Yesterday I drove out west to Mike’s place. Back in April when I first found out I was probably moving, I purchased a season pass to the local mountain, Wachusett. Well last night I finally went and picked up my pass and hit the slopes. Somehow I managed to leave my boots at home, doh!, but they rent just boots for idiots like me. My board has gone unused for a couple of years now, showing a rusty edge. Oh well, no time like the present. A few runs in and no more rusty edge, ha.
The slopes remind me of Massanutten from back in my college days. Nothing too steep, nice wide turns for carving, some side off shoot trails through the woods to make things interesting, and each run has it’s ice spot. But having just received so much snow in the last week, this was an ideal time to get out and ride on a fine layer of powder. The Conifer Connection trail turned out to be my favorite.
Weather was just about perfect. Temps sitting right around freezing and no real wind to speak of, with a little Captain to keep you warm. Definitely a good night, 3 hours and at the end of our last run, the ice started to come down. Managed to get home before the real heavy snow started to fall again. Couple of things I knew, but last night reinforced…my board is too long for me at 163, my bindings are XL and the straps still barely make it around my boots, and I’m a big wuss when it comes to going super fast on my board.
Anyway, gotta finish up some work so I can jet out of here. It started snowing last night at 10:00 PM and it hasn’t stopped yet. It was pretty slushy riding in this morning, but the 700×32 inverted tread tires seem to be handling it all pretty well. But it looks like I’ll be riding home in this (as shot out my office window):
Nice, DT. I’ll have to tell you about how I . . . reclaimed posession of my sleds from Military Rd a few months ago.
Yo fool, good to see you posting again. Nice crib, I’m gonna have to bring the wife up there in the fall so she can see how nice the NE is in the fall, we should hook up for a ride.