MR. evil
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I arrived at the hill a little before 10:00 and was on top of the hill very quickly. I headed straight for the NorEaster / Temptor bumps. There were not many people on the hill yet and the NorEaster bumps were skiing very well. The bumps down to the Temptor flat were a bit funky but that’s the norm. Temptor was skiing really sweet early on. All 3 major lines, left, middle & right were skiing well and covered in fresh snow. From there I headed over the Ex bumps which grew in size with the new snow. I did this for the next hour plus and the skiing was very good. I was really working on staying forward, keeping good shin pressure, driving the tips of my skis into the bumps & working on my pole plants. I think I made some head way on the shin pressure front, my shins were killing me all day as a result. After a couple hours of solo skiing I hooked up with my buddy Nelson and one run latter we ran into Powhunter. The 3 of us skied together for the next couple of hours and had a good time considering the deteriorating condition of the bumps and other factors.
Warning! If you don’t want to read the ramblings of a grouchy old man read no further:
Around 11:30 the race going on let out for lunch and course maintenance or something. The hill was then flooded with all the ski racers (kids) and the crowds and lift lines started to get pretty bad. Groups of 10 year old racers sometimes 15 and 20 at a time made there way down the NorEaster / Temptor bumps snow plowing and scraping off every bit of snow in sight. With in 2 runs I noticed a huge difference with how the bumps were skiing. With in an hour all the lines went to total crap! Temptor was so crowded with little ski racer brats that at times you had to wait 5 to 10 minutes at the head wall for the trail to clear out. The stand out moment for me was when a group of 5 or 6 racer kids were sliding down the bumps on there stomachs top to bottom taking up the entire width of the trail. To make things worse these kids were totally unsupervised and had no idea about ski etiquette. I usually give little kids some slack, but these kid’s race / ski every weekend and should know how to behave on the trail. This all made for a very frustrating couple of hours.
Warning! If you don’t want to read the ramblings of a grouchy old man read no further:
Around 11:30 the race going on let out for lunch and course maintenance or something. The hill was then flooded with all the ski racers (kids) and the crowds and lift lines started to get pretty bad. Groups of 10 year old racers sometimes 15 and 20 at a time made there way down the NorEaster / Temptor bumps snow plowing and scraping off every bit of snow in sight. With in 2 runs I noticed a huge difference with how the bumps were skiing. With in an hour all the lines went to total crap! Temptor was so crowded with little ski racer brats that at times you had to wait 5 to 10 minutes at the head wall for the trail to clear out. The stand out moment for me was when a group of 5 or 6 racer kids were sliding down the bumps on there stomachs top to bottom taking up the entire width of the trail. To make things worse these kids were totally unsupervised and had no idea about ski etiquette. I usually give little kids some slack, but these kid’s race / ski every weekend and should know how to behave on the trail. This all made for a very frustrating couple of hours.