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Do we have any ungroomed mountains?

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Pudge
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Probably a very n00bish question but i'd like to get into some sort of backcountry/powder skiing. And i have never even left my home ountain of Wachusett... so yeah. Kind of self explanatory.
Jan 17 2011 11:56AM
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Pee_and_Ski
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the presidentials, the white mountians, the Green mounitans,  all have many skiiabe peaks, for lift served the best your going to get is jay or mad river
Jan 17 2011 12:53PM
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DrewR.
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magic mountain
Jan 17 2011 2:15PM
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top_ramen
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hike mt.washington
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profit
Jan 17 2011 2:31PM
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cwillygood
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cannon is great after. fr
Jan 17 2011 2:37PM
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EmperorKuzco
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mad river
Jan 17 2011 2:38PM
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.squirrely.
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most everywhere in nh/vt/maine has some.  sugarloaf, cannon, jay, mrg, stowe, mt washington and saddkeback are all good
Jan 17 2011 6:05PM
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fatherb
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There are a bunch of options. You could hike mt washington in the spring and do tuck's. You should definitely check out mad river glen though
Jan 17 2011 6:53PM
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.squirrely.
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how is tucks?  i might go there this spring.  is the hike tough while carrying your skis and stuff?
Jan 17 2011 7:32PM
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fatherb
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To be honest I've never done it myself, hopefully I will do it this year, but who knows. I can imagine the hike is hard, but it should be fine if you get a decent pack.
Jan 17 2011 7:41PM
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drumbumocdp
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the hike usually takes about 3 hours for the average person. I carried my skis and boots and a lot more stuff than i needed up to tucks when i was in 8th grade, so i would imagine its not hard for the average person to do. you will sleep very well that night though
Jan 17 2011 7:44PM
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.squirrely.
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would a regular hiking pack work for carrying skis? 

and for chris are you allowed to stay in that shelter?  or did you mean camp out
Jan 17 2011 8:09PM
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fatherb
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I guess you could find a way. I've hiked around carrying skis with a boot bag just by putting them through the straps, but that was really annoying. Packs designed to carry skis will probably make it easier.
Jan 17 2011 8:15PM
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Pudge
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alright thanks guys. i will def look into all of those
Jan 17 2011 8:18PM
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top_ramen
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if youre looking for a solid as fuck pack for hiking/carrying skis/fighting zombies/ anything you could imagine, the northface offchute is by far the best pack i have ever owned in my life. the price is a bit steep, but you should be able to find a less popular color online for a decent discount
Jan 17 2011 8:18PM
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Pudge
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wow it def looks like MRG is the winner. very low lift ticket cost for a full day and looks like some amazing terrain
Jan 17 2011 8:27PM
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BeastoftheEAST
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its not the hike in that kills ya, its the fuckin hike out man and this is coming from a tucks vet, been skiin tuck for the past 10 years.


You can pick a nasty line and hit some nice drops of you know your shit and know how to ski
Jan 18 2011 8:21AM
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McFellon
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MRG or Jay, but i can only speak for VT
Jan 19 2011 9:40PM
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SKIWAGEN
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i've done it every april for like 5 years now. my dads done it for like 20 before that. as long a you have a pretty good pack, its not hard. it's very rewarding though.
Jan 20 2011 11:28AM
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Jamerson
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Jan 28 2011 8:59AM
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.squirrely.
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cant you ski it all the way back to the pinkham notch lodge?   or is that only winter
Jan 28 2011 4:22PM
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