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Mid-Atlantic (DC, VA, WV, MD, PA) for 2013-14
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Olesya Chornoguz
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I went to Snowshoe for 3 days over Thanksgiving. Great opening conditions and a large snowfall Wednesday night. The conditions were excellent for early season and they were opening slopes every day we were there. Some pics:
View from our condo
Blue slope Spruce:
View from the chairlift:
Snowmaking:
Off to a good start of the season! Since local PA resorts opened I am hoping to ski every week from now on.
View from our condo
Blue slope Spruce:
View from the chairlift:
Snowmaking:
Off to a good start of the season! Since local PA resorts opened I am hoping to ski every week from now on.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Thanks for the pics! Certainly looks good for early season.
Marian
Angel Diva
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Roundtop's the first place I ever skied here in the USA! (Many, many moons ago...) Nostalgia! : )
Marian
Angel Diva
Your pics look DELICIOUS. 0_0
marzNC
Angel Diva
Canaan Valley will open this weekend, Dec. 7. Timberline will be open soon. Seems like everyplace in the Mid-A should be open by mid-Dec.
Mnut and Wintergreen took the week off given the warm and wet weather. Both will be open this weekend, with Mnut planning to open on Friday.
Mnut and Wintergreen took the week off given the warm and wet weather. Both will be open this weekend, with Mnut planning to open on Friday.
tinymoose
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
@marzNC
Oh, sorry! Didn't see this, been sick so I've mostly been sleeping the last few days. Sadly, due to the weather I think the only place open tomorrow is Montage Mountain up near Scranton. They're opening for the season tomorrow with Boomer, Cannonball, Mainline, Whistler w/Terrain Park, Bunny Slope, Nordic, and Connection. Montage is only a 2 hr. drive! To compare, Blue Mountain near Allentown is about 1.5 hrs., so Montage is not as far as it seems b/c it's basically all highway. I really do like that mountain and am glad to see that they're open and with improvements this year.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Thanks! Hope you feel 100% soon.@marzNC
Oh, sorry! Didn't see this, been sick so I've mostly been sleeping the last few days. Sadly, due to the weather I think the only place open tomorrow is Montage Mountain up near Scranton. They're opening for the season tomorrow with Boomer, Cannonball, Mainline, Whistler w/Terrain Park, Bunny Slope, Nordic, and Connection. Montage is only a 2 hr. drive! To compare, Blue Mountain near Allentown is about 1.5 hrs., so Montage is not as far as it seems b/c it's basically all highway. I really do like that mountain and am glad to see that they're open and with improvements this year.
I'll keep the list in mind for another time. It was already too warm up at Gore for good skiing this morning, so I'm just heading home. SkiSuki and I had a good time chatting with 2ski2moro in person before we drove south.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Massanutten opened up again today. Planning to stay open daily for the season. Even with the warm temps and hard rain last week, Mnut has DJ and Upper Showtime open. Being able to build a solid base in Nov made a difference. The only lift not running is Lift 3 for Geronimo and Nuttin-To-It. With cold weather, should be able to make snow every night for a while.
My first ski day at Mnut should be Dec. 15.
My first ski day at Mnut should be Dec. 15.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Wintergreen is open today, but may not stay open all day Sunday. The little road up to Wintergreen is not a place to be with icy conditions.
* * * Wintergreen blog Dec. 7, 2013
SUNDAY UPDATE -
A Winter Storm is headed this way and is expected to arrive early Sunday morning. This storm will bring with it some snow, sleet and a large amount of freezing rain. Weather Forecasters anticipate a mid-day change to freezing rain that will continue through the overnight hours and end Monday morning. Overall ice accumulation could be as high as 1/2 of an inch. As a result, the Ski Area is likely to close mid-day on Sunday with plans to re-open Monday.
Operating Hours for next week:
Monday 12/9 - Thursday 12/12 9a - 5p (day sessions only)
NOTE - Call ahead, Overnight ice accumulation could cause operating delays on Monday.
Day and night session hours begin Friday 12/13.
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* * * Wintergreen blog Dec. 7, 2013
SUNDAY UPDATE -
A Winter Storm is headed this way and is expected to arrive early Sunday morning. This storm will bring with it some snow, sleet and a large amount of freezing rain. Weather Forecasters anticipate a mid-day change to freezing rain that will continue through the overnight hours and end Monday morning. Overall ice accumulation could be as high as 1/2 of an inch. As a result, the Ski Area is likely to close mid-day on Sunday with plans to re-open Monday.
Operating Hours for next week:
Monday 12/9 - Thursday 12/12 9a - 5p (day sessions only)
NOTE - Call ahead, Overnight ice accumulation could cause operating delays on Monday.
Day and night session hours begin Friday 12/13.
* * *
marzNC
Angel Diva
Got the details for the Mnut demo days by Freestyle on Jan. 11-12. They will be set up 9:00-3:00 that weekend. Last time they had a good selection of all-mountain women's skis.
Note that Jan. 12 is also the day Mnut is doing a special Women's Clinic in the morning. 9:30-11:30 for $30. See the thread in Meet on the Hill for more details about the special events for Divas and their friends on Jan. 10-12.
Note that Jan. 12 is also the day Mnut is doing a special Women's Clinic in the morning. 9:30-11:30 for $30. See the thread in Meet on the Hill for more details about the special events for Divas and their friends on Jan. 10-12.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Snowing at Massanutten! Supposed to keep snowing for several more hours, up to 7 inches predicted. Hopefully Mnut avoids any freezing rain.
Wintergreen getting snow too, but may have freezing rain as the storm system moves northeast.
Hope those in the DC/Baltimore metro area can stay home today and avoid any driving.
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Olesya Chornoguz
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Love all the pretty snow! It's snowing heavily in my area too. I didn't go drive to work, working from home.
marzNC
Angel Diva
I think you got the heavy snow. Glad you can work from home. Definitely more snow in parts of MD than Mnut. More importantly, it will be cold for a while so the snow guns can go back to work before next weekend.
Mnut webcam at 3:30pm after the snow was over.
Olesya Chornoguz
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Whitetail opened 2 of their black diamond trails and will open more of the blue runs over the weekend. I'm heading over there with DH on Sunday hopefully. They had $10 group lessons for a few weeks, not anymore though, I think. I took a group lesson for $10 at WT last Sunday, which turned out to be a private lesson for $10, cause nobody else was taking a lesson.
It was a great lesson, even though conditions were not great - chopped up fresh snow on top of some icy patches. I had a very nice female instructor Anne, who helped me tremendously with my pole plant technique and timing. As a result I was able to ski cruddy/icy in places conditions more confidently. Interestingly she recommended singing to get into the rhythm of turns. I remember several Divas mentioned that trick before. An alternative to singing, which I used and liked the most, was saying to myself "touch, turn". Touch refers to pole plant. She also said that my technique is good (thanks to many lessons), I do leg extension/flexion through the turn well and I have a good stance (no backseat). The trouble spots are occasional torso/shoulder movements and pole plant timing (late pole plant). The big revelation from the lesson was reaching down the fall line with the pole instead of planting it next to me.
It was a great lesson, even though conditions were not great - chopped up fresh snow on top of some icy patches. I had a very nice female instructor Anne, who helped me tremendously with my pole plant technique and timing. As a result I was able to ski cruddy/icy in places conditions more confidently. Interestingly she recommended singing to get into the rhythm of turns. I remember several Divas mentioned that trick before. An alternative to singing, which I used and liked the most, was saying to myself "touch, turn". Touch refers to pole plant. She also said that my technique is good (thanks to many lessons), I do leg extension/flexion through the turn well and I have a good stance (no backseat). The trouble spots are occasional torso/shoulder movements and pole plant timing (late pole plant). The big revelation from the lesson was reaching down the fall line with the pole instead of planting it next to me.
Olesya Chornoguz
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Correction - $10 group lessons are still on at WT. This rate is valid till December 23rd.
tinymoose
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
The Philly area got a couple inches. Not sure how much the Poconos got. I'm assuming similar? All the places seem to be blowing snow like crazy now, though, since these cold temps have settled in.
I'm hoping to make it out somewhere this coming weekend. Maybe Montage Sunday AM?
