thinnmann
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Yes, thank you for hoisting those beers to the snow gods yesterday, because it worked! It snowed early morning hours and through most of today. It snowed enough to add about 4 inches to most of the mountain, giving us some fresh powder runs in the morning. Not deep Skiing Magazine eye candy powder, but something soft and more heavenly than the usual Catskills fare. This turned out to be another totally different day at Belleayre for the third day in a row. New England weather ain't got nothin' on us!
This was another day when lines were non-existent. I would say that I had to pause a few times for a half a minute to let some other people in front of me onto the chair. But there was nothing near the kind of lines resorts crave during the holiday vacation after Christmas; not by a long shot. Lunch was a little more crowded than it had been so far, but our big group still had no problem snagging a table and another adjacent half.
The snowmakers were concentrating on Deer Run today. It isn't open, but I guess they are trying to get more intermediate terrain from the top of the mountain. The guns aimed at Belleayre Run are still there and still aimed, but were not turned on today.
I skied my Dynastar 4800 skis - perfect for the kind of snow we had today. They float powder and can ride edge for carving and hold edge on ice.
I wore my Garmin 405 again today. I got a total of 29.69 miles today, including lift rides (after I remembered to turn it on when I boarded Superchief). My max speed was slower than a couple of days ago, at 36.4 MPH. Here is the Garmin data.
Overall a nice enjoyable day. It started at about 30 degrees and decreased as the day went on to about 25 plus a decent amount of wind chill. It promises to be very cold tomorrow, with high temp predicted @ 13 degrees F. There is a wind chill advisory posted:
This was another day when lines were non-existent. I would say that I had to pause a few times for a half a minute to let some other people in front of me onto the chair. But there was nothing near the kind of lines resorts crave during the holiday vacation after Christmas; not by a long shot. Lunch was a little more crowded than it had been so far, but our big group still had no problem snagging a table and another adjacent half.
The snowmakers were concentrating on Deer Run today. It isn't open, but I guess they are trying to get more intermediate terrain from the top of the mountain. The guns aimed at Belleayre Run are still there and still aimed, but were not turned on today.
I skied my Dynastar 4800 skis - perfect for the kind of snow we had today. They float powder and can ride edge for carving and hold edge on ice.
I wore my Garmin 405 again today. I got a total of 29.69 miles today, including lift rides (after I remembered to turn it on when I boarded Superchief). My max speed was slower than a couple of days ago, at 36.4 MPH. Here is the Garmin data.
Overall a nice enjoyable day. It started at about 30 degrees and decreased as the day went on to about 25 plus a decent amount of wind chill. It promises to be very cold tomorrow, with high temp predicted @ 13 degrees F. There is a wind chill advisory posted:
.. WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS IN NEW YORK AND BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH... WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW ZERO OR LOWER AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS IN NEW YORK AND BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH... WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW ZERO OR LOWER AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
