thinnmann
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So the question is, just how cold was it today? The other question is, should I keep posting these every day for the remainder of this holiday vacation = Through New Years Day? I am thinking yes, because people actually read them. I know it because I talked to one of them today at Belleayre.
So to return to the original question: If I can believe the Honda Pilot dashboard thermometer, and I think I can, when we got to the mountain today at 8:05 AM, it was 6 degrees. When we left the mountain at 3 PM, it was still 6 degrees. Did it ever go higher than 6? I doubt it. Add the wind. Add the turtle fur neckie over my face = frozen breath skiing, cocoon-like. It was the only way to get through the day, the only way to get through a few runs without running inside for a warm-up. I wore at least one extra fleece layer on top today, plus a Marker Thinsulate liner coat under my usual coat. I used hand warmers for the first time in a few years. So how cold was it? Your posted estimates are certainly welcome.
O and the snow was great. There were about 4 inches of new real powder on everything. The only ice I hit all day was on off Tomahawk on the top half of Seneca. There was hard snow on the top half of everything eventually, but it was skiable. There were fresh tracks for a couple hours in the morning, and all day long under the snow guns on Area 51. Deer Run was still under the gun and not open, Belleayre Run was getting heavily poached and it looked worthy to be opened, but still no snow gun action there.
Want to talk holiday crowds? Well, then you gotta talk to somebody who skied elsewhere. The only time I couldn't ski right onto the chair was if I wanted to wait for friends & family, or an occasional group of racers.
Thirteen to 26 degrees tomorrow. We're havin' a heat wave!
SKI!
So to return to the original question: If I can believe the Honda Pilot dashboard thermometer, and I think I can, when we got to the mountain today at 8:05 AM, it was 6 degrees. When we left the mountain at 3 PM, it was still 6 degrees. Did it ever go higher than 6? I doubt it. Add the wind. Add the turtle fur neckie over my face = frozen breath skiing, cocoon-like. It was the only way to get through the day, the only way to get through a few runs without running inside for a warm-up. I wore at least one extra fleece layer on top today, plus a Marker Thinsulate liner coat under my usual coat. I used hand warmers for the first time in a few years. So how cold was it? Your posted estimates are certainly welcome.
O and the snow was great. There were about 4 inches of new real powder on everything. The only ice I hit all day was on off Tomahawk on the top half of Seneca. There was hard snow on the top half of everything eventually, but it was skiable. There were fresh tracks for a couple hours in the morning, and all day long under the snow guns on Area 51. Deer Run was still under the gun and not open, Belleayre Run was getting heavily poached and it looked worthy to be opened, but still no snow gun action there.
Want to talk holiday crowds? Well, then you gotta talk to somebody who skied elsewhere. The only time I couldn't ski right onto the chair was if I wanted to wait for friends & family, or an occasional group of racers.
Thirteen to 26 degrees tomorrow. We're havin' a heat wave!
SKI!
