April 27th and there-abouts

[M@]

Hey everyone: Just got home. What a great time we all had!

Pix: http://www.weirdtable.org/~m/tuckerman/2002/Default.htm
(That should work...)

Weather Summary: COLD.

Here's a quick condition report, cause that's always what I'm most interested in...

Thur 4-25: Hiked up (started at 11pm, arrived around 2am) and it was about 3 inches of snow on the trail bottom to top. (This changed dramatically, keep reading) Weather cleared pretty fast and it was only a light snow coming down by this time.

Skiied Hillman's on Friday 4-26 around 4pm and it was rock solid bumps with a little peanut butter inbetween. Pretty crappy. We didn't go very high, and I heard the snow was better higher.

<Someone remind me what happened to most of friday night please... maybe someone in lean-to 6?>

Skiied the chute on Saturday 4-27 and it was EXCELLENT. No runnels and TONs of snow to turn in. Folks were taking spills left and right and coming up white and happy. Weather was mostly sunny, but it was just darn cold all weekend. Snow in the bowl in general was just excellent.

Heard reports that the upper left gully was ok, but the bottom was like hillman's.

No crevasses to be seen, and folks were coming over the lip all day.

All sane individuals recommended avoiding the right side, but a few people were in there anyhow... not going over the right gully though.

Tuckerman trail from Bowl to Hojo sucked as usual.

A buddy of mine skiied 1/4 down Sherburn and described it as "Spotty." I didn't bother... changed modes from skiing to hiking is tough.

Tuckerman Trail down from Hojo down was a sheet of ice for the top 1/3. Crampons were worth $100 at the top. Middle and Bottom 1/3 were rocks with a little mud. I saw a snowboarder sliding down on his board and wanted to cloths line him. The icey spots were really bad. Coulda made a few bucks on home video just shooting folks coming down that top most cut-back on there backsides.

The wedding was held at Hermit Lake as the temperatures were too 'iffy' in the bowl for the entire wedding party. Congratulations!

Shout-outs to SaxMan! We meet again. I thought all my jokes were pretty funny, sorry it was never 'saxable' And to Paul and company, awesome you could make it. To the wedding party, a fun looking bunch, sorry we didn't stick at the lake for the ceremony. Lean-to 6: What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in a tree? Lean-to 7 Mates (our lean-to): Thanks for the avalanche advice and rubber gloves.

See Y'all next year.

M@


[This message has been edited by msheppard (edited April 29, 2002).]

[skicdave]

My M@, your dedicated and have your priorities just right.. trip to tucks and reporting to all of us as soon as you get back! We all envy you, but alass.. someone had to airatte (spelling) the lawn or do other such important things that life necessitates...

Last week the hike down to HoJo's was 'Interesting' to say the least. Guess with snow and cold it must have been just a blast for sure... remember VITSOL (variety is the spice of life). I love the fact that each trip to Tucks is so different.. weather and trail conditions especially.

Talking about cold.. we're supposed to get 15-25cm here in Eastern Ontario.. gad I am NOT shovelling the stuff.

Was in the hot tub tonight gazing up at the full moon and wondering how everyone was doing at tucks. Most be awesome.

So I gather Ilene and John managed quite nicely... will wait for a full report.

Cheers!

Dave


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[SAB]

I can speak from first hand experience - on Sat. the top of left gully was OK, but the bottom was rock solid bumps, with choppy rock solid ice in between! One run was enough, then headed over to the left side of the bowl, which was very nice.

Did anyone ski Hillman's on Saturday? What was it like? Saw alot of people headed up there - just wondering what kind of conditions they found.

SAB

[north reading jim]

hey,,, were you playing that flutie thing Friday night?

[M@]

Jim:

That was me, M@ (aka Recorderman) playing my recorder with my gloves on most of the time. Just a little backround music to keep the toes a tapping instead of freezing.

I think I am just starting to finally feel warm about now.

M@

[DMC]

Recorder MAN!!!!
MAN were you a little buzzed on Friday night or what???
You played me Harry Hood on the deck at Hojos after all the day trippers left....

[north reading jim]

yea,,,m@, you were glowing friday night, I guess you must have had a little, just a little, to coat your innards and keep you numb. You sound good recorderman, keep carrying that tune.

[M@]

Harry Hood huh? Didn't know I knew that one. And I definatly do NOT remember much time on the deck.

M@ (aka RecorderMan, aka BadJokes)

[SherpaKroto]

M@ (and everyone else having a blast while I was in Lincoln). I've tried to azvoid looking at the board, since this year was a no show for me (at least I picked a low snow year!). I did manage to toast to all of you from Truant's in No Woodstock! (seriously). I'm seriously jonesing, having to skip it, but I will make it next year, older and even more foolish.

As to the deck - M@ - I would have been there with you, howling at the moon over Strawberry/Pineapple jello shots. Rock on!

For now, I'll have to satisfy myself with a backpack trip to Owl's Head, followed by another to Galehead/Garfield to complete my NH48 - SherpaKroto

[M@]

Sherpa::
What's the NH48?
(missed meeting you up there! Next year for sure)
M@