The Powder Hounds podcast is the original ski trivia game podcast. Host Jeff ”Shawman” Shaw will take listeners on a ski tour across North America to talk ski areas, ski news, ski passes and talk with ski industry professionals, volunteers and outdoor enthusiasts. Think snow sports fun on your way to or from the mountain!
Powder Hounds Ski Trivia Podcast Episode 61 - Century Club with The ECloud (March 16, 2025)
Episode 61 celebrates an extraordinary 22-year journey to reach the century club. The one and only Erik “The ECloud” Lundquist returns to the podcast to talk about an incredible personal and musical milestone – 100 Phish shows! (And he has the custom Phunky Threads t-shirt to prove it.) Now you may be wondering what the heck Phish the band has to do with skiing in the northeast. Well; stick around, because we’re going to tell you. In typical phish fashion, the episode will have 3 games that will take the form of Set 1, Set 2 and an Encore. Expect a few extended jams along the way. Grab a pint of Phish Food, settle in and bask in the wonder of 100 Phish shows – the people, travel, meals, venues, weather, credit card points, and of course musical improvisation at its finest. Read the f’ing book!
Segment Time
0:00: Punch You in the Eye (12.31.23)
4:20: 100 Phish Shows
26:11: Game 1 – 100s of Skiing
31:39: The Lizards (12.31.23)
34:00: Game 2 - Phish Food for Thought
53:58: Tweezer (12.30.24)
55:37: Game 3 - Final Jeff-Pardy
1:01:40: Tweezer Reprise (12.31.24)
1:02:40: Gag (B-roll)
Notes:
Total Points: 20 pts (Game 1: 3 pts; Game 2: 7 pts; Game 3: 10 pts)
Correction: Oblivion is a trail (blue square) at Waterville Valley, NH; Ovation is a trail (double black diamond-lower and black diamond-headwall and middle) at Killington, VT.
Dank Mix Gamehendge (04.16.92)
Did you know that Pico Mountain – a ski area of firsts as the episode details - is one of the oldest and longest continually operated ski areas in Vermont (#5) and in the United States (at most Top 40)? And that Pico’s vertical drop is ranked #10 in VT; #17 across New England? And did you know you can ski Pico for $62 on weekdays; $80 on weekend (non-holiday)? And that Pico has a unique collection from the Vermont Ski & Snowboard Museum on display?
Point is, don’t sleep on Pico. It’s a legit ski area and worth your time.
As usual, the episode begins with the lightning round featuring longer operating hours, season long reciprocity, a feel good story, lift update and article covering another local investor group trying to buy a corporate-owned ski area. The next segment features Pico’s history and the current day mountain profile, pass affiliations, and lesser known intel. I then share three observations of Pico and three highlights of a recent visit. We wrap with 11 trivia questions highlighting Pico’s “a ski area of firsts history.” Ready for a ‘sunset schuss’? Click in, let’s go!
Segment Times
4:22 - Lightning Round
10:55 - Early History
15:32 - Pico Today
18:11 - Mountain Profile
21:36 – 3 Highlights & 3 Observations
23:26 - Trivia Questions
Ski Patrol the movie celebrates its 35th anniversary in January 12, 2025. If you need a quick reminder about the plot…ski school instructors align with an evil land developer to sabotage the ski patrol and convince the Forest Service to cancel the owner’s lease on the ski area. The broader context in ski movie lore, and, as Heather Hansman wrote in Powder Days, “the goofy sex appeal of mainstream ski movies like Ski Patrol, Ski School and Hot Dog, fed into the oversimplified fallacy that ski town lift was all sunny backscratchers, babes in one-pieces, and beating bad guys to the finish line.” A timely chapter to read the other day. The podcast episode starts with the usual movie overview and critical acclaim before a rundown of the characters/actors, followed by 5 rounds of trivia questions! And a surprise [and signature] final Jeff-Pardy question [acknowledging actual Ski Patrol worldwide] awaits at the end. Happy 35th Ski Patrol [the movie]!
Segment Times:
3:35 – Lightning Round; Free Skiing!
9:26 – Introduction Ski Patrol the Movie
11:12 – Critical Acclaim: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
13:16 – Audience Reviews: The Mostly Good, One Bad, No Ugly
16:18 – Characters and Actors Overview
23:50 – Trivia Questions
38:42 – Final ’Jeff-Pardy’ Question: A Salute to Actual Ski Patrol
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Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100
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YouTube
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Engagement
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