Wind predictions for Sat. have improved to 15-20 from the NW. Will update snow conditions tomorrow am.

Sweeeeeet!! :wee:

Well, I wasn't able to get up on the hill this am as planned. I might still make it after noon, not sure yet. There is still rideable snow here in the valley, so I'm guessing that Hanno's lot will still be rideable, not sure about Honeyville though.

Darn, was really hoping Honeyville would be the ticket this weekend. I think we are all still leaving though. At least, all the plans are in motion for us to get up there... If you get up there, please let us know. It would be great to ride around Honeyville. Thanks!

I just got back from the hill. It's still rideable at Hanno's with 6-8" fresh on top of the firm 12"base that was there. Snow decreases in depth headed west, with only 6-8" at the new Porterdale site. Hay still poking out at the corner of 177&155 in Honeyville. It's snowing lightly as I type this, hope for lots!

Well, we certainly have snow, but the wind just didn't pan out too well this past weekend. Fri. wind just wasn't there, so we did a downhill session at the'big bump' Dry Hill Ski area in Watertown, just a small center, and probably a letdown for more experienced riders, but always a challenge for me! Ragden, with his big FS had a fairly good session on Sat., and Jan and Chris with their 9M Frenzy's on skis tore it up pretty well, but I foundered in the light wind with my 8M AccessII, I'm still having trouble concentrating on both the board and the kite, but I pulled out the NPW 4.8 and flew it for fun anyway! The Crew pulled out early to try the wind at Sandy Pond, don't know how that session went, but I hope ragden post's some of the pic's that Sunee took.

I havent had a chance to look at her pictures yet. Sandy Pond was really fun. Winds were definitely stronger and pretty steady there. Snow was a bit shallow, which made for some rough rides. But it was fast, and great for those folks still figuring things out. Frathouse was up and riding for a good distance. He got pretty far downwind and ended up with a bit of a hike back to our start point, but he was up and riding! Hope to see you staying upwind soon bud!

Sunday turned out to be a bust. We were going to go to Sandy Pond again (would have been a good idea), but we went down to Oneida to check that out. Turned out the ice was a bit soft at the shore, and we chickended out. Drove around the lake look for a good launch site, and by the time we found one, the winds were kicking over 30mph.. Not so great, so we left for home. Then we got a call saying that the ice was soft near the shore, but that a guy had been out there riding for over an hour with no problems... Oops

Oh well. Cant wait to get back up there for the Tug Hill even on MLK weekend. Really looking forward to it. I'll post a link to picture tonight. Thanks for the update Bob. See ya'll soon

Did the Arc's see any air time? Kinda wanted to see that Charger git some, just couldn't fully inflate in that wind.

Yeah, it was flown decently at Sandy Pond. Unfortunately, the camera died before we got there, so no pictures from that location... but here are some from Saturday morning:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=michael.d.marcha...

Thanks for the link to those great pics! Thanks to Sunee for taking them!

Hey Bob,

It was nice meeting you. Hope to see you in a few weeks! I hope I can stay up wind too ragden. Next time I don't think I'll chicken out putting up the neo. Hopefully I can find some one or somehow to modify it and put a fifth line safety on it so I would feel more comfortable flying it.

-Brad