Monday I was able to get in my first day of skiing this season. Things hand looked pretty good around Thanksgiving (about seven weeks ago) with some decent early snow. But there has been no snow down here in southern New England since then, while northern ski areas were able to finally get some the last couple of weeks. For one reason or another I got a delayed start this season. My goal for the season is 15 days, with the "minimal accepted" number being 10. Fingers crossed.
I bought my day pass at Waterville Valley ($29 midweek for seniors if bought online, at least one day prior) and packed the car the night before. It is about an hour and 50 minute drive for me… just long enough to listen to two podcasts and sip on an insulated mug of black coffee.
There seemed to be plenty of people on the mountain and in the lodge, although I did not need to wait in line at the lifts. I see my photos are also pretty void of skiers.
For gear I had the little Panasonic GM-5 with the tiny collapsable 12-32mm (24-64 equiv.) zoom. I kept it in the outside chest pocket of my ski jacket for easy access.
High temperature was about 24 degrees Fahrenheit and there was very little wind. The battery registered as full when I got home, so I don’t think the temperature had much of an effect on the battery. And the camera worked fine. It must have picked up some body heat from me (I had 2-3 layers under my shell parka, depending on what you count as a layer) but the outside pocket allowed it to stay cool enough so that when I took it out to use, there was no fog on the lens. Indoors, I just kept it in my pocket (except for two of the images below, both taken in the upper hut featured in the first image.)
High temperature was about 24 degrees Fahrenheit and there was very little wind. The battery registered as full when I got home, so I don’t think the temperature had much of an effect on the battery. And the camera worked fine. It must have picked up some body heat from me (I had 2-3 layers under my shell parka, depending on what you count as a layer) but the outside pocket allowed it to stay cool enough so that when I took it out to use, there was no fog on the lens. Indoors, I just kept it in my pocket (except for two of the images below, both taken in the upper hut featured in the first image.)
"Come Back Soon"
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