Sunday, January 08, 2012

Holiday Valley - 1/7

Spent the early part of the day on Saturday at Holiday Valley (trail map), trying cross-country skiing for the first time.  It was a mess—40 degree temps for two plus days leading up—but good to get out.  Went out with the Buffalo Nordic Ski Club and ADK-NFC, with a potluck after.

We took the lift from the Tannenbaum lodge up to the top of mountain and skied west through a pretty muddy patch of the cross-country trail (which was technically closed), after having a false start down the Tannenbaum slope.  (A little scary for a guy who's never skied at all.)  We then met up with the rest of our group who had skied up the mountain, went around Spruce Lake and then headed off a back snowmobile where there was much better snow.

Except for the more rutty snowmobile ruts.  Several wipe-outs later, I'd gotten a world better and had hotspots on my feet to testify to the learning curve.

Anyway, what a slow winter.  Thinking snow. . . .

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