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Welcome to TheSnowWay.com v4.0

Thank you for visiting TheSnowWay.com and welcome to v4.0. Please excuse the dust as many styles and design elements are still in the final stages of development. After some extensive house keeping work involving incorporating WordPress, adjusting the Kubric style to my liking, integrating Gallery2, and uploading hundreds of pages of content with occasional spelling, grammatical and hyperlink corrections, the page is almost ready for prime time. Stay tuned for the finished product before the east coast skiing season begins in earnest. With snow likely to fly within the next month, TheSnowWay.com would like to remind its readers not to let ski areas dictate the length of your season!

Big Jay Coverage

Two Men Arrested for Illegal Cut

The Times Argus is reporting that two men were arrested for allegedly cutting a trail on Big Jay to be used for downhill skiing. Big Jay is part of the Jay State Forest. Skiers from neighboring Jay Peak Resort regularly access Big Jay via a ridge connecting the two peaks. The two men local to the area are charged with destruction of state property which is a felony charge carrying a maximum sentence of $5,000 fine and five years in jail.

Times Argus Article

2006-2007 Season, Because, Earned Turns, July, Mount Washington, Tuckerman Ravine

End of Season July Turns in Tuckerman Ravine

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Met up with Patrick for some July desperation turns on this fine Canada Day, eh? This is my third season in a row skiing the Ravine as late as I think can safely be done without excessive stupidity (only moderate stupidity was required today). Despite there being more snow at the patch than the previous two years, the overall safety level was much less which resulted in Patrick and I only skiing half of the snow patch.

We made a late start leaving Pinkham around 9 A.M. and made steady time. We incurred the normal barrage of questions and comments but not as many as experienced in prior years. The doubters were incorrect as always displaying amazing ignorance, on occasion even claiming superior knowledge of the Ravine in that they knew no snow was left. Halfway up the TRT, the sun was shinning and I dared remark that “What was up with that 30% chance of rain?” Fortunately we made it to HoJo’s and cover before it started coming down heavy. The two other skiers that passed us did not fair as well having already pressed on to the ravine.

After the rain showers passed, we made our way up to the Bowl. En route, Patrick got a little sarcastic and told a passerby that there was snow in a cave up there. A short while later, we caught up to the same hikers and they asked “is there really a cave up there you guys are going to ski through?”

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