Mount Snow 4/12

[jaywbigred]

I was there Saturday and Sunday.

Some comments:

1) they do have a ton of snow, even as some bare spots were forming, elsewhere the base looked deep.
2) The sustained bump line that I skied were all on the main face: Exhibition, Ego Alley, and a short section on Yardsale.
3) reviews of the trails listed in 2) -

Exhibition - a shortish field, with weird troughs. I couldn't quite place what was wrong with these bumps, but I had trouble with them, and watched a number of people eat it pretty good. I think it was something to do with bumps having been formed when the snow was faster/harder, and the spring conditions on Saturday. It was difficult to a rhythm going.

Yardsale - A short, steepish field that was actually pretty nice on Saturday but got a little crusty when it was cold on Sunday.

Ego Alley - this was the best of the bunch, with the longest field on the mountain (that I found--didn't ski too much on the North face). These were the bumps they seeded earlier in the week that had the feature pic on the website. They were decent, a nice rhythm was had without any difficulty. Obviously, not the worlds steepest trail. Also, I think most people would be able to tell that these were definitely seeded bumps; I found the shapes somehwat odd, in a very rounded sort of way. Overall I give them an A for effort and a B- for skiability/enjoyability.

4) It was snowing when I left on Sunday.

[jaywbigred]

Also, I have video to post, but I am still waiting on mods to let me know when AZ will support embedding from Photobucket....(there is a thread about this in the Support forum...)

[2knees]

Originally Posted by jaywbigred

Also, I have video to post, but I am still waiting on mods to let me know when AZ will support embedding from Photobucket....(there is a thread about this in the Support forum...)

throw it up on youtube. i need to see this. i really really really need to see this.

[Greg]

Originally Posted by jaywbigred

I was there Saturday and Sunday.

Some comments:

1) they do have a ton of snow, even as some bare spots were forming, elsewhere the base looked deep.
2) The sustained bump line that I skied were all on the main face: Exhibition, Ego Alley, and a short section on Yardsale.
3) reviews of the trails listed in 2) -

Exhibition - a shortish field, with weird troughs. I couldn't quite place what was wrong with these bumps, but I had trouble with them, and watched a number of people eat it pretty good. I think it was something to do with bumps having been formed when the snow was faster/harder, and the spring conditions on Saturday. It was difficult to a rhythm going.

Yardsale - A short, steepish field that was actually pretty nice on Saturday but got a little crusty when it was cold on Sunday.

Ego Alley - this was the best of the bunch, with the longest field on the mountain (that I found--didn't ski too much on the North face). These were the bumps they seeded earlier in the week that had the feature pic on the website. They were decent, a nice rhythm was had without any difficulty. Obviously, not the worlds steepest trail. Also, I think most people would be able to tell that these were definitely seeded bumps; I found the shapes somehwat odd, in a very rounded sort of way. Overall I give them an A for effort and a B- for skiability/enjoyability.

4) It was snowing when I left on Sunday.

Thanks for such a detailed review of the main face bumps! Are the Exhibition bumps on Upper Exhibition, or the section of Exhibition skier's left of Ego? Bascially, can you hit all three of these fields in one run?

Originally Posted by jaywbigred

Also, I have video to post, but I am still waiting on mods to let me know when AZ will support embedding from Photobucket....(there is a thread about this in the Support forum...)

Originally Posted by 2knees

throw it up on youtube. i need to see this. i really really really need to see this.

Yeah - YouTube that sucker. I looked into the Photobucket thing. It gets tricky there since the "variable" is an entire URL that seems to vary, not a single identifier, like YouTube.

[jaywbigred]

Originally Posted by Greg

Thanks for such a detailed review of the main face bumps! Are the Exhibition bumps on Upper Exhibition, or the section of Exhibition skier's left of Ego? Bascially, can you hit all three of these fields in one run?.

No, I believe not. the Exhibition field begins below where the last entrance to Ego that gets you into that [Ego] field from the top is. I believe you can get to Yardsale from both. As a bonus, they had a little park setup in front of the Grand Summit Hotel you could get to from all 3 bump runs; you could get to the lowest rail (beginner, wide style) and the two lowest jumps (a kicker and a table top) plus one more jump that was formed at a trail convergence (between 2 low blues---no traffic at covergence at all) that was a defecto last jump for the little park,as everyone who went through the park hit it on the way to the list.

Originally Posted by Greg

Yeah - YouTube that sucker. I looked into the Photobucket thing. It gets tricky there since the "variable" is an entire URL that seems to vary, not a single identifier, like YouTube.

Ok, here goes:

[Newpylong]

The bumps definitely look widely spaced. I can't remember them ever seeding bumps at Mount Snow, so what the hell, good attempt I guess. Maybe more next year.... : )

I bet they will be real nice in the next few weeks.

[jaywbigred]

Originally Posted by Newpylong

The bumps definitely look widely spaced. I can't remember them ever seeding bumps at Mount Snow, so what the hell, good attempt I guess. Maybe more next year.... : )

I bet they will be real nice in the next few weeks.

I'm betting they will get nice. I woudln't say they were widely spaced. Just a little weirdly shaped. Definately needed decently quick feet to stay in the zipper imho.

[2knees]

very nice! damn good rippin.

the bumps and lines just look a bit premature. You can still see the roller shape in them. nothing a little traffic wont tighten up. I'll be there thursday. It'll be interesting to see what ego alley looks like by then.