The Roanoker-November/December 2021 - 81
holidays
In the Days of Old,
There was Snow Sledding
written by Dan Smith Some Roanokers recall some great hills for zooming down in their Flexible Fliers. Will those days return?
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now sledding in the Roanoke Valley
during the past two winter seasons
has been ... well, it hasn't been.
We can discuss climate change,
weather patterns, lack of moisture in the air or
any of the myriad arguments about why the
snow has gone elsewhere for the past two years,
but the fact remains that the Star City and environs
has had one - ONE - legitimate snow
day, good enough for sledding, since 2018. And
that lasted just long enough to get a few photos
for this story celebrating what is quickly
becoming a rare and all but inconsequential
weather event.
Since Roanoke rests in the Blue Ridge
mountains, one would not be faulted for assuming
that snow at this altitude and this far
north would be a common event. Frankly, it has
been just that in previous seasons. And maybe
it will return in 2021-2022, but for now our
only alternative is to celebrate the past by recalling
some of the truly elegant snow sledding
opportunities presented by the rolling landscape
of our corner of the world.
November/December 2021 81
ERIC FITZPATRICK
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