When the Syracuse City Snow Gauge (shown here; doubles as the municipal pool during summer months) indicated three or four inches of new fluff overnight, we figured a sunny Sunday morning on the precarious, un-groomed slopes of Mount Thornden would lift the February funk. Plus, with my brother and nephews visiting for three days, we needed to give the house a rest and restore the nerves of landlord and landlord’s always-on-edge dog. To the hill!
Only six inches of base and four inches of fluff—a meager accumulation compared to
last winter, they say.
View from the top of Mount Thornden, just to the east of SU’s campus.
Here’s the full Flickr slideshow from the morning (which includes more than one spill resulting from crooked steering). The first-run face-dusters were especially thrilling.
great pics, d! wish you’d called us–we’re 2 minutes away & could have been there to laugh at all that wiping out in realtime!
I wonder if I’m developing Fear of Snow? Surely not.
Well, Tyra, it was an impulsive trip to the park and the many tumbles were better for not having an audience. But the sledding was quite good; we had Mt. Thornden all to ourselves.
And Krista, we’re gearing up for another solid dumping in CNY tonight–promised six to eight inches. I hope you’re not developing a fear of snow. It’d make the Twin Cities much less satisfying. Fear of Ice, I’d go along with. I hope the ankle’s coming along nicely. I was just thinking that one of the benefits of snow is that I can ice my ankle while I limp to campus.
Love the pictures! Got back J’s pictures and they are mostly of scenery — Figures! Can you send me these?
Glad you like them. J. was too busy avoiding snowballs from Ph. to take many of photos. I just dumped the pics to the server. I’ll email you the link in a minute.