Garnet Hill, NY: 12/19/08

Ski Day 8: I looked at the radar this morning and decided a 9am departure would be significantly easier than my usual 2pm vanishing act. Most of our staff was either coming in late or working from home anyway, due to the weather. I had a meeting that I postponed and one that I moved up. I was out of there by 9:30.


It was sleeting LOUD in NJ, calm and dry in the Lower Hudson Valley and snowing north of Albany. As I got to Glens Falls it was borderline blizzard. By the time I got to the Hudson in North River it was still snowing hard. This was on the porch since last Sunday...some from Wednesday, some from today:



The view out the front:



I caught up on email, and headed out for a ski down Harvey Road:



I jumped on to GHLs trails...Old Faithful:



I ran into Grace and Armondo. They were probably in their late 70s and snowshoeing on the trail. They live in MIAMI...with a second home on the hill...and they FLEW from Miami when they heard snow was coming. I can't BELIEVE I didn't take their picture. They were awesome. I skied for about an hour and a half. Along Old Faithful to the Tailings view spot. Needless to say there was no view to be had. I skied home in the dark and snapped this pic on the snowboard. It is all from today:



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These are the skis I used today. They are the same skis and boots I used the first time I skied at Gore. The is now my "backcountry setup." Basically I'd use it for anything that isn't lift served in the Siamese. For me, it's a good set up for winter camping. The boots are Asolo Snowfields and the Skis are Karhu XCD GTs, the original classic version: