Arrived at 9:15 to 1-2 inches new snow and 27*. It is still winter on the mountain. For mid March and several inches of rain this week, the snow was not in too bad shape.
Early there were some deep gouges and death cookies but they were smoothed out pretty quickly. It was partly foggy with occational snow showers,then clearing and then foggy and snowy again. The snow was wet granular in some places but good hard pack in others, later it got a little thick but not unmanageable. There is still plenty of snow and remarkably few thin spots. Oz was not open and Southern Star was pretty rough since it had not been groomed and still has mogals.
It was 35* when we left at 4:00 so it did not have the huge warm up that is occuring at lower elevations and the snow should hold up fairly well.
Got to meet and ski with lots of people, great times.
The Pink, Skiwryter, and Skirt families.
White Lightning
Iheartsnow and TwinTiped
My girls
Scubaskier
My Godson riding AClemmons old board
MikeBopp, Swampfox and SkiSoutheastMac
SkiSoutheastMac
SkiSoutheastMac has Blacky right where she wants him.
Also saw Gunzy and GF, and SkiBeechNewbie, sorry I didn't get any shots of ya'll.
It ws a fun day.
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Nice to finally meet you Pink, and nice seeing Blacky, Swamp and Bopp again. It was a good day, I think I made the right decision on where to ski today. From what I can see most all the others got rain.
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SkiSoutheastMac
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awesome TR..except for the horrific picture of me at the end!
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SkiSoutheastMac
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@MBlacky1051 213124 wrote:
"Sometimes you're the spectator, sometimes you're the show" - The Don
Just wanted to make it clear the only reason I am smiling at that moment is because I am secretly plotting my revenge for what took place about 45 seconds before....
"Sometimes you're the spectator, sometimes you're the show" - The Don
Just wanted to make it clear the only reason I am smiling at that moment is because I am secretly plotting my revenge for what took place about 45 seconds before....
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jbc28
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@SkiSoutheastMac 213134 wrote:Just wanted to make it clear the only reason I am smiling at that moment is because I am secretly plotting my revenge for what took place about 45 seconds before....
Are you sure you are not laughing at some gaper trying to be cool by skiing rockered planks at a bump in NC?;):D
Are you sure you are not laughing at some gaper trying to be cool by skiing rockered planks at a bump in NC?;):D
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Good Karma abounded I got an extra hamburger and drink at McDonalds at no charge and my ring ended up being right where I left it.
onto the trip:
-You started seeing snow around Linville, no meltdown in site. Once you were in Banner elk you'd still see it pretty high along the river banks.
-If you ever want to experience pop rocks and it's sleeting, just ski through the sleet with your mouth open. It's the same experience without all the artificial colors and flavors.
-It didn't sleet for very long, it snowed most of the time.
-White Lightning and Southern Star were chewed up pretty well in the morning and the diminished visibility made them full of surprises.
-Robin's run was the best run in the morning.
-Once visibility improved so did White Lightning, I lapped it a good bit.
-I love high speed quads.
-A good time was had by all, an once again, on the drive home, I saw a whistle pig. That's 3 Whistle Pigs on the year.
-I ended up destorying the display on my camera. Kind of a bummer, but the pics still look ok.
It was good to see everyone. Shoutz to MIke, Blacky, Scuba, Pink, SKisemac, skiwryter...and to those I forgot, sorry:)
Onto the pics
Blacky doing his thing:
Pink at the top of the mtn
Blacky again
Visibility was less than what one would desire
It's not orange, it's red
Mike is happy
Lift shot
All in all a good way to say goodbye to the 2010 season.
Here's some goggle cam vids. In them you'll see at least pink, blacky and mike
The tune is the theme song to the dennis miller show:)
onto the trip:
-You started seeing snow around Linville, no meltdown in site. Once you were in Banner elk you'd still see it pretty high along the river banks.
-If you ever want to experience pop rocks and it's sleeting, just ski through the sleet with your mouth open. It's the same experience without all the artificial colors and flavors.
-It didn't sleet for very long, it snowed most of the time.
-White Lightning and Southern Star were chewed up pretty well in the morning and the diminished visibility made them full of surprises.
-Robin's run was the best run in the morning.
-Once visibility improved so did White Lightning, I lapped it a good bit.
-I love high speed quads.
-A good time was had by all, an once again, on the drive home, I saw a whistle pig. That's 3 Whistle Pigs on the year.
-I ended up destorying the display on my camera. Kind of a bummer, but the pics still look ok.
It was good to see everyone. Shoutz to MIke, Blacky, Scuba, Pink, SKisemac, skiwryter...and to those I forgot, sorry:)
Onto the pics
Blacky doing his thing:
Pink at the top of the mtn
Blacky again
Visibility was less than what one would desire
It's not orange, it's red
Mike is happy
Lift shot
All in all a good way to say goodbye to the 2010 season.
Here's some goggle cam vids. In them you'll see at least pink, blacky and mike
The tune is the theme song to the dennis miller show:)
Live slow, die whenever.....
Days on Snow 22-23
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sugar 1
ober 1
winterplace 2
Homewood 3
Days on Snow 22-23
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sugar 1
ober 1
winterplace 2
Homewood 3
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@skipink 213199 wrote:Heck no there is still Saturday left. Everyone come on and go with us!
Sorry to miss out, but already planned a trip to DC to meet up with friends for next weekend. Wasn't expecting the ski season to last so long!
Sorry to miss out, but already planned a trip to DC to meet up with friends for next weekend. Wasn't expecting the ski season to last so long!
2023-24: Wolf Creek in Dec, Massanutten in Jan, Feb; GT, Big Sky; Crested Butte; Alta/Snowbird in April.