JF 1/5/2014

[C1erArt]

Nice day at JF - weird temperatures. About 8 degrees at home (near that other ski mountain I won't name), half hour north at JF it was 15 in the parking lot at top. It warmed up to 35 when I left at 10:30, but was a lot colder at the bottom of the slope near the creek.

 

Skied Challenge while the race team was setting up the practice course, then over to east mountain for a run down Rivershot and Floyds, nothing too exciting. Trails are still pretty narrow with snow missing on Rivershot left and Floyds right. Would also be nice to fill out the right side of T-Bolt a little. A photo of the sun coming thru the trees on east mountain (some nice ice rime on the trees, but the photo didn't pick it up):

 

 

Then over to T-Bolt and Exhibition for a bunch of fast runs. Glades too scratchy to try. Some bumps on upper Rivershot right and Challenge right, otherwise everything groomed with cord in the early morning.

 

Bluebird sunny on the mountain, but clouded up on the ride home. Looks like the ice storm in Philadelphia kept a lot of people home - the lodge was very quiet just before lunch - most people were out on the slopes.

[poconoceancity]

We lapped the east mountain from 8-11 today. I thought it was in great shape. Then spent the rest of the day on the west mountain also in great shape.

[trackbiker]

Conditions were great and crowds low. Left around 1:00 and had lunch at the Chat & Chew. Got on the turnpike around 2:30 at 38F. Rain picked up and temps dropped heading south. After the tunnel the turnpike turned into the demolition derby. They would clear one accident, people would start moving, try to go fast in the left lane and spin out and cause another accident. One hour ride turned into 2.5 hrs.