Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:02 pm
So myself and the mister headed up to Maggie Valley on friday night. We arrived at Wayne's place around 8:30 and there was already a TON of snow. Around 10 PM we measured the snow and there was about 10" already in the front yard. I tried to make some turns in the yard but there just wasn't enough vert to get any speed in that much powder. Needless to say, it was a fun night...
And due to said fun night it was a bit hard waking up at 7 to make sure we got first chair...but we powered through and 1.5 hours later we were on our way up the mountain in the first chair and got first tracks!
It's hard for me to describe, other than saying it was the best day I've ever had on the snow. (Only been out west once and didn't snow at all while I was there). Most POW I've experienced was about 8" at Sugar 2 or 3 years ago.
I'll just say this...I experienced my FIRST face shot at the CAT in North freaking Carolina on Saturday and I couldn't have asked for better conditions.
Lots of boot deep pow and even some knee to thigh-deep pow stashes were to be found (esp in the glades!) The glades were soooooo $$$. Freshies were to be found all day (it snowed hard all morning).
Final storm total according to cat's website was 16" and with that...here are the pics:
The driveway:
First chair
From our first couple of runs
More PowPow
Boot deep pow
Glades from the lift
Snowdrift at the top of the mountain
Knee deep pow
Alley cat when the sun came out for a bit in the afternoon
Glades:
Mr. ClemsonKeri in the trees
The lines were very minimal until after lunch. We stuck around till about 2:30 when almost everything was tracked out and the wind was really picking up.
Lines when we left
The truck when we got back to it
Had another fun night at the pad Saturday night and then we headed back home this morning.
And due to said fun night it was a bit hard waking up at 7 to make sure we got first chair...but we powered through and 1.5 hours later we were on our way up the mountain in the first chair and got first tracks!
It's hard for me to describe, other than saying it was the best day I've ever had on the snow. (Only been out west once and didn't snow at all while I was there). Most POW I've experienced was about 8" at Sugar 2 or 3 years ago.
I'll just say this...I experienced my FIRST face shot at the CAT in North freaking Carolina on Saturday and I couldn't have asked for better conditions.
Lots of boot deep pow and even some knee to thigh-deep pow stashes were to be found (esp in the glades!) The glades were soooooo $$$. Freshies were to be found all day (it snowed hard all morning).
Final storm total according to cat's website was 16" and with that...here are the pics:
The driveway:
First chair
From our first couple of runs
More PowPow
Boot deep pow
Glades from the lift
Snowdrift at the top of the mountain
Knee deep pow
Alley cat when the sun came out for a bit in the afternoon
Glades:
Mr. ClemsonKeri in the trees
The lines were very minimal until after lunch. We stuck around till about 2:30 when almost everything was tracked out and the wind was really picking up.
Lines when we left
The truck when we got back to it
Had another fun night at the pad Saturday night and then we headed back home this morning.
