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Got to the mountain about 1:15 and saw Grassi21 and 2knees in the lodge. We loaded about 1:30. Temp was 61 degrees based on the base thermometer. Leading up to the Nor'easter bumps was mush. I jumped into the bumps full on and was surprised they weren't as mish mash as I suspected. Got totally out of control and almost wrecked.
Temptor was similar. Crazy warm temps didn't quite get them primed fully. Still rippable, but not full out. Exhibition was mashed bumps. You could almost go straight. 2knees did one time. :lol: We lapped the bumps and Temptor improved throughout the afternoon. Eventually met up with bvibert and o3jeff.
One funny story was the Grassi brake disaster. Chris wrecked on his way to the Temptor bumps. Apaprently his brake exploded. Not sure how it happened, but eventually his ski started coming down Temptor into the bumps. I tried to dive onto it since there were kids on the bumps at the time, but missed it and ended up ski-less on one foot myself. Chris was eventually able to retrieve his ski which careened off into the woods. Kind of a weird course of events.
On my last run with Brian and Jeff my legs were cooked. I went in to get undressed and saw 180 looking ready to rip. He talked me into a run with him. Not wanting to look like a total poser in front of our Hunter friend, I tried my best to ski hard and fast and actually did okay despite the jello legs. Hooked up with Brian and Jeff again getting ready to hit Temptor. Alan talked me into one more run. I was actually glad I skied a few more as they were a lot better than what I thought was going to be my last. I finished up a bit before 6 pm.
Great afternoon and I'm cooked. Not totally epic bumps on Temptor, but still excellent. Gunbarrel gets a lot more sun so that should loosen up on most sunny days. Only ~11 more days until it gets seeded!
Here's a vid, but looks like there is a long processing wait:
Temptor was similar. Crazy warm temps didn't quite get them primed fully. Still rippable, but not full out. Exhibition was mashed bumps. You could almost go straight. 2knees did one time. :lol: We lapped the bumps and Temptor improved throughout the afternoon. Eventually met up with bvibert and o3jeff.
One funny story was the Grassi brake disaster. Chris wrecked on his way to the Temptor bumps. Apaprently his brake exploded. Not sure how it happened, but eventually his ski started coming down Temptor into the bumps. I tried to dive onto it since there were kids on the bumps at the time, but missed it and ended up ski-less on one foot myself. Chris was eventually able to retrieve his ski which careened off into the woods. Kind of a weird course of events.
On my last run with Brian and Jeff my legs were cooked. I went in to get undressed and saw 180 looking ready to rip. He talked me into a run with him. Not wanting to look like a total poser in front of our Hunter friend, I tried my best to ski hard and fast and actually did okay despite the jello legs. Hooked up with Brian and Jeff again getting ready to hit Temptor. Alan talked me into one more run. I was actually glad I skied a few more as they were a lot better than what I thought was going to be my last. I finished up a bit before 6 pm.
Great afternoon and I'm cooked. Not totally epic bumps on Temptor, but still excellent. Gunbarrel gets a lot more sun so that should loosen up on most sunny days. Only ~11 more days until it gets seeded!
Here's a vid, but looks like there is a long processing wait: