Jiminy Peak 3-25-07

loafer89 · Mar 25, 2007, 5:54 PM

Area skied: Jiminy Peak, M.A

Date skied: March 25th, 2007 from 12:00pm - 4:15pm

Surface conditions: Spring snow, slush, limited new snow (1")

Today was day 30 of my season and Warren and I skied 100% for free by filling out the online survey for season passholders from another ski area. Seeing that we only had 1" of new snow this moring and not the 2-4" that was expected, we played lazy and did not get going until 10:00am.

I was suprised to only find about 1" of new snow at Jiminy Peak, mainly from about halfway up the mountain, especially when the NWS was calling for 4-7" last night. The base area was empty and the Berkshire Express was deserted with no liftline at any time during the day.

Our first run was down Westway/Grand Slam and it was heavy cut up slush with alot of thin areas above the intersection of North Glade. Jericho was next and it was decent except for the steepest parts, where turns revealed cat track ice underfoot.

Whitetail was great with lots of soft snow and a challenging zipperline of moguls under the chair on skiers left that where creamy soft. Upper and Lower Fox also had some moguls on skiers right, but again in a narrow strip with most of the trail groomed.

Cutter was challenging to ski as the moguls where spaced very far apart with alot of ice in between them. Left Bank below Cutter was a sea of cut up slush, thin spots and watery spots. Panorama and Scooter had nice soft groomed snow, but are short with very little vertical.

North Glade/Upper & Lower Slingshot where in nice shape with deep base depths and Riptide/Willie's Gulch was the run of the day with far less slushy snow than the rest of the trails on the mountain.

The mountain should make April 1st without too many problems, but 180 and Upper Westway are getting thin, as are the headwalls of Jericho, Whitetail and Whirlaway.

View of the base from Whirlaway:

Thin spots on West Way:

Newpylong · Mar 25, 2007, 6:17 PM

Sounds similar to yesterday... free is great isn't it? I was going to say besides Upper Westway they could make mid April on most runs no prob. They can move snow there though..

loafer89 · Mar 25, 2007, 6:49 PM

Today was only the second time in 25 years that I have skied for free, the first time being on April 11th, 1990, when I got a free ticket due to bad weather conditions at Kilington.

**Greg** · Mar 25, 2007, 7:00 PM

Thanks for the report. I hope to get up there next weekend.

Quote:

Originally Posted by loafer89

Thin spots on West Way:

Thin spots?

Those are hardly thin spots, especially for late March. The mountain looks great!

loafer89 · Mar 25, 2007, 7:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg

Thanks for the report. I hope to get up there next weekend.

Thin spots?

Those are hardly thin spots, especially for late March. The mountain looks great!

The picture was taken on the lower area of thin cover as I was too lazy to stop higher up. The brown areas are dirt, with no snow underneath, and it's much worse higher up.

The mountain has twice as much snow on it as last year, when I meet up with dave and rich.

Mar 25, 2007, 5:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
loafer89 Sugarloaf Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coventry, C.T Posts: 3,551	Jiminy Peak 3-25-07 Area skied: Jiminy Peak, M.A Date skied: March 25th, 2007 from 12:00pm - 4:15pm Surface conditions: Spring snow, slush, limited new snow (1") Today was day 30 of my season and Warren and I skied 100% for free by filling out the online survey for season passholders from another ski area. Seeing that we only had 1" of new snow this moring and not the 2-4" that was expected, we played lazy and did not get going until 10:00am. I was suprised to only find about 1" of new snow at Jiminy Peak, mainly from about halfway up the mountain, especially when the NWS was calling for 4-7" last night. The base area was empty and the Berkshire Express was deserted with no liftline at any time during the day. Our first run was down Westway/Grand Slam and it was heavy cut up slush with alot of thin areas above the intersection of North Glade. Jericho was next and it was decent except for the steepest parts, where turns revealed cat track ice underfoot. Whitetail was great with lots of soft snow and a challenging zipperline of moguls under the chair on skiers left that where creamy soft. Upper and Lower Fox also had some moguls on skiers right, but again in a narrow strip with most of the trail groomed. Cutter was challenging to ski as the moguls where spaced very far apart with alot of ice in between them. Left Bank below Cutter was a sea of cut up slush, thin spots and watery spots. Panorama and Scooter had nice soft groomed snow, but are short with very little vertical. North Glade/Upper & Lower Slingshot where in nice shape with deep base depths and Riptide/Willie's Gulch was the run of the day with far less slushy snow than the rest of the trails on the mountain. The mountain should make April 1st without too many problems, but 180 and Upper Westway are getting thin, as are the headwalls of Jericho, Whitetail and Whirlaway. View of the base from Whirlaway: Thin spots on West Way: __________________ Ski School - A place where novices are turned into menaces. Last edited by loafer89; Mar 25, 2007 at 6:47 PM.

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loafer89 Sugarloaf Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coventry, C.T Posts: 3,551	Today was only the second time in 25 years that I have skied for free, the first time being on April 11th, 1990, when I got a free ticket due to bad weather conditions at Kilington. __________________ Ski School - A place where novices are turned into menaces.

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Mar 25, 2007, 6:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Newpylong Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 896	Sounds similar to yesterday... free is great isn't it? I was going to say besides Upper Westway they could make mid April on most runs no prob. They can move snow there though..