takeahike46er
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Date(s) Skied: 1/13/08
Resort or Ski Area: Whiteface
Conditions: Powder / Packed Powder
Trip Report:
Started my day with a nerve-racking drive up the northway. While freezing rain was predominant for much of the Southern Adirondacks, the High Peaks region was all snow--- especially the easternmost peaks where they were getting pounded. Unfortunately, the low-lying valleys had pockets of warm air so the precip wasn't all frozen. Such was the case at Whiteface where there was light drizzle at the base, despite the fact that there was snow falling less than a mile up the road in the notch. I wasn't dismayed. At least I knew that snow would be falling on the mountain-- and it was.
Due to terrible road conditions, I arrived at the mountain late in the morning. I wasted no time in heading for the upper mountain where it was snowing. I stayed up there all day. While I did not find a ton of untracked on the trails I was able to find some untouched powder without looking too hard. In total the storm produced six inches of snow. Not as good as expected, but at least there was no rain or icing to speak of on the top 2000 feet of vertical.
Cloudspin was my pick of the day. There was tons of snow to play in, and I always found a new line to ski. Empire was skied-off at the very top but it had some great snow skiers' left.
Pics:
The line of people at the summit quad.
Lone skier on Cloudspin. Summit quad in the distance.
Empire.
Summit Glades.
Most lines tracked in the High Country. Soft snow nonetheless.
The clouds lift on Cloudspin.
Resort or Ski Area: Whiteface
Conditions: Powder / Packed Powder
Trip Report:
Started my day with a nerve-racking drive up the northway. While freezing rain was predominant for much of the Southern Adirondacks, the High Peaks region was all snow--- especially the easternmost peaks where they were getting pounded. Unfortunately, the low-lying valleys had pockets of warm air so the precip wasn't all frozen. Such was the case at Whiteface where there was light drizzle at the base, despite the fact that there was snow falling less than a mile up the road in the notch. I wasn't dismayed. At least I knew that snow would be falling on the mountain-- and it was.
Due to terrible road conditions, I arrived at the mountain late in the morning. I wasted no time in heading for the upper mountain where it was snowing. I stayed up there all day. While I did not find a ton of untracked on the trails I was able to find some untouched powder without looking too hard. In total the storm produced six inches of snow. Not as good as expected, but at least there was no rain or icing to speak of on the top 2000 feet of vertical.
Cloudspin was my pick of the day. There was tons of snow to play in, and I always found a new line to ski. Empire was skied-off at the very top but it had some great snow skiers' left.
Pics:
The line of people at the summit quad.
Lone skier on Cloudspin. Summit quad in the distance.
Empire.
Summit Glades.
Most lines tracked in the High Country. Soft snow nonetheless.
The clouds lift on Cloudspin.
