Harvey
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- Jul 15, 2020
It's go time. I've pushed hard all year balancing work, and NYSB, and skiing. The season has been tough in a variety of ways, but I've pushed it to my limit.
The tail does wag the dog. I'm often looking for a NY story and good skiing at the same time. Invariably chasing a story involves more logistics and more driving. I have the most energy for that early season. With the somewhat surprising return of cold air and the fact that it's now March, well it's time to shut up and ski. I'm still going to write about it.
I skied three days, Sunday through Tuesday, four days if you count a nordic night ski on our land. I do count it.
I arrived late on Saturday, got the fire going and started to work on tracking out our nordic trails. There was a crust on top of maybe 10 inches of nice snow, and it was definitely worth tracking out. I did it piece-by-piece, tracking the Green Trail and part of Yellow Trail on Saturday night, then finishing the Yellow on Sunday afternoon, and finally tracking out the Red Trail on Monday.
Sunday was the end of President's Week, which meant the Ski Bowl was open. That's always a bonus.
Ski Bowl
@BigE76 and Armon were in the house. We did the required run on 46er, and then let it fly on Oak Ridge and maybe one other trail.
BigE76 skis the Bowl
The trees were definitely skiable on Sunday. We skied all the pods, but it was Barkeater and Tawana I kept coming back to.
Burnt Ridge
Open Pit
This shot of Open Pit is the only one I took on Monday. There was a certain shut up and ski voice, coming from inside my own head, if you can believe that. The trees were not as good as the day before, and the groomers were incredible, so we ripped it. Huge arcs on Sagamore, T2B, no stops, with nobody around. Both Sunday and Monday were two of the best groomer days of my life.
Gore Nirvana
Tuesday of course snow was in the forecast. Catskills was in the wheelhouse, but Gore had a good base in the trees. I chose the convenience of our cabin and the potential for trees above driving extra for more new snow.
Armon
@Armon is a good guy for me to ski with. He's 100% positive about skiing and life. He's a ripper, yet not too much faster than me. All three days I skied with a rotating band of skiers, with Armon @BigE76 and @Big Dave kind of at the core of it.
Tawana
At the end, on Tuesday, it was just me and Big Dave.
I was feeling the pull of the road, but the skiing was excellent. Gore probably got less than 5 inches, but there was no doubt it was game on. Precip went from snow to sleet to im-not-sure, but the skiing surface remained free of any grab.
Big Dave kept pushing for Chatterbox. But Tawana was skiing so good, and I feel like you do the Box on your last run, a grand finale. But I wasn't ready to quit. Each time I pushed for one-more before Chatterbox, Dave said, I'll ski til you quit Harv. What more could you want?
Two more Tawana's and two, yes two, count-em Chatterboxi and I was done at 2:30, headed south.
Great time, thanks to all who made it possible, including the good people of Gore Mountain.
The tail does wag the dog. I'm often looking for a NY story and good skiing at the same time. Invariably chasing a story involves more logistics and more driving. I have the most energy for that early season. With the somewhat surprising return of cold air and the fact that it's now March, well it's time to shut up and ski. I'm still going to write about it.
I skied three days, Sunday through Tuesday, four days if you count a nordic night ski on our land. I do count it.
I arrived late on Saturday, got the fire going and started to work on tracking out our nordic trails. There was a crust on top of maybe 10 inches of nice snow, and it was definitely worth tracking out. I did it piece-by-piece, tracking the Green Trail and part of Yellow Trail on Saturday night, then finishing the Yellow on Sunday afternoon, and finally tracking out the Red Trail on Monday.
Sunday was the end of President's Week, which meant the Ski Bowl was open. That's always a bonus.
Ski Bowl
@BigE76 and Armon were in the house. We did the required run on 46er, and then let it fly on Oak Ridge and maybe one other trail.
BigE76 skis the Bowl
The trees were definitely skiable on Sunday. We skied all the pods, but it was Barkeater and Tawana I kept coming back to.
Burnt Ridge
Open Pit
This shot of Open Pit is the only one I took on Monday. There was a certain shut up and ski voice, coming from inside my own head, if you can believe that. The trees were not as good as the day before, and the groomers were incredible, so we ripped it. Huge arcs on Sagamore, T2B, no stops, with nobody around. Both Sunday and Monday were two of the best groomer days of my life.
Gore Nirvana
Tuesday of course snow was in the forecast. Catskills was in the wheelhouse, but Gore had a good base in the trees. I chose the convenience of our cabin and the potential for trees above driving extra for more new snow.
Armon
@Armon is a good guy for me to ski with. He's 100% positive about skiing and life. He's a ripper, yet not too much faster than me. All three days I skied with a rotating band of skiers, with Armon @BigE76 and @Big Dave kind of at the core of it.
Tawana
At the end, on Tuesday, it was just me and Big Dave.
I was feeling the pull of the road, but the skiing was excellent. Gore probably got less than 5 inches, but there was no doubt it was game on. Precip went from snow to sleet to im-not-sure, but the skiing surface remained free of any grab.
Big Dave kept pushing for Chatterbox. But Tawana was skiing so good, and I feel like you do the Box on your last run, a grand finale. But I wasn't ready to quit. Each time I pushed for one-more before Chatterbox, Dave said, I'll ski til you quit Harv. What more could you want?
Two more Tawana's and two, yes two, count-em Chatterboxi and I was done at 2:30, headed south.
Great time, thanks to all who made it possible, including the good people of Gore Mountain.
