Sugarloaf 4-18-08 - the corn harvest continues

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:

MonkeyBrook · Apr 18, 2008, 6:42 PM

Loafer, that was me that saw you today by the Spillway lift...I saw your son ski by and recognized him from your pictures and reports. Agree, great day out there....we had a blast. I took the same shot of the mt as you did, must have been around 4 pm....perfect day.

loafer89 · Apr 18, 2008, 7:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MonkeyBrook

Loafer, that was me that saw you today by the Spillway lift...I saw your son ski by and recognized him from your pictures and reports. Agree, great day out there....we had a blast. I took the same shot of the mt as you did, must have been around 4 pm....perfect day.

Nice to have meet you even if from a distance as we skied past the Spillway lift. We are now at Sunday River and will be skiing there tomorrow.

MonkeyBrook · Apr 18, 2008, 8:16 PM

We are back at SR, will be sure to say hi if we see you. A bunch of us will meet on Barker deck around 11:30-12:00 if you want to stop by....hopefully we will have a repeat of today. We really enjoyed Misery Whip and Winters Way today...backside snowfields were great as well...I like picking a line through the fun stuff.

loafer89 · Apr 18, 2008, 8:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MonkeyBrook

We are back at SR, will be sure to say hi if we see you. A bunch of us will meet on Barker deck around 11:30-12:00 if you want to stop by....hopefully we will have a repeat of today. We really enjoyed Misery Whip and Winters Way today...backside snowfields were great as well...I like picking a line through the fun stuff.

Yes, we will be sure to stop by and say hello with alot less of Sunday River now opened up and no need to hop around everywhere in one day. We where hoping for Jordan, but the operations department said it is closed for the season when I called this morning.

Glad you enjoyed Sugarloaf, it's a huge playground.

TheBEast · Apr 18, 2008, 8:37 PM

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Baby Girl @4:30pm:

WOW, the coverage for April 18th looks amazing!

snowmonster · Apr 18, 2008, 10:53 PM

Thanks for the TR, loafer. Headed up there for the weekend and your pictures are getting me all pumped up. Looking forward to finally hitting the snowfields. I hope to meet you and Warren one of these days. Perhaps next weekend at Sunday River.

thebigo · Apr 18, 2008, 11:08 PM

Posting from the inn right now. One of the better days I can remember today. I took a ton of pics but too many brews to post them now. Me and the old lady will be out there again tomorrow, if snowmonster or anybody else wants to meet up for a brew at bullwinkels post the time. Ill check back in the morning.

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.

Apr 18, 2008, 10:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
snowmonster Stowe - December 31, 2007 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my mind, northern New England Posts: 698	Thanks for the TR, loafer. Headed up there for the weekend and your pictures are getting me all pumped up. Looking forward to finally hitting the snowfields. I hope to meet you and Warren one of these days. Perhaps next weekend at Sunday River. __________________ To you from failing hands we throw the torch. Be yours to hold it high.

Apr 18, 2008, 11:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
thebigo Killington - 4/22/07 Join Date: May 2005 Location: NH seacoast Posts: 419	Posting from the inn right now. One of the better days I can remember today. I took a ton of pics but too many brews to post them now. Me and the old lady will be out there again tomorrow, if snowmonster or anybody else wants to meet up for a brew at bullwinkels post the time. Ill check back in the morning. __________________ The true happiness of a man can be found in the mastery of his passions.

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Apr 18, 2008, 6:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
MonkeyBrook Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 115	Loafer, that was me that saw you today by the Spillway lift...I saw your son ski by and recognized him from your pictures and reports. Agree, great day out there....we had a blast. I took the same shot of the mt as you did, must have been around 4 pm....perfect day.

Apr 18, 2008, 8:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
MonkeyBrook Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 115	We are back at SR, will be sure to say hi if we see you. A bunch of us will meet on Barker deck around 11:30-12:00 if you want to stop by....hopefully we will have a repeat of today. We really enjoyed Misery Whip and Winters Way today...backside snowfields were great as well...I like picking a line through the fun stuff.