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The opportunity was here with 26" of snow in the last 24 hours on top of everything that fell last week - so why not give the "back country" a shot. I got the phone call from Justin around 4:00 and off we went. I met him and Rose and the BMBI and we parked our car at the our end point and then dropped off the other at the top of the AT near Blue to ski the gas line that runs close by. When we got there, we noticed two snowboarders that hiked in either late yesterday or early this morning because their tracks were pretty much covered with the new snow or windblown shut. started right by the AC and ended down near Harris Lane (which is private property) The hike started with about a 1/4 mile flat/slightly uphill trek to the actual terrain that we were trying to get to. It would have been a lot easier if we had the right gear... The terrain was surprisingly good. some nice tight coniferous trees throughout the first headwall that we skied until we came to the powerline that mellowed things out. After the powerline the first 50-100 yards were the steepest on the hill and pretty deep. So of course, we stepped out a lip to jump off of it. Justin throwing a 360 in the PA backcountry was a highlight of the descent!!! Once at the bottom, it was flat and deep and just a short hike out to the private road which luckily crossed the stream so we could get back. We got to the bottom just as the sun was starting to go down and the cloud cover made for a beautiful sky. Really a fantastic time our there for the two hours that we had and the sunset as the backdrop with the snow was absolutely beautiful. So tranquil. Hope you enjoyed the little report and the pictures, I know we did