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Friday night hike in hickory run

Met up with my friend at 6 and made it there by 7. Parking filling up fast but we got a good spot. Booted up and waited in line for almost an hour to get my Abasin 4th of July t shirt. Got in the lift line about 8:05 and lift started spinning at 8:30. The pope was even there! Lots of good costumes and a gapetastic atmosphere. Took the main lift up then went over to Lenawee (I think), only other lift open. That took us higher on the mountain. Conditions were already pretty mushy and mashed potato like. Considering the date coverage was still pretty good edge to edge and not a WROD. Did one more run from Lenawee and called it. Complete shit show crowds. We left about 10 and as we were leaving the amount of cars trying to get in was insane! People walking all over the pass. Also lots of people heavily tailgating in the parking lot that I suspect will not set foot on snow today. Glad I went, did it, and don’t have to repeat it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Out on the West Rim Trail ....

The grass wasn’t as high as expected when I got home. Cleaned up nicely. No worries @JFskiDan

Omg! It got way busier. I never understand why people don’t get an early start on things.

Abasin opens for closing day in 15 minutes. What a shitshow. People not in the lift line are waiting in line for tickets. The black mountain express has a capacity of about 2,000 people an hour and the lenawee on the upper mountain about 1500 per hour. If they get the 5,000+ people Barb says do the math.

Waiting at the park and ride Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk