Siamese BC, NY: 1/20/26 - Return to 757T

[Tjf1967]

That's the type of skiing I like now. Would love a tour through those parts

 

[Harvey]

That's the type of skiing I like now. Would love a tour through those parts

I do not make great time now. I've been skiing alone (slow) so that I can minimize the stress of kick turns and other moves, planned and unplanned.

The snow was incredible today. Another 4-6 on top of yesterday. I'm amazed at how much more snow there is above 2300 feet.

I spent time trying to find the true 757T. In doing so, I complicated things by creating 2 trunk trails off my main tracks. There was a white out at one point, and I got confused about the way out. Kind of embarrassing, I felt stupid not to have a compass with me.

I had a signal so tried to download a compass app. It was asking me for all kinds of info, in a squall, so I said f'it.

For some reason, I opened Google maps, switched it to terrain view, and there I was. Below 757T above the Wolf Spot. I skied a few hundred yards, and checked my location on maps again, and I was moving in the right direction, so I knew I was found.

Tonight I'm trying to remember how we used to set a compass heading. From a spot you know you can find, on the map, point the compass North, subtract 14 degrees and then rotate the dial until it lines up with the line you want to ski. The declination messes with my head. When I did it more often I got good at it.

 

[timbly]

I do not make great time now. I've been skiing alone (slow) so that I can minimize the stress of kick turns and other moves, planned and unplanned.

The snow was incredible today. Another 4-6 on top of yesterday. I'm amazed at how much more snow there is above 2300 feet.

I spent time trying to find the true 757T. In doing so, I complicated things by creating 2 trunk trails off my main tracks. There was a white out at one point, and I got confused about the way out. Kind of embarrassing, I felt stupid not to have a compass with me.

I had a signal so tried to download a compass app. It was asking me for all kinds of info, in a squall, so I said f'it.

For some reason, I opened Google maps, switched it to terrain view, and there I was. Below 757T above the Wolf Spot. I skied a few hundred yards, and checked my location on maps again, and I was moving in the right direction, so I knew I was found.

Tonight I'm trying to remember how we used to set a compass heading. From a spot you know you can find, on the map, point the compass North, subtract 14 degrees and then rotate the dial until it lines up with the line you want to ski. The declination messes with my head. When I did it more often I got good at it.

I had assumed you were using OnX (which I can recommend), mostly due the the fact that OnX identifies the peak just east of the knife edge on your map (where the word "STATE" ends). I thought you'd wikipedia'd it through OnX ;-)

Also, gotta love going for a good ski right out your door!