So it's been awhile since I've updated this thing. Nothing exciting has really been happening. I've had this head cold/sinus infection for a month now. Missed out on all of the early january powder from being sick. We picked up a few inches yesterday and I decided it was time to head to Whitegrass. So here's how the story goes:
Woke up at 5am to a balmy 6 degrees. Arrived in elkins at 630 and stopped at hardees for the traditional biscuits and gravy. After I ordered the guy in the kitchen yells out that he put an extra biscuit on there, then he looks at me and says I look like i'll need it today. Listening to the local radio rolling through harman I hear the current temp in Elkins is -7*. oh snap that's cold. It's gonna be a cold morning. Rolled into the Whitegrass parking lot as the second car and immediately started bundling up for the trek. Started out with the tele skis and skins for a couple runs. I really like the fat skis and getting early tracks makes it worth skinning them to the top. Start up the hill and begin following someone elses tracks up to roundtop but they turn off there. Push on to the top o baldy making first tracks of the day to the top. Ski around the side and head to the springer trail. Stop at the top of the chute and rip the skins off. Not sure what to expect making my first turns of the day down this narrow chute. Start linking and keep on going, it feels so good, keep linking all the way down to the fence entrance. stop take a breather and realize how awesome that was and the best I have skied in a long time. Continue on down Springer all the way to the bottom linking turns and having no dabs. Stop at the bottom slap the skins on for lap 2. Still no new tracks up to baldy and it's almost 10am. Where's everyone at? Baldy shelter remove skins quick eat and head back down the way I came up. Ran into Tomi on the way down. Then on to roundtop and the top of the main slope. scoping it out it's chopped but still powdery. Start down then look up and see some lookers down at the lift shack. Keep linking turns all the way down non-stop what a blast. Got some good cheers and congrats going by the lift shack. Back to the car to regroup and eat lunch. Swap out skis for some skinny nnn touring skis and a challenge. Time to get some miles in now. Took some new trails up to baldy then across the pipeline to weiss short loop then back to baldy and down the main slope. finished up watching some of the ski racers rolling by and back to the car. 11miles, 5000ft,~5 hours
