We spent the rest of our time at
Copper riding through trees and exploring different areas of the mountain that
still had ride-able snow. The trees and snow were fun, although our last day was very windy and icy (felt just like home on the east coast!).
Tree riding is so great (and seems
like it would be awesome for conditioning), but there were no
opportunities for extensive tree riding out east this past season, given that even the groomed
slopes were chopping up my board base with rocks. Jb and I took the opportunity
for some GoPro fun in the trees, and we put together some videos with the
footage (the first is my edit; the second is one Jb edited that has nice
split-view footage).
According to Powderchasers.com, it
sounds like we can expect some more uniform snowfall across the east coast next
year, and more normal snowfall in the Rockies (so hopefully that means better
conditions at Copper next April). An AccuWeather forecaster predicts that the
winter of 2012-2013 should be colder across the U.S. compared to this past
season. In the NOAA 5.5 month outlook
for Nov-Dec-Jan 2012-13 it looks like Pennsylvania has an equal chance of above,
normal, and below average temperatures and precipitation, although we still are
5.5 months away so it probably would be a good idea to check back in a few
months for some refined estimates.
Then again, we’re only 5.5 months away until it’s time to
start riding again! (Or sooner, if I can make it back out to Mt. Hood before
November…stories of my April 2012 visit to Hood coming next!)
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