When Toto's TomTom got mixed up and they were suddenly blessing the snows up in Berkshire County, the shredfather calls for one thing, and one thing only.
Back-to-backs and a ton of local powder news.
We were the grateful beneficiaries of 20-plus inches of sweet, soft, succulent powder at the numerous local shred-palaces this past week. Yours truly lucked out and managed to score some untouched mounds at Ski Butternut Thursday morning and gobble up whatever first tracks were left at Bousquet midday Friday. Special shout-out to the Mount Greylock Regional School District for the snow day, which allowed the not-quite-shreddy fiance to join me down in Great Barrington.
Both days were gush-worthy on the mountains, with some ungroomed portions sinking you more than a foot deep at a standstill. There's something about the quiet serenity fresh pow gives you after a season full of the grinding cacophony of icy northeastern terrain. I highly recommend you put this Eagle down (or bring it with you for some light lodge or apres reading) and get on a hill somewhere. There is still plenty of last week's dumping left for you. I'm not that greedy.
This column can be read in its entirety on The Berkshire Eagle website, or reach out to me directly for a complete copy.