Date: March 12, 2008
Resort: Sugarbush
Conditions: 3-4 inches of P/Chow, MG and FG underneath. Some ice underneath as well.
Weather: Snow, cold, wind. (Typical Mount Ellen Conditions)
2007-2008 Trip Report #: 44
Report: OK, it has been waaaaayyyy too long since I have been to Mt. Ellen. It was my home for much of College...and this season with some of the craziness at Law School and life has prevented me from getting back...until now.
Got to the mountain early. Got on the first chair. Warm up run down Cruiser was nice...no complaints at all...then it was off to Cliffs, which was slick underneath, but not bad otherwise. It was not too bad because I hit it at least three times during the day:
From here I went up to the top...figuring I would do FIS. But I peered down into the white beyond and saw ice...and that only the "men's tee" was open. So I opted to wait...and I did attempt to push myself over the edge on at least three more occasions....
Hit Rim Run to Elbow...nice. Then hit Rim Run, Looking Good, Northstar, Which Way, etc. So I hit pretty much everything that had seen a groomer since Monday. Exterminator was sketchy...quite slick...but I found that later in the afternoon it got better.
After lunch I noticed that Inverness side was empty, so I hiked over via Northway and hit Brambles, Inverness, Semi-Tough, and Walt's Way. Brambles was icy underneath with about 4 inches of pow on top...Lower Brambles was nice and soft...well worth the hike. Inverness was OK, but not groomed edge-to-edge. Semi-Tough was rough....it had not been groomed and there were icy things that lurked beneath the surface...beware. Walt's Way was really nice...and had lots of chow and pow...I hit it three times.
I even ventured over to the Sunny D area for a quick spin. Things look good over there....
In the afternoon I lapped the North Ridge Express...many thanks for opening it. People were loving it...Elbow was great. I found plenty of drifted snow on Northstar in the afternoon...loved it. I did not venture onto my beloved Lower FIS because it looked a bit too sketchy...soon I hope it will be better.
Now for some pics:
Cruiser:
Brambles:
Lower Brambles:
Walt's Way:
Looking Good:
Northstar/Lower Exterminator:
The gallery.
Resort: Sugarbush
Conditions: 3-4 inches of P/Chow, MG and FG underneath. Some ice underneath as well.
Weather: Snow, cold, wind. (Typical Mount Ellen Conditions)
2007-2008 Trip Report #: 44
Report: OK, it has been waaaaayyyy too long since I have been to Mt. Ellen. It was my home for much of College...and this season with some of the craziness at Law School and life has prevented me from getting back...until now.
Got to the mountain early. Got on the first chair. Warm up run down Cruiser was nice...no complaints at all...then it was off to Cliffs, which was slick underneath, but not bad otherwise. It was not too bad because I hit it at least three times during the day:
From here I went up to the top...figuring I would do FIS. But I peered down into the white beyond and saw ice...and that only the "men's tee" was open. So I opted to wait...and I did attempt to push myself over the edge on at least three more occasions....
Hit Rim Run to Elbow...nice. Then hit Rim Run, Looking Good, Northstar, Which Way, etc. So I hit pretty much everything that had seen a groomer since Monday. Exterminator was sketchy...quite slick...but I found that later in the afternoon it got better.
After lunch I noticed that Inverness side was empty, so I hiked over via Northway and hit Brambles, Inverness, Semi-Tough, and Walt's Way. Brambles was icy underneath with about 4 inches of pow on top...Lower Brambles was nice and soft...well worth the hike. Inverness was OK, but not groomed edge-to-edge. Semi-Tough was rough....it had not been groomed and there were icy things that lurked beneath the surface...beware. Walt's Way was really nice...and had lots of chow and pow...I hit it three times.
I even ventured over to the Sunny D area for a quick spin. Things look good over there....
In the afternoon I lapped the North Ridge Express...many thanks for opening it. People were loving it...Elbow was great. I found plenty of drifted snow on Northstar in the afternoon...loved it. I did not venture onto my beloved Lower FIS because it looked a bit too sketchy...soon I hope it will be better.
Now for some pics:
Cruiser:
Brambles:
Lower Brambles:
Walt's Way:
Looking Good:
Northstar/Lower Exterminator:
The gallery.
