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Angel Diva
For an early season trip out west, I decided during the summer that Wolf Creek was a better bet than destination resorts on Ikon. The overall trip for me spanned Dec. 8-21 because I opted to drive from North Carolina to Colorado. Wolf Creek Ski Area (WCSA) has the advantage over many destination resorts in the Rockies because it typically has good snow coverage by early December. I learned how to get around during our first visit in Feb 2021. We worked with a very good instructor that week who happens to be from NC, so that’s another reason WCSA has become a favorite.
My primary travel/ski buddy this time was Jason. We’ve done trips together since attending Diva West in North Tahoe in 2010. He joined me for most of the long drive in my RAV4 Prime to/from Colorado. The added flexibility because we weren’t tied to flights allowed us to get in bonus skiing on the first and last Saturdays. The original plan was to ski Dec. 12-17 but the actual ski days were Dec. 11-18 because of snowstorms that started Dec. 9.
Fair to say that given the relatively low coverage due to lack of snowstorms in November, we were lucky that two snowstorms meant WCSA could be 100% by Dec. 11. The second storm midweek that was a foot of snow made skiing in the trees far more fun the latter part of the week.
For an idea of how much it snowed, look in the Wolf Creek conditions thread:
Snowy road driving up from South Fork on Sat morning, Dec. 11, after two feet of snow Dec. 9-10
RAV4 from North Carolina in 4x4 parking lot on Day 1, Saturday at 8:30am
Fresh snow on Alberta side on Sunday, Dec. 12
My primary travel/ski buddy this time was Jason. We’ve done trips together since attending Diva West in North Tahoe in 2010. He joined me for most of the long drive in my RAV4 Prime to/from Colorado. The added flexibility because we weren’t tied to flights allowed us to get in bonus skiing on the first and last Saturdays. The original plan was to ski Dec. 12-17 but the actual ski days were Dec. 11-18 because of snowstorms that started Dec. 9.
Fair to say that given the relatively low coverage due to lack of snowstorms in November, we were lucky that two snowstorms meant WCSA could be 100% by Dec. 11. The second storm midweek that was a foot of snow made skiing in the trees far more fun the latter part of the week.
For an idea of how much it snowed, look in the Wolf Creek conditions thread:
Wolf creek
The snow report said 8". It was a foot and a half most places, and above my knees on one run. They updated the report at 4 pm saying 15". However. It was an upside-down storm, so a heavy layer of snow on top of nice light stuff, so you just sank down into it. Fat skis or no, you couldn't float.
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Snowy road driving up from South Fork on Sat morning, Dec. 11, after two feet of snow Dec. 9-10
RAV4 from North Carolina in 4x4 parking lot on Day 1, Saturday at 8:30am
Fresh snow on Alberta side on Sunday, Dec. 12