VT this coming weekend 15 Jan-20 Jan 2004 [Archive] - T4T Forums

Bannick

01-12-2004, 01:34 PM

It has been two weeks so I am off to visit the wife in VT once again.

Arrive late Thursday night 15 January 2004
Leaving for Toronto Tuesday morning. 20 January 2004

Definately up to hitting somewhere with some of you sometime. Anywhere but Stowe...I would like to be able to put my kids through college one day.

:sugarbush: :jaypeak: Smuggs????

Will also be going to Bolton Valley to use the full day couchers we have.

Let me know who will be around.

01-12-2004, 01:40 PM

I might be going to FlatKemo on the 17th. Not sure of the date though.

M@

01-12-2004, 01:55 PM

excuse me, but doesn't 'Kemo make your hair fall out?

pepperdawg

01-12-2004, 02:44 PM

Yo Bannick-

Take 2

I am planning on riding at least 2 days this weekend (3 day weekend) probably Sun and Monday.

Was thinking tha Bush cuz they have a deal if you bring in a :liftticket: (from any mountain) dated from Dec 2003, you can get a :sugarbush: :liftticket: for $42. Also hoping to hook up with Elwood at Smuggs possibly.....

elwood

01-12-2004, 03:11 PM

I'll be hitting Smuggs this weekend for sure. Email me before-hand with your contact info, if you guys want to meet up.
(P-dawg, I already have your cell number...I'll call you sometime later this week.)

Email addy:

elwood802 at yahoo dot com

pepperdawg

01-12-2004, 03:32 PM

Yeah yeah - lets have a T4T 'invasion' of Smuggs!!!!

Only catch is I have a 4 hour haul to Smuggs (dry roads) so an 8 am assault is pretty rough for me...(hint hint) especailly on a non-pow day....

Cool getting stoked.

elwood

01-12-2004, 03:59 PM

8am assaults are non existant for me, unless it's a powpow day. So don't worry about that, I'll even have an extra couple of drinks the night before! I'm getting psyched too.. Do you guys have FRS radios?

Bannick

01-12-2004, 05:36 PM

elwood:
I'm getting psyched too.. Do you guys have FRS radios? No radio...santa sucks.
But Smuggs could be keen. Elwood if you can give a good parking/meeting location it should be a snap.

I will email my cell no.

So this sugar bush deal it is a ticket from any mountain from december? Sounds pretty sweet. I could be in for that too.

Any smuggs deals that a guy like me can get? I heard they once took canadian cash at par....any hope?

pepperdawg

01-12-2004, 05:45 PM

From Sbush website..(You can find link on front page):

<<Is that Rolodex of lift tickets swinging from your jacket affecting your posture? Looking for a way to turn December tickets into January savings?

In an effort to promote New Year’s harmony in the world of winter sports, Sugarbush Resort is offering one-day adult lift tickets for only $42 to skiers and riders for the month of January. Visitors need only present a December 2003 lift ticket from Sugarbush or any other resort in the world and they will receive a single non-holiday ticket for $42. The January promotion is on a ticket-for-ticket basis and runs Sundays through Fridays. >>

Sun-Fri....

pepperdawg

01-12-2004, 05:49 PM

No radio either....but will be looking forward to touching base with you guys a bit later in the week.

I am down for Sunday and/or Monday snow adventures....Saturday is looking tough for me to get north.

Woo hoo... :D

Bannick

01-12-2004, 05:56 PM

Ya me too. The wife will proly come along on sunday monday. She works saturday.

Does the ticket deal apply this weekend? Is it not a holiday in the states on monday?
edit: just checked...no ticket dealie this weekend.

Dawg you have my cell right?

Skilasnow

01-12-2004, 08:50 PM

High probability that I will be at the Bush on Friday, thanks to Warren Miller. I have a few extra of these certificates that are valid weekdays through the 24th I think, all you need is the code and internet access.

I have a radio and will be monitoring 9:14 if I am there.

I'll be at MRG Saturday, free tix, but would hook up for beers apreski.

