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loafer89 · Apr 18, 2008, 5:47 PM

Area skied: Sugarloaf, Maine

Date skied: April 18th from 10:00am - 4:00pm

Surface conditions: 100% ungroomed spring snow, corn

Weather: sunny and hot, 49F base at 10:00am, 70F at 4:00pm

We started the day late today due to Sugarloaf not doing any grooming and it being below freezing last night. We arrived to a bright and warm Sugarloaf and decided to spend most of our day in the Timberline area or skiing on Spillway.

We took a run down a firm Timberline followed by a run down Cinderhoe/Buckskin with alot of loose and semi frozen corn snow on both trails.

We did summit frontside snowfield skiing down Powder Keg which had huge widely spaced corn moguls followed by a corn snow run down Ramdown to the Spillway chair.

Lower Powder Keg:

Our next run was a thigh burner down Winter's Way from the summit to the base and this was the run of the day with beautiful corn moguls down the full length of the trail above Lombard X-Cut. Warren and I followed this up with another summit run down Gondola Line from the summit and the trail was nice, but with some ice/hardpacked if you dug in deep enough with your turns.

Great bumps on Winter's Way:

Gondi-Line Extension:

The backside was next with a run down High Rigger/Hard Tack and High Rigger had alot less snow than on wednesday with some grass/mud to ski across to acess the run. The lower part of High Rigger still has tons of snow and large moguls on a steep vertical drop.
We skied down onto Widowmaker which had some smallish bumps and corn snow.

Warren in action on the backside:

I skied Bubblecuffer from Spillway X-cut while Warren skied White Nitro. Bubblecuffer was okay with hard somewhat icy moguls and not as fun as Winter's Way imo. Warren liked White Nitro and so we did that from the summit and it was a different ski experience as it has large moguls with some ice in between. We skied down to Boomauger which was unusually filled with moguls for a short stretch of the run.

The last run of the day was down Double Bitter which did not dissapoint with huge evenly spaced corn moguls.

Double Bitter:

Baby Girl @4:30pm:

Apr 18, 2008, 5:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
loafer89 Sugarloaf Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coventry, C.T Posts: 3,551	Sugarloaf 4-18-08 - the corn harvest continues Area skied: Sugarloaf, Maine Date skied: April 18th from 10:00am - 4:00pm Surface conditions: 100% ungroomed spring snow, corn Weather: sunny and hot, 49F base at 10:00am, 70F at 4:00pm We started the day late today due to Sugarloaf not doing any grooming and it being below freezing last night. We arrived to a bright and warm Sugarloaf and decided to spend most of our day in the Timberline area or skiing on Spillway. We took a run down a firm Timberline followed by a run down Cinderhoe/Buckskin with alot of loose and semi frozen corn snow on both trails. We did summit frontside snowfield skiing down Powder Keg which had huge widely spaced corn moguls followed by a corn snow run down Ramdown to the Spillway chair. Lower Powder Keg: Our next run was a thigh burner down Winter's Way from the summit to the base and this was the run of the day with beautiful corn moguls down the full length of the trail above Lombard X-Cut. Warren and I followed this up with another summit run down Gondola Line from the summit and the trail was nice, but with some ice/hardpacked if you dug in deep enough with your turns. Great bumps on Winter's Way: Gondi-Line Extension: The backside was next with a run down High Rigger/Hard Tack and High Rigger had alot less snow than on wednesday with some grass/mud to ski across to acess the run. The lower part of High Rigger still has tons of snow and large moguls on a steep vertical drop. We skied down onto Widowmaker which had some smallish bumps and corn snow. Warren in action on the backside: I skied Bubblecuffer from Spillway X-cut while Warren skied White Nitro. Bubblecuffer was okay with hard somewhat icy moguls and not as fun as Winter's Way imo. Warren liked White Nitro and so we did that from the summit and it was a different ski experience as it has large moguls with some ice in between. We skied down to Boomauger which was unusually filled with moguls for a short stretch of the run. The last run of the day was down Double Bitter which did not dissapoint with huge evenly spaced corn moguls. Double Bitter: Baby Girl @4:30pm: __________________ Ski School - A place where novices are turned into menaces. Last edited by loafer89; Apr 18, 2008 at 6:24 PM.