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		<title>Tuckerman's Ravine</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74218&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Date(s) Skied:  2010-03-20 
 
Resort or Ski Area:  Tuckerman's Ravine 
 
Conditions:  Slushy, sunny and windy 
 
Trip Report:  
 
 
We wanted to klimb Tuckerman's Ravine in the White Mountains of New Hampshire today. It was a great day, and a ton of people were out. The parking lot was full and we had to park a quarter mile down the road. Some folks parked over a mile away. Tucks is a place where you can watch some crazy good skiers do their thing on natural snow...]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Mounatin - 03/20/2010</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74201&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Date(s) Skied: Saturday March 20, 2010  
 
Ski Area: Magic Mountain – Londonderry, VT 
 
Conditions: A Fantastic Corn Harvest followed by Spring Conditions    
 
Trip Report: 
 
Great day at Magic today! Started right at 9 this morning and skied to around 4 with a break for a fresh grilled cheeseburger and a beer (or three)! Without the use of a high speed lifts managed to log a healthy 25,000 feet of decent. The sun was shining pretty much all day long, temps...]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday River 3/20</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74200&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Went up to Sunday River with the NAC bus. Got in at 9:10; and on the slopes around 9:30. Lower Whitecap looks like it will close in a few days; it looks pretty sad over there; though White Heat skied very nicely. Not much snow in the woods in the White Cap area, but as you get more and more down to Jordan Bowl, it gets better. There were quite a bit of bare spots, and someone told me Sugarloaf is in the same condition currently, minus the lower White Cap. There were quite a bit of bare spots...]]></description>
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		<title>Saddleback March 20, 2010</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74199&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Date(s) Skied:  March 20, 2010 
 
Resort or Ski Area:  Saddleback 
 
Conditions:  Spring Conditions 
 
Trip Report:  Stellar spring day at Saddlback. Day started off a bit firm when we clicked in around 9AM, but it quickly went mashed potato city as temps climbed into the 50's. The bumps were super soft and by the end of the day getting car-sized in spots!  
 
Saddleback still has plenty of snow. We hit the mini snow field at between the top of Wardens Worry and...]]></description>
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		<title>Blue 3/20/10 - skiing, sun and beers</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74198&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Date(s) Skied: 3/20/2010 
 
Resort or Ski Area: Blue Mountain 
 
Conditions: Sunny springtime conditions 
 
Trip Report: What an awesome day at Blue Mountain today.  I pulled into the lower lot at 7:35 am.  At 7:40 am AtomicSkier and I were starting the day off with a nice cold beer.  Next thing you know, I've got 3 in me before 9:30 thanks to my beer bottle pockets. :beer: Such nice skiing all day.  Oh yeah, they re-seeded a really long section of Challenge again...]]></description>
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		<title>Mrg 3/20</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74195&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fun afternoon in hero snow/big bumps (except a little grabby down low) at Mad River Glen this afternoon. Fall Line/Creamery were almost easy ... *almost*. This place never fails to humble me, e.g. Chute for the last run of the day, though I got my groove back on Upper/Lower Glades to wrap it up. Upper 2/3 of Lower Antelope were excellent for first run of the afternoon. I love pow but spring skiing rocks. 
 
More later or tomorrow or ??? ... now sitting in on MRG coop trustees meeting. Sounds...]]></description>
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		<title>TR: Wildcat 3/20</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74191&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Date(s) Skied:  March 20, 2010 
 
Resort or Ski Area: Wildcat, NH 
 
Conditions: Sunny, Spring Conditions 
 
Trip Report:  So today I made it up to Wildcat.   I have to say, I love the retro vibe to the place, and the classic narrow New England ski trails.    I arrived up there around 9:30am (I was flying from Waltham!) and skied to about 2ish, when it began to get very soft.  I hit up every trail, for the most part, except one or two bumped along the lift line...]]></description>
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		<title>Sundown Bump or Bust V - 3/20/10</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74189&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[180 - 2nd place overall. 2knees - elite 8.]]></description>
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		<title>Loon 3/19</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74187&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Beautiful Bluebird Spring ski day.  Parked at South peak (pemi?) area  which was virtually empty at 9 am.  First run on Boom Run was bullet proof, chicken heads -- no good.  Escaped to North peak, Sunrise was beautiful but rest of North Peak needed another hour.  Flume  was a rock hard sheet of ice. A few runs off of the Kanc quad where the snow had loosened up nicely killed the hour till we headed back to Upper and Lower Walking Boss which had gotten to just the right consistency.  Made a...]]></description>
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		<title>Bromley 3/19/10</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74183&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[mid 60's (?) and bluebird......corn.......beer on the deck.....still a sh1tload of snowpack.....what a day........that is all.. 
 
 
(secretly feel guilty about not giving my $$$ to Magic - but i wasent driving - hoping they got lots o love too) 
 
But what a day to play hooky. 
 
