App Ski Mtn 1-16-17
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:44 pm
Went to App today with carvebeast. It was way more fun than I was expecting. It was warm and slushy as can be out. I was wearing a flannel shirt and I had to shed the layer of Under Armour underneath. Toasty. And you would sink several inches in the snow whenever walking. Basically, it felt like late March and not mid-January.
The fog in the morning was intense. I can't remember the last time I had such bad fog conditions driving up 321. You could barely see cars in front of you. The fog was prevalent at the ski area too when I arrived.
After I fixed their webcam, the fog began to lift though and the sun start to come through.
By late morning it was completely sunny.
We hung out in Appal Jack for the majority of the day. The jumps in Jam kind of sucked due to some bad landings. Jack was stacked with features.
I didn't take many pictures as I was having too much fun riding. I love slushy park days like today, just not necessarily in the middle of January. With the crappy week of weather ahead, I seriously have my doubts that App, or any ski area in NC for that matter, will be open come this time next week. App had a good amount of snow, but not as much as I honestly thought they'd have. The snow always melts faster than you think it will.
Maybe I'm being too pessimistic, but it's going to be in the 50's all week with rain on Friday and Sunday. It looks like cold finally returns early next week so we will see if they can eek through.
The fog in the morning was intense. I can't remember the last time I had such bad fog conditions driving up 321. You could barely see cars in front of you. The fog was prevalent at the ski area too when I arrived.
After I fixed their webcam, the fog began to lift though and the sun start to come through.
By late morning it was completely sunny.
We hung out in Appal Jack for the majority of the day. The jumps in Jam kind of sucked due to some bad landings. Jack was stacked with features.
I didn't take many pictures as I was having too much fun riding. I love slushy park days like today, just not necessarily in the middle of January. With the crappy week of weather ahead, I seriously have my doubts that App, or any ski area in NC for that matter, will be open come this time next week. App had a good amount of snow, but not as much as I honestly thought they'd have. The snow always melts faster than you think it will.
Maybe I'm being too pessimistic, but it's going to be in the 50's all week with rain on Friday and Sunday. It looks like cold finally returns early next week so we will see if they can eek through.