the day: january 18. it was considerably colder today, somewhere in the teens--my thermometer had frozen. the untracked snow had dried out overnight and almost fluffy except where tracked or under the hemlocks and pines. yesterday's piles up on the branches had obviously melted in the above freezing temps and then froze up solid when things turned colder.
the adventure: today, skip picked me up and we headed over to the shaker wildlife management area. on the way up the main trail, all that nice dry fluffy snow led us to choose the glades. that's '1st left' for those interested. we skin up '2nd left', the 'little sherbie', or '3rd left', the longest and least steep, and then cut off to lost pond before taking off skins and pointing things downhill.
the memories: the snow was indeed heavenly, except for the practically hard-plate under the needled trees. i will remember a bunch of sweet turns. i will also remember that the bottom section of the glades has more blowdowns than carter has pills. the nicest thing though, besides getting around the mess, was meeting up with sue. i had forgotten my boots--yeah, my ski boots--and after going back to get them we had just geared up when sue pulled in. we convinced her to join us--risk free.
bonus: she had her phone/camera with her and we snapped a picture up on the ice of lost pond.
notes: snow was east coast 'perfect powder'...with plenty of coverage.
- don't forget your ski boots
- remember a camera
- ski with friends who have great memories & cheery smiles
go outside and play!
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