Popular Post toast21602 Posted February 16, 2014 Popular Post Report Posted February 16, 2014 The opportunity was here with 26" of snow in the last 24 hours on top of everything that fell last week - so why not give the "back country" a shot. I got the phone call from Justin around 4:00 and off we went. I met him and Rose and the BMBI and we parked our car at the our end point and then dropped off the other at the top of the AT near Blue to ski the gas line that runs close by. When we got there, we noticed two snowboarders that hiked in either late yesterday or early this morning because their tracks were pretty much covered with the new snow or windblown shut. started right by the AC and ended down near Harris Lane (which is private property) The hike started with about a 1/4 mile flat/slightly uphill trek to the actual terrain that we were trying to get to. It would have been a lot easier if we had the right gear... The terrain was surprisingly good. some nice tight coniferous trees throughout the first headwall that we skied until we came to the powerline that mellowed things out. After the powerline the first 50-100 yards were the steepest on the hill and pretty deep. So of course, we stepped out a lip to jump off of it. Justin throwing a 360 in the PA backcountry was a highlight of the descent!!! Once at the bottom, it was flat and deep and just a short hike out to the private road which luckily crossed the stream so we could get back. We got to the bottom just as the sun was starting to go down and the cloud cover made for a beautiful sky. Really a fantastic time our there for the two hours that we had and the sunset as the backdrop with the snow was absolutely beautiful. So tranquil. Hope you enjoyed the little report and the pictures, I know we did 11 Quote
Johnny Law Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 That is so so so sick. Congrats buddies that is 100 percent sick bird. It's hard core to tour with a fixed heal, I award 10 extra gnar points. 2 Quote
mbike-ski Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Oh man great pics of a great day! Quote
RootDKJ Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Yup, I hate you all so much right now. Well done however. Bravo! Quote
Mixilplix Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 That is mutha fuckin bomber......well done!!! Quote
Johnny Law Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 It's super rare to find something in pa that open..... Quote
Justo8484 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Round 2: parking lot to powerline tomorrow? Quote
AtomicSkier Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Amazing. Jealous I couldn't join in on the fun Quote
rgrwilco Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Thats so legit. I saw what looked like so many lines around the lehigh tunnel coming back from JF today. I could make out some footprints on one just north of the tunnel. I thought about turning back and getting it, but a solo shot probably wasn't a good idea. Quote
toast21602 Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Posted February 15, 2019 5 year anniversary to this experience as well. The pics posted earlier are missing, but I found some that we posted on FaceSpace. Not sure if we’ll get a PA experience like that again for a while 6 1 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted February 15, 2019 Report Posted February 15, 2019 This may have been one of the more epic reports in PASRs history. I remember it well. Quote
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