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What’s a guy that loves skiing on God’s snow to do when there isn’t any snow?
For me it’s manmade on the local 300 vertical foot hill. I’ve actually been having fun, and at least for me it’s been good exercise cranking turns on the re-frozen man made.
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I love the feel of being on snow with skis on. It doesn't matter where or how steep, soft would be nice though. I got in 15 out of about 20 skiable days in the woods in Pa. We had over 3 feet fall by me but lost your base three times. I do plan to hit up a local resort this season and expect that to be fun too.

don't need much to ski up/down the gap road here in VT. it's been my go-to for when we don't have a base (most of the winter now) or conditions aren't great. every year i tell myself i'll do some cheap and dirty night skiing at some smaller ski hills to get some reps in while i'm waiting for the snow to fill in...maybe this is the year!

"don't need much to ski up/down the gap road here in VT"

Which gap are you talking about? Thought all the gap roads are paved and plowed. There's a couple/few not roads that are seasonal dirt roads closed in winter. What am I missing?

scottyX wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 02, 2025 11:34 am

don't need much to ski up/down the gap road here in VT. it's been my go-to for when we don't have a base (most of the winter now) or conditions aren't great. every year i tell myself i'll do some cheap and dirty night skiing at some smaller ski hills to get some reps in while i'm waiting for the snow to fill in...maybe this is the year!

I used to have a house on Lincoln Gap Rd in Warren. Is it Lincoln Gap you are talking about?

Feeling these feelings too! Just skied 20k Nordic on an icy sugar manmade deck surrounded by brown forest and actually had one of my best skis of the year with some rocket fast klister.

Yes, I badly miss good ski conditions but every year I’m more and more convinced why I love skiing it’s not as dependent on the conditions as you’d think: it’s the mental stimulation of being on two gliding sticks and the physical endorphins of hours of cold exertion in crisp air.

@timpete Great post, I’m with you. Pretty sure @lowangle al said the same thing in a different way.
From my earliest memory, I have always love snow and sliding on it.

@phoenix @randoskier yes lincoln gap. previously the notch rd in jeff/stowe. i assume there's still at least a handful of notch/gap roads around the state that are closed or not plowed in winter. closer to here, there's a lot of roads in the national forest that fit that description too - most are more on the XCd side of things, but lincoln gap is a solid downhill run.

"@phoenix @randoskier yes lincoln gap. previously the notch rd in jeff/stowe"

Good to know, now that I think of it I guess I haven't traveled that one. Smuggler's Notch is still closed in winter and popular for easy tours (and exiting from Stowe or Smuggs out of bounds lines).

scottyX wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 05, 2025 3:00 pm

@phoenix @randoskier yes lincoln gap. previously the notch rd in jeff/stowe. i assume there's still at least a handful of notch/gap roads around the state that are closed or not plowed in winter. closer to here, there's a lot of roads in the national forest that fit that description too - most are more on the XCd side of things, but lincoln gap is a solid downhill run.

Our house was the cedar one almost exactly 1 mile up Lincoln Gap Rd. on the left side as you ascend from Warren. It has a a Dutch roof (barn shaped roof). When we owned it it was natural wood, maybe painted now, its on 7 acres and always will be because there is a restrictive covenant protecting the nature in that area. I miss that house!

There is a great swimming hole on the New Haven river near the base on the Bristol side. Another one on RT 100 on the Warren side.
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