Sugarbush, Sugarbush, Sugarbush and Noreaster and Snow Update

I know I’ve been fearfully absent from the blogosphere of late, but I swear, I’m back.

Steve at Sugarbush a few hours ago zooming past me

I just had an amazing day at Sugarbush today. I’ve only skied there about 10 times, but every time I always left it saying, “I wish Sugarbush was my home mountain”. Here are my reasons:

Made the television news and went skiing!

I was in the news last night! My buddy is a newscaster on WCAX and interviewed me about the ski season and how Warren Miller fires me up. Truth be told, Warren didn’t come through for me this time (“Playground” trailer here), but that’s another post, maybe tomorrow. Anyways, I got MULTIPLE seconds! Check it out, although you need Windows Media Player.

Okemo, this afternoon.

And yes, I went skiing at Okemo! Well, sort of. That is to say I planned on skiing for a few runs and I ended up doing only one. This was due to the fact that: 1) The puppy I’m puppy-sitting likes taunting me in the woods. 2) I forgot my boots. (Not the first time, not the last.) Luckily, I realized about 5 minutes into the trip. 3) Season’s pass office was not where I thought it was. 4) I had to stand (not walk) on a looong magic carpet to get to a slooow lift to get to a sloooow lift to get to the traverse over to the section with pitch. 5) I was the first person ski patrol sent down. I had to download from the top. It was a great relaxing ride down though!

Okemo this afternoon, with a light coating of fresh!

That being said, it rocked! The styrofoam ice-snow was all scraped to the sides and it felt like real snow. And at the top (the only part open) there was probably about 3″ of fresh snow. The sun came out and it was just beautiful. Anyways, first day they were open I and got the feel of it again.

Okemo, snow was actually pretty nice!

I’m ready for ski season.

Weather Update: Cyclone Sidr could be Really Bad News

I remember listening to the radio the day before Hurricane Katrina hit, and finally comprehending that this could be a disaster of epic proportions. When the typhoon hit a few years ago, it was mind-numbing. And here comes another. It looks like Cyclone Sidr is going to hit Bangladesh and Calcutta packing winds of up to 200mph and 40 foot seas. I’m really nervous that this could be a disaster of epic proportions.

Let’s check in the morning and see how it’s going. To lighten the mood up a little though, looks like we might have our first decent snowfall following the rain tomorrow here.