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2019-03-27 01:01
in Nsnow, Snow
After my last Tesla Model 3 drive to Kirkwood, I figured out that I should be able to make the trip in one shot, so I tried it this time and made it with 9% left when I arrived in just over 3h10
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![thankfully Kirkwood has a row of chargers thankfully Kirkwood has a row of chargers](/blogimg/12/thumb1024_112_20190327_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
thankfully Kirkwood has a row of chargers
![I charged at higher rate (10Kw) a bit while the snow wasn't too bad I charged at higher rate (10Kw) a bit while the snow wasn't too bad](/blogimg/18/thumb1024_118_20190327_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
I charged at higher rate (10Kw) a bit while the snow wasn't too bad
Day #1 was a bit wet, but still pretty good powder that was mostly bottomless. The conditions were tough though, bad viz, high winds and wet:
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![ski patrol was testing the wall for slide activity ski patrol was testing the wall for slide activity](/blogimg/16/thumb1024_116_20190327_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
ski patrol was testing the wall for slide activity
![high snow levels this year high snow levels this year](/blogimg/19/thumb1024_119_20190327_Kirkwood_Day1.jpg)
high snow levels this year
Day #2 was much nicer, an extra foot and almost bluebird:
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![nice slide from the wall nice slide from the wall](/blogimg/07/thumb1024_207_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
nice slide from the wall
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After multiple runs on Cornice, I got one of the first chairs on the wall, nice runs down:
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I took Eagle Bowl as soon as it opened and went to chair 2 that had just opened and got fresh tracks to chair 4, which I hadn't been able to go to at all this year yet:
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![chair 4 wasn't quite open yet, I did have to wait 10-15mn chair 4 wasn't quite open yet, I did have to wait 10-15mn](/blogimg/38/thumb1024_238_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
chair 4 wasn't quite open yet, I did have to wait 10-15mn
![the wave the wave](/blogimg/45/thumb1024_245_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
the wave
![this year, it has a crevasse in it, so it's closed this year, it has a crevasse in it, so it's closed](/blogimg/52/thumb1024_252_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
this year, it has a crevasse in it, so it's closed
![a lot of it was ropped off a lot of it was ropped off](/blogimg/53/thumb1024_253_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
a lot of it was ropped off
![they do warn you :) they do warn you :)](/blogimg/64/thumb1024_264_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
they do warn you :)
![apparently someone fell in a crevasse there and had to be ropped out apparently someone fell in a crevasse there and had to be ropped out](/blogimg/66/thumb1024_266_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
apparently someone fell in a crevasse there and had to be ropped out
![you can tell a good piece could break off you can tell a good piece could break off](/blogimg/54/thumb1024_254_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
you can tell a good piece could break off
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![lots of fresh tracks lots of fresh tracks](/blogimg/71/thumb1024_271_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
lots of fresh tracks
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After many runs on chair 4, I took one last run on chair #2 and ran whiskey, which I hadn't done in forever:
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To finish the day, I went up the wall and took sisters chute, which was tricky to go down but had plenty of snow after that:
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![entering the chutes was a big drop entering the chutes was a big drop](/blogimg/82/thumb1024_282_20190327_Kirkwood_Day2.jpg)
entering the chutes was a big drop
After one last run at palisades, the bottom was starting to be a bit crusty, I could barely turn, so I called it a day and went home around 16:00 before the next storm got too bad:
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![carson Spur is very carved up carson Spur is very carved up](/blogimg/01/thumb1024_301_20190327_Kirkwood_Trip_Back.jpg)
carson Spur is very carved up
![even much lower down, still high snow walls even much lower down, still high snow walls](/blogimg/10/thumb1024_310_20190327_Kirkwood_Trip_Back.jpg)
even much lower down, still high snow walls
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