Slacking....

OK OK OK, the fan has been asking for it so here it is......

I have always given credit where it is due, so with that being said I have to give mad props(YO) to the Killington groomers and snowmakers. They have done a great job keeping the hill in quality skiing shape. Killington has been skiing well despite the challenging, and extremely frustrating, weather pattern. The northeast has been unusually dry lately.....except for one place :) That's right, Jay Peak folks, Jay gosh darn, motherluvin Peak. I am embarrassed to say when, but we, the hardcore skiing(sorry Alex) members of Sal's Place decided that we were overly bored with the groomers of Killington and decided to make the pilgrimage up to Jay. We left Ktown and the Pickle behind on a Friday night and headed to The Couples House in Waitsfield. Thanks to the generousity of the man, the myth, the legend, Steve Klafky, we were able to crash on his couch and floor(again, credit where it is due). The alarms went off at 5:30 and we were on the road by 6:00. With the exception of a breakfast sandwich/petrol/wrong gas station stop, the ride to Jay was smooth sailing. We were there early enough to boot up, catch first Tram, and get to the goods before anyone else. Damn it was cold, but the goods were great! It had snowed all week, with a at least a foot that had fallen on Thursday. But we went on Saturday, how could we possibly get freshies? You see the mountain was on wind hold on Friday so, ipso facto...Powder Day! It was a little wind slabby in spots, but for the most part every acre of the legendary tree skiing at Jay Peak was full of stoke. I'm not gonna carry on and continue to tell you how epic each run was, but you get the point. We skied from first Tram until well after 3:00, unheard of at Killington. In true Sal's Place representation, we found the bar at the newly erected(hehehe ERECT), Tram Haus Lodge. A handful of Tram Ales later, we loaded into the Dupuis Family Truckster, with a few sodas of course, and began the journey back towards Ktown. Along the way we stopped off at the BBQ joint near MRG to bear witness to the Man vs. Food competition between two Couples House members. The skinny guy lost, but did he really? We finally made it back to Sal's around midnight, completely exhausted, half pickled and still grinning from the epicality of the day. Overall I'm gonna go ahead and call it an 9 on the EI.........