That sounds like a hell of a hike man! I’ve had some of my most amazing mental and therapeutic mind moments while doing things in the mountains of Vermont. I just broke up with my ex (many years ago, before I met my wife of course) and needed lots of mental time to process what I just did and where did I go? To my grandfathers house up at Jay. Hiked up and down a bunch of trails right from the base up to the summit. Was an incredible few days to do that type of stuff! Really cleared the mind, got things figured out and moved on. Mountains can definitely do that type of stuff for a person! Combine that with a companion like a dog and you’ve got an awesome time on your hands.
I know what you mean about that insanely wet and heavy snow. I’ve tried to go riding in that and it sucks. You need some crazy wax and an alpine board or something to get anywhere lol and we don’t have that shit! The worst is when you get a little speed and you hit a solid wet patch (sounds like it was all that wetness, really) and your board soaks the water all up and you are done lol.
Also on the communities section, check out my fledgling rant community. You can shoot the shit, rant, complain or do whatever you want really. It’s chill! There’s a good amount of people posting in it and checking it out so it’s fun!
Yeah man! It's one of the reasons I moved out here. I loved living in the city and I miss it a lot, especially just being able to walk out the door and skate, but here it's a lot better for my head. I can literally walk out my door and hike up the mountain; which I do sometimes but a short drive does make it a lot more bearable haha.
And yeah, doggo definitely helps! He's another reason we're out here.
Hahah yeah that was pretty much it the whole way down. At first I had to just go straight and get into the bootpack eventually. As soon as it started to flatten out I tried to scoot a little and looked at my base and it was done for. I imagine it was probably like that the whole way down haha. Hike was worth it but if I could do it again I wouldn't have even brought my snowboard..
Hell yeah on the community! I'm gonna join. I actually think I saw a post of yours recently and it had the tag or whatever you call it. I was going to check it out but then something came up, I forget what, and I left my computer and forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!