indiggio Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 9 hours ago, AirheadD8 said: Wait till you try putting them on in a 20mph wind 😁Mine are 9yrs old and still work well. The rubber bungee type hook works on both sets of skis. I ran across this video that has some tips about halfway through for removal/install in the wind... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post abe Posted February 2, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 Quick jaunt by the state game lands off 322 between Brickerville (501) and Cornwall (72) on this sunny afternoon. I drove through here numerous times the past few weeks and noticed how much snow was still there as of yesterday on this north side of the ridge. Lebanon valley got a lot more snow than us here on the other side in Lancaster county and it seems to have not melted as much especially on this ridge in the valley 322 goes through. Driving from home there is basically no snow except from piles or drifts and I was beginning to think I'd be hiking but sure enough as soon as you roll through to the other side of this ridge holy smokes it's winter again. More snow here than in Stroudsburg. I made my way up the hill following some footsteps and deer paths to the Horshoe Trail but the trail itself running along the top was melted out in the middle from exposure and foot traffic. Snow disappeared as soon as you get tocoming over to the South side, really night and day demonstration of the north face effect. Brush was pretty heavy in spots it was a good thing I was wearing work pants and gaiters, had to sit on me bum a few times to check my speed with not enough room to maneuver. Trees had been thinned out towards the bottom and I found some remnants of logging roads then which were quite a bit better. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbike-ski Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 I thought about taking the dog skijoring one day, she loves it on the longboard 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post toast21602 Posted February 2, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) Took out the new xc skis for a short cruise around the local park before the rain storm. Plenty of open soccer fields and a nice trail loop there. My dog joined in on the fun too, and took a nice shit mid ski. These things are FAST and fun. They glide so well and grip on inclines fairly well too. Even managed to go over the trampled footprints just fine. The Alpina boots fit perfectly and are so much more comfortable than I expected. I estimated well on the pole length too. Truly™️ excited to take these out with @Mixilplix @mbike-ski and others the next chance we get! Edited February 2, 2022 by toast21602 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mixilplix Posted February 13, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Some XC skiing through the hood this afternoon...... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abe Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 Lancaster County Park yesterday morning. A bit sticky buy doable once I rubbed on some fresh wax. Was better later that night. Somehow I missed the memo I was planning on driving up to Crystal Lake but no reason to do that with 4" of snow here when I woke up 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 I got out this afternoon on my way home from work at Bicentennial Park and it was really enjoyable. I was hoping to get on the Nor-Bath trail but bozos took snowmobiles on it and dug up a bunch of gravel. I just cruised around the park in the snow. A few other tracks out there from yesterday. Lovely afternoon to be out! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mbike-ski Posted February 28, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Minnewaska SP 2/2722 Last night I was searching for some favorable XCD conditions within day trip distance and was coming up empty when I stumbled on a decent snow report for Minnewaska SF XC trails. After some communication and navigational challenges got on the snow solo around 10:30. Some guidance in the parking lot had me on my way to the Castle rock trail on the skinny NNN setup, great fast snow, bright sun, mid 30’s and a breeze (quite stiff on the return NW exposures). As an intermediate at best classic skier it was cool watching the skater boiz and girlz fly by me. I had never really skate ski’d and worked on it for a while until the ball of my right foot and arch objected , I even passed some little kids lol Such a cool place with endless vistas of cliffs, hills and the mountain (Bearpen?)to the north. Ended up doing almost 9 mi for a great loop, hopefully not the last hurrah. 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AtomicSkier Posted March 18 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 18 @mbike-ski and I took a chance and toured up Bearpen Mountain ... about 25 minutes from Hunter/Windham. There was some liquid precip yesterday and the temps were cold last night, so our backup plan was a tour up Windham. We arrived in the middle of nowhere and did a quick snow check. It was *ok* with a slight crust. We hoped it was better up high. About 2/3 of the way up we came across a skier coming back down the snowmobile trail and he said he dipped into the woods and it was rough so he bailed. We were that far, so to the top we went. The grade was perfect. Nothing as steep as Hunter/Windham's uphill routes. After reaching the summit and enjoying a beer, we scoped out the lines from earlier in the week to have some knowledge for a future trip. The top half was still firm, but the lower half was insanely fun spring snow. Had we waited 30-60 minutes at the summit, I think most of our run would've been like that, but we both had a huge smile on our face at the bottom. It was fun. 10/10 would do again. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbike-ski Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 a fun day for sure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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