Sunday, January 24, 2010

Narty. Blue Knob.

W związku z tym, że zima trwa w najlepsze wybieramy sie czasem do Blue Knob, czyli wyciągu narciarskiego oddalonego od Huntingdon o jakąś godzinę jazdy w kierunku zachodnim.


Jak mówi Jill, Blue Knob jest uznawany, za jedne z najtrudniejszych stoków, jeśli nie najtrudniejsze, na wschodnim USA, bo z Utah itp., wschód sie nie równa... Mysle ze to tak jak porównanie stokow w Tatrach, do stokoww Alpach.
Dodatkowo, poza tym, że miejsce to jest uznawane za trudne, mowi sie jeszcze, że jest to najzimniejsze miejsce Pensylwanii.
I zauważyłem, że jest to bardzo bliskie prawdy... np. Gdy w Huntingdon jest około 20 stopni Farenheita, czyli około -7, tam jest około 5, czyli -15 i wiatr w granicach 30-50 km/h
Bez tego wiatru pogoda zazwyczaj jest cud-miód, chyba że się zacznie burza śnieżna, taka że nie widac nic na 5 metrów przed tobą. POWAŻNIE.

A czemu taka, a nie inna pogoda? Blue knob jest to szczyt... Na ktorym jest parking i dom (lobby) dla narciarzy/snowboardzistów... Wiatr jest tam STRA-SZNY!



Trasy sa we wszystkich kolorach. Zielone, Niebieskie, Czarne i podwójne Czarne... Skala ta jest niestety mało obiektywna, bo cześc tras niebieskich moim zdaniem powinny byc czarne... a czarne, sa bardzo czarne... Podwójną czarną zrobiłem póki co raz... I przeżyłem bez upadku... ale mała przyjemnośc, gdy próbuje sie ominąc mulde z kopnego sniegu trafia sie na lód, lód jest prawie że niebieski, więc kontroli nad nartami nie ma żadnej, i po chwili czuje sie pod nartami kamienie, a przed soba widzi sie kolejną mulde...



Jedna z szybszych tras.
Nie jest jakos przerazajaco trudna, ale mozna sie rozpedzic,
w odroznieniu od stokow z muldami, gdzie strach jechac z jakakolwiek predkoscia.
Siatka postawiona, bo trasa szybka przecina trase dla poczatkujacych...
A raz widzialem jak jakis snowboardzista nie chcial zwalniac, wiec przeskoczyl ta siatke...
(a ma ona okolo 1.2 m)

Generalnie jezdzi sie cudnie i co najfajniejsze nie jest to, tak jak zwyklem do tej pory, pojedynczy szeroki stok, tylko jest to wiele, roznych stokow i samemu mozna sobie wybrac droge do dolnej, badz srodkowej stacji.



Z rodzinka. Od lewej Ja, Paul, Jiil, Aaron, Stacia-fe

Wiecej informacji jak to wyglada znajdziecie na http://www.blueknob.com/

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