michpc
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
When I discovered that I had extra vacation days left (we're use it or lose it here), I decided to take the whole week of Christmas off! Then, we got beat down here in New England with an awesome snow storm!!
So I called up my little sister and we booked a hotel on Sunday for a night in North Conway, NH.
Cranmore:
Left Somerville at 8:30am on Monday morning and arrived in North Conway a little after noon where we picked up our 2 for 1 tickets (yay!), and hit the slopes at Cranmore. This was my first time here, and it was a fun little mountain. Not everything was open and it was cold and very windy, but what was open was great with packed powder and some UNpacked powder. Some of the trails were partially groomed, and I managed to misjudge some snow depth and do a powder faceplant :ROTF: Too bad no one could document it, but it was probably pretty funny to watch. Didn't stay too long as the wind was a bit much, but we got in lots of fun runs.
But man, getting back on my old skis after demoing was rough! The first turns pretty rough getting used to them again...so much harder to turn than the skis I demoed!
No photos at Cranmore except some documentation of how dirty my car was
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We stayed at a nice little hotel called the White Mountain Hotel and Resort. Not terribly expensive, and they gave us free breakfast since it was a weekday stay
Attitash/Bear Peak:
Tuesday was also very cold, but it was sunny and the wind was pretty minimal compared to Monday. We got there around 9:30 and tackled both peaks till 3:15 (lifts close at 3:30, but we needed to get my sister's rentals back to the shop we got them from an hour away in time!). More awesome packed powder conditions. The peaks fast North, so there was lots of flat light since we're in the shortest days of the year, but some trails were sunnier, and the views were fantastic! Lots of fun and ZERO lines. Next time I ski on a weekend it's going to suck!! Awesome time, and it feels great that I've already skied 3 days so far this season!!
I'm kind of regretting demoing skis now though. All I can think about since the trip is buying some newer skis! I'll just have to keep my eyes out for some awesome deals.
Some photos:
My sister at the top of the Attitash's quad
Me at the top of Bear Peak, with Mt. Washington in the background, all clear!!
and my sister at the top of Bear Peak as well
One last shot of me and the dirty dirty car!
So I called up my little sister and we booked a hotel on Sunday for a night in North Conway, NH.Cranmore:
Left Somerville at 8:30am on Monday morning and arrived in North Conway a little after noon where we picked up our 2 for 1 tickets (yay!), and hit the slopes at Cranmore. This was my first time here, and it was a fun little mountain. Not everything was open and it was cold and very windy, but what was open was great with packed powder and some UNpacked powder. Some of the trails were partially groomed, and I managed to misjudge some snow depth and do a powder faceplant :ROTF: Too bad no one could document it, but it was probably pretty funny to watch. Didn't stay too long as the wind was a bit much, but we got in lots of fun runs.
But man, getting back on my old skis after demoing was rough! The first turns pretty rough getting used to them again...so much harder to turn than the skis I demoed!
No photos at Cranmore except some documentation of how dirty my car was
g
We stayed at a nice little hotel called the White Mountain Hotel and Resort. Not terribly expensive, and they gave us free breakfast since it was a weekday stay
Attitash/Bear Peak:
Tuesday was also very cold, but it was sunny and the wind was pretty minimal compared to Monday. We got there around 9:30 and tackled both peaks till 3:15 (lifts close at 3:30, but we needed to get my sister's rentals back to the shop we got them from an hour away in time!). More awesome packed powder conditions. The peaks fast North, so there was lots of flat light since we're in the shortest days of the year, but some trails were sunnier, and the views were fantastic! Lots of fun and ZERO lines. Next time I ski on a weekend it's going to suck!! Awesome time, and it feels great that I've already skied 3 days so far this season!!
I'm kind of regretting demoing skis now though. All I can think about since the trip is buying some newer skis! I'll just have to keep my eyes out for some awesome deals.
Some photos:
My sister at the top of the Attitash's quad
Me at the top of Bear Peak, with Mt. Washington in the background, all clear!!
and my sister at the top of Bear Peak as well
One last shot of me and the dirty dirty car!
