Author: Harvey

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Skiing in the Woods

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Skiing in a storm is exciting. Even better, today, there was a surprise storm.  What was billed as light snow in the Adirondacks turned into more. It snowed all day and it piled up.

cabin in the woods

It was a change of routine for us. Instead of getting up before dawn to be at the mountain at 7:30, we hung out, watched the snow, did some sledding and skiing in the woods.  We headed for terrain right out the back door, where we have created some makeshift trails. It’s fun setting tracks in new snow, especially if it’s not too deep.

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Tagged: Adirondacks, Nordic Skiing10 Comments

Winter Arrives in New York

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Last weekend I said that it really felt like winter. For the last two days it actually was winter across New York and New England.  A storm we’d been watching for a week arrived in the North Country and delivered as promised.

winter arrives

At our place in New York it started to snow at 8pm last night and continued pretty steadily throughout the day, leaving sixteen inches of snow, and — for me at least — the idea that just maybe normal winters aren’t a thing of the past.

It’s been a while since I skied deep fresh snow, and I was really looking forward to it. But also to be honest, I was anxious, after my injury in dense snow last spring.

Last season I made a connection with the guys from Worth Skis, and ordered a pair of Daily Bread for just such an occasion. After some extended consideration over the possibility of buying my first fixed heel binding, time ran out, and the storm was on our doorstep. I did the safest, easiest, cheapest thing, and mounted them with Rottefella R8s, my tele binding of choice.

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Gore Mountain, NY: 12/22/12

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The first full day of winter, was a full day of winter, at Gore Mountain in NY. It was cold, it was windy and it snowed much of the day.  Of the three lifts that ran, two of them are windiest chairs at Gore — the Adirondack Express and the Topridge Triple.  While it probably didn’t get below 20 degrees, many eastern skiers haven’t faced true winter cold yet this season. I know I hadn’t.

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I was so excited to experience winter, that I’d a bought a lift ticket just to be out in the weather.  There was excitement about winter all over the hill. Everyone was talking about yesterday’s snow, today’s snow and the potential for snow next week. I ran into a noted local who told me…  “three more inches and it’s all in play.”

Adk Keith
Adk Keith

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