Yesterday was far and away my best day of the season. All the ingredients were there: uninterrupted sunshine, temps in the upper 20s, no wind and no lift lines. Icing on the cake: I was introduced to the Wilderness peak at Bolton Valley by terrain parks manager Allison Buttner (stay tuned for an interview with Allison later this week.)
If you’ve never been to Bolton and you’re a glades-lover, you are depraved. Seriously, go there. You can duck into the trees almost anywhere on any trail and find the good stuff — I was stumbling onto fresh powder on every other run, even though there hasn’t been a good dumping in over 2 weeks.
I hope you were able to get out on Saturday. But if not, here’s a batch of photos to rub it in…
Bolton Valley (Camel's Hump in the background)
Riders emerging from the woods at the summit. No idea what they were doing in there.
Bolton has a wind turbine so you can get green while you get rad in the parks.
No photoshopping here - it was THAT bluebird yesterday.
Even the moon made an appearance. It was all, "sure looks like a nice day to ride down there." The moon can't snowboard, though, on account of its not having any legs.
And the award for best dressed goes to... (I overheard someone ask this guy if his hat was made of coyote or fox and he said, "nope. wolf." so it would be wise not to get on this guy's bad side.)
Million dollar view, for the price of a lift ticket.
Just one of the leftover stashes I stumbled upon at Bolton Valley. Score.
-Luke
Tags: allison buttner, bluebird, bolton valley, glades, tree riding