billski
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YOU GO! Can't wait to hear about it. Getting ready to pull the trigger on tomorrow.Goin back out in a few, green jacket and orange pants
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YOU GO! Can't wait to hear about it. Getting ready to pull the trigger on tomorrow.Goin back out in a few, green jacket and orange pants
YOU GO! Can't wait to hear about it. Getting ready to pull the trigger on tomorrow.
This is good news for magic - not so great for the skiers/riders... Hopefully Magic is making plenty of money this season so they can get black running.
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OK Magic redeemed it self later in the after noon when around 2:30 lines got shorter. 15 minutes or less. But what was cool is the fact that Tom Barker was out there meeting people in line and telling them what the issue is with the Black Lift. Apparently, it failed inspection due to the bearings on the chair that let it swing. They got to the point where they were not swinging properly and the state considered it a safety hazard. He said he is hoping to get the parts that are needed soon - have to be replaced on every chair.
In any case the last 1.5 hours were super fun.
JFC......why can't they be honest on their snow report?!?! Witch, Goniff, Redline, and Magician all roped.
Are they actually closed or just gated?
Gated? Nope....fully roped. Well Witch is which to makes Goniff and Red Line closed.
Witch was in tough shape but skiable IMO on Saturday. They should just groom it to get to Goniff because Goniff was awesome. The first section after Witch on Red Line was getting beat up from people braking so much little lower it had nice bumps.
Looks like they are taking away the top of the mountain - Sorcerer and Broomstick will provide no challenges and not sure what Twilight Zone is like.
Made the inaugural trip sunday morning.. about a 4 am departure from NJ and was in the Magic lot by 8:45. It was cold but a great time. Ton of fresh to be found every run if you looked. Tracing back my steps.. I think we started on magician to heart on the first run and it was a pretty sick intro to the place.
My riding buddy (and cousin) generally prefers ripping groomers but despite the work he had to put in, he loved it and we both couldn't believe how much snow we had to ourselves. Scene seemed pretty aggressive in black line as well with folks getting after it there, but we had to bounce as we decided to set-up near hunter for today to make the ride home a bit quicker.
Will definitely be back chasing some snow... especially now knowing the layout a bit more. Got into the goniff glades and the woods off one of the trails all the way west and both were fantastic. Avoided redline as the top seemed a bit too boney for me but with a bit more snow I'm sure its fun as fck.
Though those trails you mentioned were roped off? Did you poach?
Yesterday? I know we definitely hit witch to goniff and black line on different runs. Looking at my ski tracks and the map maybe it was broomstick to heart of magician for the first run versus magic? I don't recall ducking any ropes.
Very sweet! ...I think it was probably broomstick then if magician was closedOh yesterday - my bad! Goniff was sweet Saturday. Witch was getting bad but manageable on Saturday. Magician was roped.