MT. SNOW- THE GATEWAY MOUNTAIN

The city is getting hit with storm after storm after storm. I keep leaving the city for Vermont; where we'll get an inch or so, if we're lucky. It's hilarious. 

in front of my house in Brooklyn

I went to Mt. Snow with Lil' Mo (Heather- http://www.motionetti.com), her Goshen family, and a dying cat. We stayed in a giant house with twenty beds and a view of the mountain. Big fun.

Mt Snow is in the Green Mountains of Vermont. It has 490 acres, an elevation of 3,600 ft, and a vert of 1,600 ft. It's not very steep. In the 60's Mt. Snow's founder/owner Walter Schoenknecht asked the Atomic Energy Commissions if he could have a nuclear bomb so Mt. Snow could have a bowl to ski in. They said no for some reason. Most mountains that I have ridden have a backside or something that requires hiking without lift access, but you can ride all the way around Mt. Pisgah.

Lil' Mo

Friday no one was on the hill. Mo and I played all over.


Mt. snow has a gigantic park. It takes up all of the Carinthia ski area. It used to be a seperate mountain. There are twelve park areas of different levels and two pipes. (http://carinthiaparks.com/) They like to have the X-Games there. There are some amazing riders and skiers in the park- like an unordinary amount of amazing riders and skiers. Riding the Nitro Express is crazy. You just watch head after head kill it. 

the line for the lift

Sat. Mo and I mainly stayed in the trees. The North Face of the mountain has some great trees, we managed to still get some freshies. They also don't groom much over there. It's less crowded. Sat. it was Mo, me, and 20,000 of our closest friends. Just kidding, but not really. Mt. Snow is the closest big Vermont resort to the city, so the weekends get pretty insane. The lodge was like Times Square. We had waffles and Red Bull for lunch instead of going in and dealing with all the people. We had candy for breakfast. Later on, I puked in my mouth.

mo coming out of the trees

WRITING ON THE WALL- BISHOP 203

at Halcyon

A while ago my wife moved to Breckenridge.
I gave her a baby to take with her.

our baby

I found our baby in Brooklyn and we removed it with a crowbar and a wrench, but everyone else should buy one.
http://www.bishop203.com/

Mike

   I wish i had this one















I guess you could say that Bishop 203 is our baby's daddy

DISCOUNTS- SUGARBUSH

We decieded to go to Sugarbush because we got ticket from going to the city premeir of Jermey Jones' "DEEPER" (http://www.tetongravity.com/deeper/). We love free stuff.
Then the second day we used Q's Ride & Ski Card (http://www.rideandskine.com/Home.html%29 and got buy one get one free lift tickets.
You can sign up with Sugarbush and they will text you deals or if you buy your tickets 48 hours in advance online it's 10% off.
Vermont travel Club Card (https://www.classicskitours.net/vermontTravel.asp) is $39 and it gets you a $64 midweek ticket along with many other discounts on other mountains.
Liftopia (http://www.liftopia.com/) has 10% off
tickets for the next month.

it came out of nowhere

ELEVATED LOCAL- RYAN ZIMMERMAN

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Ryan grew up in Michigan riding a small local hill called Mt. Holiday. He's a freelance photographer- http://stopdownphotography.com/. He edited this video and Yuko's video. He spends most of his time terrorizing the streets of Brooklyn with a lens and a deck.
He is known for his extremely swollen ankles...

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY GAPING

Gape out the tree well

Gape out the tree well from elisabeth toft on Vimeo.

SUGARBUSH- BE BETTER THERE

The Yeti and Lincoln Peak

I went on a romantic trip with Q to Sugarbush. We were going to spend the time antiquing and tasting maple syrup. But it was -10, so we thought we better hit the slope. Hard snow and freezing conditions are perfect for Q with his fractured ribs. We didn't have any fresh snow, but there was no one there!

no one on the chair at -15

I might have seen 60 people in the two days that we were there and most of them worked at the resort.

Sugarbush is in upstate VT. It's about six hours from the city if you do everything right. The summit of Mt. Ellen is 4,083' and the resort has a vert of 2,600'. You can start on the Lincoln Peak/Castlerock Peak side or the Mt. Ellen side. There is a lift that runs across from one side to the other, but a local told me that they rarely run it. Sugarbush seems to be all about trees, they make up half of the resort. The rest is bumps and then they groom a little bit. The runs have all sorts of natural lips, drifts, and bumps that are so fun to play on.

these mounds are giant sleeping tortoises

The second day we were there they only ran a few lifts because it was so cold, but there was still more than enough terrain to explore .

Sugarbush is in the the Green Mountain National Forest and the Mad River Valley. The closest town is Warren, VT; A small mountain town with no chains.

church in Warren

There are a series of bed and breakfasts, but we stayed at Sugarbush Inn which is 100 years old. It is giant and gorgeous. A shuttle bus runs from there to the mountain (which is only 5 min. away) Sugarbush Inn was old and creepy- which I love.

Verdict- would love to come back and have a tree guide; oh and perhaps have it warmer than -10.
ps skier girl with the steal your face sticker on your helmet, you rip and thanks for letting me be a creepy follower

WRITING ON THE WALL- ELLIS G

 PERMANENTLY TEMPORARY     


This cat is most known for his chalk drawings of shadows.He's a Brooklyn dude.


The show was at Mighty Tanaka in D.U.M.B.O. (BK)
 http://mightytanaka.com/index.php/artists/artist_ELLISGALLAGHER/



WRITING ON THE WALL- ELLIS G from elisabeth toft on Vimeo.

i like the idea of really looking at what you see everyday.









PS- WRITING ON THE WALL will be posted on Sundays. This is late because I was in VT with no internet