Popular Post tarponhead Posted January 2, 2018 Popular Post Report Posted January 2, 2018 Made it to the mountain in 4 1/2 hrs (love Waze). Mountain picked up ~2” today which was a unexpected surprise. 15F but under summit little wind so not so bad. Visibility off of summit was sketch though. Generally all trails Skied awesome. Lapped off top (3.5 blue mountains). Still pumping guns on upper skyward. ROTD was upper wilderness (pic) as it was getting a 21 gun salute and with natural was man/nature pow day. Floaty turns, first of season! Lookout was closed, oh well. Picking up pizza, a ubu ale or three and it’s lights out for me. I’m old [emoji41] 10 Quote
Shadows Posted January 2, 2018 Report Posted January 2, 2018 Oh damn 3100 ft. I havent looked at any east coast stats. Forget what all that up there in vt/ny/can is about Quote
tarponhead Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Posted January 3, 2018 TFTILolo is training here. She says please come up Toast Quote
toast21602 Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 Lolo is training here. She says please come up ToastDamn I didn’t realize that you were friends with her. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
tarponhead Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Posted January 3, 2018 Damn I didn’t realize that you were friends with her. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkYeah, she used to baby sit for us Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 4.5 hours starting from where? Thought it was further than that, at least from me in central NJ. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said: 4.5 hours starting from where? Thought it was further than that, at least from me in central NJ. Quote
Ski2Live Live2Ski Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 Makes sense. Westfield is at least an hour closer than I am. Quote
Burton0688 Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 Nice! Always like Whiteface. The place to stay is Ledgerock at Whiteface right across the street. Cool owners. Place goes lights out after 6pm LOL. Quote
Popular Post tarponhead Posted January 3, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Posted January 3, 2018 Day 2: 5” from yesterday plus ultra light product from guns made for one of our best days at WF. Lower empire was open which was a first for us. Classic New England trail. Gives us access to cloud splitter glades also. Did that as opening run then shot over to summit quad because upper skyward looked amazing. And it was. Usually the first 200 yards is a sketch slide but the whole trail top to bottom were creamy turns. We lapped skyward about 6 x before heading back to wilderness pod. Also a fun seeded bump line at bottom which made the top to bottom worthwhile. Taking a break now. Boys still out there. My legs are feeling it but I may have a few more left in me. Snow tomorrow! 15 F with little wind so really not bad at allParking lot view:Upper empire:Upper skyward:View of WF from little WF:Bump line at bottom:Upper niagara ((skiers right was $): 10 Quote
trackbiker Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 Nice report. You hit it right. I was planning to be there on Friday and Gore on Saturday but -10F high plus high winds (-45 wind chill) made our group decide to postpone that trip. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 Nice pictures Tarponhead!! Quote
tarponhead Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Posted January 3, 2018 Nice report. You hit it right. I was planning to be there on Friday and Gore on Saturday but -10F high plus high winds (-45 wind chill) made our group decide to postpone that trip.We got lucky. Been a few sketch trips in the 10 Years we have been coming here. Quote
tarponhead Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Posted January 3, 2018 Nice pictures Tarponhead!!Thx. Got to give you something to look at at work 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, tarponhead said: Thx. Got to give you something to look at at work Business is super dead today. Quote
trackbiker Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 Whiteface can be really good but most times I've been there it's lived up to it's moniker, "Iceface" in one way or another. I like Gore better than Whiteface. Gore when it is 100% has a lot of diversity and pods to get away from the crowds and out of the wind if it's windy. It also has more trees if you're into that. 2 Quote
tarponhead Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 Day 3: redux of day one, just colder, poorer viz and more wind (summit quad getting intermittent wind holds). Agree with comment on not a lot of trees, maybe 4 mapped glades????? Anyhoo, this trip has been a real gem. Finishing up lunch and back out. Insider tip: park at children’s lodge to avoid long parking lot walks. Can park next to lodge (no one goes there except locals) and lodge is always empty 3 1 Quote
guitar73 Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 nice TR....we're heading up there at the end of this month. haven't been there in quite a few years, so we're looking forward to getting back to WF. 2 Quote
trackbiker Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, tarponhead said: Day 3: redux of day one, just colder, poorer viz and more wind (summit quad getting intermittent wind holds). Agree with comment on not a lot of trees, maybe 4 mapped glades????? Anyhoo, this trip has been a real gem. Finishing up lunch and back out. Insider tip: park at children’s lodge to avoid long parking lot walks. Can park next to lodge (no one goes there except locals) and lodge is always empty Don't post that stuff on the internet. PM people who you know are going there but we don't want the masses finding out about that. Edited January 4, 2018 by trackbiker 1 Quote
tarponhead Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 Yeah, the 11 people on this site will shut it down 2 2 Quote
tarponhead Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 Nice! Always like Whiteface. The place to stay is Ledgerock at Whiteface right across the street. Cool owners. Place goes lights out after 6pm LOL. Just saw this, sorry. Family trip. Wife loves the town of Lake Placid so that’s where we roll from. But yeah, your logistics are solid Quote
moe ghoul Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 3 hours ago, tarponhead said: Yeah, the 11 people on this site will shut it down 11? When did we hit double digits? 2 3 Quote
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