Ski Sundown - 12/26/2007

**Greg** · Dec 26, 2007, 12:12 PM

Date(s) Skied: Wednesday, 12/26/2007, 9 am - 12:15 pm

Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, Connecticut

Conditions: Fresh groomed manmade and LSGR on the flats. Some dry, some wet manmade, hardpack, ice & dirt in the bumps.

Trip Report: Today was to be a quick hitter on the bumps. Got started at 9 am and noticed the bumps on Nor'easter were starting to shape up nicely. Too bad for the rain the other day. They would be in great shape otherwise.

Nonetheless, they were coated with fresh snowmaking, but in some spots it was very wet and tacky snow that would tend to grab your skis. The lines started to ski in as the morning progressed though and the late morning runs with the sun starting to hit NE were especially nice. Skied with bvibert most of the day and several runs also with MrMagic. Nice guy and a great skier.

So....Nor'easter surived the rain event and with some more snowmaking it should snap back nicely. Great session.

Got a bunch of vid, but probably won't get it worked up until later tonight.

MR. evil · Dec 26, 2007, 12:27 PM

Glad to hear that NE is in good shape with some help from the snow making. We were there on Monday and NE was solid ice.

**bvibert** · Dec 26, 2007, 2:15 PM

Nice day, I was kinda bummed that I had to cut it a little short to work... Nor'easter was kinda tricky in the morning, but got skied in pretty quick. All in all they faired well through all the rain and were able to resurface nicely.

Can't wait to see the footage from the new camera. I'll try to put up what I got in a bit.

Grassi21 · Dec 26, 2007, 2:20 PM

How are those troughs developing?

**bvibert** · Dec 26, 2007, 2:26 PM

No real deep troughs, some are a bit slick in spots though. Watch out for the occasional brown trough though...

Grassi21 · Dec 26, 2007, 2:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bvibert

No real deep troughs, some are a bit slick in spots though. Watch out for the occasional brown trough though...

Nice. Thanks. I was hoping to get another day or two on them before the troughs get too deep. I'm hoping to improve a bit day by day as the bumps get bigger and troughs get deeper. I'm looking forward to some bumps tomorrow.

**bvibert** · Dec 26, 2007, 2:41 PM

You guys should have a good day tomorrow. The bumps were worked in pretty good by the time I took my last run down them around 1:30ish I guess it was. I wish I could join you guys, unfortunately I got suckered into working during the day tomorrow so say hi if you see me....

2knees · Dec 26, 2007, 3:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bvibert

You guys should have a good day tomorrow. The bumps were worked in pretty good by the time I took my last run down them around 1:30ish I guess it was. I wish I could join you guys, unfortunately I got suckered into working during the day tomorrow so say hi if you see me....

i'll probably be there tomorrow. You gonna scan my ticket again like I'm some common criminal?

**bvibert** · Dec 26, 2007, 3:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2knees

i'll probably be there tomorrow. You gonna scan my ticket again like I'm some common criminal?

Better hope I don't... I may not let you up...

BeanoNYC · Dec 26, 2007, 4:42 PM

Thanks for the report Greg. Hey...didn't you get a pair of Dynastars recently? I haven't heard much about them.

Dec 26, 2007, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 20,114	Ski Sundown - 12/26/2007 Date(s) Skied: Wednesday, 12/26/2007, 9 am - 12:15 pm Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, Connecticut Conditions: Fresh groomed manmade and LSGR on the flats. Some dry, some wet manmade, hardpack, ice & dirt in the bumps. Trip Report: Today was to be a quick hitter on the bumps. Got started at 9 am and noticed the bumps on Nor'easter were starting to shape up nicely. Too bad for the rain the other day. They would be in great shape otherwise. Nonetheless, they were coated with fresh snowmaking, but in some spots it was very wet and tacky snow that would tend to grab your skis. The lines started to ski in as the morning progressed though and the late morning runs with the sun starting to hit NE were especially nice. Skied with bvibert most of the day and several runs also with MrMagic. Nice guy and a great skier. So....Nor'easter surived the rain event and with some more snowmaking it should snap back nicely. Great session. Got a bunch of vid, but probably won't get it worked up until later tonight. __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Dec 26, 2007, 2:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
bvibert West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 11,631	Nice day, I was kinda bummed that I had to cut it a little short to work... Nor'easter was kinda tricky in the morning, but got skied in pretty quick. All in all they faired well through all the rain and were able to resurface nicely. Can't wait to see the footage from the new camera. I'll try to put up what I got in a bit. __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

Dec 26, 2007, 2:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Grassi21 First MTB Outing Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Southbury, CT Posts: 3,280	How are those troughs developing? __________________ '04-'05 - 2 days '05-'06 - 11 days '06-'07 - 20 days '07-'08 - 19 days Namaste you guys!

Dec 26, 2007, 2:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
bvibert West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 11,631	No real deep troughs, some are a bit slick in spots though. Watch out for the occasional brown trough though... __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

Dec 26, 2007, 2:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
bvibert West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 11,631	You guys should have a good day tomorrow. The bumps were worked in pretty good by the time I took my last run down them around 1:30ish I guess it was. I wish I could join you guys, unfortunately I got suckered into working during the day tomorrow so say hi if you see me.... __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

Dec 26, 2007, 12:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
MR. evil Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 750	Glad to hear that NE is in good shape with some help from the snow making. We were there on Monday and NE was solid ice.

Dec 26, 2007, 4:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
BeanoNYC The heart has its seasons its evenings and songs of its own... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rockaway Park, NY Posts: 4,192	Thanks for the report Greg. Hey...didn't you get a pair of Dynastars recently? I haven't heard much about them. __________________ ~Rich~

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