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Cataloochee 1-29-2013 (before the rain)

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I decided to get a couple of hours in at Cat tonight before tomorrow's rain arrives. As expected the snow was very soft. It was still 54 degrees when I left a little before 10 pm. Traffic must have been light today because even Lower Omigosh was still in pretty good shape - no huge ruts and piles on the little steep above the merge with Rabbit Hill.





Upper O was very nice:



Looking up...





and down Upper Omigosh







As was Alley Cat:





Alley Cat was closed for Middle School races when I arrived but it opened some time between 8 and 9.





Rock Island was well covered and in good shape:















There were LOTS of pine needles and debris from the trees just below mid-unloading:









And bark, twigs and debris along the edges of Rock Island.







Soft snow and kinda slow tonight, but still very good coverage. At least I can't complain about the icy spots tonight :D I hope we don't get the up to 2 inches of rain forecast for tomorrow. I hope to head back up Friday to see how things have held up.
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Great shots... I have some vid from this afternoon going up soon.

It was fun stuff this afternoon. Soft and Easy.
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looks like alot of fun !!!
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Nice!
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Awwww kinda sucks I missed out on Cat night seshs....not complaining really...but a nice TR!
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