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Road salt doesn’t work below 15° . Also lots of drifting.

Revisited the Limeport farm I skied at last year. 10 ish and 20° , I texted my friend yesterday and he called me suggesting I try the pipeline as they mow it every year. A friend owns the property above his farm . Skinned up the pipeline and determined a little to many blackberry bushes. Up to the upper field and across to the power line. Skins off and gave someones game camera a thumbs up. A bit sticky but okay. Lower field was a bit bony. Last time someone rode the power line was almost 40 years old. One of my friends was drinking heavily with some friends and spotted an old Camaro hood.. A “Watch this “ moment ensued and he made it to the bottom and crashed into the sticker bushes lol.

Been seriously dumping for a while down my way

My driveway is 800+ - . I share it with three neighbors. One has a plow but it’s painful listening to him plow his lower section , he keeps an old pickup specially for plowing. It’s barely holding together. The driveway is mostly flat but about 100’ section has been been worn down over the years, ruts because the neighbors can’t figure out if you don’t drive in the same spot they wouldn’t exist. I’ve had to wait for the first snow to get compacted in order to plow without the feet hanging up, set up about an inch and a half. The brackets got bent up through time , I’ll find out how this solution works out. I have a Kawasaki Prairie 360 4x4 , chains on the back.

Yeah looks that way EPWA lowered their “final” call . Only saving grace may be when it resumes the ratio will be higher with the colder air coming in? I’m thinking more like 4-5”

This guy used ABS pipe but I used well pipe. A circular saw is a bit sketchy safety wise, table saw’s better. I drlled some holes in either end and used wire to keep it in place because it started sliding off.

I tried out a snowplow hack today that my friend told me about. I have a gravel driveway that beats up my ATV plow. Take a piece of well pipe and split it lengthwise with a table saw, drill two holes in the end and slip it over the blade , wire tied it place. Gave it a test and it worked pretty well. Touring a couple nice farm fields on Monday hopefully.

Forecast Upgrayyed 6”-9”

EPWA’s first call

I’ll bet the empties don’t make the trash can either.

Very nice , first run coming soon was great, second and third runs were in the ditch. Third was first crash of the season, the ditch had some icy spots, and I stuffed a tip into the mogul trough, ended up front seat and slid into the next trough. I aggravated my ankle injury from the summer . The moguls kicked my butt today. Skied with the bump crew a little bit. Sidewinder was nice, lower main st side country was good too. 9-11:20 Cant wait till the kids go back to school. Boarder with “Lite beer “ WTF

Went out to shovel and the coating to an inch is 2+’’ . Like Ridge said , fairy dust.

My friend Paul bitches that Blue grooms too much. I have to wonder if that’s the source of the cookies? The groomer has low surface weight with the width of the tracks but still I think it does compact the snow to a degree. I can’t honestly say I have seen cookies at Bear. Some sugar piles on occasion. I do like the lodge vibe, kinda Steam punk meets Daniel Boone . I go over on occasion to eat at the trails end cafe. Wife likes to walk through the lodge and up the stairs to the hotel top floor and come down and get dinner.

Bear creek doesn’t get the amount traffic that Blue does. Also I think the pitch plays a part , It just doesn’t get scrapped down like Blue. Bear’s always done a pretty good job of coverage even going back to the Doe mountain days. I started there in 74 lots of great memories. They have a couple lower ponds, I wonder what level they’re at?

I shared @Johnny Laws disappointment with racers, it looked sweet on the ride up. Challenge was nice then I went to main st lift for less wind and of course I ended up on the chair that must’ve been in front of the gun. As I was grumbling I thought to myself that meant they had made some fresh. I’m thinking I know the chair wasn’t under Barneys but maybe? I got to the top of main st and Barneys had a new coat, so I grabbed first tracks . I saw the green/pink flash by I stayed on Barneys till 10 then back to work. Unfortunately my job near blue is done so I have to plan a little more for early morning sessions .