Bolton Valley 1/7/2017

I spent the last day of the cold snap at Bolton Valley today. The morning started with only lower mountain lifts running and the other major lifts opened at various points throughout the morning. Conditions were a very mixed bag; some areas were windblown down to ice, some had drifts waist deep, and some had about a foot of dense powder. There wasn't much wind and it wasn't quite as cold as it has been. Most trails and glades were open, but cover was thin in some windblown areas. There was a good number of people there, but the lift system is efficient and kept lines almost nonexistent. Glades were excellent because they were not as prone to drifting. Wilderness Glade and Lost Boyz were especially good. I also discovered a tight glade/path which led to a cliff-top viewpoint. From the viewpoint the only way down requires a mandatory cliff-drop and a tight landing with an immediate turn. This is within a marked glade which, I think, makes this run one of the most difficult in the east and I'm surprised more people don't know about it, but I'm okay with that. ;)
Vista Quad
Mid-Mountain Double
Mid-Mountain Double
Mid-Mounatin Double
Snowflake Double
Timberline Quad
Timberline Quad
Timberline Quad
Lost Boyz
Untracked Doug's Woods
Wilderness Double
Wilderness Double
Wilderness Double
Wilderness Double
Peggy Dow's
Vista Quad
Vista Quad
View from Vista Peak
Vista Quad
Cliff-Top Viewpoint in Glade
Chute Below Cliff & Viewpoint
Biew from Vista Peak
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- Sam


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Comments
Thanks! I don't use a GPS tracker, but I know there are a number of us on here who do.
See DM for location
You can't see well in the photos, but Whiteface was clearly visible yesterday. Look at the first one titled "View from Vista Peak" and you can see it just above the ski patrol building.
It is the tall one in the distance and the runs were clearly visible yesterday, although the photos don't show it.
What surprised me most about that one is that it was part of a marked woods area with no warning signs.
Post college years until your 25. All access, no blackouts.