I left greater Saxapahaw at 4:45 on Wed. and arrived Snowshoe a little after 10:00; good run in a packed civic that would save me a lot of gas in the upcoming 900 miles
Snowshoe was blowing
Trail count is padded by all their double named criss-cross trails so I found some short pieces of powder
and a cool new route
Left early for my next few nights accommodation ($22/nt)
Day 2: its a good looking start to a new day
Timberline: the base (photostitched)
the top
the center
the trees (already a lot of options)
I departed TL to finally make my way into some touring late afternoon. With my new used skins, homemade trekker plates, mild apprehension and total inexperience; packing all that I made my way over to Whitegrass.
The objective was to get to round top but attaining the set of trees in the midfield was near cardiac
funny, they didn't look so far away
But I got there then on to Round top
Looked over to Bald Knob which I would get to from the other side on Saturday
and made my way down
there they are again, sweeter from this direction
-- a truly satisfying run.
It was absolutely worth it
Back to Thomas with Wisp my plan the next day
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TR: 4 days 5 mts: SS,TL, WG, Wisp, CV and Bald Knob: Pt1
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brookbarrel
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Nice! Must of just missed you Wed. as that was my departure day mid afternoon. Don't you just love WVa adventures!Some of those tracks in your 2nd pic look familiar.
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jamsandwich
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Sweet pictures. How great is a duck rabbit after a day on the slopes?
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EastCoaster
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Nice work David- we'll have to figure out how to meet up sometime later this season.
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davidski
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Thanks everyone, this series of trip reports is important to me, I pushed to open up something new for myself -- and there are a couple of failures coming up but I'm still amazed that I don't regret any hours spent for minutes of reward. . . despite the fact I hate to hike
I'm starting Pt.2 now , and want to post it tonight because the last day, even though it was only 4-5 hours about Bald knob is a portion to itself
Trip reports are as much nailing your memory as sharing an experience
I'm starting Pt.2 now , and want to post it tonight because the last day, even though it was only 4-5 hours about Bald knob is a portion to itself
Trip reports are as much nailing your memory as sharing an experience
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skiing rules
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Nice pics and good TR. It looks like you got to ski some really good snow. Earning turns is very rewarding--keep it up!
