jerseyrob
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Decided to head up to Saddleback late Wednesday night since it looked like they were in store for a good little storm. Driving from Bar Harbor is a good 3.5 hours when the roads are clear so we prepared for at least a good 4-4.5 hour trek through the beef of the storm into the evening. Leaving BH we encountered quite a bit of freezing rain which made for an interesting start but luckily traffic was very light and everything turned to snow by the time we hit Newport, about an hour and a half later.
Met up with our friend in Newport and were happy to see ALL snow!!
The roads really weren't too bad until we hit Rt.4 heading out of Farmington.
Check it out when I switch to my high beams!
Got to our friends house in Rangeley around 11:30pm and were greeted to around 14"-16" of fairly light powder.
Our friends truck, one stroke into clearing off the snow.
Woke up early the next morning and got third chair up. Got first tracks down Golden Smelt, my personal favorite after a good sized storm. My wife usually has a hard time in tracked up powder but being untracked, she was having a blast! I remember hitting a little drop off and tumbling into fluff and seeing my friend, Dave, and wife, Melissa, floating out of sight. I was on cloud nine! Got most of the snow out of my goggles and proceeded to hit pillow after pillow of fluff until I came around the next bend where I saw Melissa down and Dave looking a bit concerned. We managed to get her up and into her skis and over to a groomer where she hobbled back down to the lodge. Got her into First Aid and walked out with a bag of ice. Seems as though she tore some muscle which is a relief since she's already torn her ACL in this same knee but we won't know for sure until we get her in for some x-rays. Figured we'd give it a couple days to see how things progress. In either case she was out for the rest of the day after only half of a run!! Thankfully, she's a trooper and remained in good spirits. She assured us she was fine so Dave and I returned to the goods.
Didn't get too many good shots in during the next couple of hours since we were now trying to make up for lost time but we did manage to get some great snow on Royal Coachmen, Peachy's Peril, Nightmare Glades, Dark Wizard, Red Devil, and Lower Thrombosis.
Dave on Upper Dark Wizard.
Lower Dark Wizard.
Took a little "break" on Red Devil.
What we left for the weekend warriors under the Quad.
Funny little video of myself in the Nightmare Glades. I thought the music was fitting.
All in all, it was a good day! The upper headwall was completely blown off which isn't unusual and I was expecting a bit more snow but it was definitely well worth the trip. Hopefully, Melissa's knee is just torn muscle but we will see in the near future I guess. She still can not put weight on it but she said it doesn't feel quite as severe as when she tore her ACL originally. We'll keep our fingers crossed!
Met up with our friend in Newport and were happy to see ALL snow!!
The roads really weren't too bad until we hit Rt.4 heading out of Farmington.
Check it out when I switch to my high beams!
Got to our friends house in Rangeley around 11:30pm and were greeted to around 14"-16" of fairly light powder.
Our friends truck, one stroke into clearing off the snow.
Woke up early the next morning and got third chair up. Got first tracks down Golden Smelt, my personal favorite after a good sized storm. My wife usually has a hard time in tracked up powder but being untracked, she was having a blast! I remember hitting a little drop off and tumbling into fluff and seeing my friend, Dave, and wife, Melissa, floating out of sight. I was on cloud nine! Got most of the snow out of my goggles and proceeded to hit pillow after pillow of fluff until I came around the next bend where I saw Melissa down and Dave looking a bit concerned. We managed to get her up and into her skis and over to a groomer where she hobbled back down to the lodge. Got her into First Aid and walked out with a bag of ice. Seems as though she tore some muscle which is a relief since she's already torn her ACL in this same knee but we won't know for sure until we get her in for some x-rays. Figured we'd give it a couple days to see how things progress. In either case she was out for the rest of the day after only half of a run!! Thankfully, she's a trooper and remained in good spirits. She assured us she was fine so Dave and I returned to the goods.
Didn't get too many good shots in during the next couple of hours since we were now trying to make up for lost time but we did manage to get some great snow on Royal Coachmen, Peachy's Peril, Nightmare Glades, Dark Wizard, Red Devil, and Lower Thrombosis.
Dave on Upper Dark Wizard.
Lower Dark Wizard.
Took a little "break" on Red Devil.
What we left for the weekend warriors under the Quad.
Funny little video of myself in the Nightmare Glades. I thought the music was fitting.
All in all, it was a good day! The upper headwall was completely blown off which isn't unusual and I was expecting a bit more snow but it was definitely well worth the trip. Hopefully, Melissa's knee is just torn muscle but we will see in the near future I guess. She still can not put weight on it but she said it doesn't feel quite as severe as when she tore her ACL originally. We'll keep our fingers crossed!
