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2021-12-15 01:01
in Nsnow, Snow
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After a very bad start of season (resorts not being able to open due to lack of snow), we got more than 7ft in a week, which well, was very nice :)
I tried to time the storm systems and drove to kirkwood in between 2 storms, when Carson Spur was open. It was too cold and I had to drive at night, so the temperature and headlights made it so that I would have arrived at kirkwood with -4% battery from my after the fact estimate, but thanks to the new supercharger in Jackon, a 5mn detour and 10mn bathroom stop gave me more than enough battery to arrive there comfortably. Drive up took just over 3h45 with the charging stop and the snow:
the bad news is that most of the chargers are broken, and the 2 left are sharing the same power (only 20A each)
It was early season, KW had only been open for 3 days, so they were still getting things ready and cleaning up :)
coverage was amazing
Normally, 6 would have opened on tuesday, but didn't like I predicted, and opened late (11:30) on wednesday. It was a longer wait than planned, but better than nothing:
we all waited eagerly :)
and finally got up
plenty of snow
coverage on chamoix was amazing
Day #2 got an extra 17", which caused Cornice to open a bit late (9:50), but not terribly:
ski patrol was training
chamoix started being scraped a bit :)
this is why the run is called hole in the wall :)
plenty of freshies
Palisades opened
we were all eying the wall and hoping it would open the next day
Day #3 started being a bit repetitive running 6 all day, but we held hope for the wall opening:
beautiful conditions
by 13:00 people started lining up for the wall
so I went to join them and waited about 45mn
and at 14:00 it opened, wee!
people who waited 1h30+ got first tracks, but there were plenty for everyone
After lapping the wall until they closed it, I was definitely spent, and with a huge grin on my face :)
3h30 Drive home was uneventful |