Ended our season last weekend at Mammoth and now having the post-season nostalgia...
Was looking over photos from the season today. These were from the overnight storm on Dec 10th-11th, 2022.
We had cleared the drive way and top of the car the night before and thought we would be good to go in the morning....boy were we wrong
We didn't complain too much as we were grateful for all the snow we could get in early December. Our thought process was like....we don't get powder that often so enjoy the experience digging out..... Boy....were we wrong for sure....digging out became a common occurrence for the months of January to March
We prioritized digging out the car first because you know... gotta go skiing! (we ended up having to wait after we finished as the roads in TD weren't plowed yet)
Front deck next. It started snowing again by now and continued all day.
By the time we completed the front deck around 10am, we opted to not try to deal with the mad dash to Pally since (A GREAT decision in hindsight). Instead , we cleared the back deck.
Definitely had one of the best nights of sleep I have ever had after clearing all that snow. Thankfully we had energy for the next day as Northstar had opened up new terrain after the storm (I think it was around the Vista chair). We weren't expecting anything awesome as we had skipped the day prior but...it seemed like everyone did too! We had quite a few trails to ourselves and experienced some of the deepest powder runs we had ever skied. Had one crash and ended up sinking all the way to my chest. Not a fun time trying to get out of that But all in all, it was a memorable experience with great company.
Who would have thought back then that this was just the beginning.... cue Jan-March 2023
Was looking over photos from the season today. These were from the overnight storm on Dec 10th-11th, 2022.
We had cleared the drive way and top of the car the night before and thought we would be good to go in the morning....boy were we wrong
We didn't complain too much as we were grateful for all the snow we could get in early December. Our thought process was like....we don't get powder that often so enjoy the experience digging out..... Boy....were we wrong for sure....digging out became a common occurrence for the months of January to March
We prioritized digging out the car first because you know... gotta go skiing! (we ended up having to wait after we finished as the roads in TD weren't plowed yet)
Front deck next. It started snowing again by now and continued all day.
By the time we completed the front deck around 10am, we opted to not try to deal with the mad dash to Pally since (A GREAT decision in hindsight). Instead , we cleared the back deck.
Definitely had one of the best nights of sleep I have ever had after clearing all that snow. Thankfully we had energy for the next day as Northstar had opened up new terrain after the storm (I think it was around the Vista chair). We weren't expecting anything awesome as we had skipped the day prior but...it seemed like everyone did too! We had quite a few trails to ourselves and experienced some of the deepest powder runs we had ever skied. Had one crash and ended up sinking all the way to my chest. Not a fun time trying to get out of that But all in all, it was a memorable experience with great company.
Who would have thought back then that this was just the beginning.... cue Jan-March 2023
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