Decided to go to App today since it's a fun little hill and they weren't blowing snow/water/rainbow makers onto the open trails (*he thinks back to the previous weeks drenching at Sugar - thank goodness for good waterproof outerwear*). Anyways, the woofie bus left a little later than planned but still arrived at App a little after 9am. To my surprise the first few rows of parking had already been claimed.
The morning crowds weren't all that bad - only had to wait a few chairs for most runs and skied right on a few times too:
Conditions were GREAT!
I'd call it packed powder... good stuff for anytime of the year, especially Novemeber:
About 2pm the crowds poured in... a little auto focus issue but you get the point:
Can someone please remind me of the date??? Is this February or November?!?
App was looking as good as I've ever seen it... November, December, January, February or March! They made snow on Hard Core & Thin Slice during the morning, but cut the guns off when it warmed up after lunch. Both trails have good cover and should be ready to open whenever they're ready to push around a little snow & drop the rope.
I didn't get any pics of the expanded area at the top of Orchard Run, but removing that tree seems to have helped... most of the time I was able to easily pick my way through the 10 or so boarders plopped down right in the middle of the trail :rolleyes:... the parks looked good too...
All-in-all a most excellent day! Didn't feel the burn like the first trip to Sugar last week, but I was able to work on a few things and able to enjoy these AWESOME early season conditions!!! The holiday traffic back to Raleigh wasn't even all that bad either...
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Nice pics of that snowy backyard!
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i was there!
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@Bronco Boarder 155291 wrote:When are you NOT there?:rolleyes:
idk.....hahaha
i saw NCSUskier in the lift line and we just kinda looked at each other...haha..this was the second time we have met at app.
idk.....hahaha
i saw NCSUskier in the lift line and we just kinda looked at each other...haha..this was the second time we have met at app.
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@AppSkiFreak33 155295 wrote:idk.....hahaha
i saw NCSUskier in the lift line and we just kinda looked at each other...haha..this was the second time we have met at app.
hahaha... i thought i saw you too, but all you park rats are hard to tell apart with the bandanna's and all... i'm easy to find... the only goof wearing mostly red and some kind of ncsu apparel... catch ya next time...
i saw NCSUskier in the lift line and we just kinda looked at each other...haha..this was the second time we have met at app.
hahaha... i thought i saw you too, but all you park rats are hard to tell apart with the bandanna's and all... i'm easy to find... the only goof wearing mostly red and some kind of ncsu apparel... catch ya next time...
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im the only park rat thats 6 ft tall...besides jake.
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im 6 ft tall, (but im not a park rat outside nc) and was there yesterday. the lift lines sucked during midday, so I jsut hiked the lift tower for about an hour. Got switch on, switch up, and a few siwth on 270 outs.
and taking out that little tree, I dont think helped that much. Its not that much wider and that tree was fun to do stuff off of.
and taking out that little tree, I dont think helped that much. Its not that much wider and that tree was fun to do stuff off of.