rfarren
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Sorry about not posting last night, I don't have internet on 87. Yesterday was a more typical Whiteface Day. It was really cold, I think -3 when I left the hotel at 9:00. When I got there it was pretty crowded, WF was having it's $35 sunday special. It's a pretty good deal, except yesterday the Gondola broke down during the morning. This meant that the crowds were relegated to use Wf's fairly exposed lift system. One must also remember that the only high speed lift is the Valley express.
Although it was colder saturday, sunday was far more unpleasant as the wind whipped up something awful. That combine with the long lift lines and I was freezing. After 4 runs I had to go down and just warm up to an early lunch/beer. While eating lunch the workers at WF got the gondola up and running so that changed the outlook for the afternoon.
As with any typical Whiteface day in January, when the wind picks up one must hit the trees. So, I headed into the trees off of Upper Mackenzie
I would have hit it, off of empire, but empire was closed due to lack of coverage (State budgetary issues methinks). The snow on Mackenzie was nice, so I kept hitting it and then ducking into the trees at various points.
And finally I went to the bottom of Mackenzie for my obligatory bump run to make sure my upper body is nice and quiet.
The general snow conditions today were ok. As always once the wind hits, it tends to blow the snow off into the trees. In the trees the snow was pretty darn good. There were even moments of 4 to 5 inches of PDR. I do, however, think it's a bit of a joke that the website has PP listed as it's primary condition and PDR as it's secondary. It should be have been ICE as it's primary and PP as it's secondary. Or rather PP on the left sides of trails and GET YOUR SKIS TUNED IF YOU WANT TO SKI ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAILS as it's secondary.
Although it was colder saturday, sunday was far more unpleasant as the wind whipped up something awful. That combine with the long lift lines and I was freezing. After 4 runs I had to go down and just warm up to an early lunch/beer. While eating lunch the workers at WF got the gondola up and running so that changed the outlook for the afternoon.
As with any typical Whiteface day in January, when the wind picks up one must hit the trees. So, I headed into the trees off of Upper Mackenzie
I would have hit it, off of empire, but empire was closed due to lack of coverage (State budgetary issues methinks). The snow on Mackenzie was nice, so I kept hitting it and then ducking into the trees at various points.
And finally I went to the bottom of Mackenzie for my obligatory bump run to make sure my upper body is nice and quiet.
The general snow conditions today were ok. As always once the wind hits, it tends to blow the snow off into the trees. In the trees the snow was pretty darn good. There were even moments of 4 to 5 inches of PDR. I do, however, think it's a bit of a joke that the website has PP listed as it's primary condition and PDR as it's secondary. It should be have been ICE as it's primary and PP as it's secondary. Or rather PP on the left sides of trails and GET YOUR SKIS TUNED IF YOU WANT TO SKI ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAILS as it's secondary.
Yes, it most definitely is. I just think of it as the valley express. To be honest, I hadn't taken it since they built the gondola.