Gore Mtn, NY: 12/14/09
After a long day yesterday — bell-to-bell — on 4 1/2 hours sleep Saturday night, I wasn’t sure I’d ski today. I was going to make my decision based on overnight weather. No NCP fell all night, no crunch on the path in the morning… who am I kidding. I knew I’d ski. At daybreak, temps were in the upper 20s.
First tracks were all about Topridge. They’d groomed a swath down the middle and the new snow from yesterday didn’t take long in the sun to develop some really nice soft loose stuff.
tBatt’s advice to focus on skiers left, paid off. All the snow that fell yesterday was still on top, ungroomed and practically trackless. The snow was covering some big big bumps and it was a tele leapfest. I just upgraded to a new pair of Scarpa T2Xs … bigger burlier boots. I was amazed at the difference they made. I skied aggressively. Almost made me think I should have gone even bigger, to T1s.
Greek Peak, NY: 12/13/09
After a gorgeous sunny and cold Saturday exploring the hills on skinny skis, it was time to slide. Weather was coming in, so I got an early start.
Picked up my friend Peter and we were headed to Virgil, NY home of Greek Peak and the Hope Lake Lodge. Just as we boarded the lift it began to precipitate.
It wasn’t snow, nor was it rain…or was it? As it picked up, it was clear that it was freezing rain AND sleet…at the same time. The snow was groomed nicely and skied well. Eventually the weather got to us.
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