Jason Lancaster

Adam & Lindsey, Audrey & Eddie, Jen, Eileen, and Emily & I decided to rent a house and ski down at Massanutten Ski Resort in Virginia for an extended weekend. Just our luck! This winter’s first real snowstorm decided to hit the northeast, dumping at least 8 inches on the ski slopes while we were skiing on Saturday. This being my second time skiing, it made continuing to learn much easier, although seeing was rather hard due to the blinding snow. Rather than dealing with a frustrating slope that was completely ice, there were just a few patches here and there along with a lot of nice powder.



Everyone but Emily and I declined on a second day of skiing due to being exhausted, but we made it though 2 full days of skiing from afternoon until a few hours after sunset. Night skiing is really awesome — very quiet and peaceful — albeit a bit cold.


In my futile attempt to keep up with Emily, I went all out on the second day because the resort opened up a path over to the bottom half of a black diamond which was totally awesome and a little unnerving trying to ski. I eventually got the hang of moguls and stopped flying off the slope into the woods (and narrowly averted death by a huge boulder).



I don’t think I’ll be going to Massanutten again anytime soon. While we were extremely lucky, normal conditions are not all that great. Next time we’ll be heading up north to PA or NY where real snow accumulates instead of that fake, man-made stuff.