- Joined
- Jul 15, 2020
Friday, I was watching forecasts, radar and webcams, confering with @ThatNYSkier on the question of the day.
Royal or Plattekill?
Royal was 96% open before the overnight snowfall, including all their glades. And it was 90 minutes closer to home for me.
Plattekill was forecast for more snow, but according to all reports was falling on a minimal natural base.
Then again, Plattekill is Plattekill.
It is my home away from home. Plus Roman was texting all night predicting EPIC.
I set an alarm for 3:30, conferred one last time with Ski or Die NY. Plattekill it was.
Untracked from the start
Mandatory Route 30 shot
I'd left most of an hour extra to account for slow driving on snow covered roads. It wasn't nearly enough. Shooting for a 7:30 arrival, I landed in Roxbury at 8:15. I booted up, snagged my seasons pass from (thank you!) Shannon and headed out to get in line.
First I was not, maybe 30th.
An amazing piece of good fortune, Number 2 on Patrol called me out to help load a sign on to the chair.
Apparently that's Patrol Code for WOO HOO!
When was that last time you dropped something so delicious you just couldn't believe it? For me it was today.
Out of body
I did three laps on Twist, the first was completely untracked.
The trees were not exactly ready, but it didn't stop me much.
This cut up stuff makes me want to tele. Must. Resist.
I was skiing alone. I decided to ski Plunge hoping that someone (Riley) would find me from the lift.
Even after it was all cut up, the skiing was excellent.
Nice low angle trees between Freefall and Plunge
Late in the morning, my phone rang, it was Storm Podcaster @Stu.
"You here man?"
Storm Stu on Ridge
Perennial Favorite: Chute
It's a big world out there.
The Double
Plunge
Roman
Scott
I skied until 2:45, a far longer day than anything I've put up so far this season.
Great day, if I'm not incredibly sore tomorrow, I'll call it a complete success!
Royal or Plattekill?
Royal was 96% open before the overnight snowfall, including all their glades. And it was 90 minutes closer to home for me.
Plattekill was forecast for more snow, but according to all reports was falling on a minimal natural base.
Then again, Plattekill is Plattekill.
It is my home away from home. Plus Roman was texting all night predicting EPIC.
I set an alarm for 3:30, conferred one last time with Ski or Die NY. Plattekill it was.
Untracked from the start
Mandatory Route 30 shot
I'd left most of an hour extra to account for slow driving on snow covered roads. It wasn't nearly enough. Shooting for a 7:30 arrival, I landed in Roxbury at 8:15. I booted up, snagged my seasons pass from (thank you!) Shannon and headed out to get in line.
First I was not, maybe 30th.
An amazing piece of good fortune, Number 2 on Patrol called me out to help load a sign on to the chair.
Apparently that's Patrol Code for WOO HOO!
When was that last time you dropped something so delicious you just couldn't believe it? For me it was today.
Out of body
I did three laps on Twist, the first was completely untracked.
The trees were not exactly ready, but it didn't stop me much.
This cut up stuff makes me want to tele. Must. Resist.
I was skiing alone. I decided to ski Plunge hoping that someone (Riley) would find me from the lift.
Even after it was all cut up, the skiing was excellent.
Nice low angle trees between Freefall and Plunge
Late in the morning, my phone rang, it was Storm Podcaster @Stu.
"You here man?"
Storm Stu on Ridge
Perennial Favorite: Chute
It's a big world out there.
The Double
Plunge
Roman
Scott
I skied until 2:45, a far longer day than anything I've put up so far this season.
Great day, if I'm not incredibly sore tomorrow, I'll call it a complete success!
