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EPIC SNOW DAY - Winter's Place 1-29-2014

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Winter's Place 1-29-2014



School was cancelled today for half the country so we decided to visit this new Raleigh ski resort Winter's Place (not to be confused with Winterplace...)



Conditions were epic - the mountain only had one park run, but it was completely open.



Check out the video - lot's of 180's and 360's:

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We got out early before the lift opened to earn some turns...





Park crew was out in full force:







Daniel landed a one footer:







Some of the kids in the park were incredibly good - This isn't an camera angle trick, this guy literally is 6" off the ground right here:



I had to show them how it was done - this is how I roll - go big or go home.







The little kids had a blast on the tube slides:





It started to get cold so we went inside for an early lunch:



There's a really upscale lunch spot at the top of the mountain with incredible views - I had the vegetable lasagna with broccoli rabe - highly recommended:



We went back out after lunch -- this place looks like it's growing rapidly, they opened a 2nd run called "Neighbor's driveway" - unfortunately the lift lines were long and it was overrun with gapers tubing:



Ski patrol came out to restore order:



The main runs were starting to get a little over skied by mid morning so the park crew did a little mid day regrooming - they had tons of reserve snow everywhere and lots of manpower:





We came back inside and got to meet the chef, she was working on a new dish - she called it "fried rice with beef", looked pretty innovative:





All in all this was one of the best trips we've done all season - you can't beat the convenience, and everyone was super friendly,. The mountain is a bit small (I estimate about 20-30' vertical) but the conditions were fantastic.



Great snow, Great food, great fun - what more can you ask for?



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@teledave 296394 wrote:Homemade TR's are the best



Thanks TD! I'm not sure what everyone else's problem is (55 views and only 1 post) but at least you get it - what do they want, another lame Vail TR? :)
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NICE! Not much vert in my hood but did find a few small hills to slide down with the rock skis :-)
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Yes it did look like a blast. However with all those amenities I'm not sure I can afford the pass.
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@BaZinGa 296401 wrote:NICE! Not much vert in my hood but did find a few small hills to slide down with the rock skis :-)



Nice! you gonna make it to the unofficial summit this year?
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@winter 296407 wrote:Nice! you gonna make it to the unofficial summit this year?



Hope so. Waiting for our friends to get their work schedule to see how many days we can book. Might have to do 2 trips :-) You guys already book Rimfire?
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@BaZinGa 296411 wrote:Hope so. Waiting for our friends to get their work schedule to see how many days we can book. Might have to do 2 trips :-) You guys already book Rimfire?



We did. Don't wait until 5:30p Friday to decide this time - hope to see you up there!
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This is a very troubling trip report -- while these people knew what they were doing and had the right gear to hit this terrain a lot more people don't and will get the wrong idea.



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@winter 296412 wrote:We did. Don't wait until 5:30p Friday to decide this time - hope to see you up there!



Hey now, I was packed & ready to go... Just too much miscommunication at the last minute and that dreaded W O R K thing that pays for it all but also cuts into ski time significantly this past year or two...
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