Windham Mt and The Gore Beach

Early April weather is always unpredictable, one minute the suns out next moment its raining or sleeting. You might put your coat on and off a dozen times if your outside working. This past weekend was that crazy April weather. We drove thru pouring rain Sat morning heading to Windham Mt. We skied thru out the day to Sun, clouds, rain, snow ,sleet, wind and then Sun and then the whole cycle repeated. Winter was winding down and so was Windham, we skied to about 2 pm when the clouds and wind just hardened the surface too much to enjoy any longer. Our fav runs for the day was the new trail Windfall and the old fav Worldcup (Wedgie). We toured Small town NY on our afternoon ride up route 30 to the Adirondacks and Gore Mt We spent the night at an awesome Lodge and eatery called the Black Lodge. Food and an good heating system are important commodities during a ski trip. Snow pants and gloves and boots from a days skiing need dried for the next days adventure. Fuel for the body is also needed to recover for the next day is also important. The Black Lodge delivered on both. Sunday morning, after a cold windy bitter night, we awoke to a perfect blue sky and temps rising fast. We grabbed some coffee and headed up. Derek got a real good quick tune on his ski, it really helped. We headed out and slowly worked our way up the mountain, skiing in the sun. We warmed up on twister, Showcase and then lapped Chatiemac and then tried out Burnt Ridge. The Quad at Burnt Ridge is the nicest most comfortable lift I have ever rode. Sagamore trail was worth two trips down, we really enjoyed the soft snow. We broke for lunch When Derek replied "Gore is like the Beach today, snow instead of sand". He dropped his snow pants and went out in his shorts. We skied long and hard and finally all too suddenly the rope was up on the Gondi and the day was done. Its been a great season and we are just trying to hold onto to it a little longer.

Skiing on the border in Catamount

This Ski season I finally left the uncommonly good conditions of NEPA and ventured out to the NY- Mass border to ski Catamount for the first time. The weather was sunny and 25 degrees and no wind ,perfect. It's always awesome when you get that first glimpse of the mountain on the drive up. Catamount did not disappoint. We arrived to no crowds and perfect conditions with most all trails opened. We lapped all trails including Catapult ,which they closed for grooming right after we hit it. It was boiler plate to the max and really made us appreciate the conditions of the other steeper trails that were groomed into edgeable snow. Halfway down Catapult we encountered a stranded terrified skier that after a while side slipped it down. You never really hear about Catamount, maybe cause of size, location but if your within a two hr drive give it a try.