Rediscovering the Old trails of the New Deal - NH, VT, MA

[Peakbagr]

Interesting article in yesterday's NYT:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/02/1...ils-of-the-new-deal.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0

 

[Jay H]

http://www.thunderboltskirun.com/documentary.html

If you can catch a showing of the above which was produced by the Thunderbolt ski runners, it's a real interesting history of the t-bolt.

I saw it one sunday at the Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield and it was very interesting. They also have a museum you can go to in Adams which I'm told is really nice. Speaking of the thunderbolt, the race is scheduled in 2 weeks on March 2nd...

http://www.thunderboltskirunners.org/race

Jay

 

[IndianChris]

The race sounds exciting!
I don't understand though how it will take racers in top shape at least an hour to finish.
Isn't it a downhill race?

 

[sardog1]

The race sounds exciting!
I don't understand though how it will take racers in top shape at least an hour to finish.
Isn't it a downhill race?

What goes down must first go up ...

 

[Jay H]

What goes down must first go up ...

Yup, though ascending to the thunderbolt shelter in a hour is a pretty good feat in itself...

There was an attempt at a commercial ski facility around where the thunderbolt trail ends in Adams, if you take some of the more meandering trails off the summit towards Thiel road, you will see rusty ski lift towers of a failed attempt at a lift ski operation.

http://www.nelsap.org/ma/greylock1.html

There is still an active ski club called the Greylock Ski Club, but they are on the west side of Greylock off the Roaring Brook trailhead...

Jay

 

[IndianChris]

Ahh...didn't know skiers had to go up the mountain first.
Now that sounds challenging!
So they hike up...then ski down?
Cool.

 

[Mohamed Ellozy]

I suspect that they skin up.

Yup, re-reading the article I find:

I had arrived at the base of Mount Greylock, Massachusetts’ highest peak, on a gorgeous, bluebird January afternoon, just a few days after a storm had dumped a thick coating of fresh powder across New England. And I had made good time skinning up the trail.

 

[rocket21]

They linked to the Mansfield page of this site in the article, but here's a link to the main CCC ski trail section:
New England's Alpine CCC Ski Trails

 

[DougPaul]

They linked to the Mansfield page of this site in the article, but here's a link to the main CCC ski trail section:
New England's Alpine CCC Ski Trails

These trails are also described in Goodman's guidebooks.

Doug

 

[jfb]

They go up a different trail, either by snowshoe, skinning or postholing.

 

[TDawg]

I had a great time skinning up and riding my splitboard down the Tucker Brook trail on Thursday. Fresh pow and a fun run.

https://picasaweb.google.com/111342764983603187617/TuckerbrookSkiTrailShred22113?noredirect=1