Mount Snow 12/10/06

After church I decided to make the hour and change drive over to Mount Snow to make some late afternoon laps. Snow was good if nothing spectacular, its going to get really interesting next week as we hit yet another warm spell. Had a lot of fun testing out my home bent fat skis. It really wasn't ideal conditions so I won't post a full review but I was plesantly surprised at their versatility.

And as an added bonus to an already great day the Cowboys got spanked at home. Take that Parcells!

Decorating the Christmas Tree 2006

Well after the Church tree fiasco, ever try putting a 15 foot tree into a stand that was designed to hold a 10 footer? My suggestion is not to try it :-). We finally decorated our tree last night. All the really breakable ornaments made the executive decision to stay in their boxes for the year, but we did find some really cool Cars ornaments at the Disney store so Ethan was really excited to put them on the tree. It finally is starting to feel like Christmas around here with the temperatures dropping and the trees decorated.

The Royal Shaft Poles

Well , after four and a half years of abuse my leki triggerlocks finally gave up the ghost last weekend. So with High Adventure having Royal Shaft poles at close to 50% off it was time to at least try a composite pole. Granted I'm not a huge fan of composites given that aluminum poles are generally more durable and I tend to be hard on my gear, but Royal Shaft poles have a lifetime guaruntee and at 50% off who can argue?Royal Shaft puts a different design on their poles for the fashion conciencious. I went with Pengiuns.(why penguins you ask? Why not)


One of the coolest features is the "easy in" strap. Its a piece of velcro that allows you to slip your hands in the pole without fighting with the strap. Given that I was coming from the leki trigger system which is REALLY easy to get in and out off, I appreaciate this feature. For those of you who ask "why is it important" I'll answer by saying that I'm NOT waiting for you on a powder day.

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Winter Snow

Well it looks like it FINALLY snowed up in Vermont last night. I'm hearing reports of 2" on the ground at the base area at Killington. Jay Peak is reporting 10 inches in the past 24 and 14" in the past 48 so that should be like 4-6" in real terms. Can you tell that the East Coast is snow starved? We're getting excited over 4". We seem to be getting back to NORMAL EC temperatures with the weather report stating that its 10 degrees as I type this, which means that its without a doubt in the single digits anywhere at elevation. Anyway I'm probably not going to be able to get out and ski this weekend due to commitments but here's hoping that it keeps coming.

We've got a tree!

Well, we just picked out this years edition of the family tree. I think we did a nice job. Lights went on tonight and we're going to give it the full decorative treatment tomorrow!