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A bit late to write up MLK weekend skiing...
Sunday of the MLK weekend was forecast to be in the single digit in NH. It never even got there. It was -5 at noon and -4 at 2pm! So I went for some high energy x-c skiing instead.
Monday, I had a free ticket (thanks to "ski in cheap" thread) for Waterville Valley. And it was also a cold day so I again had a late start (11am).
On the chair ride up, I could see the ice hung on tree branches. So they got some ice earlier in the week. But the slope were in better condition than what I feared. While alternating from slick to chunk of ice, it was edge-able.
Some time in the afternoon, I saw some people popping out behind the trees from the right side of the summit lift. I then realized there was a trail I didn't notice. It turned out to have the best snow of the day! (probably because few people skied it). It ended too soon though, back into the main trail under the lift. Still, I lapped it a few times before moving on to other trails. Some were good and some not so.
I'd had to say for this particular weekend, Waterville did a better job of presenting a good snow surface than Bretton Woods, despite receiving worse mixed precip than the mostly snowy ones further north at Bretton Woods.
Sunday of the MLK weekend was forecast to be in the single digit in NH. It never even got there. It was -5 at noon and -4 at 2pm! So I went for some high energy x-c skiing instead.
Monday, I had a free ticket (thanks to "ski in cheap" thread) for Waterville Valley. And it was also a cold day so I again had a late start (11am).
On the chair ride up, I could see the ice hung on tree branches. So they got some ice earlier in the week. But the slope were in better condition than what I feared. While alternating from slick to chunk of ice, it was edge-able.
Some time in the afternoon, I saw some people popping out behind the trees from the right side of the summit lift. I then realized there was a trail I didn't notice. It turned out to have the best snow of the day! (probably because few people skied it). It ended too soon though, back into the main trail under the lift. Still, I lapped it a few times before moving on to other trails. Some were good and some not so.
I'd had to say for this particular weekend, Waterville did a better job of presenting a good snow surface than Bretton Woods, despite receiving worse mixed precip than the mostly snowy ones further north at Bretton Woods.
