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polski · Apr 27, 2008, 1:56 PM

Belated update: Great day Friday. It did get below freezing Thursday night -- we saw skim ice on puddles at the base as we made our way to the SuperQuad, and definitely some hardpack under the cord at higher elevations -- though from top to bottom the surface softened quickly in the morning as the temps moved up through the 40s and beyond. We wound up sticking mainly to groomers and they were fun -- surfin' corduroy. The very top of Timberline was getting awfully scratchy and I'm not surprised to see the Timberline chair is now closed. Near the end of they day we had fun on one natural snow trail, unsure the name but it dumped out into a terrain park -- some threading the needle was involved and the kids had a lot of fun with that.

Great trip all around as I'd rented a slopeside condo so we had pool/hot tub/etc the evening before and evening after we skied. Huge stack of ribs at the Rack on Thursday night with a big enough doggy bag to cover us for our ski-off lunch in the condo Friday. Another phenomenal dinner on the ride home at the Granary in Farmington.

Pix to come ...

This is almost certainly it for my lift-served season, especially now that Wildcat has closed. Awesome season spanning six months and two weeks (Nov. 11 to April 25) and including first-ever visits to Stowe, Sugarbush (ME), Magic and Sugarloaf, plus five days including one foot+ powder day at MRG.

Apr 27, 2008, 1:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
polski Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NE MA Posts: 93	Belated update: Great day Friday. It did get below freezing Thursday night -- we saw skim ice on puddles at the base as we made our way to the SuperQuad, and definitely some hardpack under the cord at higher elevations -- though from top to bottom the surface softened quickly in the morning as the temps moved up through the 40s and beyond. We wound up sticking mainly to groomers and they were fun -- surfin' corduroy. The very top of Timberline was getting awfully scratchy and I'm not surprised to see the Timberline chair is now closed. Near the end of they day we had fun on one natural snow trail, unsure the name but it dumped out into a terrain park -- some threading the needle was involved and the kids had a lot of fun with that. Great trip all around as I'd rented a slopeside condo so we had pool/hot tub/etc the evening before and evening after we skied. Huge stack of ribs at the Rack on Thursday night with a big enough doggy bag to cover us for our ski-off lunch in the condo Friday. Another phenomenal dinner on the ride home at the Granary in Farmington. Pix to come ... This is almost certainly it for my lift-served season, especially now that Wildcat has closed. Awesome season spanning six months and two weeks (Nov. 11 to April 25) and including first-ever visits to Stowe, Sugarbush (ME), Magic and Sugarloaf, plus five days including one foot+ powder day at MRG. Last edited by polski; Apr 27, 2008 at 2:03 PM.