Meathead East Coast Skiing Adventure Movies & Films

It was a rough start to the 2006/2007 season, but the Valentine’s Day storm made up for it in a big way. We were graciously pummeled with over 60 inches of crazy snow in one of the largest single snow storm events Vermont has ever witnessed.

Two crews of filmers and athletes attacked the slopes on either side of the notch: Geoff (filming), Erik Olson, and Jay Bowen hit up Stowe, and Rooster (filming), Dave Watson, and Tyler Secrest sampled Smuggler’s Notch. The snow was pounding all day, and was of a strange sand-like consistency, which made for some interesting skiing. It was super slow and heavy, and we basically had to make backseat windshield wiper turns to keep our ski tips from sinking under the snow. If the tips went under, and we weren’t going fast enough, we’d either come to a complete stop or take a face plant. But we hit certain wood shots that were steep and ridiculously deep, keeping us giddy for days.

Just leaving the resorts was quite the mission. Our cars were totally buried and the drive back to Burlington took around two and a half hours (compared to the normal one hour). Once back in Burly, the whole town was shut down. Cars were stuck. Snowplows were stuck. Fire trucks and ambulances were everywhere. People were cross-country skiing all around. Others were alpine skiing and snowboarding down Main Street with great success and getting face shots. Just shoveling our driveway to get our cars off the street took hours with 5 people going at it.