Bannick

01-13-2004, 07:40 AM

mmmmm apresbeers

el-bagr

01-13-2004, 08:46 AM

Speaking of holidays, do you Canadian folk celebrate MLK day on Monday? Good luck dodging all the kid skiers if you come stateside for the holiday!

elwood

01-13-2004, 09:07 AM

At Smuggs, the meeting place is always at Parking Lot #1 (all the way up), or at the Black Bear Tavern. If you can get radios, I'll be on channel 4-20. Otherwise, we'll just have to get a good plan. Probably Black Bear Tavern is the best meeting spot...Right in the Madonna base lodge (between M1 and Sterling lifts).

I have a coupon for buy 1 get one free tickets that I can set you guys up with. Oh yeah, and Sunday is the day if you guys can't make Saturday... I have to work on Monday. :(

pepperdawg

01-13-2004, 09:14 AM

Sunday works!!!!!

:D

Bannick

01-13-2004, 10:54 AM

I can do either day. Sunday will work.

Skilasnow

01-13-2004, 12:18 PM

Friday :sugarbush: ??

Bannick

01-13-2004, 12:20 PM

Skilasnow:
Friday :sugarbush: ?? That may work for me too. It depends on how nackered I am from the trip down. I have a meeting in the morning about 1/4 of the way into the trip that could take most of the day.

Will let you know.

Skilasnow

01-13-2004, 01:08 PM

I doubt I will have cell service there but I will have a radio tuned to 9:14. if you think you'll make it we can also plan on a time and place. Apresbeers are always at the Hyde Away or The Barn if not the lodge

djangoski

01-13-2004, 03:33 PM

Looks like Jay Peak just released a deal for this week. I hope some of you can take advantage of it.

DON'T LET CHILLY TEMPS GET YOU DOWN!
THIS WEEK ONLY, WED 1/14/04-FRI 1/16/04, JOIN US AND SAVE!
Heck, we'll even throw in a complimentary hot beverage
to warm you up after sampling some of the best pow in the East!

Just print this page and bring the coupon below
to any Jay Peak ticket booth!http://www.jaypeakresort.com/files/JayPeak2004/aJan_coupn.gif

<HeyBC>

01-13-2004, 04:42 PM

Not this weekend, but someday, I'd like to meet some of you guys to make some turns...Maybe Presidents Weekend (Yo DMC, it might be Hunter) or Spring Break (4/17) at Tucks.

This weekend I am happy to report that I'll be in CO. The plan is a twilight ski at Keystone Thursday; The back bowls of Vail Friday (got a free ticket...think I'll have a hamburger for lunch),and Beaver Creek Saturday and Sunday.

Happy Trails... :snowboarding:

HeyBC

01-13-2004, 05:41 PM

Some day I hope to make some turns with some of you guys, but not this weekend as I am happy :sun: to report that I'll be in Beaver Creek, CO for a long weekend (Keystone Thurs. for a twilight ski; Vail Fri. in the back bowls, and BC Sat & Sunday.) Maybe President's weekend in Feb. or Tucks for spring break.

Happy trails...

HeyBC

01-13-2004, 05:44 PM

OOPs...my apologies for the double post. I don't know how the first one happened, but it was supposed to be the second...

01-13-2004, 05:52 PM

I'm out this weekend. Friends' Kids' Birtyday parties. Why can't they have these on weeknights? They never last more than a couple hours and they prevent skiing for the whole day. Curses.

M@

skicdave

01-13-2004, 06:43 PM

M@:
I'm out this weekend. Friends' Kids' Birtyday parties. Why can't they have these on weeknights? They never last more than a couple hours and they prevent skiing for the whole day. Curses.

M@ They could have bday parties on weeknights, if they reduced the hours in the school day so the kidlings could party, but still stay away for puppet making class... but that would mean more years to complete school... more years before they can buy their own equipment and become ski bums... oh the vicious circle.

No worry, evently the kids grow up and you have all the time you want to ski.... IF your knees are still holding out.

:cry:

Skilasnow

01-13-2004, 06:52 PM

It has been confirmed, I will be at Sugarbush on Friday!, Saturday I will be in the area, but where I'll be skiing is in question, prolly MRG.

