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.
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The messageboard is now in read-only mode and no new posts or topics can be created. We will leave the messageboard up for historical purposes, but you will not be able to make new posts or comment on existing ones.
We have started a Discord server and hope that you all will join us on there. Technology has changed over the years and maintaining the messageboard has become somewhat of a pain in the butt and Discord offers many features for users, the main one being a very polished mobile app.
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TR: Wayne's Pad + Lots of POW at Cat! (1/8/11)
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MrClemsonKeri
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MORE PICS
Keeping warm
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Getting ready to grab first chair and first tracks
new snow fall 10 pm friday night
ClemsonKeri in the trees
it was a warm morning haha
Keeping warm
[Img]ClemsonKeri
Getting ready to grab first chair and first tracks
new snow fall 10 pm friday night
ClemsonKeri in the trees
it was a warm morning haha
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skiing rules
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well, never thought I'd say this... I'm jealous! Long dry spell in Mormonia, I need some pow. Looks like a great time even if skiing isn't your thing, glad everyone stayed safe....
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Publicenemybrad
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First off I want to say I had a wonderful time. Saturday I wanted to get some good early freshies but due to consideration for my friend I got started late. Mad three stop-and-wait runs. Then had a hell of an adventure in the parking lot... Memories made
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Powdermonkey
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Is this lodge a Non-Smoking Lodge? 
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Superorb
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Awesome TR, love the pics. I got a laugh of that icicle inside. It's nuts when you get stuck even with a 4WD in North Carolina! As for webcams, they have ones that only need an internet and don't even need a laptop. Just plug it into the router and you're good to go.
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dreamnofpow
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Nice TR, although I didn't see any skiing or riding going on.