dlague
Active member
Well it was another single trail kind of a day. The fact that Loveland tried to make snow in October reared it's ugly head on Catwalk. At the very end where the turn was kind of sharp there was a significant skating rink, albeit, easily avoided. Reminded me of the turns on upper ravine at Cannon. After that first turn it got much better. The run had good pitch variety and as the snow got pushed around nice soft bumps formed that were perfect for catching air too. My wife felt that the conditions were too New England like and too crowded. I have to say I did developed a beef about the out of control snowboarders and race teams. My son took to ripping the run with the idea that no one will burn us which worked out fine and we had a blast.
As far as the race teams - they were from everywhere, Steamboat, Aspen, Eldora, Winter Park and now the list is crazy, Waterville BBTS, Burke Mountain Academy, Lake Louise (they are not getting the snow that Whistler is). There were many more and they all congregated in groups close to the middle of the trail. For my wife, she had enough with 4 runs and my son and I ripped 5 more. It was fun but I am looking forward to some trail expansion. Loveland sutures down snowmaking for the season just before Thanksgiving and this year it looks like they will go into December for sure. Figures the year we move out here that have a shitty abnormal start to the season.
Finish off this post with a Super Moon Set from this morning over the Pikes Peak Range
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As far as the race teams - they were from everywhere, Steamboat, Aspen, Eldora, Winter Park and now the list is crazy, Waterville BBTS, Burke Mountain Academy, Lake Louise (they are not getting the snow that Whistler is). There were many more and they all congregated in groups close to the middle of the trail. For my wife, she had enough with 4 runs and my son and I ripped 5 more. It was fun but I am looking forward to some trail expansion. Loveland sutures down snowmaking for the season just before Thanksgiving and this year it looks like they will go into December for sure. Figures the year we move out here that have a shitty abnormal start to the season.
Finish off this post with a Super Moon Set from this morning over the Pikes Peak Range
Sent from my SM-G930P using AlpineZone mobile app