rummy Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 At daybreak in my Little Cabin, the temp was 5.5F. When the temp hit 7F at 10:30 the six of us decided to add another layer and head the mile to the mtn. A brilliant sun was shining without a cloud in the sky and hardly a breeze blowing. Two buses were in the lot, but there were no cars parked in the lower parking lot and the Elk Wagon was not running. Booted up in the lodge, toastie toes, hand warmers, hot cheeks (a** protector), no exposed skin--and out we went. Started on the West side and worked our way Eastward skiing every trail. Lenape, Whissahickan, Kickapoo, Tecumsah, Chippewa, Wyalusing, Upper and Lower Tunkhannock, Lackawanna and the Spur, then Tioga to the West slope to the Bar to have 2 bloody mary's and warm up the toes and finger tips. Conditions and grooming were the best of the year. Upper Tunk was perfect pow with a few great bump lines beginning to form in the freshly blown fluff. The rest of the slopes were smoothly groomed corduroy with no hint of ice or death cookies etc. anywhere. After the warm up we continued to ski West to East starting with Susquehanna/East, Slalom, Iroquois, Mohawk, and finally Delaware to the Bar. We didn't ski Seneca, although it was open, and the only other trails that weren't open was the lower part of Tuscurora (mounds of snow ready to be groomed out - looks like they'll have open for weekend), and the natural snow only trail, Lehigh. The sun was beginning to become overcast after the break, and without the sun it seemed even colder. Hovever the conditions were even better on the afternoon runs. The surface softened up into loose powder, even though there was very little skier traffic. The parks are something I know very little about , but the skiers and riders were having a good time there too. Another visit to the bar, then back to the Little Cabin for halupkie soup, clean up, and head back home after one of the best days of the year! BTW the temp warmed up to almost double didgets (9.8) around 4:30 and dropped back to 5.5 when we left at 7:00 this evening. ELK will be excellent skiing this weekend and the whole mtn should be open. Saturday is normally the busiest, with Sun. and Mon. less crowded. But who knows, maybe the cold will keep the novices home under the blankets.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Hah, glad you made good use of the bar... I can't wait to get up to Elk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rummy Posted January 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Hah, glad you made good use of the bar... Yea, we had brass name plates attached to "our seats" until one of our buds moved them into and above the urinals in the bathroom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Geezer Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 This sounds more like a 'bar run' report. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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