You made me smile plus condition report from Route 4
Oh Sam and Todd, I am so very impressed with your intrepid (read: insane) efforts. Thanks for the great pics and laughs. You know I would have been there, too if I were closer and more desperate.
In case anyone's interested, there's now decent skiing to be found near route 4. Unlike the conditions my southern comrades encountered, we did not lose all of our base so before Monday's storm there was still white almost everywhere. We received 4 - 6" of new snow on top of what's now a very icy and uneven base. This means that the flat areas are quite lovely to ski, but there just isn't a lot of flat in the backcountry. Woodstock Ski Touring's Mt Tom Trails are lovely. The steeper hills in Bridgewater and on the CT adjacent to route 4 remain extremely hazardous.
Expecting more snow on Friday but it doesn't sound like enough for the more challenging sections. The moderate terrain should be great, though.
Lynn
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