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

[Greg]

Originally Posted by bvibert

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...

I don't remember. Is it that flat?

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by Greg

I don't remember. Is it that flat?

I thought so, maybe I'm having false memories. I did just ski on it Sunday night though. I usually get enough speed off of the first drop that I whip through there. You'll have to check it out tonight. Hitting the upper NE bumps in the dark is fun...

[Greg]

Originally Posted by bvibert

I thought so, maybe I'm having false memories. I did just ski on it Sunday night though. I usually get enough speed off of the first drop that I whip through there. You'll have to check it out tonight. Hitting the upper NE bumps in the dark is fun...

That whole area is open but unlit? Oof. Still hoping the lighting gets resolved.

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by Greg

That whole area is open but unlit? Oof. Still hoping the lighting gets resolved.

On Sunday night they had the rope across lower NE, after Temptor split off. There's really no way to rope off the upper bumps and keep Temptor open. IIRC there was one light at the intersection of Stinger and Temptor/NE that partially illuminated the very top, but once you got past the part where it's built up from the snow-making whale it got pretty dark, even on the groomed part.

[severine]

Originally Posted by bvibert

On Sunday night they had the rope across lower NE, after Temptor split off. There's really no way to rope off the upper bumps and keep Temptor open. IIRC there was one light at the intersection of Stinger and Temptor/NE that partially illuminated the very top, but once you got past the part where it's built up from the snow-making whale it got pretty dark, even on the groomed part.

Yup, that's pretty much how it was. One part was really dark and made me pretty nervous getting to Temptor. Some people were hitting the bumps in the dark, too, before the rope.

[Greg]

No Lower N'E tonight...