Another ski post? Seems like it! Had my first ski day of the season on January 21st and it went... not as planned. Emma and I got to Jay around 11:00am on Saturday 1/20, I redeemed my Indy for the day, but the ticket guy said the internet was being weird so the pass might not work, and just to come back if it didn't work. Emma dropped me at the lodge so she could get her stuff from the patrol office, and then after 10ish minutes I got a text saying that apparently the mountain lost power and ski patrol might need her to assist in lift evacuations... yikes. Thankfully the lifts were able to offload with diesel engines and Emma was set free after about a half hour, but she said it wasn't looking good and we could cut our losses for the day. We ended up going to a nearby winery and had a great day - but I was going to ski tomorrow so help me god!
Then "tomorrow" rolls around, we get to the mountain promptly at 8:00am (my goal was to be driving home by noon) and it is COLD. The drive was slippery (so bad at the top of the mountain road there was a U-Haul dangling off the side of the road...), but the sun was trying to peek through. I drop my stuff inside and go down to the ticket window - they said if you skied yesterday you'll get a free pass for another day. While I'm waiting in a VERY slow line, Emma says something along the lines of "what if... we don't redeem your pass for today and drive to the Village Chair, ski for free, and then see how it goes" - works for me! We had grand plans of getting me to the top of the Bonnie, but the weekend had other plans in store. We did five runs up the Village Chair and down Raccoon Run and Grammy Jay, and after the fifth we were FROZEN. We SPRINTED to the car to change and warm up - 4 out of my 10 toes were fully numb. I checked the weather back at the car and it said the windchill was -15 degree, which definitely added up! We packed up and headed to the Jay Village Inn for brunch, which was a lovely reward. Hopefully next time I'll make some actual progress!
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