PHNX rider Phil Chadderdon sent this photo (taken by his wife) of a perfect day snurfing it up in the Northeast Kingdom!
Just where is the Northeast Kingdom? So, the NEK, as it is known, comprises the northeast corner of Vermont, a tri-county area of 2,027 square miles and 55 towns. The area is "based on a set of long-ago volcanic islands, compressed during collision with the Taconic orogeny". What? Let me boil that down for you: what that really means is their northern location and geology provides lots of snow and lots of great snurfing hills!
(If you want to know more about NEK you can read the Wikepedia entry from which I quoted)
Kingdom or not, people who live up there are RICH! OK, I don't know how much money Phil has, but if you measure wealth by blue skies, fresh tracks, fresh air, healthy pursuits, and big smiles (uh, and the wife with the camera!), he is clearly loaded.
As for exactly where in the Kingdom Phil is snurfing, well, all he would say is:
"Danville, VT. I promised the person who showed me that I wouldn't expose it to others...so I can't be specific".
Of course, this is a bit funny/ironic because at the same time, Phil (like me) says "I can't get people to to go with me." Yeah, we want to share how awesome snurfing is...but we want our secret stashes too!
OK, maybe not entirely secret, because those other tracks you see in the photo are fox tracks, which Phil saw on both sides of the hill. It's nice to know someone else is enjoying the snow!
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