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C-DAWGSTYLEZ
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im trying to put together plans for a road trip out east to vermont this winter around the first week of january and its been a while since ive been there so can anybody from there tell me what vermont off trail is like and well there be any spots i can build backcountry booters or am i gonna hafta stick to just skiing in bounds
Nov 19 2006 8:11PM
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TimothyLord
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the east isnt the best spot for back country booters
Nov 19 2006 8:12PM
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chrismoJBEATS
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well its the best he got so people help him out, i made a thread on this earlier and it turned to a joke
so
Nov 19 2006 8:13PM
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snarky
Posts: 498 - Karma: 13
jay and stowe have good lift serviced off piste almost everywhere is to treed for booters
Nov 19 2006 8:15PM
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chapz
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for backcontry, mrg or jay or even stowe. youre not gonna find much in the east
Nov 19 2006 8:16PM
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Swick825
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haha, very funny.
Nov 19 2006 8:20PM
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C-DAWGSTYLEZ
Posts: 832 - Karma: 171
if im willing to hike hardcore could i find many cliff linies outside of the ski areas
Nov 19 2006 9:21PM
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thedutchmayn
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go to big jay.
Nov 19 2006 9:29PM
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chairdawg
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watch snowgods they had lots of east coast bc you could probly find a spot in the places they show
Nov 19 2006 9:31PM
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DynastarriderGP
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^he's got it
Nov 19 2006 9:42PM
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treesmann
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i saw snowhods and loved it. ive been to stowe, jay and smuggs 2 or 3 times each and the conditions ahve been horrible every time. i doubt i could find anything from watching the movie. you just have to find a local to show u around i guess
Nov 19 2006 9:46PM
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nickmiles
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oxymoron. haha VT BC. thats like saying "hows the freeride scene in Somalia"
Nov 19 2006 9:48PM
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cracko
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this thread is an oxymoron. i havnet read it yet but im guessing someone probly said it already.
Nov 19 2006 10:13PM
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cracko
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and there it is. right above me.
Nov 19 2006 10:14PM
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TimmyP
Posts: 2086 - Karma: 128
yea, check snow gods, check out some books on backcountry skiing in New England,
Nov 19 2006 10:24PM
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Craigskis
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drop the chin at stowe,
Nov 19 2006 10:44PM
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Jthon74
Posts: 399 - Karma: 19
all u guys that act like ur black are gay. ur white
Nov 19 2006 10:51PM
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STACKS
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hahahaha you mean dimond iin the ruff
Nov 19 2006 11:34PM
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nate
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actually the out of bounds skiing in VT is good shit, despite what these kids are saying. im not going to give you a map and directions, but theres a book by David Goodman if you search on amazon that will. teardrop, bruce, and the routes off the chin on mansfield are great if you hit them with fresh snow but they are pretty popular, and you need to know where youre going. all accessed from stowe. never done big jay at jay peak but ive heard good things. the only places for a good jump will be on cleared private land, so i wouldnt plan on it.
Nov 19 2006 11:36PM
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Hctiws_iks
Posts: 2077 - Karma: 25
took the words out of my mouth,
i doubt youll find anywhere to build a decent booter
in an area that doesnt require a sled for speed.
Nov 20 2006 12:38AM
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skifiend
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Don't expect a local to show you all the goods though. Good stashes are very precious...."my precious....."
Nov 20 2006 7:42AM
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timoski
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i'm going to drop some knowledge on you just to hate on the haters.  i wanted to be the first to claim it in a sick edit, but whatever, theres more than enough to go around.  the one thing is the EC needs snow for this to work so ehhhhhhhh.

http://www.nelsap.org

have some.
Nov 20 2006 7:52AM
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alev
Posts: 7819 - Karma: 410
there is plenty of EC BC especially in VT. for building a jump, u jusy are gonna have to get lucky and find some random spot of rt 89 and maybe build a jump. ivehiked up early season on some mtns and build a big kicker there, thats all ive done for a "BC" jump
Nov 20 2006 8:05AM
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jea_killa
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What about Tuckermens?
Nov 20 2006 8:28AM
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Hannah.
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Tuckermans isnt in VT its in NH and its a lotta hiking up but deff. worth it. If u want backcountry in VT, Sugarbush is pretty good so is killington and jay, but deff. not Stowe.
Nov 20 2006 9:54AM
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SkiingLlama
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yeah big jay is pretty sick
Nov 20 2006 10:40AM
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montageskier
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Sugarbush and Killington are both jokes compared to Stowe.
Nov 20 2006 11:23AM
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snarky
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exactly, mt. mansfield is just plain sick
Nov 20 2006 11:27AM
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nipe
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Theres plenty of BC skiing to be had on the East Coast.. the obvious places have been mentioned, but there are a lot more goodies that no one here is going to tell you about. The best thing you can do is just ski as much as possible and explore for yourself... and of course, look for it. Learn to read the terrain to where chutes and natural glades might be hiding.. or if you see people dash into the woods that look like they know what theyre doing, follow them, they might lead you somewhere :)
Finally... I learned of a couple real good areas from reading Skiing and Ski magazine, believe it or not... its hard work but its worth it.
Nov 20 2006 4:40PM
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Tucks
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Jay Peak
Nov 20 2006 4:44PM
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JaphyRyder
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jay peak has incredible snow, almost always a stash to be found in the woods. if you really wanna go OB though, stowe has a backside that lots of people do. It's fun, but would not be good for a booter. Just go to mt. snow and hit the 80ft table for the booter factor
Nov 20 2006 4:52PM
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cmo
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mt mansfield, camels hump,jay, and MRG, basically thats it.
Nov 20 2006 5:31PM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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bolton mtn.
Nov 20 2006 5:44PM
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zsimko88
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stowe for sure
Nov 20 2006 7:03PM
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nipe
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man you guys are missing a lot of good places! :P
Nov 20 2006 7:22PM
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bob_dole
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yyyeah buddy go drop in off of the backside of mansfield. thatll put you right smack in the middle of some nice vermont towns by the name of underhill/jericho...while youre there run into underhill general store and grab a sandwich from rick, hes the man. oh yeah and after you do that, have a FAT wad of bills so you can pay someone to drive you the hour back to stowe......backbowls and madonna bitch.
Nov 20 2006 7:27PM
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snarky
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priorities, locals > anyone else
Nov 20 2006 7:27PM
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flysugarbush
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There are some places at sugarbush where you could make some booters. Check out slidebrook which is in between the two moutains and the mother is also a nice spot.
Nov 20 2006 7:35PM
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LOVEPOW
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hes right rick pinette is the fucking man
Dec 21 2007 9:35PM
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skiEER
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there are lots of cliffs even inbounds
Dec 21 2007 10:07PM
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.hazen.
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ROUTE 100 ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS: just drive up route 100 in the middle of Vt and there's plenty of visible lines/small cliff drops/ potential booter locales              
Dec 21 2007 10:09PM
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bigkicker
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ugh son true dat, teardrop is sick before all the hippies get it and yeah rick is the man.
Dec 21 2007 11:06PM
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dweezileast
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drop the chin? are you an idiot?
Dec 22 2007 12:45PM
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VT_FLO
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Jay for sure

Smuggs has some 15-20 footers out of bounds, its about a 15 minute hike snowboarding, 10 minute skiing off of sterling.
Dec 22 2007 5:50PM
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dafromasta
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godamn this is a old thread
Dec 22 2007 5:55PM
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mrdionysus
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There's a few sick spots after a good dump. But they be the backcountry secret stash. Good luck. Heh.
Dec 25 2007 10:31PM
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