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Poaching Hawksnest TR 1-14-11

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So last night at Beech, Kevin (jamsandwich) had an idea about poaching Hawksnest this morning. Sounded like a good idea to me. So we woke up about 6 this morning and headed out to get a couple runs in before we both had to be at work. It was great. There wasn't as much snow up there as I figured. A lot of it had been blown into the woods but there was a line right beside the woods on skiers far left that we took down twice. About boot to knee deep and we rode down to where the bunny hill started. Not a lot of vert but still really fun. We both realized how much we missed that place. The views up there are amazing and the area just has a cool feel to it.



Video of our last run. I hit bottom about halfway down and tumbled a bit. Snow was really deep in spots and in others it was only about 5 or 6 inches.







I love the view at the top.





Beautiful sunrise.

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The old lift.

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Jam pumped for the ride down.

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From the top again.

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Some of our tracks.

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Our line. Had to stay close to the trees where it was deep.

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More tracks.

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Hiking up sucked.

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The view from the backside looking at Sugar.





Leaving. A good way to start the day.

WOOOOOO!

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Wow! Way to get it!
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Ken and Jam, FTW!!:>)
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Awesome! Town of Seven Devils you suck for ruining Hawknest.
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the nest lives god do i miss that place.
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Sickness.
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@MBlacky1051 235472 wrote:*2

+3 stupid politics
"You mean there is Two of them??"
"it's about 10 very heavy inches. I can drive it but it sure will be slow"
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well done!
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@2slikstix 235480 wrote:+3 stupid politics



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The sense of nostalgia I feel watching this video is crazy. I went to Wolf on the 12th, and the whole time was thinking of how much I wanted to go to Hawksnest.
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awesome. a lot better when I tried skiing it last year. All ice, essentially. There was a little fresh on the side where you were but we didnt go far. Why didnt you try top gun?
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