Ski Sundown (night): Tuesday, 2/12/2008

[Greg]

Originally Posted by Greg

BTW, I'm going tonight whether Lower Nor'easter is open or not. At least we can play on the Ex bumps and the powder falling will make it fun. I really hope the lights get fixed today though.

Crap. Email from Chris:

We are still chasing down the lighting/wiring problem. The wires are
under the ground and snow as well as in trees, not a simple task.

I'll let you know the status before I leave for the day.

We had to run a cat width on skiers right to get our man lift on
Nor'Easter.

That sucks. Especially the last sentence. Oh well, Praying for powder tonight...

[bvibert]

Damn that sucks! Stupid freaking lights! As if missing them for a few nights wasn't bad enough, now they had to sacrifice some bumps too...

[Beetlenut]

Originally Posted by Greg

Crap. Email from Chris:
That sucks. Especially the last sentence. Oh well, Praying for powder tonight...

Well that makes not being able to make it tonight a little easier to take. More problems at home getting in the way of my so-called ski life. Still blindly hoping for a chance to get out on Friday though. Maybe next week....

Bill

[Greg]

Originally Posted by bvibert

Damn that sucks! Stupid freaking lights! As if missing them for a few nights wasn't bad enough, now they had to sacrifice some bumps too...

Indeed. Especially skier's right where the best bumps are. Lower N'E is not that wide so a cat's width sacrifices a lot of lines. Nevertheless, this follow-up Email is encouraging:

We will reseed as soon as possible, if, they don’t reform on their own. It’s only ten more days till prep racing is over. I’d like to get Temptor going sooner than later. If the weather is right I may do it before the 22nd. If Temptor works out well, next year we might seed it from the beginning and move the racers to Nor’Easter.

Bring it on! I love N'E, but a T2B, side-to-side seeded Temptor would be great!

Originally Posted by Beetlenut

Well that makes not being able to make it tonight a little easier to take. More problems at home getting in the way of my so-called ski life. Still blindly hoping for a chance to get out on Friday though. Maybe next week....

Bill

You should come out anyway if you can. Tonight will be fun with or without Lower N'E.

[Grassi21]

Rooting for that CT pow pow tonight. No worries. Straightline Canyon to the Ex. bumps. Hopefully in a few inches of fluff....

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by Greg

Indeed. Especially skier's right where the best bumps are. Lower N'E is not that wide so a cat's width sacrifices a lot of lines. Nevertheless, this follow-up Email is encouraging:



Bring it on! I love N'E, but a T2B, side-to-side seeded Temptor would be great!

That IS encouraging!

[Greg]

Originally Posted by bvibert

That IS encouraging!

I wonder if they would still seed from the sun deck down, skier's left though...

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by Greg

I wonder if they would still seed from the sun deck down, skier's left though...

That would be pretty fawking sweet! Seed there, then a little break in the flat section before the real fun begins!

[Greg]

Originally Posted by bvibert

That would be pretty fawking sweet! Seed there, then a little break in the flat section before the real fun begins!

Nah. I would seed the flat section too. They won't be able to groom it so they might as well. Even though it's flat, I always liked that stretch - lots of character.

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by Greg

Nah. I would seed the flat section too. They won't be able to groom it so they might as well. Even though it's flat, I always liked that stretch - lots of character.

How are you going to be able to make it across the flat section if it's all bumped up? I've seen people have to pole it through there when they didn't get enough speed off of that first drop... I can see your point about not being able to get a groomer in there...