Wild, Wonderful Weekend

Friday I drove up to Charleston, WV to meet up with a friend, Brent, and then head towards Snow Shoe ski resort. I got to Charleston and the weather was pretty nasty. Raining hard, and a little chilly, so we decided to leave on saturday morning.

After some breakfast at the local Cracker Barrel, we made our way up to the resort. As we were climbing the mountain the temp on the truck display kept dropping. Once at the top of the mountain the temperature was around 40degreesF. That probably wouldn't have been so bad but there was a heavy fog on, which in turn caused it to feel like it was 20degrees outside. We wimped out and decided to work on Brent's bike a bit, and to stroll around the village at Snowshoe via bikes. That was all the riding we got in Saturday.

Sunday we got up early and headed towards the lower part of the slopes called silvercreek. We left out there and finally hit some singletrack. I had heard how technical the trails are there, but didn't expect them to be like they were. Pretty crazy, but fun. We road for a couple hours and then headed back as we had to be out of the room.

Another trip to snowshoe next summer will be in order. I suspect they'll start making snow in the next couple weeks. It was certainly cold enough for it on Saturday.

It was nice to get out on the mountain bike again. No promises, but I hope to tie in several mountain bike races next year. I'm thinking a few AMBC's and maybe some Nationals. April and May are slow months for me on road racing because of the distance to all the races during that time frame. I'm not sure why but every year during that time the races seem to be 5+ hours away.

Take Care!