Rich's canoe/ski camping thread

[Richcz28]

So, I was a bit jealous of Sara's hikey campy thread and decided to start my own.

I went out Friday to canoe Lake Umbagog with one of my friends. This has to be one of the best foliage weekends of the fall. We put down 5 miles Friday, 7 Saturday, and 12 back to where we started this morning. Lake Umbagog has excellent campsites. We don't usually hit pay spots, but these were worth it. Island camping is my favorite.

 

[ryoken]

sweet...

 

[chevyfumes]

Nice!

 

[livid4dirt]

That's an awesome looking place!

 

[Richcz28]

Just got back from my first weekend of skiing this year. It was a little but of a later start than usual, but we did have a beautiful night for camping.

 

[swettysblazer]

Did you tow the trailer with the Blazer?

 

[Richcz28]

Did you tow the trailer with the Blazer?

No, the blazer is not yet fully operational. My tent is in the bottom left of the photo.

 

[Deuling]

how do you like that heater/grill thing?

Figure you have prolly used it a few times by now.

 

[Richcz28]

I don't really like it as much as I did originally. Now that I have had the chance to use it a bunch the novelty is warn off and I am actually thinking of returning it. Rei has an excellent return policy.

My buddy has a Kelly kettle and it is way more efficient. With my stove you have to burn down the entire forest to cook dinner.

I may just pick up a jet boil or some other gas powered stove for simplicities sake in winter when I return this. For summer camping though, the Kelly kettle is awesome.

 

[Deuling]

I don't really like it as much as I did originally. Now that I have had the chance to use it a bunch the novelty is warn off and I am actually thinking of returning it. Rei has an excellent return policy.

My buddy has a Kelly kettle and it is way more efficient. With my stove you have to burn down the entire forest to cook dinner.

I may just pick up a jet boil or some other gas powered stove for simplicities sake in winter when I return this. For summer camping though, the Kelly kettle is awesome.

Darn, was hoping that you would like it.

Carry on.

 

[Richcz28]

Hiked a small mountain in Pawtuckaway state park in nh today. There was about 8 inches of fresh snow.

I think I hit a few rocks

 

[jekquistk5]

Hiked a small mountain in Pawtuckaway state park in nh today. There was about 8 inches of fresh snow.

I think I hit a few rocks

that will buff right out, a little base filler, some fresh wax and you are good to go! I'm getting most of my gear ready for 6 straight days of boarding

 

[Richcz28]

that will buff right out, a little base filler, some fresh wax and you are good to go! I'm getting most of my gear ready for 6 straight days of boarding

Awesome

I'm headed up to canada for 5 days of skiing New Year's Eve. There's no snow down here.

I have over 250 days on those teles and I've never waxed them. Impressively those are my first core shots on those skis. I just cut the stragglers off with a razor and keep on going.

I have p-tex and a full tuning setup but I usually only bother with a couple nicer sets of skis I have. The edges on these things are round.

 

[Richcz28]

I want to update with new pics but tapatalk won't let me because of a username issue.

 

[jekquistk5]

What Mnt in Canada eh? I'm heading to big sky in a few weeks

 

[Richcz28]

Owls head. It's smaller, but the closest over the border. It's about a 4 hour drive. The dollar goes pretty far for skiing in Canada. $575 for five nights and days with breakfast and dinner included. Most lift tickets to decent mountains in New England are over $75 a day.

 

[jekquistk5]

Owls head. It's smaller, but the closest over the border. It's about a 4 hour drive. The dollar goes pretty far for skiing in Canada. $575 for five nights and days with breakfast and dinner included. Most lift tickets to decent mountains in New England are over $75 a day.

Yah I went to whistler two years ago 3 lift tickets to whistler, a heli session and lodging for about 1600 a person

 

[76k5grrl]

How the heck did I miss this one???? Awesome!!!

♥♥♥♥♥♥

So jellllllly of the snow miss it

 

[Richcz28]

So, Christmas Eve I stayed with my cousin up in New Hampshire. It turns out she is shacking up in a shack. Classy I know, but the shack was awesome.

This lift shack was built in 1937 for a "shovel lift"

I found this picture on the internet from back in the day.

This photo shows a ski patroller pulling a groomer up the lift line.

The first picture reads "The Shovel Ski Lift, 1937-1987, Dedicated in Memory of Bill Whitney, 1987"

The final picture is the view from Bretton Woods. I grew up skiing Wildcat and looking into the bowl, so whenever I ski Bretton I feel like I'm on the wrong side of the mountain. That's Mount Washington for people who don't know.

 

[Richcz28]

Alright Jessie, I put some fresh edges and wax on for you.

They were hurting.