Okemo 4/1

[2knees]

Nice freebie today. 3 cans of Chef Boy-R-Dee for a lift ticket. cant beat that. Basically skied their open bump runs. Hit, in order, Ledges, Sels, blackout, the plunge and then Big Bang. Never did Eclipse cause Big Bang was really nice.

Ledges had the best lines, totally seeded and cut in nice but was the shortest of the 5. blackout was also good, lines were a bit more spaced, less pitch then ledges but still not long enough. Sels wasnt very good, imho. lines were really hacked up and more problematic was the firmness. Plunge obviously hadnt been skied much recently and was filled with dirty bumps. the biggest problem was the nasty slog from the bottom of plunge down to the base of jackson gore. no way i was doing that again. Big Bang was half natty bumps and lower half seemed like seeded. Some steeper sections with big ass bumps and troughs re-introduced me to that kind of bumping. Had a blast hoppin on those. I think Greg caught me on vid the one time i bailed. such is the game....

Met Mr. Moose and Ozzy from kzone and always a pleasure to ski with Greg and Madskier. Ozzy is a hell of a bump skier and Mr Moose is a real smooth skier also.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

nice report..Jolly Green Giant is one of my favorites..lots of whoop do doos..

[Greg]

Really fun day. I'm glad I got out as I was a bit on the fence about this one. Turned out great. Met up with 2knees and madskier6 a bit before noon. Hit Ledges, Sel's and Blackout. Sel's was whack, Blackout okay. Ledges had perfect seeded lines. No thought. Left. right. Left Right. Fun but too short. Soon met up with ozzy and mister moose and eventually made out way to Jackson Gore. Cool area. Never skied over there. Hit Big Bang and that was it for much of the afternoon. Great trail. Nice pitch here and there, but also flat areas to dial it back a bit. Bumps pretty much the whole way. We hit that 4 or 5 times in a row. Nice and soft and fun as hell. Then headed back to the main mountain and finished up with two runs on Ledges, one with ozzy, one solo.

All in all a great day. Soft snow, but not mush. Cool, actually sleeted a bit. Great to meet a few new dudes too, ozzy and mister moose. Cool guys. Drive up and back was cake. Okemo gets hammered, but I like it once a year. I think I'll make it a spring thing. Pretty damn good bumps there. No crazy steep pitches, but still good fun. Price today was right (can of chicken broth, manwich and spaghettios)....

Vid's uploading now.

[ozzy]

Was definitely a lot of fun. Nice meeting you guys. There was definitely some lines within the lines on Big Bang that required some extra turns, but kept you out of those deep trough's Ledges was nice as I was diging that line that left right line that was nice and shallow one line over from the top air. I should of skied that last run with you Greg as my appointment at 4:30 never happened.
Psyced to ski there again as I have two vouches for there for the remainder of the season

[Greg]

I should of skied that last run with you Greg as my appointment at 4:30 never happened.

Wish you did as I was the uber flailing toolbox on my last run. I always ski shitty solo for some reason. Here's the vid, yo:

[gmcunni]

why is there a SLOW sign in the middle of a mogul field?

[Tyrolean_skier]

why is there a SLOW sign in the middle of a mogul field?

Because it's Okemo?

[Greg]

why is there a SLOW sign in the middle of a mogul field?

Because it's Okemo?

I thought that was kinda funny too in the first scene. Okemo definitely has no shortage of signage to let everyone know the gnar-level they're in for.

In all seriousness, I was filiming from the bottom of the run where a novice traverse crosses so that big honkin' sign kinda makes sense. Anyway, as I understand it, the Okebumps today were way better than the moguls found at the mighty K.

[2knees]

why is there a SLOW sign in the middle of a mogul field?

its right before a trail merge.

[2knees]

Wish you did as I was the uber flailing toolbox on my last run. I always ski shitty solo for some reason. Here's the vid, yo:

noice wipeout! i said my legs werent responding on that and it REALLY shows there. i can really see myself trying to force them over but they just werent listening to me.