Skiing Hadlock Loop

Today, Saturday, the forecast was for warm early on, then a rapid drop in temperature. We decided to ski the Hadlock Loop and got a late start at noon. The temperature was about 25 degrees and sunny. The AWTA had tracked the carriage roads again and the skiing was superb. There was just a tad of ice in the tracks which made them really fast. There were quite a few people out skiing, hiking, and snowshoeing. It was spectacular as always up at the Twin Bridges, after which point the skiing is all downhill. The tracks were so fast and it was so fun and it only took us an hour and 15 minutes to ski the loop, so we decided to continue toward the Amphitheatre Bridge and skied to the top of the hill which has a beautiful ocean view. We stopped there for a few minutes to soak up the sunshine. A skate skier came bombing up the hill so we had to move out of the way for him. Then a group of about six people came by. When we turned around to go back, skiing down that hill was incredibly fun. By the time we reached the Brown Mountain Gatehouse parking lot the temperature had dropped to 18 degrees. The distance was around 5 miles and it took a leisurely two hours.