A frigid cold weekend was approaching. Could our group ski at Bretton Woods last Friday, Jan. 23, before temperatures plummeted? Four of us decided to take a chance.
We’re all seasoned skiers who know how to layer up for that day’s temperatures in the teens and lower. Knowing wind would pick up after 1 p.m., and it would get even colder, we planned to be back at the lodge before that happened.
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