Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:39 am
K2slopesurfer and Imet up in Raleigh at 5am for the drive up to Beech mountain for the day.
Conditions looked great as we approached Boone with fresh snow on the ground and good time made. Being the first time She and I had met in person, we had lots to talk about, and missed the 105 turn. Opted for 194. But.... there was a closed road and a detour. No problem, weve got GPS. Whatever. The next 20 minutes were fun FUN. the gps kept trying to send us up random driveway looking roads. So with a unsure GPS and a spirit of adventure, we entered the small roads on the Backside of Beech, determined not to fail.
We entered by the dump center off 321. Little blue signs so we knew we were close
They all looked like this. But her Subaru handled the steep roads with no problem.
When we finally got up to the ridge top we discovered the Oz tunnel, and drove thru.
Since the Mexican cleaning the chairs on Oz lift wouldnt let us drive across the slope top,
We drove back down the mtn and to the parkinglot. 9am perfect arrival time
We were greeted by the snowplow guys who we had asked how to get down, they returned my Blackberry I dropped at the Oz tunnel. Thanks.
Great conditions with 3 inches of fresh powder.
Guns going, cold and clear. Great day on the slopes. No crowd, no wait.
Fun stuff on the sides of 4 to 6 inch powder on Southern star and Robbins run. Actually found some features to hop
The trip abruptly ended when Jess took a face plant over a roller on the lower trails. Short little hop with both of us hitting it at the same time. She landed a little forward and caught her front end and took it full force to the forehead/goggles.
Walked her out to the car and sat down a minute. It quickly became obvious that there was a problem when she couldnt remember the morning. I got ski patrol
Beech Mtn ski patrol, Gill, came out and assesed her. Quickly suggested the closest er at Cannon Hospital.
Great hospital, caring people. Just a concusion and discharged her about 4 hrs later.
Had a helmet and it probably made a difference dr said.
Glad she is doing ok today. She cant ski/board for 3 days the Dr said, so Monday K2?
Conditions looked great as we approached Boone with fresh snow on the ground and good time made. Being the first time She and I had met in person, we had lots to talk about, and missed the 105 turn. Opted for 194. But.... there was a closed road and a detour. No problem, weve got GPS. Whatever. The next 20 minutes were fun FUN. the gps kept trying to send us up random driveway looking roads. So with a unsure GPS and a spirit of adventure, we entered the small roads on the Backside of Beech, determined not to fail.
We entered by the dump center off 321. Little blue signs so we knew we were close
They all looked like this. But her Subaru handled the steep roads with no problem.
When we finally got up to the ridge top we discovered the Oz tunnel, and drove thru.
Since the Mexican cleaning the chairs on Oz lift wouldnt let us drive across the slope top,
We drove back down the mtn and to the parkinglot. 9am perfect arrival time
We were greeted by the snowplow guys who we had asked how to get down, they returned my Blackberry I dropped at the Oz tunnel. Thanks.
Great conditions with 3 inches of fresh powder.
Guns going, cold and clear. Great day on the slopes. No crowd, no wait.
Fun stuff on the sides of 4 to 6 inch powder on Southern star and Robbins run. Actually found some features to hop
The trip abruptly ended when Jess took a face plant over a roller on the lower trails. Short little hop with both of us hitting it at the same time. She landed a little forward and caught her front end and took it full force to the forehead/goggles.
Walked her out to the car and sat down a minute. It quickly became obvious that there was a problem when she couldnt remember the morning. I got ski patrol
Beech Mtn ski patrol, Gill, came out and assesed her. Quickly suggested the closest er at Cannon Hospital.
Great hospital, caring people. Just a concusion and discharged her about 4 hrs later.
Had a helmet and it probably made a difference dr said.
Glad she is doing ok today. She cant ski/board for 3 days the Dr said, so Monday K2?
