BC/XC anything but resort skiing.

[Barb]

Winter is back! Finally. Snowed about 6” overnight. By the time I left the house it was 8+. Roads were awful so I just went into town the XC ski the park with the local ladies. Took my fatter skis and broke trail, good workout. 

 

 

 

got my jeep stuck coming home. Our plow guy seems to do our road last. Took about an hour to get it unstuck. 

 

puking snow now. Supposed to get another 4-8 today 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Wow cool report. I wonder how much a tow truck costs in those parts??  Do you still see Amazon vans all over?

[Barb]

I knew between my husband and I, we could get my Jeep out. First I walked up my hill and got my maxtraks. That didn’t work, so my husband had to come down to me with the snowblower. Between that and shoveling out all the tires we finally got it done. But people around here are so community oriented, I could have called several people if I really needed extra help. 
 

No Amazon trucks. Our neighborhood mailboxes are 1/2 mile from my house near the county road. Nothing gets delivered to my house. 

[C1erArt]

Lockers didn’t help either? Never had my jeep out in really deep snow. 

Edited February 14 by C1erArt

[Barb]

I put it in 4H when I get into my neighborhood. Up my unplowed hill I should have put it in 4L. Tried that but was already too dug in at that point. Was probably 10” by the time I got home. 

[mbike-ski]

You know those traction thingys work better when when you put them in the snow under the tars 🤣

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 hour ago, mbike-ski said:

You know those traction thingys work better when when you put them in the snow under the tars 🤣

Jajajaja and Barb is cool and from Jersey which I give extra points for no diggity no doubt..

[indiggio]

Does it have a winch, looks like there's one in the bumper? 
There appears to be plenty of trees around.

[C1erArt]

14 hours ago, Barb said:

I put it in 4H when I get into my neighborhood. Up my unplowed hill I should have put it in 4L. Tried that but was already too dug in at that point. Was probably 10” by the time I got home. 

I like to put it in low any time I am going under 20 for a sustained period, especially when climbing a hill.  Easier on the transmission and transaxle. Had to get my 2015 JK front locker replaced because it wouldn’t come out of being locked. Pretty pricey. Should have had air lockers put in instead of getting the stock locker repaired. Love watching the off road rescue videos on Facebook. 

Edited February 15 by C1erArt

[Barb]

2 hours ago, indiggio said:

Does it have a winch, looks like there's one in the bumper? 
There appears to be plenty of trees around.

Yes there is a winch. Wasn’t needed 

@C1erArt do you drive that fast in 4L?  I thought you were not supposed to exceed 7mph 

Edited February 15 by Barb

[C1erArt]

25 is the max, if I am driving a sustained speed of 15 or 20 on the flats I might switch out of 4 low. If I go too slow in 4 high for extended periods I start smelling the gear oil. After watching the recovery videos I got a kinetic recovery rope in additional to my tow strap. Not sure I’d have the guts to actually use it. I subscribe to the philosophy that off road capabilities are to get you out of trouble, not into it. Plus, it is really my wife’s jeep. 

Edited February 15 by C1erArt

[Barb]

Little break in the storms today. 2 more on the way this week!  Took my fat XC skis to the air strip near my house. Went down to the river and was able to cross a  narrow tributary. Then I got to a wider crossing and decided not to press my luck. Kinda sunny, warm temps. Skis were glopping up and had to add some wax mid way. 

 

 

 

[Barb]

This winter has definitely been a weird one as far as storms and temps. Had some good snow Thursday but when I went skiing yesterday by the afternoon all the ungroomed runs turned to cream cheese slop. 
 

Attempted to Xc ski McClure pass this morning. Got there by 9 but already all the parking was full with snowmobile trailers. Went back into town and just did a lap around the park.  Snow was not good for skiing but the weather is beautiful sunny and warm. 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 8 by Barb

[AtomicSkier]

A friend and I had been talking last year about doing Mt Washington / Tucks.  Schedules and weather aligned for a day trip.  We were wheels up 7:50am, touched down around 9:15am in Berlin, NH.  Grabbed the "rental" (aka the town's old cop caar) and we drove the 35 minutes to the trailhead.  We were on our way up by 10:30am.  Similar to the last time I did Tucks with @GSSucks and @Justo8484, the Sherbie cross over was ~1.5 miles in.  In reality, probably could have started skinning before that as there was snow, but we donned our boots at the cross over, ditched our shoes in the woods, and were on our way to the Hojo's.  Got there around 12pm, quick snack, and then we were on our way up to the ravine floor.  

I was surprise to see how little snow there was compared to my previous visit, so we decided to boot up Left Gully with the option to either ski down, head back up, and then over to Hillman's for the descent.  After an easy boot up, we reached the top of the ravine ~1:25pm with no wind under mostly cloudy skies (as forecasted).  

We decided in the interest of time, weather, and energy, we'd head over to Hillman's as there was some rain and lower clouds in the area.  Quick rock scramble over and we were on our way down.  Some sporty Sherbie sections always makes for a fun end to the day.  Back at the crossover, on went the shoes, and in came some rain which lasted for about 20 minutes or so.  It was semi-refreshing as temps were well into the 60s.

We got back to the car at 4pm after an elapsed 5h30m.  Unfortunately, no celebratory beer as there was still work left to be done.  We enjoyed the feeling of putting on flip flops, packed up, and got to the airport around 5pm.  Packed up the plane, fueled it up, chatted with an old timer for a little, and we were in the air at 5:40pm with some weather between us and our destination.  We climbed to 18,000 and we were in and out of the clouds and icing conditions for most of the flight.  I flew the return leg, and I managed to have a decent landing at 7:30pm despite never landing that type of plane before to finish off an awesome day.

[Barb]

Jeff, you really are next level bougie. This is very cool.