01-13-2004, 07:36 PM

skicdave:

No worry, evently the kids grow up and you have all the time you want to ski.... IF your knees are still holding out.</strong>
Playing horsey is definatly reducing the number of bump turns left in my knees.

Bannick

01-14-2004, 08:00 AM

I have a feeling that friday is gonna be tough for me. I looks like the meeting may go late which means a late arrival in VT tomorrow nite. Let me know where you will be at the bush and I will look for you. Only been once mostly on the Super Bravo.

Me, grey and orange jacket, chrome dome, grey pants and a green board. I am not easily missed...not your average looking boarder type.

Elwood and DAwg....sunday at smuggs works great. lets pick a time and place. Check your personal messages for my contact numbers.

pepperdawg

01-14-2004, 08:48 AM

Sounds good - lets shoot for 10:00 Black Bear Tavern as Elwood suggested above???

P-Dawg - Yellow and white jacket, tan pants.

Looks like snow showers/light :snowflakes: all weekend :)

I plan on leaving CT at 5:30 am to build in some buffer time in case I hit slow roads etc...

Getting stoked!!!!

Bannick

01-14-2004, 01:38 PM

that works for me. Elwood????

Skilasnow

01-14-2004, 02:36 PM

Bannick:
Let me know where you will be at the bush and I will look for you. Only been once mostly on the Super Bravo.

Me, grey and orange jacket, chrome dome, grey pants and a green board. I am not easily missed...not your average looking boarder type.I'll probably be over at Castlerock a lot, but I'll be all over. Light blue helmut, green jacket with bright red shoulder blades, black pants, blue skis, orang Bolle's. Will try to leave a message at a lifty bulletin board

see avatar from sand pit

pepperdawg

01-14-2004, 05:11 PM

Bannick -

Got your PM - Will give a shout Sat Nite.

Bannick

01-14-2004, 06:05 PM

pepperdawg:
Bannick -

Got your PM - Will give a shout Sat Nite. Perfect....call me on the Vermont Number, you too Elwood. My cell coverage is non-existant up at the house.

Rob

elwood

01-15-2004, 12:49 PM

Cool,

I'll talk to you guys on Saturday night. I have a couple of boys coming up from Boston and Killington as well, so we will have a good crew out there... B-day bowls anyone? :D

pepperdawg

01-15-2004, 01:12 PM

Birthday Bowls sound good - Its all new for tha Dawg!!!! Where are they?? Off the back of Sterling somewhere?? Or is it a 'Visual' thing??? :D

Nevertheless looks like potential for northern snows tonight thru Sat....added fluff is good!!!!

elwood

01-15-2004, 04:17 PM

Pdawg... I will show you where they are. Easy to find, but I don't want to be responsible for a couple of kids from MA getting lost back there by posting directions on here...

So psyched for this weekend! There will be at least 6 of us...good size crew on Sunday.

ski&ride

01-15-2004, 04:26 PM

Make sure you take some pictures! :camera: Have a blast.

ski&ride

pepperdawg

01-15-2004, 04:56 PM

elwood:
Pdawg... I will show you where they are. Easy to find, but I don't want to be responsible for a couple of kids from MA getting lost back there by posting directions on here...

So psyched for this weekend! There will be at least 6 of us...good size crew on Sunday. Show dont tell!!!!

:D

Super stoked!!!!

2plankerider

01-19-2004, 09:13 AM

elwood

01-19-2004, 09:47 AM

were you guys the crew that was "resting" at about 2:40 atop the entrance to the birthday bowls yesterday? if so.....then i guess we have now met, even if it was ever so briefly. it didn't occur to me until i had flown by, that the dood i noticed looked like it could be an elwood :confused:(at least from images i have seen here...)
was pretty SCWEEEEEEET all around at SMUGG's yesterday :D

pdawg...do you drive a pathfinder? if so, i think i was following you on rt. 100 through stowe yesterday as well.

