Posts tagged 'skiing'

• Very Snowy February - February 13, 2017

  After not really doing much of anything all through January and the beginning of February, I was thinking this would end up being like winter 2016. What little snow we got last winter disappeared between warmups and rain. That’s how this winter started, too. However on February 9 we got a dump of about 15” at home, followed by another 8” or 9” on February 13. In between those two storms, there wasn’t enough time to get out and do anything big but I was able to spend some time in parks near my house. Here’s some quick cell phone pictures.

• Nothing happening this winter - February 23, 2016

  It’s been a really lame winter so far, which means I’ve not gotten out and done much interesting, which is why I haven’t written anything. We have had very little snow this winter, and every time it does snow it is 50 and raining the next day. I’ve only gotten out for a couple of hikes (nothing spectacular) and have only gone skiing once. Unfortunately, I had planned on doing an awful lot of skiing this season including in some more unusual places so the lack of skiing has really put a damper on the posts I was hoping to make.

  For this winter, I had hoped to hike eight 4000’ers including something in Maine. I’ve met half of that goal so far. I was hoping to ski at a cross-country center four times, and I had a list of maybe ten trails and backcountry areas to check out on skis. As I mentioned, I’ve only done one day at a center and no days in the more unusual places. There’s just no cover, or it’s ice.

  I should at least post something about the January VHF radio contest, a wrap up of my 2015 hiking, and maybe a preview of what I hope to accomplish in 2016.