burke and loc

burke was sweet today. they got about 4 inches of snow at the base and had a nice whale back to build a jump off of. had a blast. learned a new backflip and am really close to locking down rodeo flips. good day for progression. the presentations at loc were presentations. not going to say they were interesting because i was tired and cold. but they did need to be done. glad the reps from the mountains were there and hopefully i will get to work in the areas that i would like to during spring practicum. i also want to ski these mountains again.

bretton woods

bretton woods is sweet. i was really looking forward to zip lining. it was number 1 on my list for this fall practicum. unfortunatly sean thought it would be fun to take us into the room, make us think that we were going to go zip lining and then punch us in the face. thanks sean. you runied my fall practicum because we didnt go zip lining. but the resort was cool and the hotel was cool. im looking forward to going there in the winter. it will be interesting to see how bretton woods operates compared to stowe.

2nd day at stowe

second day at stowe was tough. we raked leaves for a couple hours. it was work that needed to be done but it still sucked. theres got to be a better way to deal with it. anways, i guess its a job for your low paid employees, college students, or who ever will do it. once again would have liked a voucher pass for the maual labor that we did. or even some sandwiches for lunch. new lift was cool to see. it came out very well and looks great. never new how they did their tests until i saw them using the water jugs. clevar because it simulates movement that a reg person would do. must suck to fill and unload the buckets of water though.

burke

long short day at burke. put 162 pads on the chairs. that lift sucks, im so glad they have a new one. i never went to the top of burke because of that damn lift. just to damn long and cold. i guess season passes are up signifigantly because of the new chair they put in. many people complained saying great mountain, great people, when you get a faster chair i will come back. guess the mountain new what they had to do.

Jay Peak

jay was cool, and it was very cool to see the indoor water park. its interesting how much they are adding to that resort when they cant handle a huge crowd and many people do not make the drive up there. it reminds me of sugarloaf. a great mountain in the middle of nowhere. but the hard hat tour was sweet and i wish i could afford to vacation there. interesting that they put the outlets in upside down to code. i would have figured that a brand new building would be built excatly to specs with nothing overlooked. also, kindof a brainfart with how they did the plexi glass in the hockey rink. you would think they would soften up the boards and make the glass easy to change instead of having it sealed with gaskets.

cannon mountain

the ski museum at cannon was pretty cool. i saw the one at vail colorado as well and that one had a lot more things. the thing that stuck out the most to me was the M1 Grand. i was so upset that they had the gun disarmed. its a shame and a crime that they ruined a peice of history. the gun is so pretty and gracefull. they wood work was beautiful. that gun should be in the hands of an enthusist who will love it and put rounds through it. im declaring shanagans on cannon mountain. that M1 Grand diserves better.

Burke

havent blogged in a while. just thinking about the new burke lift and the master plan for burke mountain. i think the new lift is going to improve the mountain greatly. i know that in the two years that i have skied burke i have gone to the top very few times. i used to hate going to the top of burke. that old fixed grip lift was awful. froze my ass all the way up and to took so long. i just wanted to jump off of it half the time. the new detachable getting to the top in 6 minutes is going to be great. the master plan for the mountain looks great as well. burke is a good size mountain. 2000 verticle isnt bad for the north east. if they can develop the base they can turn the place into a profitable vacation spot.