The story is just so worthy of the word, I couldn't... resist... using it! https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1495281881885069315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1495281881885069315%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Folympics%2F2022%2F02%2F20%2Fjessie-diggins-food-poisoning-silver-cross-country-skiing NBC Olympics tweet with post-race video of Jessie Diggins That might have been the best race of my entire life, I’m not going to lie. It was also maybe the hardest race of my whole life.Jessie Diggins, after coming in …
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Living in the NYC area means watching for skiable conditions.
President’s Day weekend and school break week
This post contains section links to Conditions and Forecast. Summary Regroup and go Potentially decent skiing for the long weekend, but only where two conditions are met: a) snowpack hasn't melted away; b) someone has come through to scrape the icy mass and turn it into particulate matter. The first depends on where- see the …
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Firm and fast… but not for long
This post contains section links to Conditions and Forecast. Summary Recent snowfall for Hudson highlands and northwest New Jersey helped keep Minnewaska and High Point going through today. but there's a warm spell coming up. Good week to be a freelancer or retired. We have rain in the forecast for Thursday, and although temps will …
The Olympic meta-count
The narrative of cross-country skiing is a bit like the activity itself- that is, straightforward. Weird things happen when writers try to 'go meta' about it. For your consideration Four years ago I put up a post titled 'What does the NYTimes have against cross country skiing?' highlighting a particular pre-Pyongchang article that was supposed …
The don’t-care-about-superbowl conditions update
This post contains section links to Conditions and Forecast. Summary Looks like it's time to get skiing done while it's available. We don't have hope for much precipitation till the end of next week, and the upcoming midweek will be warm. As for snow, the 7-day forecast for anything substantial is uncertain but doubtful at …
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Across the Snow Line 