Very snow, such wow

S. New England going off

This has been a wild winter. Powder skiing on a local hit we never would have expected to have snow like this. Historic snowpack--if you're ever going to ski some of this stuff, do it now. Alex and I made it out of town on the morning of the fourth major storm in a short succession to take many short laps on a small mountain.

First ones into the parking lot (which, amazingly, the town plows out even during storms). I am standing on top of an 8 foot high snowbank as Alex step into his skis in a little ground blizzard.

Not meant to be a crotch shot...just a photo of over-the-knee snow depths. 

 Doesn't look like much, but this little cut in the woods was good for thousands of feet of skiing. You play the cards you're dealt; go where the snow falls.

 Although it could have, of course, used a few more thousand feet of vert, this is about as good as tree skiing gets.

Jackson 2: 25 Short

Another highlight of the recent Jackson trip was skiing 25 Short again. Although we didn't get the phenomenal views of last time (photos here...1, or 2, or 3), the rotten snow we had last time was a distant memory. This was among the best 2500 feet of skiing I've experienced.

Mark skinning up.

The snow is really working in our favor here.

 After a couple hours of climbing, we were up against our time limits, and near the top anyway, so we ripped skins and skied. Thanks to Mark for the next three photos.

Excellent light powder.  

 As Mark reminded us, this snow was about 5% water and 95% air, so this is as close as you can come to flying without wings.

 BOOM--documented face shot for Rosie.

Rosie skiing. Thanks for the video, Mark.

 Mark smiling the smile of a man with 1500 feet of powder still below him.

Mark's video of Pat:

 Shit eatin' grin!

 Rosie, either wrestling an alligator or skiing thigh deep pow.

 Pow.

 Mark skiing it out.