It's January 18 and the mountains in CA are still bare: I wouldn't have thought it possible. In the dry December we had, I kept telling everyone that it would definitely snow by around New Years... this always happens where it doesn't snow for most of December and then it dumps at the end. I just ended up being about a month off.... We're finally getting snow (or maybe rain?) starting tomorrow:
As with the past three ski seasons, Lauren and I made sure to start this one off on completely man-made snow at Squaw, December 10th:
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| If the horror stories I hear about Squaw crowds are true, this is the best parking space I'll get all season. |
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| Completely bare valley. |
I'd never skied Squaw before. It being a bigger "resort" than Kirkwood, I was hoping they would be a little better with snowmaking to get terrain open in a dry year like this. Not so much. Five or six weeks later, they still have about the same two runs open.
There was more pow skiing to be had in Vermont at Jay Peak, December 30th:
Of course this video isn't as good as this one which includes ICE!
That was fun. I don't think I have seen myself ski for about a decade. Hope you are enjoying the pow this week!
ReplyDeleteSome good footage from my first back-country trip on Mt. Washington to somewhere other than Tucks will be forthcoming this week.
Been skiing pow the past three days! I had the helmet cam on for one run... maybe I'll make a super short edit tomorrow
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