Shawnee 1/29/22

[abe]

En route to Stroudsburg.  Sadly will not be in time for 1st chair due to slick roads.  Shawnee says 100% open 2-4"

 

[abe]

Nicely groomed with some fresh on top, still coming down,  Shawnee is blowing too despite wind at top.  Not crowded.   Both quads and one of the double doubles running, 100% trails open.   Successfully used Indy pass for the 1st time (lol). Renegade courderoy was untouched but a little slippery.

[abe]

Getting a little icy on the blacks and thighs getting a bit tired.  Gonna try to find somewhere to xc and then I'll come back here later and Alpine.  They have some surprisingly large terrain features on Delaware.

Woods are skiable but there is a lot of logs and low branches except off Delaware which is pretty good actually.

Zero lines since they opened the 2nd quad including the Tomahawk express, they are doing a good job pairing up groups on there.  Most people I have talked too are here from NJ or Long Island where they claim 2 ft of snow.

 

 

 

Edited January 29, 2022 by abe

[Johnny Law]

Looks like a hyper good day with zero crowds

[abe]

Side quest complete.  Gonna jawn back over for some fast laps

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Nice report!!!  How long did the drive take?

[abe]

I think not quite 3 hours I left a bit after 6:30 stopped at Sheetz.  Stopped to check tire pressures twice because the light came on but they were fine.  Normally takes 2.

2 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Nice report!!!  How long did the drive take?

Skied around this pond and up Mt. Minisi, the AT was too rocky but there is a logging road or something going up next to it that worked pretty well.  Passed a big group of people they were like wtf you doing.  I had to take off the skis a couple spots on the way down that were too steep and too rocky to snowplow.  I'm not sure if it was better or worse that the group packed all the snow down, at least I could see where the rocks were better.

Did like 6 laps at Shawnee or so, I got my alpine skis tuned up properly at the shop a few weeks ago and wanted to check them out.  Yuge improvement cutting into the hardpack I definitely should avoid cheaping out and get them professional tuned more often.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 hours ago, abe said:

Side quest complete.  Gonna jawn back over for some fast laps

That looks legit. How long was the traverse?

[abe]

Seems like the Tomahawk must be the fastest lift in the state, I guess it is a bit younger than some.  Looks cool too especially lit up.

 

Also hard to get it properly on camera but I really like that "Blue Hour" when the sky gets so cool of an intense blue color right before dark

 

[abe]

7 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

That looks legit. How long was the traverse?

It took me a bit over 2.5 hours for about 2 miles each way obviously most of that time going up!

A bit more snow would have been nice but cant complain when its skiable. Those xc skis can really take a beating, with all the rocks I went over I was sure I'd have the bottoms all gouged up but the look pretty much they same as before, happy about that!

Edited January 30, 2022 by abe

[abe]

before anyone gets all defensive about the lift comment lol, I will point out that Bleu has 2 detaches that go higher and steeper, one is a sixer, and doubles operate faster, so they have shawnee beat.

Nevertheless the Jawnee jaunteroo has got to be quite a bit quicker and it looks cooler so fight me

[AirheadD8]

4 hours ago, abe said:

Side quest complete.  Gonna jawn back over for some fast laps

Looks like Water gap from the Pa. Side?

[antman12]

40 minutes ago, abe said:

before anyone gets all defensive about the lift comment lol, I will point out that Bleu has 2 detaches that go higher and steeper, one is a sixer, and doubles operate faster, so they have shawnee beat.

Nevertheless the Jawnee jaunteroo has got to be quite a bit quicker and it looks cooler so fight me

Careful with your comments, you don’t wanna ruffle any feather around here. 
 

In all seriousness, does Shawnee have any high speed lifts?

[toast21602]

18 minutes ago, antman12 said:

Careful with your comments, you don’t wanna ruffle any feather around here. 
 

In all seriousness, does Shawnee have any high speed lifts?

Sure does. HSQ. Makes the place better than JF. 

[momskeeztoo]

1 hour ago, abe said:

I think not quite 3 hours I left a bit after 6:30 stopped at Sheetz.  Stopped to check tire pressures twice because the light came on but they were fine.  Normally takes 2.