Ok bye.]]></description>
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		<title>Bumps &amp;amp; Jumps at Mt. Ellen 3.19.2010 - INCREDIBLE... see photos/vid</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74156&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow!  Awesome stuff today!  Started my day in a snowcat... headed to the summit for sunrise: 
 
http://www.slopegroomer.com/images/sunrise1.jpg 
 
http://www.slopegroomer.com/images/sunrise2.jpg 
 
http://www.slopegroomer.com/images/sunrise3.jpg 
 
http://www.slopegroomer.com/images/sunrise4.jpg]]></description>
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		<title>Sunapee 3/19/10</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74154&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Snow conditions: soft, typical spring snow 
Weather: blue sky, no wind, warm sun, plenty of it. 
 
Day trip, got there about noon. If there was corn earlier, obviously, I missed it, but the snow wasn't too wet or heavy despite strong sun and 50*F. At the end of the day, it did get a bit like mashed potatoes,but hey, that's spring. For the most part, it skied really well. The snow was very consistent throughout the mountain and despite the warmth, there really was no &quot;slow snow zones&quot;. That's...]]></description>
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		<title>Ski Sundown - 3.19.10</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74147&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Just back from raking it new school at the old instituion! 
 
quick visit for me today, goal was to get as comfortable as possible with the lower right kicker which was killing me last week when i was there. 
 
Ran into Brownsville Brooklyn, MadRiverJack and MRJ's buddy Frank and skied a bit with them. 
 
Early attempt on the lower right kicker were ugly. 1st time i simply landed on the flat part, 2nd time on the knuckle resulting in a double ejection &amp; somersault finally coming to rest 20 feet...]]></description>
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		<title>Smuggs, VT: 3/19/10  &amp;lt;3</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74146&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bailed on a skin up Mount Washington today due to a variety of factors but I am fine with that decision given how great Smuggs was today. I love that damn ski area! Got there at 10a and things were still a little firm but by noon time everything was ready. 
 
F.I.S. was OFF THE HOOK!!! Probably a top five bump day today due to that one trail alone. Insanely good spring bumps, perfect condition, good lines, nice size and pitch, etc. I explored other parts of the mountain including Doc's,...]]></description>
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		<title>Jay Peak 3/19 More sun.</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74142&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[These pics in this report are from the last three days of skiing. I ditched the camera today. Today was brilliant sunshine and temps in the high 50's . It was 40 degrees at the summit at 9:23. 
  
My first run was on the 9:15 tram. When the door opened at the top I was out and headed downhill from the hoard in 10 seconds. I skied nice PP on Vermonter all the through Angles Wiggle. It was after that where it got mushy. 
  
It did freeze last night from maybey the top 2/3 of the mountain so...]]></description>
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		<title>Crotched Mountain NH 03/17/10</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74114&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Date(s) Skied:  March 17, 2010 
 
Resort or Ski Area: Crotched 
 
Conditions:  Spring 
 
Trip Report:  
Headed up Wednesday morning and hit the chair at about 9:15 with some new skis. Not a cloud in the sky, temps around 34, but rising quickly. The mountain is still in really good shape. Looks like a lot of base left...no bare spots, and I could be mistaken but I think they might have even picked up a little from this last rain/wet snow event. Everything skied really...]]></description>
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		<title>Jay Peak 3/18 Swissbob Sled ride w/pics(River Quai)</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74098&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's been a few years since i've posted a sledding report. 
  
I was done skiing this afternoon but not done playing on the snow. This was my second sled run at Jay this week but I diddnt bring a camera with me last night I was done skiing this afternoon but not done playing on the snow.So I suited back up and started hiking with my Swissbob. 
For those of you who dont know what a Swissbob sled is, it's a sled made of rugged hard plastic, it's shaped a bit like the bottom of a spade shovel, and...]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Mountain 3/18/10 - Warm and Sunny</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74096&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Date(s) Skied: 3/18/10 
 
Resort or Ski Area: Blue Mountain 
 
Conditions: Creamy 
 
Trip Report: What a gorgeous day to go skiing.  It was 71*F when I left home and a very sunny 68*F when I arrived at Blue Mountain.  I cracked open a beer and quickly booted up.  Pulled my ear flaps out of my helmet and left my goggles in the car.  Man did it feel soooo good to be skiing with a warm breeze on my face under sunny skies.  There's a sink hole on Paradise and a few...]]></description>
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		<title>Sundown 3/18</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74087&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[nother great day out there.  Hot today though.  I managed a quick hour and a half or so, all i needed.  Upper kickers are open now too.  Only one true bare spot on the run and i believe it would be above where they would start the comp.  anyone going tomorrow might want to slip some of the middle bumps though, they're still very unruly. 
 
see everybody saturday!]]></description>
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		<title>Loon 3/18</title>
		<link>http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=74078&amp;goto=newpost</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Check the thread for Loon 3/16, as this is a continuation. 
 
Today we were first on the lifts, and it was frozen crud/cord.  By 10 it was soft spring, and we quit at 11am.  Too soft/thick. 
 
I'm guessing that parts of the mountain were okay for longer.  Plus, a snowboard was probably good for much longer.  However, my light bride, and 240 me were just not enjoying the deep soft.   
 
Third day of a three day, not really disapointed with only two hours.  In fact, was over joyed with getting...]]></description>
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