We spent three days at Snowshoe this weekend with Kelly, Pat, and Austin. We had an absolute blast all around.
We actually managed to fit Pat, Kelly, and all our stuff into our truck. We had a momentary setback when a bag fell out of the back and the bottle of Captain Morgan cracked – however barely any spilled and we managed to repurpose a water bottle and save The Captain. Crisis averted!
The ride was cozy, but we made it! We checked in to our condo (Mountaincrest #28) and got unpacked. Our condo was actually really nice and bigger than I thought it would be. We had 2 beds and a pull out sofa, and two bathrooms. Kelly volunteered to be the Chef for the weekend, since she would not be hitting the slopes, and she took great care of us. We plan on inviting ourselves over for dinner in the future to eat up more of her delicious meals!
We headed out to Silver Creek after settling in, and met up with Austin in the parking lot – he headed out a little later than us, which worked out perfectly.
The guys were psyched to hit the slopes.
There was a bit more ice than we would have liked, but it wasn’t terrible. We hit a bunch of runs, and then it started to get cold. Pat and I decided to head back while Aaron and Austin stayed out for another hour. It was so nice to come home to a warm condo, with the smell of lasagna baking in the oven!
Finally the boys made it back and we made short work of the lasagna. This is Pat’s second helping:
It was gooood.
Austin brought Rock Band with him, so we spent the night playing that. Well, the boys jammed, and Kelly and I knitted. It worked out well.
Austin and I drank a lot of wine. Mmmm wine.
Sunday we decided to hit the main mountain. It was a bit crowded, since one of the lifts wasn’t running for some reason. It was icy, but not terrible. We worked our way over to Soaring Eagle, which we thought would be less crowded. On the way we hit some nice blues that were awesome – lots of powder and plenty of little bumps to jump over. We didn’t tell Pat they were blues until he was already down them. He was doing awesome all day, transitioning turns and staying in control the whole time. I tried to get a video of him but ended up getting plowed into by two little kids. My camera got knocked into the snow, which put it out of commission for a while, sadly.
We finally made it to Soaring Eagle, which was empty. There was still a bit of ice, but it wasn’t terrible. We had a ton of good runs, and then met up with Kelly in the village for some lunch. The hot dog place/wine bar was super packed, but we finally got our food (and 40 ounces, for some of us) and chowed down. We dropped Kelly back at the condo and drove over to Silver Creek for a few more hours.
Austin discovered the terrain garden, which is a beginner’s park. Little kickers and rails, to get you introduced to park riding. We all ended up making some jumps (and falling off the rails), which was pretty cool. We had a ton of fun hitting those jumps, until the 12 year olds came back from dinner and crowded us out. We were all hurting so we headed back to the condo, where Kelly had whipped up some amazing rib eyes for dinner. They were insane. We ate well.
We also discovered that you can no longer buy bottles of wine anywhere on the mountain. Bogus! We had grand plans of playing games all night but instead ended up watching the X Games.
Monday morning rolled around and Kelly made us gluten free crepes with Nutella. It’s a good friend who will make gluten free baked goods for you! They were pretty awesome, too.
We all decided we were a little too tired and beat up to go back out, so we packed up and headed home.
Here are some more pics.
It was really, really bright and my eyes were starting to water as I tried to hold my smile.
Ah, that’s better.
Matching goggles!
Resting.
Ready to hit some blues!
