Skied at Tline this afternoon. All trails were open with great conditions, midseason snow coverage. No bare spots. There were no liftlines, but the lifts are so slowwwwwwww......it was quicker to walk up the hill.

Some pictures:

The Drop #1

The Drop #2

The Drop #3

The Drop #4

Cherry Bowl Glades

OTW Upper Thunderdraft

WL #1

WL#2

I'm getting a 403 Forbidden for all the pictures.

Me too.

The Drop









Cherry Bowl Glades


Off The Wall



Thunder Draft



White Lightning

Thank you David!

Looks like a great day. I must say that I am jealous. Do you use a pack to carry your skis? If so, what pack?

And do you put your boots on in the parking lot or after you get to the top the 1st time?

awesome to see people skiing the snow!



screw the packin... 'dis all you need mang....

There can't be THAT much Snow up there...must be some doctored april Fool photos
Are those the Skis you showed me up at WG Crun..I mean Chaga?..the ones with the built in reverse slide skins?

What a sight SCWVA..thanks for sharing!

No, I can't look. It hasn't even been a week since I was last on skis and I'm already jonesin'. Some folks over on Epic are plotting a Tuckerman's expedition end of April.

way to get after it! Work and family obligations have kept me off the slopes since mid-march, but it's great to hear about you guys tearing it up.

Chaga,

I would love to own a pair of those for the climb up, but I'm still using my training bindings (the ones with the fixed heels) on the downhills.

Did you get out this weekend? I was wondering how Tline was holding up.

David,

I have a Kelty day pack that I've been using for a number of years. The first trip up, I typically use my hiking boots, unless I'm hiking up on snow pack and then its easier to hike in my ski boots. You need to get out there.

I am really sold on AT bindings and skins myself. The uphill efficiency is simply amazing (and I am a lazy person that could stand to lose 10-15 lbs, so believe me when I say it makes climbing easy; see * note below). And then lock 'em for the downhill and use your alpine skiing skills. When I have skied post-season, I think the AT gear really made the experience better -- more runs with less work. Couldn't imagine hiking at this point.

* but I am still too lazy to learn to free-heel at this point.

Still not a single bare spot on the mountain. Looks to be 100% skiable.

Hmmmm.......

Skier219 tell us about your rig. What bindings? Are you using alpine or AT boots?

SCWVA, "hmmmmm" when?

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Hopefully, Wednesday afternoon.

I'm kidding myself, skiboy would have to fire himself if he skied tomorrow. BTW have you seen what's going on in Utah right now? LCC road is closed, bird is on interlodge, you leave when?

Too much snow?? I Think it's possible..



From this TGR thread

Geebus, sounds like they are still socked in as of this morning. Whoever is up there, patiently waiting, will have some awesome runs when the mountain finally opens up. I'd probably be going mental if I was up there waiting....

I have Naxo nx-02 bindings on some 181cm Atomic Sweet Daddy skis, with Black Diamond Ascension Nylon STS skins. The skis are very light, mainly for powder, but they work well for touring and are great in spring snow. Basically, when I decided to put together an AT rig, I took the lightest pair of skis I had at the time, then looked for end of season deals on bindings and skins (got them from backcountry.com). And that's how I ended up with what I have. I use my regular everyday alpine boots, with the top two buckles loose on the uphill ascent.

On the uphill climb, the setup works like a charm -- really impressive. I can go straight up blue/green trails. On black trails, I normally need to zigzag up. The nx-02 bindings have a couple different touring ramp angles, which you can adjust for the steepness of the trail you're climbing. Once at the top, I remove the skis, lock the bindings, and ski down. AT bindings have a taller stand height than regular bindings, so it feels like skiing on high heels the first few turns going downhill, but I get used to it pretty quickly.

Went for an afternoon hike yesterday, still lots of snow on the mountain. A majority of the trails are still skiable top to bottom. The snow on the upper half of the mountain just doesn't seem to be melting. My car said it was 93F in Petersburg, by the time I got to the Valley, it was 78F.

Here's some pictures:

The Drop

The Drop #2

The Drop #3

WL

WL#2

WL#3

The snow was quite good. The bumps are soft and the surrounding snow is still pretty firm. There's still 3-6' of snow on the mountain.

Nice.

Call it the T-line glacier. Global warming in Petersburg, but little ice age in Canaan??

Shame about the loss of more WV miners. I guess that incident was down closer to Winterplace??

Don't ya have a job or a family????

Jealous JohnL posting here. Given how hot it's been here in DC, pretty amazing how much snow is still left on the slopes. Classic sun cupped snow, but still it's snow.

JohnL -

You could be skiing Tline this weekend or even next. There's a lot of snow up there. There's places where theres probably 8' of snow. Based on the depth, I don't think Doc saved much $ on snowmaking operations this season.

Or you could join us at the Bird next week. And yes, I do have a family.

Nice, I bet that actually skis pretty well right now. I have only skied dirty sun cupped snow once, but it was firm and creamy, and pleasant to ski on. Pretty much like groomed spring snow except without all the skier traffic that would turn it into slush on an open trail.