchuck charging hard, as shot by Jamesdeluxe:



Jay Peak 3/2/11 is up on the blog.

I'll try to post more pics in the am.

We skied the whole day and I'm beat. Everyone else is sacked out.

Additional pics from NSBS Day 1:


Epic Exhibition


Riv on Exhibition


Sick Bird Rider on Powerline


River on River Quai


Untracked Timbuktu

I believe Jay has a fabulous program where you show a season pass from anywhere in the country and they give you a significant discount on your lift ticket.  We skied there several winters ago and it was epic.  The place has a great vibe and even greater skiing.  The 5 of us got on the mountain and it cost only $150 PLUS my kids got there long awaited tram ride!

Nice, looks like you picked a good time to hit Jay.

Those are some nice shots. It is a serious contrast to Hunter yesterday.

NSBS Day 2: Woke up early.



Loaded the Tram.



Rode to the top.



Dropped in on Green Beret.



When Riv hucked the big rock, or more like sailed off it really...


Air Riverc0il

Matt ...well if you know Matt, you know that he could not let that stand unanswered...


Air Mattchuck

I lobbied heavily for tree skiing, and it worked.  



Like yesterday, once again, Riverc0il's knowledge of Jay was a huge advantage.



We skied the trees almost exclusively.



Patrick sliced and diced everything.







We found some of the best snow of the day, after 3 o'clock.



Lots of great snow, a good percentage of untracked lines, sunshine, cold temps, and brutal windchill on the Freezer.

What a day.

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More NSBS Day 2:

 www.thesnowway.com

The Real Jay Peak Snow Report

Ski = MC SQUARED

Wow. Looks like you guys totally Harv'ed it.

Having this site is really kickin up the Modulator's ski days! He's passing his yearly ski day total substantally.

It's cool you guys could get together for a few days skiing. Has Harv found a new favorite Mtn?

NSBS Day 3: Photographic evidence from today is sketchy.  The cause may have roots in last night...



Nevertheless, Riverc0il, Sick Bird Rider, Mattchuck and I found ourselves doing some skinning in the morning...





There was some nice snow around.



After 20-30 mins we got to the top of the rise, and headed back down the gentle terrain.



Then we leapfrogged our way down the steeper parts. Sorry no action shots.



After lunch, we headed back out to the to ski the trails and trees.



We found good snow in areas across the mountain.

Check out other NSBS Day 3 Reports:

TheSnowway.com

The Real Jay Peak Snow Report 

A fantastic three days with the NSBS group -- looking forward to next year's meeting.

Some Day 3 video. I'll admit my ability as a videographer leaves much to be desired but I wanted to post what I had.


mattchuck2

This is some pretty low angle stuff, but at the end you can see where Riverc0il transitions into the steeper pitch...


Riverc0il

Anybody else have any video from Day 3 (or any day)?

Nice shots, Harvey! I didn't get vid. Tried to on Green Beret but I screwed something up.







More pics and TRs over on my site.

Wow, looks like you hit it good! Great pix. Cool to see y'all rippin it together!!

It's my turn...

Part 1 (or Day Two) at the NSBS. Part 2 is currently in Draft mode, just need to find the time to complete some links.

Jay Summit VT – March 3-4, 2011 : Old meets New – Part 1

Here are three of my pictures, more on the story on Ski Mad World.

Part 2 and Day 3 at the NSBS. Part 2 is currently in Draft mode, just need to find the time to complete some links.

Jay Summit VT – March 3-4, 2011 : New versus Old – Part 2

Here are a few pictures totally unrelated to skiing, but they are very representative of the New versus Old at Jay Peak. The story and some other pictures (sometimes related to skiing) at Ski Mad World.

Came across this video of mattchuck when I was working on my season wrapup:

Like I said in the video: Nice!

Damn . . . I look kind of weak, there . . . Next Time I'll be a little more aggressive.  Nice looking snow, though!  

mattchuck2 wrote

Damn . . . I look kind of weak, there . . . Next Time I'll be a little more aggressive. Nice looking snow, though!

What do I know, I thought you looked great.

Turns out some other guys from PASkiandRide were at Jay at the same time.

Nice video by MoeGhoul: