Highpeaksdrifter joins NYSkiBlog

Hoyt's HighHighpeaksdrifter has joined NY Ski Blog as an author for the 2010/2011 season.

As our go-to guy for Whiteface and northern Adirondacks, Highpeaksdrifter will be checking in during the ski season with trip reports from his home hill, and news from ORDA headquarters in Lake Placid. After the snow melts, you’ll find him hiking, biking, or kayaking throughout the High Peaks. Chances are, you’ve read his informative and passionate posts on ski forums including AlpineZone and SkiADK, where he also moderated.

In addition to repping for Nordica, Highpeaksdrifter has also worked the past nine seasons as a mountain host at Whiteface. If you ask him to name his favorite trails there, he doesn’t hesitate. “Cloudspin’s my favorite. I love that there are so many different lines on that trail. I became a big fan of Hoyt’s High this last season and, of course, I love the Slides: the best slack-country skiing in the Northeast.”

Whiteface, NY: 3/26/10

View from Little Whiteface

Most of what was groomed stayed petrified all day. Some sections that had sun all day softened up. Some of the trails were corduroy and some were frozen ice balls that never broke up.

  • Excelsior: ok, but very hard
  • Essex: groomed, hard, small bumps, ice balls
  • U Northway: closed
  • L Northway: ice highway
  • Approach: tilted hockey rink
  • Mtn Run/Thruway/Drapers: tilted hockey rink
  • Cloudspin and Skyward: closed top to bottom
  • Parons: OK as it faces the sun
  • Victoria: 1/2 groomed, bumps were petrified

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