Skiing Trips This Winter
So the Winter of 2005 - 2006 is all set to be the winter of skiing trips.
Ski Gear - Check
Season Pass - Check
Enthusiasm - Check (Flagging at times)
This post will hopefully keep a short diary of all the ski trips this winter.
I might break them up into different posts eventually.
Oh and this post is still a work in progress. I'll write in more detail eventually. And at some point these two lines will disappear.
December 3rd Week - Belleayre Mountain, NY
Belleayre as usual, is fun. Much smaller than Hunter or Windham Mountain also in the Catskills. More family friendly, read, kids wont get run over by agressive skiers or snowboarders. I have a soft spot in my heart for Belleayre since this is where I learnt to ski parallel....:-). At any rate, decent snow and not too icy in mid december.
December Christmas Week - Sunday River, Bethel, ME
Sunday River still ranks highest among all the resorts I've been to (not too many).
Lolapalooza, I was happy to note, was still fun.
Hit a black slope thinking it was a blue slope and was baffled at how steep this blue slope was. Realised it was a black after 3rd run. 4th run was spectacular.
Cold but not way too much.
January First Week - Mount Snow, VT
Mount Snow is only 3.5 hours away from New York City and it shows.
After the wonderful weekend at Sunday River where often times we were the only people on the mountain, Mount Snow was a bit of a shock. Lines at times were so long that we felt we were at Mountain Creek in NJ.
It was a bitterly cold weekend with highs in the teens. SD wasnt feeling very good and his lack of enthusiasm reached across and affected us as well.
Second day much better, hit slopes earlier. Discovered smaller lift which was not crowded at all. Lots of moguls this weekend. (reminder: post lift name and trails)
January Fourth Week - Attitash Mountain, North Conway, NH
Took friday off and went to Attitash. Turns out we compare everything with Sunday River. Looks like Sunday River is the gold standard till something better takes its place. So Attitash... yes... very nice, except that it was scary icy... I mean seriously icy. By 1PM, it was like ice skating down the mountain. Very relaxed weekend. Typically, the ski day is sort of like this:
Lifts open 9am - Must hit slopes by 8:30 am
Lift closes at 4PM - Must ski till 4 PM or Until legs collapse from sheer exhaustion
We hit the slopes at 10:45 am, skiied till 3 pm, quit. Went to eat chinese food and shop... yes.. shop. The Seafood hot and sour soup at China Chef in North Conway (Route 302) comes highly recommended.
Dinner at the 1785 Inn, a nice 2002 Trimbach Gewurtz and some very good food indeed.
Breakfast also at 1785. On the slopes by 9AM.
Once again skiied till 2:30pm and quit. Excellent skiing at least in the early part of the day before all the snow was scraped off. Warm warm warm, cant believe this is January. Folks were skiing in t-shirts. By 2PM, the lower mountain was getting pretty slushy.
Attitash has a a lot of blue and black trails. Not too many green trails. SD lost his ski on Mythmaker (Black Slope on Bear Mountain) and spent an eventful 20 minutes looking for it on the steep slope. A kind woman came down and helped him.She found it in the woods. It was sort of funny to see him hopping up the slope. It wasnt funny then...:-).
Skiing improving, but still get screwed on some slopes. Must read that "Lito Tejada Flores" book which has been languishing on the bedside table for months now.
Lunch/Dinner at Curry Lime (Thai,on Route 302 in No. Conway). Good food, not amazing, but very good all the same. Maybe a tad expensive compared to the standard beer and a burger option.
Ski Gear - Check
Season Pass - Check
Enthusiasm - Check (Flagging at times)
This post will hopefully keep a short diary of all the ski trips this winter.
I might break them up into different posts eventually.
Oh and this post is still a work in progress. I'll write in more detail eventually. And at some point these two lines will disappear.
December 3rd Week - Belleayre Mountain, NY
Belleayre as usual, is fun. Much smaller than Hunter or Windham Mountain also in the Catskills. More family friendly, read, kids wont get run over by agressive skiers or snowboarders. I have a soft spot in my heart for Belleayre since this is where I learnt to ski parallel....:-). At any rate, decent snow and not too icy in mid december.
December Christmas Week - Sunday River, Bethel, ME
Sunday River still ranks highest among all the resorts I've been to (not too many).
Lolapalooza, I was happy to note, was still fun.
Hit a black slope thinking it was a blue slope and was baffled at how steep this blue slope was. Realised it was a black after 3rd run. 4th run was spectacular.
Cold but not way too much.
January First Week - Mount Snow, VT
Mount Snow is only 3.5 hours away from New York City and it shows.
After the wonderful weekend at Sunday River where often times we were the only people on the mountain, Mount Snow was a bit of a shock. Lines at times were so long that we felt we were at Mountain Creek in NJ.
It was a bitterly cold weekend with highs in the teens. SD wasnt feeling very good and his lack of enthusiasm reached across and affected us as well.
Second day much better, hit slopes earlier. Discovered smaller lift which was not crowded at all. Lots of moguls this weekend. (reminder: post lift name and trails)
January Fourth Week - Attitash Mountain, North Conway, NH
Took friday off and went to Attitash. Turns out we compare everything with Sunday River. Looks like Sunday River is the gold standard till something better takes its place. So Attitash... yes... very nice, except that it was scary icy... I mean seriously icy. By 1PM, it was like ice skating down the mountain. Very relaxed weekend. Typically, the ski day is sort of like this:
Lifts open 9am - Must hit slopes by 8:30 am
Lift closes at 4PM - Must ski till 4 PM or Until legs collapse from sheer exhaustion
We hit the slopes at 10:45 am, skiied till 3 pm, quit. Went to eat chinese food and shop... yes.. shop. The Seafood hot and sour soup at China Chef in North Conway (Route 302) comes highly recommended.
Dinner at the 1785 Inn, a nice 2002 Trimbach Gewurtz and some very good food indeed.
Breakfast also at 1785. On the slopes by 9AM.
Once again skiied till 2:30pm and quit. Excellent skiing at least in the early part of the day before all the snow was scraped off. Warm warm warm, cant believe this is January. Folks were skiing in t-shirts. By 2PM, the lower mountain was getting pretty slushy.
Attitash has a a lot of blue and black trails. Not too many green trails. SD lost his ski on Mythmaker (Black Slope on Bear Mountain) and spent an eventful 20 minutes looking for it on the steep slope. A kind woman came down and helped him.She found it in the woods. It was sort of funny to see him hopping up the slope. It wasnt funny then...:-).
Skiing improving, but still get screwed on some slopes. Must read that "Lito Tejada Flores" book which has been languishing on the bedside table for months now.
Lunch/Dinner at Curry Lime (Thai,on Route 302 in No. Conway). Good food, not amazing, but very good all the same. Maybe a tad expensive compared to the standard beer and a burger option.
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