Skied around this pond and up Mt. Minisi, the AT was too rocky but there is a logging road or something going up next to it that worked pretty well.  Passed a big group of people they were like wtf you doing.  I had to take off the skis a couple spots on the way down that were too steep and too rocky to snowplow.  I'm not sure if it was better or worse that the group packed all the snow down, at least I could see where the rocks were better.

Did like 6 laps at Shawnee or so, I got my alpine skis tuned up properly at the shop a few weeks ago and wanted to check them out.  Yuge improvement cutting into the hardpack I definitely should avoid cheaping out and get them professional tuned more often.

I would imagine the AT up to Mt Minsi would be way too rocky to skin up. But there is that nice wide trail on the way down. Haven’t hiked there in a couple years, need to go back. 

[toast21602]

5 hours ago, abe said:

Side quest complete.  Gonna jawn back over for some fast laps

Gonna need to hit this up in the future. Where’d you park?

[abe]

29 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Gonna need to hit this up in the future. Where’d you park?

There is a parking lot at the bottom off 611

32 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said:

I would imagine the AT up to Mt Minsi would be way too rocky to skin up. But there is that nice wide trail on the way down. Haven’t hiked there in a couple years, need to go back. 

I tried to go on the AT on the lower third or so but it wasn't fun had to keep taking the skis off wayyy to rocky.  The other trails from that same parking lot further back from the river/cliff were actually pretty good though .

1 hour ago, antman12 said:

Careful with your comments, you don’t wanna ruffle any feather around here. 
 

In all seriousness, does Shawnee have any high speed lifts?

High speed lift pictured above ^ it's like 10 years old maybe? Really well maintained and super fast.  The rest of the lifts are Partek (also in great shape) which they run fairly sslow due to typical Shawnee clientele.  Fun fact 55% of Shawnee skiers rent, and they have 4,000 sets of rental equipment https://www.stormskiing.com/p/podcast-61-shawnee-mountain-pennsylvania

1 hour ago, AirheadD8 said:

Looks like Water gap from the Pa. Side?

Yah pretty cool I havent actually gotten a good look at the water gap before

[AirheadD8]

15 hours ago, abe said:

There is a parking lot at the bottom off 611

 

Yah pretty cool I havent actually gotten a good look at the water gap before

I’ve flown over that precipice many times and every time I do my mind wonders “What if ?” There’s about a thousand feet of rock hanging above a choke point in the river. If it collapses and adds a 200’ elevation to the river at that point?

… Tocks island dam 2.0 

😳😳😳😳😳😳

Edited January 30, 2022 by AirheadD8

[abe]

2 hours ago, AirheadD8 said:

I’ve flown over that precipice many times and every time I do my mind wonders “What if ?” There’s about a thousand feet of rock hanging above a choke point in the river. If it collapses and adds a 200’ elevation to the river at that point?

… Tocks island dam 2.0 

😳😳😳😳😳😳

Didn't the Army Corps of engineers plan to flood the water gap way back when and that's why it's now federal land

[AirheadD8]

15 minutes ago, abe said:

Didn't the Army Corps of engineers plan to flood the water gap way back when and that's why it's now federal land

Yep , Eminent Domain screwed lots of people  and never built the project . 

https://www.nps.gov/dewa/learn/historyculture/tocks-island-dam-controversy.htm

[toast21602]

1 hour ago, AirheadD8 said:

Yep , Eminent Domain screwed lots of people  and never built the project . 

https://www.nps.gov/dewa/learn/historyculture/tocks-island-dam-controversy.htm

Thanks for sharing this!

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

Gonna use our 2nd Shawnee day on IndyPass today. Feb Spring skiing.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

5 hours ago, Ski2Live Live2Ski said:

Gonna use our 2nd Shawnee day on IndyPass today. Feb Spring skiing.

How were the crowds?

[Ski2Live Live2Ski]

 

20 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

How were the crowds?

Parking lot was packed when we arrived at 1030 but lift lines no more than 5 min as a lot of people were here for snow tubing (which sold out) or bunny hill. Most crowded trail from top also the green one. Soft snow, 100% of trails open and all but one lift. Base depth fairly thin on some trails. Mellow ski day with my girls. 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Ski2Live Live2Ski

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1030 arrival wow just wow...