 Poster: A snowHead
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Well the 2009 season finally got underway on Box Hill yesterday, with all available uplift (0/0) running, and alpine conditions underfoot. Summit to A25 riding was possible, although your scribe was the only one doing this. In fact, I was the only one on skis. There were plenty of lager-drinking vermin, however, messing around on for-sale signs.
There were a couple of boarders, and a whole host of people who speak nicely enjoying their sledges.
The snow was sledge-packed powder on the main run, with baseless but nonetheless very skiable champagne to the sides.
Some chavs had - inevitably - built a particularly vicious kicker part the way down, which they were busy injuring themselves on, and a small boy got swept away by a passing fat man on a tea tray. He was fine, which allowed everyone who saw to laugh with a bit more freedom.
My dog enjoyed himself thoroughly, chasing me down the hill and running back up again ahead of me, pausing to get jiggy with a butch-looking border terrier (sex indeterminate - clearly he isn't gender-fussy). The terrier seemed to enjoy it almost as much as my dog.
A sensational experience for all concerned, conditions improved by the new snow - wax up your skis!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Excellent, I'm sure I wasn't the only one concerned by the late start to the season at Box Hill.
Hopefully a good season will see more investment in the infrastructure there and with what sounds like a lively apres ski scene (albeit with lager drinking vermin) this is sure to challenge at least the Bulgarian resorts on 09/10.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Box Hill resort has a number of features which are a significant improvement on a number of its Alpine peers : excellent and reasonably priced carrot cake and tea at its mountain top restaurant, a fort with bats & a good greasy biker burger joint at the base. A short skin or hike at the summit takes you to the further delights of Smith & Western's cowboy themed bar for nachos & 2 pint jugs of Boddingtons.
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I was the well spoken person on foot wishing I had my own skis.
Noticed a few larger louts leaving their Fosters cans behind and one chap who broke his red sledge and left part of it on the piste!
Snow melting fast now...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Anyone been up today? Just wondering if it's worth taking the skis up this afternoon (kids are nagging, they want to move on from sledging on the Nower!)
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Do you have any pictures?
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snowymum, it was great, wasn't it?! Didn't one of your party have blades in his bag? Didn't see them come out though. One girl was snowboarding in her walking boots - it looked like the snowsports equivalent of rattling a stick in a bin.
The ski back down to the A25 through the woods was fantastic. I have never skied through a herd of cattle before, but they didn't seem to mind. Weren't even fazed by the dog tearing along beside me.
Apres ski for me involved a cup of tea, cold roast lamb and then back out again to milk the cows.
demos, sorry, forgot to charge the batteries on the camera, and it was a snap decision to go up yesterday afternoon.
philipb, there was plenty of snow up there, and I reckon it would be good enough for a slide today. Whats the worst that can happen? You're almost next door anyway!
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Did you drive to/up Box Hill ?
Or are you close enough to walk ? It looks steep from the road.
Caff at the bottom - Ryker's - usually hosts motorcycle enthusiasts on Sundays . They use that stretch of road as a race track when the police are not present. Much like the Ace Cafe and the North Circular back in the day.
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Paul - no I wasn't that person. I went up for a walk mid afternoon. Saw some one sledging on a surf board amongst others..
Dale - I walked up from Pixham area. I think there are other places to walk up. The zig zag road would have been too steep for a normal car, maybe people used 4 x4s or came from the other direction (box hill village). I saw a couple of chaps who appeared to have riden up on mountain bikes with skis/snowboards on their backs!
Wish the motorcyclists would find an alternative race track...well away from normal motorists ..
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Great stuff. 
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