decisions

hmmmm, what to do, what to do?

We actually have real snow on the ground. Well, it was snow, now it's heavily saturated by sleet and probably some frain mixed in. After the good vibe wknd, and seeing the forecast, I put in for a day off on Friday. Now I start weighing options.

1: Head straight to WV, get in an afternoon/evening ski, then chill (literally) w/ Huxley for an overnight car camp before getting out for a dawn patrol and day tour at WG.

2: Sneak up to State College and stomp around those woods (check out Black Mo) on a pair of skis w/ Huxley, hoping that they made out better from this storm. Then dinner in town before hitting the road for a nighttime arrival in Canaan. Crash out in the car w/ Huxley and get some WG love first thing in the morn.

3: Daytrip stomp around the 'local' woods w/ Huxley. Maybe up in Laurel Run, sketchy long access via unplowed fireroad, but guaranteed winter wonderland beauty along the creek, maybe some turns possible on the pipeline shots. Or maybe revisit a stash I found a few years ago up near Big Spring-Fowler's Hollow. Much easier access, but less familiar w/ the terrain. Follow that on Saturday w/ a standard day long trip to WG. Sleep in my own, warm, bed.


Came up with these scenarios while driving home from Roundtop last night. The evening session never really got off the ground, realized I forgot my headphones during the drive, tried to sneak up 15 to Worldcup for some helmet speaker muff thingys, then bailed on that after snarled traffic got on my nerves, no soundtrack tonight. Snow changed over to that sleety stuff as I was gearing up, swell. Slopes were decent, worked some freshness right along the edges as usual, but my legs were still wasted after the wknd. Had nothing, no snap, no power, just some nice tele thigh burn as I dealt with piles of cut up crud. Managed to briefly starfish down the Gunbarrel headwall, working some jumpturns skier's left, dropped into a sketchy shadow and got crossed up on something, couldn't see shit. Got all tangled up while trying to self arrest & tweaked a shoulder in the process. Said 'fuck this' and bailed after an hour to go home and get some rest. The Nugget Nectar sure was tasty.