Hickory Ski Center, NY: 2/14/15

Harvey

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Ski Day 24: It was snowing lightly and I woke 20 mins before the alarm. Was not as cold as I expected, around zero.

Facebook txt from Clarence at 3am. It was minus 4 and he was rolling the lower mountain. Hmmm.

Cranked the fire, then the CRV and down to Sarah's at 7am opening. Breakfast, and down to Warrensburg. I need to figure out the real back route, I know it's wayne shorter.

I'm slipping as I was the second car in the customer lot.

Into the lodge I was full dressed including helmet fully one hour before the loft was to spin.

Still within a few minutes lifties were turning her over.

It was cold enough to give POMA 1 trouble starting. It took a while to get 'er going. The guy working knew exactly what he was doing, using the starter to warm it up a bit.

It's a sweet inline 6, a FORD I think. It runs really smoothly.

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Poma 1 Roars to Life

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First on Jack Rabbit

The new snow was really dense, feeling like a foot that fell as more and then consolidated.

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While the bumps beneath were icy, it was not a manmade icy. On top the snow wasn't exactly bonded but it didn't easily blowoff the layer beneath. You were aware of the layer below, but you could still really shred.

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Honey Run

I'm on a new thing where I try to get to Ridge Run early, like on my second run at the top. I don't take that kind of meadow skipping for granted. I dig it.

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Ridge Run

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Paul's Peril could be the best inbounds glade in the state. Seriously. It's 800 feet of steep, fall-line tree skiing. There are more lines through there than I remembered.

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Paul's Peril

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Worth bro

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Here comes the team

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Nicky Z

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More, more, more.

Killer day. Thanks for the beer Danzilla!
 
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