Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Starting the Ski Season 2023-2024

 It's the first day out of a new ski season.  Yes, Alex & Monica were out on Wachusett Opening Day (Friday after Thanksgiving), but it was much more crowded that day and I'm only a few days behind.  I'm ok with that.  I parked in Row #0.









It's a bluebird day in the 20's this morning with very good conditions.  Still only Conifer open from the top and three other trails elsewhere.  They are blowing snow like crazy.  I had to raise my skis going up the lift to avoid getting sticky snow on them.  See the Strava link for details.


Best of all, I saw "Nicole" who does the daily snow report.  She told me to make a few turns and I would make it into the video.  See below from 1:06 to 1:12.  That's six whole seconds of fame!


It was a great outing:  6 runs (on Conifer Connection), 5600 vertical, over 10 miles in just 59 minutes.  And I made it back in time for my 10:30am meeting.  Woo-hoo!