Date(s) Skied: Sunday, April 26, 2009
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush--Lincoln Peak
Conditions: FG/Ice/SC/VC
Weather: Clouds, Drizzle, Fog in the AM, some clouds lifted for a brief time in the PM. Highs in the 50's.
AZer's Present: thetrailboss, Greg, bvibert, gmcunni, 2knees, riverc0il, Pomfret Plunge, ozzy, deadheadskier (hope I did not miss anyone
). Win provided the skiing and lifts, ski_resort_observer provided moral support. Lostone was, well, just lost....
Trip Report: Well, since I am the first one home and because I figured it had been a while, I figured I would start the trip report thread for today. It was interesting.
I got there after 10am and found an empty lodge and lots of depressed people.
The weather was, well, also the reason why folks were bummed. The clouds and fog hung low.
I booted up and was on the lift at 10:30. Did a warm-up run down Snowball and found that a lot of patch work had been done. We lost a lot of snow....but things were still good.
Next run I headed down to Heaven's Gate. Deathspout was quite rough....down to the icy base. I met riverc0il and we talked about Jay. A guy came down and hung out beside us--I didn't recognize him.
"You guys here for the bump skiing thing?"
"Yep, AlpineZone. If anyone is here, it is for this!" Riv replied.
Turned out that the guy was Pomfret Plunge, from another board, and he had flown all the way from DC to ski two days at Jay and ski with us. Kudos for commitment.
Soon Greg and the others showed and we boarded Heaven's Gate to find a real mess up top. KCyanks had told us that it was rough...he had already done three runs on Ripcord, Jester, and OG and reported ice, fog, and bad conditions.
We headed down a treacherous Jester to the base and spent the morning skiing Stein's pretty much non-stop. It softened some, especially at the bottom, but overall it was just OK. I found a bit too much ice in places to make me not want to let 'em rip.
Riv hurt his thumb and had to bow out early. Hope you get better soon!
Before lunch, DHS and I skied down Spring Fling to meet up with the crew. Pretty much still edge to edge folks.
Lunch was burgers and beer. We commented that the service was good and that the food had improved even from a couple years ago. DHS was quick to handle the math for the bill...
Then we headed back out. The crew did a spin on Stein's while I hit Snowball. It was decent.
2knees had to bow out early as did DHS, so the rest of his headed back up to find that the summit had cleared. We beelined to Heaven's Gate and found that we were above the clouds. We brought ozzy along too...
Organgrinder was the first run...best bumps and conditions of the day. Folks were happy. We then did Ripcord and found nice bumps up top. Spillsville was next and it was ubersoft, even if it had sediment from yesterday's river.
At this point folks were getting tired. gmcunni, Pomfret Plunge, and ozzy headed down Jester to the bottom while Greg, Brian, and I did one more run down a foggy Organgrinder.
"Last ride on the Heaven's Gate for the season, have a good one," the lifties exclaimed as we boarded just shy of 4pm.
We skied down Jester to the base...Greg and bvibert hit Stein's and I did Spring Fling.
So that was it for me I thought. I was sore from two days of hard skiing. But watching ozzy, Greg, and bvibert head up for one more run I felt guilty. This could be it for me this season...and I'm just sitting here watching chairs go by. I couldn't have that. So I hit the lift and got in 3 more runs...with the last one being at 5pm. Last chair went to me...I felt that I owed it to the crew to close up shop for them. The snow was still good overall, but there is one spot on Upper Snowball which was "constructed" last night and is pretty much shot now. No damage to my skis though.
I headed into the bar and caught up with bvibert, ozzy, and Greg. We chatted and then quietly left. There was some talk about "one more day," and other talk about biking, but most of us were too tired to say much.
It was a good day. Feel free to elaborate and add pics, vids, etc.
:beer:
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush--Lincoln Peak
Conditions: FG/Ice/SC/VC
Weather: Clouds, Drizzle, Fog in the AM, some clouds lifted for a brief time in the PM. Highs in the 50's.
AZer's Present: thetrailboss, Greg, bvibert, gmcunni, 2knees, riverc0il, Pomfret Plunge, ozzy, deadheadskier (hope I did not miss anyone
). Win provided the skiing and lifts, ski_resort_observer provided moral support. Lostone was, well, just lost....Trip Report: Well, since I am the first one home and because I figured it had been a while, I figured I would start the trip report thread for today. It was interesting.
I got there after 10am and found an empty lodge and lots of depressed people.
The weather was, well, also the reason why folks were bummed. The clouds and fog hung low.
I booted up and was on the lift at 10:30. Did a warm-up run down Snowball and found that a lot of patch work had been done. We lost a lot of snow....but things were still good.
Next run I headed down to Heaven's Gate. Deathspout was quite rough....down to the icy base. I met riverc0il and we talked about Jay. A guy came down and hung out beside us--I didn't recognize him.
"You guys here for the bump skiing thing?"
"Yep, AlpineZone. If anyone is here, it is for this!" Riv replied.
Turned out that the guy was Pomfret Plunge, from another board, and he had flown all the way from DC to ski two days at Jay and ski with us.
Kudos for commitment. Soon Greg and the others showed and we boarded Heaven's Gate to find a real mess up top. KCyanks had told us that it was rough...he had already done three runs on Ripcord, Jester, and OG and reported ice, fog, and bad conditions.
We headed down a treacherous Jester to the base and spent the morning skiing Stein's pretty much non-stop. It softened some, especially at the bottom, but overall it was just OK. I found a bit too much ice in places to make me not want to let 'em rip.
Riv hurt his thumb and had to bow out early. Hope you get better soon!
Before lunch, DHS and I skied down Spring Fling to meet up with the crew. Pretty much still edge to edge folks.
Lunch was burgers and beer. We commented that the service was good and that the food had improved even from a couple years ago. DHS was quick to handle the math for the bill...
Then we headed back out. The crew did a spin on Stein's while I hit Snowball. It was decent.
2knees had to bow out early as did DHS, so the rest of his headed back up to find that the summit had cleared. We beelined to Heaven's Gate and found that we were above the clouds. We brought ozzy along too...
Organgrinder was the first run...best bumps and conditions of the day. Folks were happy. We then did Ripcord and found nice bumps up top. Spillsville was next and it was ubersoft, even if it had sediment from yesterday's river.
At this point folks were getting tired. gmcunni, Pomfret Plunge, and ozzy headed down Jester to the bottom while Greg, Brian, and I did one more run down a foggy Organgrinder.
"Last ride on the Heaven's Gate for the season, have a good one," the lifties exclaimed as we boarded just shy of 4pm.
We skied down Jester to the base...Greg and bvibert hit Stein's and I did Spring Fling.
So that was it for me I thought. I was sore from two days of hard skiing. But watching ozzy, Greg, and bvibert head up for one more run I felt guilty. This could be it for me this season...and I'm just sitting here watching chairs go by. I couldn't have that. So I hit the lift and got in 3 more runs...with the last one being at 5pm. Last chair went to me...I felt that I owed it to the crew to close up shop for them. The snow was still good overall, but there is one spot on Upper Snowball which was "constructed" last night and is pretty much shot now. No damage to my skis though.
I headed into the bar and caught up with bvibert, ozzy, and Greg. We chatted and then quietly left. There was some talk about "one more day," and other talk about biking, but most of us were too tired to say much.
It was a good day. Feel free to elaborate and add pics, vids, etc.
:beer:
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