From_the_NEK
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Got out early as last week. Ate some chow at the Miss Lyndonville Diner and headed for the slopes. It was -11 when I woke up at 5:45 AM. Drove up to Jay with the group and skied until noon (mid 20's by then). Before 10:00 the mtn was nicely uncrowded. By noon it was a zoo. It was the fist time this year I've actually had to wait in line while the lift attendants make sure there are 4 people to a chair! First run went to North Glade. Heard some info that Beaver Pond had been destroyed so we stayed away from there. Next run went to Everglade. First time in there this season. The steeper part at the top is still really boney. Don't venture in if you value your P-Tex or unless you are very good at dodging rocks at the last second. Third run took us to Expo Glade which had the best runs of the day. All of the loose man made snow from the snowmaking on Exhibition had all blown into the trees and had created sufficient base that we didn't have to worry about hitting anything. It was like skiing on very light loose styrofoam. Interesting feeling, but still not the waist deep powder fix I'm am beginning to go mad for :? . We came back there for the last run of the day. The second to last run went down through Canyonland. That run was crap #-o as everybody in the group figured they took at least one core shot in there somewhere. I thought I had taken a major one. Upon closer inspection I hit an exposed root and not the spine of a large rock :roll: .
After the last run in Expo we headed out. We had some backcounty turns to earn. I was getting fed up with the crowd anyway :wink: .
Onto Mt. Hor, on the western flank of Lake Willoughby. Hiked up from the shoreline of the frozen lake (Yes the state's deepest lake is finally frozen). At lake level there was about 10 inches of snow on the ground. It was not enough to cover the rocks and logs for the line I wanted to bring back down off of the mountain. So up we went under bluebird skies. At the top of the sub ridge we were beginning to run out of daylight. So we didn't go all the way to the summit. At about 2000' in elevation the snow was already about 3 feet deep. I was kicking myself for leaving the snowshoes in the truck as I was sinking up to my waist in the snow breaking trail ](*,) . We got some nice turns in. This is definitely not a trek to undertake if you want wide open trees. There is a lot of underbrush to deal with on the decent. We decended down to the hiking trail and skied down the (closed in winter) road back to the cars. Overall it was a good journey.
After the last run in Expo we headed out. We had some backcounty turns to earn. I was getting fed up with the crowd anyway :wink: .
Onto Mt. Hor, on the western flank of Lake Willoughby. Hiked up from the shoreline of the frozen lake (Yes the state's deepest lake is finally frozen). At lake level there was about 10 inches of snow on the ground. It was not enough to cover the rocks and logs for the line I wanted to bring back down off of the mountain. So up we went under bluebird skies. At the top of the sub ridge we were beginning to run out of daylight. So we didn't go all the way to the summit. At about 2000' in elevation the snow was already about 3 feet deep. I was kicking myself for leaving the snowshoes in the truck as I was sinking up to my waist in the snow breaking trail ](*,) . We got some nice turns in. This is definitely not a trek to undertake if you want wide open trees. There is a lot of underbrush to deal with on the decent. We decended down to the hiking trail and skied down the (closed in winter) road back to the cars. Overall it was a good journey.
