Date(s) Skied: February 17, 2007
Resort or Ski Area: Burke Mountain
Conditions: P/PP
Weather: Snow showers in AM, partly cloudy in PM. Cold.
2006-2007 Report # : 32
AZer's In Attendance: Trailboss, Ms. TB, Andy Zee, Vi, Jeff, Jeff's wife, RIDEr, Ms. RIDEr, Snowmonster, Roomate of Snowmonster, from_the_NEK, koreshot, Chris "The Weatherdude," Eric, the original trailboss (a cameo appearance)
Trip Report: Well, by popular demand, we finally had an AZ Burkeapolooza. The interest for Burke, combined with the school vacation, and the fresh snow meant that my inbox was full all week with requests to join. It was amazing.
I got to the mountain at 9:05 and was greeted by Mountain VP Dick Andross who was taking some time to park cars in the lot.
"What are you doing? You're LATE! Did your alarm clock not go off?" He joked.
"Something like that..."
"Well, I am telling [the original trailboss] about this!" :lol:
So in short, TB is, um, not as anonymous as he thought....
I met Andy Zee and his crew in the lot.
"Nice to see you, this place reminds me of Plattekill. That's a good thing," Andy said.
We got our tix (thanks to some help from a reader of our boards and Burke reports :wink: ) and met in the lodge. Koreshot, RIDEr, and Ms. RIDEr came in and we all got ready.
Once outside, we took two warm-ups on Binney Lane and Dashney Mile.
At 10am, our group took up most of the loading area. Snowmonster, his roomate, Chris "The Weatherdude," and his friend Eric met up with us.
And we were off to the top. First run was down Dipper to an awesome Powderhorn. Everyone was ripping nice turns. We jumped into some pow on Dipper Doodle, where some folks found themselves in a bit too deep...Jeff and Andy Zee got buried at one point!
From there, we went back up to the top. Ms. TB and Ms. RIDEr went one way, from_the_NEK took koreshot and some other folks tree skiing, and I took the remainder of the folks down Bear Den Ledges and its pow and bumps:
It was great. Deep drifted snow and lots of fun.
From here, we rode back up and did East Bowl, much to RIDEr's chagrin, but heck, he did a great job getting enough speed to get through the run outs! The trail was in great shape. I pointed out the glades and we headed back up.
Next run was down Carriage Road to a bumped up Doug's Drop. We picked our way down and then rendezvoused with from_the_NEK and the tree rats. We all headed down Mountain Marsh to Marshland. Koreshot got through on his wide boards and I picked my way through. Snowmonster sampled his first glade and Andy and Vi made it through OK. From here, some of us went to lunch while I took a group to the top for one more run down Willoughby.
After lunch, we headed back up to the top. First run was down Wilderness, which was bumps galore:
RIDEr:
Then it was down Powderhorn to the Dippers and Poma. Kudos to Snowmonster's roomie for making it down her first bump run!
We did a spin on the Poma and Warren's Way...RIDEr made it 2/3 the up the Poma on his board...that takes skill!
From there, we planned on one more East Bowl run, but ski patrol beat us to the trail and closed it. So we did a spin down Fox's Folly, one of Burke's most infamous trails. Ms. RIDEr got some jeers and responded in kind :wink:
And we did one closer on the Dippers all the way down. Ms. TB did Toll Road.
We took some nice shots and then headed down for Apres Ski:
Apres Ski in the Tamarack Bar was fun. Mr. Andross made a brief appearance and saw the crew. Everyone had a great time at the bar hanging out. The evening ended with lots of handshakes, promises to ski Burke again, and even some hugs. If you didn't come, you really missed out. This was THE day to ski Burke and THE GROUP to do it with :wink:
Feel free to chime in with YOUR report and pics.
Trailboss' Burkeapolooza Album
Resort or Ski Area: Burke Mountain
Conditions: P/PP
Weather: Snow showers in AM, partly cloudy in PM. Cold.
2006-2007 Report # : 32
AZer's In Attendance: Trailboss, Ms. TB, Andy Zee, Vi, Jeff, Jeff's wife, RIDEr, Ms. RIDEr, Snowmonster, Roomate of Snowmonster, from_the_NEK, koreshot, Chris "The Weatherdude," Eric, the original trailboss (a cameo appearance)
Trip Report: Well, by popular demand, we finally had an AZ Burkeapolooza. The interest for Burke, combined with the school vacation, and the fresh snow meant that my inbox was full all week with requests to join. It was amazing.
I got to the mountain at 9:05 and was greeted by Mountain VP Dick Andross who was taking some time to park cars in the lot.
"What are you doing? You're LATE! Did your alarm clock not go off?" He joked.
"Something like that..."
"Well, I am telling [the original trailboss] about this!" :lol:
So in short, TB is, um, not as anonymous as he thought....
I met Andy Zee and his crew in the lot.
"Nice to see you, this place reminds me of Plattekill. That's a good thing," Andy said.
We got our tix (thanks to some help from a reader of our boards and Burke reports :wink: ) and met in the lodge. Koreshot, RIDEr, and Ms. RIDEr came in and we all got ready.
Once outside, we took two warm-ups on Binney Lane and Dashney Mile.
At 10am, our group took up most of the loading area. Snowmonster, his roomate, Chris "The Weatherdude," and his friend Eric met up with us.
And we were off to the top. First run was down Dipper to an awesome Powderhorn. Everyone was ripping nice turns. We jumped into some pow on Dipper Doodle, where some folks found themselves in a bit too deep...Jeff and Andy Zee got buried at one point!
From there, we went back up to the top. Ms. TB and Ms. RIDEr went one way, from_the_NEK took koreshot and some other folks tree skiing, and I took the remainder of the folks down Bear Den Ledges and its pow and bumps:
It was great. Deep drifted snow and lots of fun.
From here, we rode back up and did East Bowl, much to RIDEr's chagrin, but heck, he did a great job getting enough speed to get through the run outs! The trail was in great shape. I pointed out the glades and we headed back up.
Next run was down Carriage Road to a bumped up Doug's Drop. We picked our way down and then rendezvoused with from_the_NEK and the tree rats. We all headed down Mountain Marsh to Marshland. Koreshot got through on his wide boards and I picked my way through. Snowmonster sampled his first glade and Andy and Vi made it through OK. From here, some of us went to lunch while I took a group to the top for one more run down Willoughby.
After lunch, we headed back up to the top. First run was down Wilderness, which was bumps galore:
RIDEr:
Then it was down Powderhorn to the Dippers and Poma. Kudos to Snowmonster's roomie for making it down her first bump run!
We did a spin on the Poma and Warren's Way...RIDEr made it 2/3 the up the Poma on his board...that takes skill!
From there, we planned on one more East Bowl run, but ski patrol beat us to the trail and closed it. So we did a spin down Fox's Folly, one of Burke's most infamous trails. Ms. RIDEr got some jeers and responded in kind :wink:
And we did one closer on the Dippers all the way down. Ms. TB did Toll Road.
We took some nice shots and then headed down for Apres Ski:
Apres Ski in the Tamarack Bar was fun. Mr. Andross made a brief appearance and saw the crew. Everyone had a great time at the bar hanging out. The evening ended with lots of handshakes, promises to ski Burke again, and even some hugs. If you didn't come, you really missed out. This was THE day to ski Burke and THE GROUP to do it with :wink:
Feel free to chime in with YOUR report and pics.
Trailboss' Burkeapolooza Album
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