Angus
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When/Where: Saturday, 2/09/08, Crotched Night Skiing, 5 – 9PM
Conditions: 4-6” new over hardpack. Snowed all night.
Took my daughter night skiing for the first time. The crowds were relatively sparse when we arrived at 4:45; and when we left at 9:15, it looked like the snow was going to keep the crowds away from midnight madness. Skied the entire mountain including my daughter’s first time down Pluto’s Plunge. I skied UFO, a new trail this season, for the first time as well. Occasionally found some of the icy hardpack under the fresh snow; but in general, it was skiing on light powder. My 6 year-old daughter wanted to spend the majority of her evening in the terrain park skiing up and over the jumps – a real hoot to watch! Discovered that her hands were getting cold because she was wearing a thin glove under her mittens which was making her hands sweat and then as the sweat cooled get cold. Took the thin glove off and hola no more cold hands! She also announced she like night skiing better than day skiing!
A fun evening and it was great to ski in falling snow, a rarity for me. Maybe the last time to Crotched for the season, I used the last of my $$ on last season’s snow card & expect we’ll transition to bigger mountains for the rest of the season. BTW: kudos to the staff, I lost my snow card but still had the card #, they didn’t blink in finding the remaining balance, applying to last night's purchase, etc.
The mountain has a deep base of snow. I noticed that they have moved a lot of their mobile fan guns off the mountain. May be done for the season.
Conditions: 4-6” new over hardpack. Snowed all night.
Took my daughter night skiing for the first time. The crowds were relatively sparse when we arrived at 4:45; and when we left at 9:15, it looked like the snow was going to keep the crowds away from midnight madness. Skied the entire mountain including my daughter’s first time down Pluto’s Plunge. I skied UFO, a new trail this season, for the first time as well. Occasionally found some of the icy hardpack under the fresh snow; but in general, it was skiing on light powder. My 6 year-old daughter wanted to spend the majority of her evening in the terrain park skiing up and over the jumps – a real hoot to watch! Discovered that her hands were getting cold because she was wearing a thin glove under her mittens which was making her hands sweat and then as the sweat cooled get cold. Took the thin glove off and hola no more cold hands! She also announced she like night skiing better than day skiing!
A fun evening and it was great to ski in falling snow, a rarity for me. Maybe the last time to Crotched for the season, I used the last of my $$ on last season’s snow card & expect we’ll transition to bigger mountains for the rest of the season. BTW: kudos to the staff, I lost my snow card but still had the card #, they didn’t blink in finding the remaining balance, applying to last night's purchase, etc.
The mountain has a deep base of snow. I noticed that they have moved a lot of their mobile fan guns off the mountain. May be done for the season.
