My 3rd day trip in the past week. New years day and yesterday were blue-bird and temps in 30s and 40s. Crowds were typical for holidays so most time was spent on Cupp and Soaring Eagle. Had a great time with WakeBoarder and his family on Wed.
Yesterday I arrived about 930 to temps of 15 deg but warming. I usually make some laps off soaring eagle and grabhammer, before heading to west territory. The crowds seem heavy early so I went direct to western territory. I was surprised that Shays was still closed so I did half-dozen laps on Cupp. Snow was nice, especially early, but there were the usual ice patches as time went on. Lower-left Cupp had a short run of bumps developed, but with a few thin spots coming thru.
Here's a pic from lift of snowmaking on Shays
I noticed several people poaching so I decided to give it a go. Here's a view of lower half of upper Shays.
After a couple more runs on Shays and lunch at Arbuckles, I headed for the basin area. To my surprise, the runs off grabhammer lift were holding snow and the lift lines were not bad for singles. I noticed the trees filled in from what they were Wednesday so I tried the bmx course below the lower portion of the lift. I cut it short after suffering several snow-shark bites ðŸ˜*
Heard reports bumps were left on Camp99 so I headed for soaring eagle. Bumps were nice, still holding some soft snow. Here's the lower half of 99 (top had better bumps but lighting was poor)
Sawmill had no bumps and was very icy
Overall a fun day.
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Snowshoe TR 1/4/14
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jamsandwich
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Awesome looks great. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice!!!
Days on snow (tbd)
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winter
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@RMacSki 295490 wrote:awesome. nice tr. not sure if i'll ever justify going to Snowshoe, but perhaps one day if I'm in the area. looks fun
If you're travelling with a large family or your going up with a bunch of friends (can you say summit?) SnowShoe makes a lot of sense, by yourself with a 7 hour drive, not so much...
A 5-7 day trip out west with a family of 5 staying on-mountain can easily run $12K - 18K not including food, the same trip to SnowShoe runs around $3 - 5K (on the low end of that range if you get the ridiculous pass.)
The savings are airfare, transport (shuttle or car rental from airport to mountain), cheaper opn mountain lodging, and rental skis (we bring our skis to SnowShoe but rent when we go out west.)
We did a 5 day trip to SnowShoe over Christmas and everyone loved it,
If you're travelling with a large family or your going up with a bunch of friends (can you say summit?) SnowShoe makes a lot of sense, by yourself with a 7 hour drive, not so much...
A 5-7 day trip out west with a family of 5 staying on-mountain can easily run $12K - 18K not including food, the same trip to SnowShoe runs around $3 - 5K (on the low end of that range if you get the ridiculous pass.)
The savings are airfare, transport (shuttle or car rental from airport to mountain), cheaper opn mountain lodging, and rental skis (we bring our skis to SnowShoe but rent when we go out west.)
We did a 5 day trip to SnowShoe over Christmas and everyone loved it,
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@winter 295508 wrote:
A 5-7 day trip out west with a family of 5 staying on-mountain can easily run $12K - 18K not including food, the same trip to SnowShoe runs around $3 - 5K
umm..are you booking a private jet to fly you, and buying a timeshare too??? I have no idea where you are getting those figures $12k/$18k vs $3k. I really don't think it costs $9,000+ more for 5-7 days out West!!!
A 5-7 day trip out west with a family of 5 staying on-mountain can easily run $12K - 18K not including food, the same trip to SnowShoe runs around $3 - 5K
umm..are you booking a private jet to fly you, and buying a timeshare too??? I have no idea where you are getting those figures $12k/$18k vs $3k. I really don't think it costs $9,000+ more for 5-7 days out West!!!
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@Snowbucks 295535 wrote:umm..are you booking a private jet to fly you, and buying a timeshare too??? I have no idea where you are getting those figures $12k/$18k vs $3k. I really don't think it costs $9,000+ more for 5-7 days out West!!!
Gotta agee, I stayed ski in/out at Solitude for 5 days with 5 people for $4K including everything two seasons ago. The only difference in going to SS vs West is airfare & vehicle rental, and excepting those two things West is cheaper for everything else.
Gotta agee, I stayed ski in/out at Solitude for 5 days with 5 people for $4K including everything two seasons ago. The only difference in going to SS vs West is airfare & vehicle rental, and excepting those two things West is cheaper for everything else.
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