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2019-03-27 01:01
in Nsnow, Snow
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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
thankfully Kirkwood has a row of chargers
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:
ski patrol was testing the wall for slide activity
high snow levels this year
Day #2 was much nicer, an extra foot and almost bluebird:
nice slide from the wall
After multiple runs on Cornice, I got one of the first chairs on the wall, nice runs down:
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:
chair 4 wasn't quite open yet, I did have to wait 10-15mn
the wave
this year, it has a crevasse in it, so it's closed
a lot of it was ropped off
they do warn you :)
apparently someone fell in a crevasse there and had to be ropped out
you can tell a good piece could break off
lots of fresh tracks
After many runs on chair 4, I took one last run on chair #2 and ran whiskey, which I hadn't done in forever:
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:
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:
carson Spur is very carved up
even much lower down, still high snow walls
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