October. Somewhere in the East Coast. The National Weather Service reports that the summit of Mount Mansfield got .3 inches of snow overnight, the first snow of the year. And skier Justin Woods is hungry for it. Two thousand vertical feet of hiking later, he’s there, standing in what turns out to be more like a half inch of pow pow. Yeow! What’s a few core shots to the old rock skis when you’re out schralping it? This homage to the early season itch takes snow lunacy to another level. Just watch out for that—ooooh—rock.
—Katie Klingsporn