Ice Coaster's video: Pedigree Ski Shop Visits Stratton for ESWRA OnSnow

During a year with very little snow, really warm weather and snow dances that have gone unseen by the gods, the conditions at the ESWRA OnSnow demo up at Stratton were probably the best I've ever seen at this event. The snow that has come through over the past few weeks filled in lots of nook and crannies that desperately needed it. It snowed again on Monday night during our drive up which led to about four inches of fresh powder blanketing the mountain for the first day. The second day was cold and perfectly sunny and the third day was more of the same. We got to test out a ton of new products that will be coming out next ski season. Big things are happening next year, tons of new skis, some skis that have been around for a while are getting a facelift, Lange is trying a new concept hoping to set the new standard for ski boots, several companies will be coming out with BOA ski boots for the first time ever. Suffice to say we had a great time and learned a lot as we methodically worked through the stuff we really wanted to try. We had a great crew full of skiers with (kinda) similar DINs and all wearing size 26.5 boots which made swapping skis a breeze during the test. I love this crew, we all seem to have a similar mindset with how we like to ski... We aren't out there to enjoy the scenery... we are out there to get our blood pumping; we're out there to push ourselves; we're out there to improve and of course we're out there to yell Top Gun Maverick quotes at people we don't know as we ski by them at high speeds. The conditions up in Vermont are amazing right now and it looks like things are just going to get better over the next week. It looks like the ski season just had a late start by a month or two. Can't wait to get out there again.