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mergs replied to the topic Prior Khyber 160 splitboard with hardware, skins (SOLD) in the forum Splitboard Swap 9 years, 3 months ago
board is sold! thanks for your interest.
mergs replied to the topic Northern Vermont 10-11 in the forum Vermont 12 years, 1 month ago
Been nursing a funky foot injury and I’m finally healthy enough to ride. Heading up to Stowe area for the first time (finally) this weekend and would appreciate any local beta in the area.
I’ll probably do a day in a resort and hunt and peck the side country with a buddy but I was also intending to do 2 days of touring. I’d like to poke around…[Read more]
mergs replied to the topic Northern Vermont rider wanted in the forum Split Partners Wanted 13 years, 2 months ago
@matt_vt wrote:
I live at 2000′ and everything above that seems to be holding up nicely. There is about 2-3′ of base. The untouched areas still are holding about 3″ of powder on top, it didn’t get warm (edit) enough to form the “death crust” at the 2000’+ elevations. Last weekend I skinned to the radio tower on Ricker peak and went off the backside…
mergs replied to the topic Northern Vermont rider wanted in the forum Split Partners Wanted 13 years, 2 months ago
@BigJay wrote:
And by the way, once you go to Sparks, you’ll toss the plates away and never look back! It has the be the best investment i made for snowboarding in a while!
Hey BigJay, did you find it a significantly lighter setup? Or were they just more responsive than the plates. I’m running Burton Mission bindings now and I am thinking of…[Read more]
mergs replied to the topic Northern Vermont rider wanted in the forum Split Partners Wanted 13 years, 2 months ago
@mysticfalcon wrote:
…..but I do have long trail ale on tap at my place if people would like to do some post-splitting chow and beer.
nice setup. I like the way you guys think. 😀
I’d be pretty stoked for a future split gathering if that ever could get organized proper.
I’m riding Stowe tomorrow afternoon (I need to work in the am) hopefully…[Read more]
mergs replied to the topic VT NY NH ME PQ 08/09 in the forum Vermont 14 years ago
@BigJay wrote:
@mergs wrote:
BigJay, what cut is this? Is the the logging in State Forest that was alluded to in a prev post? Or is this logging on private land (also mentioned) ?
As I remember, the track out was on top of or beside a (frozen) stream bed. Are the machines spilling oil in or around and/or disturbing the streambed itself? If so,…
mergs replied to the topic VT NY NH ME PQ 08/09 in the forum Vermont 14 years ago
@BigJay wrote:
As far as the cut is concerned… total carnage! You can’t ride to the road anymore… Feels like they’re building streets down there with all the trees piled up… Access trail is compromised as well… Machinery is tearing up the place… oil spills on the track also… Pretty discusting! I’ll have pics of the cut later on… How…
mergs replied to the topic VT NY NH ME PQ 08/09 in the forum Vermont 14 years, 1 month ago
@willyo617 wrote:
Silly video complete with soundtrack from my last tour. i love it.
thinking Mt. Washington area (GOS) day trip this weekend but will probably be remodeling kitchen.
-will
ah the thunderbolt… i did that tour 2 years ago… good time. conditions were pretty good. 8)
i’m headed out…[Read more]
mergs replied to the topic VT NY NH ME PQ 08/09 in the forum Vermont 14 years, 1 month ago
@vtbackcountry wrote:
@mysticfalcon wrote:
well aren’t you quite the ray of sunshine
sorry bro, i thought this was a conditions thread…
anyway, just telling you how it is… i don’t work in the resorts marketing department.
@mergs wrote:bad news indeed, but thanks for the update. much appreciated.
your welcome.
keep it real.
thanks vt. that…[Read more]
mergs replied to the topic VT NY NH ME PQ 08/09 in the forum Vermont 14 years, 1 month ago
bad news indeed, but thanks for the update. much appreciated.
mergs replied to the topic VT NY NH ME PQ 08/09 in the forum Vermont 14 years, 1 month ago
@BigJay wrote:
Again, if it snows, we’ll probably go touring… More like exploring while conditions are marginal but the snowpack is still high… Hopefully discover something new!
But please, don’t bring the splitboard… We’d love for it to dump over the next few days! :bananas:
I’ll leave it home, just for y’all. 😛
mergs replied to the topic VT NY NH ME PQ 08/09 in the forum Vermont 14 years, 1 month ago
howdy guys, this is my condo weekend in stowe. part of me is thinking of leaving the splitboard home, with the expectation that the conditions in the bc and sidecountry are going to be totally hardpack/ice, or breakable crust. but i’ll bring it bc due to my luck, if i leave it home it will dump (maybe I should then 😉 ).
i tend to hang out in…[Read more]
mergs replied to the topic East-coast rider thinking of buying a splitboard in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 14 years, 1 month ago
I have a Prior Khyber split which I really like. Prior to that I had a Burton split which I thought rode like a 2×8 plank (great west coast bowl board, felt like certain death in mansfield trees). the khyber is really twitchy at times, and you have to be “on it” but you can really turn it fast and it floats well. from what i hear the khyber is…[Read more]
mergs replied to the topic VT NY NH ME PQ 08/09 in the forum Vermont 14 years, 3 months ago
merry christmas everyone!
on Tue 23 Dec I got my first bc runs (since i broke a shoulder last Feb) of the season off spruce. although I was far from first… lots of tracks before me, powder was good, light and deep. the prevailing winds from the prev day blow all the pow out of the resort and dumped it into the trees.
sadly, we just had 2…[Read more]
mergs replied to the topic Northern Vermont 07-08 in the forum Vermont 15 years, 1 month ago
I got a second hand email from a VT b/c guide that its dumping up there. Any truth to that boys and girls ? 8)
mergs replied to the topic Silverton Mtn Resort in the forum Splitboard Talk Forum 15 years, 1 month ago
I’ve been twice and its a really good time. you won’t need the split, its all boot packing.
mergs replied to the topic some Alaska love in the forum Trip Reports 15 years, 1 month ago
lordy mama, what am i doing down here in the lower 48
mergs replied to the topic TR – Big Jay, VT 1/20/08 :: Finally, A East Coast report in the forum Trip Reports 15 years, 1 month ago
great job man. nice Tr.
is “jailhouse chute” what we’re calling the illegal cut? or is that something pre-existing?
mergs replied to the topic Northern Vermont 07-08 in the forum Vermont 15 years, 1 month ago
thanks for the stoke bigJay!
mergs replied to the topic Northern Vermont 07-08 in the forum Vermont 15 years, 2 months ago
@coyne86 wrote:
hit up a tour on big jay yesterday. deep, light, and big cliffs was the name of the game. nice solid base underneath makes for some difficult skinning up from the bottom, but well worth the effort.
nice.
this is “pre-gash”
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