Hickory Conditions

  I'm in Albany now, should be early, I'll be wearing a black jacket, olive drab pants, black Smith helmet. If you see an overweight, bald, middle aged man in the lodge with a goatee, that'd be me. I emailed Powder Queen, I thought I saw she was going, not sure though.

We went to Hickory today for the first time, and all I can say is wow.  What a cool little mountain!  definitely needs another dump, hit way too many rocks even when not in the woods.  Can't wait to go back, its like a little Mad River Glen right under our noses!

it was fun.i met a few first timers today. there is a great concrete snow base. it was as crowded as i have ever seen it. the 10 minute lift line allowed me to ski until 2 PM. an new record for me. am i the only one who had there arm ban on?

  Just got home, I am S-P-E-N-T, figured I best leave before I hurt myself, took a spill and landed on my bad shoulder, of course. So glad I finally made it to Hickory, it's uber cool, and rocky. I like riding the Pomas, but the combination of not being able to rest on a chair, and some pretty gnarly terrain, takes it's toll. It felt like 4 o'clock when I took my lunch at 11:30. I will definitely return. Sucked that Poma 2 was down so long, it did reopen just before I left.

what a fun day. Another foot wood definitely help

Great meeting Cornhead and Clarence today.  WOW is all I can say  The skis I was on today learned exactly why I bought them.  They float nice, took whatever rocks I may have tapped in stride, and came out on the other end not needing too much ptex.  I left at noon with hopes of returning, but work sort of got in the way and I ended the day with 2.5 hours of ski bowl and Burnt Ridge.  I would love to tell you my run of the day at Hickory but they were all awesome.  It was great to see lift lines and thank you to all those that make Hickory Tick!

Hickory is just sick. Had such a good time on Saturday.  If you weren't there yoire a fool

Chris wrote

 If you weren't there yoire a fool

Says yoi.

Chris wrote

Hickory is just sick. Had such a good time on Saturday.  If you weren't there yoire a fool

fixedheeln and i ain't no fools

Oui know that FH.

Double yoi !

Ayyy!

I took a couple of these while I was inverted.

Skied Hickory for about 3 hours on Sunday afternoon and had a blast. They had some issues with the lifts, but everyone was patient and rolled with it. Maybe 30 people on the hill. Lots of big piles of natural snow and still some freshies to be had - especially on the low angle stuff. Dipped into the trees and hit bottom quite a bit. Between that and some off trail stuff at West yesterday I am due for some base repair. Based on the boot/knee deep that I skied at west yesterday, Saturday should be awesome at Hickory. I know I'll be there.

Buying a Hickory Ticket on a Sunday = Team Player.

Harvey wrote

Buying a Hickory Ticket on a Sunday = Team Player.

I bought some stickers too

Wish they had XL's in those EMS Hickory tech shirts... they're out and only have L and XXL

Any thoughts about current conditions? Did they get freezing rain at the end of the last storm?

moguljunkie wrote

Any thoughts about current conditions? Did they get freezing rain at the end of the last storm?

When Sunday? I was there until almost 4pm and there was none of the freezing rain/mist that was reported up at gore. The mountain was in very good shape. Based on the snow I skied at West on Monday afternoon it should be really good on Saturday. It has been cold all week so hopefully the snow has kept nice and fluffy.

I skied it Tuesday morning before work and it was great.  4-6 inches from Monday and lots of leftovers from the weekend.  Should be good for the weekend.  Wondering what the temp swings will do to snow pack though?

Question: We'll be up that way next weekend and I'm thinking of skiing Hickory - my boyfriend doesn't ski black diamond though; is there enough for him to do at Hickory? Are the blues off Poma 1 accessible without going down the blacks?

Thanks!

Yes, he can get off poma 1 at the midstation and ski the blues from there. If he gets proficient enough to ride poma 2 he can take Ridge Run from the top.