Zand
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Today was my maiden voyage as a Peaks passholder and my first time to Mt. Snow in probably 7 or 8 years. Felt like crap this morning so left late and only got a half day in from noon till a little after 3, but that was more than enough as the cold and early season legs were making me feel it after only a few hours.
Temp was in the upper 10s all day with a stiff northwest wind, making it a perfect day to lap the ski-on bubble lift. It's the first time I've ever ridden one and I have to say it definitely allowed me to take a couple more runs than I would've otherwise. North Face lift wasn't too bad but Carinthia was brutally cold both times I went over there. With about 7 or 8 distinct runs open now there was plenty of variety to go around. Groomed trails such as Ridge, Cascade/Canyon, Freefall, and Long John all had nice packed powder and the occasional slick windblown area, but nice carving for the most part. Snowdance and the Carinthia offerings were all open under the guns which skied nice but I just couldn't hit any of them more than once due to goggle freeze. Plummet was ungroomed whales which are kinda funky to ski, not to mention it's a bit boney at the bottom with waterbars and lots of dirt and rocks. Needs another day of snowmaking before it really gets good.
Crowds were pretty dead which was nice, lots of room on the trails and ski on lifts. Snowmaking was ongoing on Exhibition, Lodge, and some of the Carinthia trails. Nice to have some real December weather for a change after the last couple.
Temp was in the upper 10s all day with a stiff northwest wind, making it a perfect day to lap the ski-on bubble lift. It's the first time I've ever ridden one and I have to say it definitely allowed me to take a couple more runs than I would've otherwise. North Face lift wasn't too bad but Carinthia was brutally cold both times I went over there. With about 7 or 8 distinct runs open now there was plenty of variety to go around. Groomed trails such as Ridge, Cascade/Canyon, Freefall, and Long John all had nice packed powder and the occasional slick windblown area, but nice carving for the most part. Snowdance and the Carinthia offerings were all open under the guns which skied nice but I just couldn't hit any of them more than once due to goggle freeze. Plummet was ungroomed whales which are kinda funky to ski, not to mention it's a bit boney at the bottom with waterbars and lots of dirt and rocks. Needs another day of snowmaking before it really gets good.
Crowds were pretty dead which was nice, lots of room on the trails and ski on lifts. Snowmaking was ongoing on Exhibition, Lodge, and some of the Carinthia trails. Nice to have some real December weather for a change after the last couple.