Late Season

Now that the Winter ski Holidays are over ,snow making is done , what leads people off the slopes to other activities , I donot know some of the seasons best skiing is still out there. Spring bump skiing, tee shirt skiing, no lift lines no more icy spots , why does the casual skier quit so early? Not I I will continue to ski to all ski areas within 2.5 hrs are closed.

Near miss in the Catskills

I Have never taken Health and Happiness for granted , I know things can happen in life. My wife and I live our lives and have strong faith in the lord. We never worry about things that you cannot control. Leaving our driveway Sunday morning for the ski area Plattekill, I said our usual prayer " Lord gives us a safe day and brings us home safe" Today we really needed it. Plattekill was in fine shape when we arrived and they were blowing snow heavy on one trail. We were excited with the conditions and headed out into the mamade snow storm. Talking at the lift with a patroller he inquired about my fulltilt and I asked him about the trail they wre blowing on. He stated conditions should be stellar up there now but yesterday the trail had to be shut down because it had turned into a no fall zone. I didn't think too much about that statement but soon was gonna find out. My son Derek 7 years old and skiing hard now for 5 seasons wanted to try out the trail where the blizzard was happening. I thought he should be fine due to the fact he has good speed control on the steeps and 3weeks in a row he turned the fastest times in his age group at three different race ventures where turning was the key to fast times. His skiing was fine he just picked tke wrong place to stop and start. Derek never likes getting his goggles coated with snow, so knowing this, his older brother Caleb lead him to the side of the trail just under the guns and out of the way of the falling snow. That is when things went crazy. I saw Derek stopped talking to Caleb and a second later saw him slip fall and slide on his back disappearing into a cloud of snow. Caleb dove at Derek grabbing his ski and turning him from head first to feet first. A brother's love is strong and big brother blew down the trail trying to get ahead of Derek but didn't quite succeed. I skied down the trail to the spot where Derek had stopped on the side of the trail hugging a tree. Looking a few yards up the trail there was Caleb caught in a couple of tree branches. The same tree branches bent down from snowing and put there by the good Lord to slow Derek down and keep him safe. I Believe God bent them over Knowing that Derek was gonna come sliiding thru. On this Day our family was sure Blessed and returned home safe to ski another day.

Shawnee Race for the cure

With a Winter like this year it feels strange to ski South of our home 3 weekends in a row. However Shawnee mt had a great cause in racing to cure cancer.Had a fun day watching Caleb and Derek in the mashed pototoe snow. Shawnee has some features in their parks that kept us riding the lift in the afternoon. The high speed Quad is a good addition to the mountain. A less than 50 minute ride home at the end of the day is also nice.

Peak Resort Double

With the conditions this weekend after the massive amount of rain we decided on a ski company known for massive snow making and big base. We did a 50/50 split between Jack Frost and Big Boulder. Two small but fun ski aeas in the heart of the Poconos. We hit Big Boulder bi annually but we have not been to Jack Frost in 6 years so it was a change.

Last Saturday was the best of the season so far .This Sat conditions were tough and the ski area worked hard to supply a good product but it's like getting served a good peanut butter sandwich after just having Thanksgiving dinner.

Eastern Powder day finally

Finally an awesome ski day in the East, 6 inches of light powder Sat morning. Hit Sno mountain's first chair and was rewarded. Caleb and Derek raced the slalom coarse in the Sno open and both got first place Line Prophets loved the soft snow and floated well. Soft fun mogels were everywhere in the afternoon.What a fun day.

Sarah you will be missed by all who follow the sport of skiing. Every time skiing the park and seeing a young lady sliding on snow your memory will be refreshed So ski hard in heaven and save us some snow.

Feels and looks like Winter

Finally Winter has come out of hiding again ,How long who knows but we had great skiing today at Belleayre and looking forward tomorrow at BB.

On the down side Caleb missed skiing today due to a ski accident skiing with the school. A gust of wind caught him while backflippingon the 45 ft jump and his tip hit and he the went for a sleigh and ambulance ride. He is doing fine, just minor facial injuries.