Category : Travel

Tuesday – Mt. Rose

Posted on: 12 March 2013 /
Categories: Skiing

Paid: $49 (weekday full-time student price at window) Quality of Random Lift Strangers: N/A Weather: Sunny with high winds at the top. Would Return?: Probably Mt. Rose was exactly as advertised: unpretentious, locals-centric, solid vertical and elevation, and windy (although I think everywhere was probably windy that day). In terms of attitude and vibe, Mt.

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Monday – Heavenly

Posted on: 11 March 2013 /
Categories: Skiing

Paid: $93 (bought at Sports Authority in Reno the night before) Quality of Random Lift Strangers: 5/10 Weather: Absolute Bluebird (my bro’s thermometer read 42 degrees on our way up Sky Express the one time) Would Return?: Definitely Given the advice I’d read on EpicSki, we chose a side and ended up spending almost the

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Crystal Mountain Resort (Report from Yesterday)

Posted on: 17 January 2013 /
Categories: Skiing

Headed up skiing to Crystal Mountain with my dad yesterday. I’m guessing I hadn’t been there since some time before 2000 (the year). Um. Here are some facts so that I can list here in order to break up the photos: It was a beautiful, sunny day. Got up to maybe the mid-30’s, warm enough

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Skiing White Pass

Posted on: 31 December 2012 /
Categories: Skiing

Went to White Pass for the first time in my life on Thursday. Snow was PNW-great, visibility was interesting and variable, with a freezing fog making Couloir Basin kind of useless and about a 60-second sun break in the early afternoon. I didn’t take many photos, but among them were these…   Mach V was

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Seneca Creek Hike: West Virginia Looks Like West Virginia

Posted on: 4 October 2012 /
Categories: Hiking, Travel

Finally went to West Virginia. It looks like what you would expect. Pretty much exactly. Went down there with a dude from school for an overnighter hike. The drive down from Pittsburgh features a lot of scenic valleys and countryside (it was disconcerting how rich Maryland looked in comparison to Pennsylvania), then we stopped at

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Down and Out in Pittsburgh and Washington D.C.

Posted on: 3 October 2012 /
Categories: Cities, Museums, Travel

Some months ago I received visitors from California. During their visit, some photos were taken. I now offer up those photos to this repository. Long may they remain available. Long! Pgh skyline from the Allegheny shoreline. A tourist-photographer tests the light before taking a picture of a drain affixed to a wall in an otherwise

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Mad River Glen: Skied It Because Could

Posted on: 18 March 2012 /
Categories: Skiing, Travel

This is the last one of these for a while probably. Mad River Glen kind of takes Smuggler’s Notch’s approach of “mostly locals” and pushes it a little further into something akin to “locals only”. It’s a little odd showing up at a ski resort where everyone else seems to know each other because they’re

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Smugglers Notch Ski Resort Review

Posted on: 14 March 2012 /
Categories: Skiing, Travel

My hotel was located about six miles away from the Smuggler’s Notch ski resort going by way of Highway 108. The state of Vermont closes Highway 108 between Stowe and Smuggler’s Notch during winter. Ergo, it took me about an hour to get there via the great circle route. Not a bad drive, just a

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Skiing Stowe (with the Other Tourists)

Posted on: 12 March 2012 /
Categories: Skiing, Travel

Skiing Stowe was expensive and nice. Great weather, they take care of the mountain well, tons of parking right next to the lifts (!!), lifts go to useful places, many (long) runs of varying description, etc. Locals seem to dislike it because it doesn’t offer them any in-state discounts. Fair enough, but the discounts for

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Saranac Lake Is a Town in New York Where I Took These Photos

Posted on: 11 March 2012 /
Categories: Cities, road trips, Travel

First night of the trip I stayed in Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks in New York. Thought the place was cool when I was there in the fall of ’09 on my road trip (e.g., this 48stateroadtrip post), so was stoked to be back up there. Took about nine hours from my house in Pittsburgh

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