Ski Sundown - 1/24/2008 (night)

**Greg** · Jan 24, 2008, 10:11 PM

Date(s) Skied: Thursday, 1/24/2008 , 6:30 pm - 10:10 pm

Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, New Hartford, CT

Conditions: Firm bumps, on and off snow showers, temps near 20.

Trip Report: Got started around 6:30 with the Legends today. Wanted to give them a go in the bumps tonight. Took one run on Nor'easter. Definitely some funky snowmaking whales starting to show up in there. Still some decent lines though. Mostly edgeable but slick backsides.

Next run was Gunny as Upper NE was roped. Called Grassi and took my next run on Canyon to meet Chris. We did another run on Canyon and then NE reopened. Rest of the night was on Nor'easter. The Ex bumps are beat so I only hit those a few times and opted to take some little hits near the Pole Cats in the middle of Ex instead. I wasn't feeling it with the Legends tonight so I swapped them out for the Cabrawlers before too long.

I was in a funk to start tonight, but I kept plugging away at it and eventually broke out of it. Still didn't ski that well all night. The bumps were firm and challenging. Actually had an incident where I was glad I wear a helmet as the back of my head struck the icy backside of a bump. Chris tweaked a knee at one point. He skied it off on Canyon the rest of the night. Hope it's feeling better.

Met up with jonnypoach towards the end of the night as he was doing NASTAR on Gunny most of the night. All in all a decent night, but it was all about just logging miles tonight.

**bvibert** · Jan 24, 2008, 10:27 PM

Glad you guys made the best of it, you both looked like you were in a fog, or frazzled, or something every time I saw you...

Hope the knee is OK Chris.

**Greg** · Jan 24, 2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bvibert

Glad you guys made the best of it, you both looked like you were in a fog, or frazzled, or something every time I saw you...

Pretty accurate. Both of us seemed to be in a major funk. Sorta just going through the motions tonight. My mood improved as the night went on. Chris was more in a fog than me...

RustyK · Jan 25, 2008, 6:49 AM

Never been to Sundown. It's about 1 hour from my house.
Would like to meet up with you guys for weekday adventure..

**bvibert** · Jan 25, 2008, 6:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RustyK

Never been to Sundown. It's about 1 hour from my house.
Would like to meet up with you guys for weekday adventure..

Wednesday nights are our usual nights.

Ski Sundown (night): Wednesday, 1/30/2008

Come on over sometime, we love meeting new AZer's!

RustyK · Jan 25, 2008, 6:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bvibert

Wednesday nights are our usual nights.

Ski Sundown (night): Wednesday, 1/30/2008

Come on over sometime, we love meeting new AZer's!

I know a couple of guys that do lessons every Wed. night. (not sure what they are learning)
I'll tag along with them some week..

severine · Jan 25, 2008, 7:34 AM

Sorry the night wasn't spectacular. But I'm sure it was still great to just be out on the hill.

Chris, I hope your knee is okay!

MRGisevil · Jan 25, 2008, 7:43 AM

Glad to hear you stuck with it, Greg. I had the same thing going on Wednesday night. Was in a serious funk until about 8:30 and starting feeling much better. Ended up having a great time so I'm glad I didn't give into the mood.

**Greg** · Jan 25, 2008, 7:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MRGisevil

Glad to hear you stuck with it, Greg. I had the same thing going on Wednesday night. Was in a serious funk until about 8:30 and starting feeling much better. Ended up having a great time so I'm glad I didn't give into the mood.

It happens from time to time and you really just have to battle through it. More often than not, you can shake it.

**bvibert** · Jan 25, 2008, 8:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RustyK

I know a couple of guys that do lessons every Wed. night. (not sure what they are learning)
I'll tag along with them some week..

Do you know if their lessons are with Todd? If so I saw them last night.

Let us know when you're going to head up..

Jan 24, 2008, 10:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 19,933	Ski Sundown - 1/24/2008 (night) Date(s) Skied: Thursday, 1/24/2008 , 6:30 pm - 10:10 pm Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, New Hartford, CT Conditions: Firm bumps, on and off snow showers, temps near 20. Trip Report: Got started around 6:30 with the Legends today. Wanted to give them a go in the bumps tonight. Took one run on Nor'easter. Definitely some funky snowmaking whales starting to show up in there. Still some decent lines though. Mostly edgeable but slick backsides. Next run was Gunny as Upper NE was roped. Called Grassi and took my next run on Canyon to meet Chris. We did another run on Canyon and then NE reopened. Rest of the night was on Nor'easter. The Ex bumps are beat so I only hit those a few times and opted to take some little hits near the Pole Cats in the middle of Ex instead. I wasn't feeling it with the Legends tonight so I swapped them out for the Cabrawlers before too long. I was in a funk to start tonight, but I kept plugging away at it and eventually broke out of it. Still didn't ski that well all night. The bumps were firm and challenging. Actually had an incident where I was glad I wear a helmet as the back of my head struck the icy backside of a bump. Chris tweaked a knee at one point. He skied it off on Canyon the rest of the night. Hope it's feeling better. Met up with jonnypoach towards the end of the night as he was doing NASTAR on Gunny most of the night. All in all a decent night, but it was all about just logging miles tonight. __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Jan 24, 2008, 10:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
bvibert West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 11,462	Glad you guys made the best of it, you both looked like you were in a fog, or frazzled, or something every time I saw you... Hope the knee is OK Chris. __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

Jan 25, 2008, 7:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
severine Nassahegan 7/26/2008 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT Posts: 3,755	Sorry the night wasn't spectacular. But I'm sure it was still great to just be out on the hill. Chris, I hope your knee is okay! __________________ Carrie 2007-2008 ~ 20 2005-2006 ~ 2 2004 ~ 17 It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ~ Agnes Repplier Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. ~ Lance Armstrong

Jan 25, 2008, 7:43 AM	#8 (permalink)
MRGisevil Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Westfield, MA Posts: 1,273	Glad to hear you stuck with it, Greg. I had the same thing going on Wednesday night. Was in a serious funk until about 8:30 and starting feeling much better. Ended up having a great time so I'm glad I didn't give into the mood. __________________ "The following 'ha ha' is not from amusement but in expression of contempt. HA HA!" -Nelson Muntz

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Jan 25, 2008, 6:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
RustyK Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sandy Hick CT. Posts: 61	Never been to Sundown. It's about 1 hour from my house. Would like to meet up with you guys for weekday adventure..