mbike-ski Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 after getting skunked late season last year, my son and i decided to take advantage of the decent current conditions and the weekend off of his hockey schedule to do our annual whiteface trip. we headed out after school friday to fight the nj/nyc traffic up the thruway for 6+ hrs to get to my cousins farm in black brook around 9:30. on the gondi by just before 9 saturday morning for what was certainly one of our best days so far at the face. soft gun pow bumps with a dusting of fresh overnight was the course of the day. started with a little appy on wilderness and lowere mackenzie - we couldn't beleive we were the only ones on the trail! moved on up to the summit and lapped skyward a few times. snowmakers were cranking as seen in the obligatory summit shot then off to lookout mountain. ran hoyts high - super fun trail with twisty pitches, and some fun hoot-worthy big low angle bumps skiers left approaching the chair at the bottom. lookout below hadn't been open on our previous trips so we had to go for it. the snowmaking wales made for some challenging drops but really constricted the flow, once was enough. snow was great on the wilmington trail so did that again before heading to the base for lunch kid is really making me start to feel old - just can't keep his pace temps were perfect, low/mid 20's and sun - no wind. after after lunch on the bar deck we just lapped skyward blasting some guns 'n hoses, alternating between lower sky and and victoria. last run of the day from summit to base gave a sense of the awsomness of the mountain and was good for giving junior a poaching lesson, spotting him down the drop and waiting for him at the blazers bluff exit. skiing pow bumps 9-3:30 pretty much wasted my legs legs for sunday, tried talking the kid into doing a bc hike and ski from the adirondack loj but he wanted know part of it. back up the gondi 9:15 sunday morning. then right over to the summit to see if we could pick up where we left off on sky. groomed and blown off by the increasing wind we headed over to see if the lower section of hoyts had been groomed as rumoured. nothing doing and from the chair the mogul troughs looked and sounded pretty scratchy as we watched some decent skiers struggle down. we passed on hoyts sunday for the great snow and protection from the wind on wilmington, smooth and edgeable. we went back to the gondola for a few rides to warm up before they shut 'er down on wind hold, last ride up was unnerving to say the least with a few stoppages. i guess most people went in for lunch at that point, the quad line was moving pretty well. ran a nice run on parkway (again the only ones on the trail -wtf?), smooth edgable and freakin' fast, to get owned by the kid on the skier cross course. ended the day with one more wilmington cruiser before heading out around 1:30. we were pretty freakin cold by then (never saw a temp?) and junior has make up school days from sandy and had class today. our weekend got cut short but it doesn't like were missing a whole lot today. guess i'm gonna have to make another trip up to do the avalanche pass thing. overall the snow was GREAT, maybe a slick spot here and there at heavy trail merges but easily avoidable for the most part. crowds on hill were avoidable or nonexisitant, lift lines were moving decently i think we had one long quad and 1 long gondaloa wait. damn good holiday weekend in my book - they even discounted tix $10 each instead of the full $35 greek peak passholders discount dealio for the blackout day 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe ghoul Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Nice! Isn't this the week they do the Empire winter games? Usually conditions are primo because they blow a ton of snow for the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootDKJ Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 We were looking for Jr on Saturday during the scavenger hunt to help for tickets. Now we know why we couldn't find him (or you, ha ha). Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar73 Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 nice TR and cool pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Nice TR! Looks like you had a blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 I love the face. Lookout below is looking good - such an underrated trail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Nice TR, always better with pitures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 awesome mike! i think he deserves a spot on team PASR next year, too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbike-ski Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 oh he's already asked - i think u need to be 18 though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootDKJ Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Jeff will make him a nice fakie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 oh he's already asked - i think u need to be 18 though just get him one of those fake mustaches that justo wears. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFskiDan Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Definetly a Whiteface groupie myself....i vividly remember skiing in and out of the trees skiers right on Wilmington......which look nice. Whats it looking like in the trees? i would love for winter to hold on into March......this tr makes me want to go back....bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 just get him one of those fake mustaches that justo wears. El oh el. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbike-ski Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Definetly a Whiteface groupie myself....i vividly remember skiing in and out of the trees skiers right on Wilmington......which look nice. Whats it looking like in the trees? i would love for winter to hold on into March......this tr makes me want to go back....bad. We checked 'me out in few spots, definitely needs more snow to ski the trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride Delaware ? Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 This confirms that I at least need to give Whiteface a shot sooner rather than later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 This confirms that I at least need to give Whiteface a shot sooner rather than later... Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride Delaware ? Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Yes. This ankle thing and trying to get it healed is really cramping my style... Haven't gotten to try any new mountains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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