I did not know of the existence of Mount Aggie til this morning, when I was informed about this heretofore, unknown to me, Texas mountain, informed by my #1 information source about the things I don't know about Texas, he being my fellow Washington transplant who goes by the name of Steve A.
Yesterday I blogged about the opening of the Mount Baker Ski Resort (in Washington) on Saturday.
I said, regarding Saturday's snowfall in Washington, "I do know the Mount Baker Ski Area opened yesterday. That is a sentence I could not type in Texas, as in the Mount Somewhere in Texas Ski Area opened yesterday."
To which Steve A corrected my erroneousness by telling me..."Mount Aggie in College Station is open year round. Not a real challenging slope, however."
I have not been down to College Station, even though I would like to visit the George Bush Presidential Library. I certainly did not know of the existence of a mountain in College Station.
The Mount Aggie Ski Resort has a website. It was there I learned that "outdoor skiing is also available year-round to students at Texas A & M, who ski on a plastic slope known as Mount Aggie."
Mount Aggie is located on the southwest side of Read Arena at the end of Penberthy Road, east of the George Bush Library.
I watched a couple videos of Texans "skiing" on Mount Aggie. In one of the videos a guy is heard to yell that this was the most fun he has ever had sliding on wet carpet. In none of the videos did I make note of chair lifts or rope tows taking skiers to the top of Mount Aggie.
In the YouTube video below you will see some Texans having winter-like, snow-like fun, on Mount Aggie, in Texas...
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