2planker... That was me "resting"!!! I didn't even realize that was you up there! I never did find pepperdawg though... Was a little late getting to the Black Bear, and never got hold of him after that. Sweet day though... B-day bowls were nice!

P-dawg where did you go?

2plankerider

01-19-2004, 10:28 AM

elwood

01-19-2004, 10:37 AM

i stopped for a "equipment safety check" a bit below you guys and waited an extra few minutes to see if you guys would pass by.... you must have been REALLY TIRED cuz i never saw you again. must have been a good "rest" :D
we'll have to hook up next time.

We took our time...There was 5 of us and only had one untensil. So we took our time and made sure everyone felt rested enough... :D I was surprised at how much snow was actually still out there... It was a little bit dust on crust in the middle, but for the most part pretty soft! Did you hit the rock at the bottom? The landing was surprisingly nice!

pepperdawg

01-19-2004, 10:40 AM

2plankerider

01-19-2004, 10:54 AM

i ride a 99 dodge caravan. work vehicle. wish it were a snob 900.

for someone who has numbered days on the hill (my daughter came into this world on 12-5-03) i was willing to take whatever smugg's would give me yesterday, and i must say she did more than her part. i shot SEVERAL first tracks through the trees yesterday as well as lung choking face shots here and there ...couldn't be happier. even found a new chute off of the left of FIS with a 30 footer, never knew it was there. no big air here, i'm getting old and i have a kid :D

NEXT time on a real pow pow day, we'll have to muster up a T4T day, because when it dumps at smugg's,(and you know where to go) there is really no better place to be. don't be late though, cuz as there are no friends on a powder day, same goes true for T4T'rs.

elwood

01-19-2004, 10:55 AM

Hey 2-planker - Yeah a silver pathfinder - You were in a Saab 900 (I think that was who was behind me for a while in that area)??

Elwood - Ended up hooking up with Bannick and his lady (Jessie?). We waited till 10:30...next time definitly. Rode Maddona in the morning and Sterling in the afternoon. We hit a couple inbound glades (unsure of names without a map in front of me)....but definitly could have used a loc guide - hint hint :D

Get ready to hear it from Bannick on the no-show :D (kidding).

What a great mountain though - tasty terrain everywhere I looked..and I can only imagine on a big pow day.....You could spend years exploring...my kind of hill!!!!!!

all in all a great day....kinda wishing I had stayed up last night to ride today again....

Hey P-dawg... Yeah I was late because I had to demo a pair of skis... I got there about 10:30, so I must have just missed you. I was looking at snowboards all day for that Steal your Face... I wish we had the chance to meet up, I'm sorry I was late! I did send people to look out, but they had no idea who they were looking for. Glad you had fun at Smuggs... Next time I promise I'll show you the stashes!

Skilasnow

01-19-2004, 02:34 PM

elwood

01-19-2004, 02:40 PM

Radios people! :) They are cheap and oh so useful. Even though there was only five of us at MRG and all trails lead to the same place it still would have been nice if I wasn't the only one that owned one.

Skilas: I have radios. My whole crew was outfitted, and we could all find each other. Unfortunately, PD and Bannick don't have any, otherwise we could have found each other.

2plankerider

01-19-2004, 02:55 PM

radios are great if you know what channel they work off. for future encounters and possibly and unscientific poll: what channel do you ski/ride on? i assume not everyone uses the T4T 9-14 ALL the time?
me, it's 5-12

01-19-2004, 02:56 PM

I'm usually on 10-10

M@

Skilasnow

01-19-2004, 02:59 PM

whatever channel whoever I'm with uses, otherwise 9:14

elwood

01-19-2004, 03:22 PM

whatever channel whoever I'm with uses, otherwise 9:14

It changes from time to time, but yesterday we were on 10-31 (halloween channel)

skicdave

01-19-2004, 03:25 PM

I'm usually on 10-10

M@

Ahhhh! Traitor!!!

PS. Isnt' that the singles hookup channel I see on tv? 10-10 something or other...

01-19-2004, 03:34 PM

Ahhhh! Traitor!!!

