Final Full Day at MSA

Today was a cold one for sure.  -10F as we drove into the parking lot, but the sun was shining, albeit low in the sky, and there was almost no breeze, so we bundled up with multiple buffs, balaclavas and layers of clothes and headed out for some pretty fabulous classic skiing this morning.  Temps rose to about 3 at lunch as we headed down the hill for a well deserved lunch and some warmth and of course a nap.  For the afternoon speeds session several of us opted to continue with classic given the beautiful tracks.  A great day at MSA!  Tomorrow morning will be our last ski before heading home. Promises to be better than coffee to wake us all up with forecast temps at -10F!

MSA Time Trial Results

1	Lewis Nottonson	12:22	12:15	24:37:00
2	Will Rhatigan	12:29	12:40	25:09:00
3	Chris Burnham	12:36	12:50	25:26:00
4	Jacob Meyerson	12:43	12:51	25:34:00
5	Frank Feist	13:14	12:43	25:57:00
6	James Kitch	13:12	12:46	25:58:00
7	Joseph Carleo	13:11	12:48	25:59:00
8	Tyler Lee	13:34	12:26	26:00:00
9	Jacob Jampel	13:35	12:26	26:01:00
10	Oliver Snow	13:27	12:35	26:02:00
11	John Sakalowski	13:26	12:37	26:03:00
12	Jackson Harding	13:41	13:45	27:26:00
13	Leah Brahms	13:39	13:49	27:28:00
14	Andy Milne	13:39	13:50	27:29:00
15	Rob Bradlee	14:05	13:42	27:47:00
16	Jordan Fried	14:38	13:23	28:01:00
17	Eli Bucher	14:13	14:24	28:37:00
18	Hadley Moreau	14:47	14:32	29:19:00
19	Kathy Maddock	14:44	14:50	29:34:00
20	Bob Burnham	15:08	14:36	29:44:00
21	Sonya Jampel	15:21	14:51	30:12:00
22	Gabby V.	15:15	15:05	30:20:00
23	Madelin Kitch	15:23	15:06	30:29:00
24	Clara Cousins	15:40	14:51	30:31:00
25	Talia Seltzer	15:14	15:26	30:40:00
26	Meg Yoder	15:58	14:52	30:50:00
27	Allie Skahen	16:10	15:45	31:55:00
28	Madelin Rieder	16:33	15:35	32:08:00
29	Hannah Rieder	16:32	15:37	32:09:00
30	Jeanelle Deneau	16:47	15:53	32:40:00
31	Kevin Telfer	16:48	15:57	32:45:00
32	Izzy Cole	16:55	16:42	33:37:00
33	Lilly Sullivan	18:48	15:27	34:15:00
34	Emily Nottonson	18:05	16:23	34:28:00
35	Thor E.	17:02	17:32	34:34:00
36	Violet Cobb	18:07	16:59	35:06:00
37	Rebecca Feist	18:00	17:12	35:12:00
38	Clare Telfer	18:04	17:22	35:26:00
39	Lydia Yoder	18:06	17:39	35:45:00
40	Isaac Newell	18:44	18:19	37:03:00
41	Julia Homa	19:00	19:11	38:11:00
42	Lucy Bergeron	20:22	19:36	39:58:00
43	Natalie Boyle	21:59	22:20	44:19:00

MSA Pursuit Time Trial

Below are a few photos from today's nice and chilly time trial.  More photos can be found at:

http://jamiedoucett.smugmug.com/Ski-Photos/MSA-Time-Trial-2014/n-pgRXK/

Day 2, Ski 1

Several inches of nice, heavy wet snow fell overnight!!!  Amazing how much nicer everything looks with a few inches of fresh Pow.  Pretty nice skiing, although some pretty grippy snow which made those big downhills on 21 rather interesting.

Day 1, Ski 2 at MSA

Classic ski with technique work in the afternoon on nice sugar snow and either klister or Toko Base Green.  Still comfortably warm.  The Blue Group:

MSA Skiing!

A brief stop for a photo op with the Black group and Orange Group.  Nice sugar snow skating in nice temps before the next Canadian polar vortex settles in.

Prospect Hill time trial

Thanks to Andrea Brue and Erik Anderson for schlepping our sneakers and timing our race today at Prospect hill park, in Waltham. The course was up the hill (to "shoe corner"), out to the end and touch the gate twice for J2s and thrice for J1+, then up to the tippy top. Skiers braved a large patch of ice on a downhill, some slippery leaves before touching the gate at the turnaround, and a 20' section of gravel where the road had washed out just before the final climb. We all rediscovered what it feels like to push to race pace, and that feeling is HARD!  Great efforts and great attitudes by everyone today!

Results

James - 18:10

Jacob J - 17:34

Hannah - 21:10

Gabby - 19:37

Sam - 19:45

Madeleine - 22:07

Chloe - 25:42

Lucy - 25:36

Coach Albert (3 out-and-backs) - Somewhere between 22:30 and 27:33... missing start time

Jordan(3 out-and-backs) - 24:35

Sonya(3 out-and-backs) - 26:32

Alex(3 out-and-backs) - 25:57

If your time is wrong, please email me the right time - the finish crew did great, but I was a little sloppy on the starting side of things, and may have your order wrong.  Nice work!

Thanks to Andrea Brue for the pictures below.

Waterville Valley Today

Nice skiing up at Waterville Valley today on sugar snow, so nice and fast, which was good because I wasn't feeling particularly fast.  Osceola was gorgeous:

Photos from Prospect Mt

We had some excellent skiing at Prospect on Saturday. Coaches Frank and Alex took a van full of J2s and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves in fresh powder on an extra blue day.  The rime on the trees made everything look like a winter wonderland! Beautiful.

After a full day of skiing, you get four tired J2s... yes, there is someone under that Wellesley ski team jacket!

This shot is from Waterville Valley the week before last - found a nice chairlift to take a rest break at the top of Snows. Pretty darn good skiing for early season!