Josh: DUDE… we dont have school tomorow… do you wanna go to Gore mountain?
Me: SURE!
Josh: ok so we will leave at midnight.
Me: well i have 55 bucks and some change sooo im effed…
Josh: Lets go… we will figure it out…
Me; ok i hope this works out
Call 2 1030pm
Josh: scrape it… i dont wanna go to gore… lets travel another hour to whiteface… 4200ft peak…
Me: uhhhh thats far then
Josh: its worth it
Me: ok
Josh: see u at midnight
So midngith comes i pack at 11 or so… eat some pizza and pick him up… strap the boards to the roof of the 1990 winter subaru and pray to make it…
1230am wed were off… 7 hours to drive
all is well till we hit rt 3… Not a highway but a shitty windy road in the hills and forest that had snow and no visibilty…
7 45 am wed… we made it… they open in a lil bit… lets strap up!
9 am we go on the lift
4pm wed we stop boardin since they close…
12pm we get home…
lots happend inbetween but for a day trip that is a nice summery and fun…
it was worth it… holiday valley is a bunny hill compared to this… heres some pics…
holidays vertical drop is 750 feet… white face is like 3800 vertical drop… or
holidays longest run .8 miles white face is 3.5 miles or somthing… LONG RUN
im scared holiday is gunna be mini when i go next… i used to think kb was big then went to holiday then couldent board at kb cuz it felt so small… lol… im spoiled now…
it was fun as hell… minus me driving like 12 of the 14 hours
lol my momma wasent to happy when i called her and said… hey ma… i lied i dident sleep over joshs and go to holiday vally … i drove my 300 doller car to the adirondiks…
OMG though ice face… yeah that name lived to its rep by the end of the day… it wasent that icy though… just hard base… but being the first on the run in the morning with 5 inches of untuched powder was a dream… pure amazing
At one point I made it up there for a weekend 4 winter breaks in a row with a buddy of mine.
A weekend trip is the ultimate way to do it, because getting a few hours of sleep before hitting amazing powder > driving for 8 hours straight and doing it.
No taking weekdays off and having a friend that instructs there and lives 10 miles away is the ultimate way. No crowds, free lifts, have enough time to get hammered on UBU ale and still get 7 hours sleep for the next day.