PS. Isnt' that the singles hookup channel I see on tv? 10-10 something or other...
Actually - That the address of some car dealer or something on Larenzeau Blvd in canada somewhere. When I was growing up in BTV I would hear this add on the radio a LOT. Something like, "Come on down to (something something car dealer) at TEN-TEN LaRenzau Blvd! That's TEN-TEN Larqnazau Blvd" and it stuck in my head big time. SO when I went skiing with other folks who grew up there, they knew that add too and would remember TEN TEN!

M@

2plankerider

01-19-2004, 03:55 PM

M@
i know that exact commercial.
my memory serves me as "Come on down to 25-25 Larentean Blvd in St. Lauren "(sp?) of course witha that THICK canadian accent eh?
hahaha
great, now i got that damm commercial stuck in my head

01-19-2004, 04:12 PM

2Planks:
I think you're right... it was 25-25. So where did I get the 10 10? I think it was something like "10-10 Wins!" Now I am very confused.

M@

elwood

01-19-2004, 04:14 PM

2Planks:
I think you're right... it was 25-25. So where did I get the 10 10? I think it was something like "10-10 Wins!" Now I am very confused.

M@

10-10-987 saves you money on your telephone bill according to John Stamos...

elwood

01-19-2004, 06:02 PM

Here is a picture of Dr. Phos, our friend little Pete as we were resting at the entrance of the B-day bowls...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/387861/resting.jpg

kmrnskier

01-19-2004, 08:39 PM

Elwood - great pic, beautiful snow, nice color contrast with the jackets! :D

01-19-2004, 09:53 PM

I must posess the mirro shade - shiney goggels. What brand/model?

M@

elwood

01-20-2004, 08:13 AM

I must posess the mirro shade - shiney goggels. What brand/model?

M@

I have the Smith Triad Regulator, Pete is wearing the Oakleys.

Smith Triad (http://www.smithsport.com/products/snowgoggle/Spherical_triad.html)

01-20-2004, 09:32 AM

I have the Smith Triad Regulator, Pete is wearing the Oakleys.

Smith Triad (http://www.smithsport.com/products/snowgoggle/Spherical_triad.html)

Does $100 (http://www.usoutdoorstore.com/istar.asp?a=3&dept=26&manufacturer=360
) sound fair?

M@

elwood

01-20-2004, 11:40 AM

Does $100 (http://www.usoutdoorstore.com/istar.asp?a=3&dept=26&manufacturer=360
) sound fair?

M@

I got mine for $85, give or take a few pennies... I also purchased them at the base lodge at Smuggs with my season pass discount...

You could probably find them for a little less $$$

Skilasnow

01-20-2004, 05:47 PM

M@, I am SSURE you have thought of replacing the lens you have in your current goggles... and that it must not be available because otherwise you would already have them :)

Bannick

01-21-2004, 08:19 AM

Hey elwood....

Sorry to have missed you. Did have fun with PD. Would really have benifited from a local guide but as PD said we did find some fun stuff in the trees as well as some sort of frozen river of ice off the Madonna lift. Yikes! I have a group shot of our posse of three on the disposable cam. Will post soon. I am getting radios soon too, I need to catch up with the technology. Maybe I will even sell this comodore pet and get a 64 or something from Texas Instruments :D

We made it back from VT late last night. The wife is back in Toronto...VT is but a memory for us now. The work at the spa dried up and it hardly made the rent worth it so we are back here waiting for the Whislter/Baker honeymoon in Feb.

Smuggs is awsome....definately need to go back.

skicdave

01-21-2004, 09:31 AM

Here is a picture of Dr. Phos, our friend little Pete as we were resting at the entrance of the B-day bowls...

Nice shot Elwood! Almost looks like you were in a studio with that lighting.

MmMmMm... pow pow

elwood

01-21-2004, 10:24 PM

Nice shot Elwood! Almost looks like you were in a studio with that lighting.

MmMmMm... pow pow

Thanks Dave! We were talking about how good that one came out...We figured we could stick a little Smuggs logo in the bottom corner and then charge all the Joeys money to take their pictures up there...as long as we can make them all look like that!