Abubob
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Date(s) Skied: January 4, 2014
Resort or Ski Area: Dartmouth Skiway
Conditions: Powder and Hardpack
Trip Report: I was only trying to avoid crowds of powder snobs that no doubt would be mobbing most areas in South and Central New Hampshire. Armed with discount tickets I drove the Class 6 road from Canaan to Lyme. That in itself was a small wonder as I know it would be clear but I wasn’t expecting it to be as narrow as it is. There was just enough room for two cars to pass and at one point one car waited at the bottom of a hill for me to finish my descent I assume to give him some wiggle room.
Anyway, I wasn’t in a real hurry to get to the area because I didn’t expect fresh anything. I spent my day off shoveling snow until 3 pm on Friday. It was also extremely cold and was giving the temperature time to get above zero, which it did - just. Arrived to find the parking lot just beginning to fill around 10:30.
Winslow was of course open but there were tracks on Holts Ledge and the lift was running. There was a large orange sign declaring the slopes there were closed so I asked the girl at the ticket window what was up. She said Holts would open at about 11 am. My timing was (for once) perfect.
Here's what I saw.
P1043880 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P1043881 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P1043885 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P1043895 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P1043900 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
The center and skiers right of Lower Lyme was getting pretty tracked out as people angled toward the lift. I was thinking of calling it quits when I noticed skiers left was relatively untouched to avoid a nominal march back up. My tracks are the second and fourth from the right and I added three more before stopping to warm up and have lunch.
P1043899 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
After lunch Holt was in the shade so I decided to ski in the sun.
P1043904 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
Resort or Ski Area: Dartmouth Skiway
Conditions: Powder and Hardpack
Trip Report: I was only trying to avoid crowds of powder snobs that no doubt would be mobbing most areas in South and Central New Hampshire. Armed with discount tickets I drove the Class 6 road from Canaan to Lyme. That in itself was a small wonder as I know it would be clear but I wasn’t expecting it to be as narrow as it is. There was just enough room for two cars to pass and at one point one car waited at the bottom of a hill for me to finish my descent I assume to give him some wiggle room.
Anyway, I wasn’t in a real hurry to get to the area because I didn’t expect fresh anything. I spent my day off shoveling snow until 3 pm on Friday. It was also extremely cold and was giving the temperature time to get above zero, which it did - just. Arrived to find the parking lot just beginning to fill around 10:30.
Winslow was of course open but there were tracks on Holts Ledge and the lift was running. There was a large orange sign declaring the slopes there were closed so I asked the girl at the ticket window what was up. She said Holts would open at about 11 am. My timing was (for once) perfect.
Here's what I saw.
P1043880 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P1043881 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P1043885 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P1043895 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P1043900 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
The center and skiers right of Lower Lyme was getting pretty tracked out as people angled toward the lift. I was thinking of calling it quits when I noticed skiers left was relatively untouched to avoid a nominal march back up. My tracks are the second and fourth from the right and I added three more before stopping to warm up and have lunch.
P1043899 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
After lunch Holt was in the shade so I decided to ski in the sun.
P1043904 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
