So I finally get to post a trip report in the XC skiing thread.

This past Saturday the wife, some friends, and I went out for a little cross country skiing, Pocahontas County style. We rented gear from Elk River Touring Center in Slatyfork. Hoping to do our skiing there, we were kind of bummed to find out that they've had too much snow (serious??) to get some their snowmobile out to pack their trails. So we ended up traveling another 5 miles north on 219 to Slatyfork farms, where there were plenty of tracks to ski in for us.

Early on the snow was fairly hard (on the trail) and off the trails it was deep with a 1/4" layer of hard crust. Needless to say we stuck to the tracks. All in all we all had a great time (everyone's first). Although it was a lot of work, I'm definitely anxious to try it again. Especially at a place with groomed trails.

Here are a few shots from the day.

The wife and I


Cheesin'


Scenery


Dropping a knee

Uncle Fishski will be waiting for the Vid with the Littlen strapped on your back

uh oh.. converting one skier at a time into a true nord? Just like hiking with faster descents eh? tough for alot of XC ski areas to operate a trail system with all that snow. WG is one of the very few who can do it because of the pisten bulley chippy has. With all the sweet off piste skiing there I sometimes forget how amazing just the trail system alone is. That should be your next destination with the honey!

Hey juneyah can I assume from the big smile on L's face that the cold weather slippy slidees got her hooked? We still gonna turn the pitch up on her at Luau?

Jimmy, I wouldn't say that she's hooked. But she did have a good time. I have her primed for the Luau. I'm thinking that here in a few weeks she will enjoy the downhill stuff because it won't be nearly as much work and she have metal edges. God bless those metal edges!!


Todd, I'm really excited to explore Whitegrass. Hopefully sooner than later...

Sooooooo..... u r getting her to follow u to the mountain one crumb at a time, huh? Luau is the next step? I smell a plan a cookin'