Blizzard 2015 Boston

IslandTractor · Feb 20, 2015

I used to ski in New England but was ruined by exposure to Colorado skiing. Turns out you can ski without near death exposure to cold and ice. Who knew?

I mostly cross country these days in NE.

DFB · Feb 20, 2015

IslandTractor said:
I used to ski in New England but was ruined by exposure to Colorado skiing. Turns out you can ski without near death exposure to cold and ice. Who knew?

I mostly cross country these days in NE.

I like to snow shoe. I have several pairs of aluminum frames. I really like the newer style ratchet type bindings

Years ago I had the wood and rawhide with the leather bindings. Any pair of them I ever see anymore is as a wall decoration.

My contractor bud spent a couple of his formative years after college living and skiing in Colorado. That's all he still ever talks about. Then again thinking about it he may be still in those formative years! :laughing:

Soo just went down to the general store in here town...

IslandTractor · Feb 20, 2015

I've done some snowshoeing but never got very good at it. My brother who lived in CO would literally run in them. This is however THE year for it in MA. I'll have to pull mine out of the basement.

IslandTractor · Feb 20, 2015

At bit overblown but an interesting perspective: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/o...p-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region

aczlan · Feb 20, 2015

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Shift4200 · Feb 20, 2015

DFB said:
Far as I know all the flatlanders are still invited

Ski Vermont Has More Snow and Ideal Conditions for this Weekend - Ski Vermont

I haven't really read or heard any complaints from the local ski area. Mt Snow is only minutes away from me

The quote is for Wachusett Mountain. That is still in Massachusetts if I'm not mistaken :confused3:

I didn't even know they had a mountain down there :laughing:

Def hard to call Wa-Wa a mountain. The lift lines are longer than the runs.... frustrating when you realize more than half the time there is spent in line. I stopped riding WaWa long ago, but have been tempted with all the snow they've been getting. Being an off-piste rider, i bet their woods are epic. But those lines..... i'd rather drive the extra hour up to Mt Snow.

Wife and I rent a house near Killington (pittsfield to be specific) every year, as well as a trip out west every year. Pretty safe to say that right now the conditions in VT are as good as we've seen them..... for as long as i can recall.

If you ski/ride, now's the time to get after it. Even if it's just a trip to WaWa.

-J

IslandTractor · Feb 20, 2015

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Aaron Z

Thanks for fixing that.

bigdeano · Feb 20, 2015

I wonder why they don't allow dumping the snow into the ocean. Isn't that where it goes when it melts? When they melt it with the snow melters, doesn't it just run into a storm drain and into the ocean? I don't get it.

IslandTractor · Feb 20, 2015

bigdeano said:
I wonder why they don't allow dumping the snow into the ocean. Isn't that where it goes when it melts? When they melt it with the snow melters, doesn't it just run into a storm drain and into the ocean? I don't get it.

They can dump it as a last resort. Snow that melts either is absorbed into the ground or goes into storm drains. These storm drains lead to waste water treatment facilities in Boston harbor where it is processed and then pumped through a tunnel about ten miles out into the Atlantic. The point is that snow melt has lots of oil, trash etc in it that would pollute Boston Harbor or the local rivers.

Garandman · Feb 20, 2015

DFB said:
Far as I know all the flatlanders are still invited

Ski Vermont Has More Snow and Ideal Conditions for this Weekend - Ski Vermont

I haven't really read or heard any complaints from the local ski area. Mt Snow is only minutes away from me

The quote is for WaI chusett Mountain. That is still in Massachusetts if I'm not mistaken :confused3:

I didn't even know they had a mountain down there :laughing: