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2024-12-13 01:01
in Nsnow
Things aligned for a 2ft+ storm just before Xmas, so I was able to enjoy the fresh snow, even if a bit wet. Drove up before the storm hit too hard, and roads started closing:
made it around 13:40, enough time to go enjoy some snow
2 hours to go snowboarding friday
My favorite tree runs were still a bit bare, my board did get some hits
the wall was open, still a bit rocky but open
snow got harder, vis went down
Chamoix still had a big rock jump
after the rock, things were nice
good things I had chains, first time I got to use them
Saturday, almost 2ft
Saturday opened late as expected, Chair 6 opened at 11:10 when the blizzard wind had died down enough:
I used my car's defrost mode to limit snow accumulation on it
ran until 16:20, it was wet, got lots of ice on my facemask
got some help to get my car out and free up the charger
Sunday, bluebird
Cornice opened on tim (09:00), reasonable line of people wanting freshies
little bit of a line, but not terrible
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