Berkshire East 2-20-2016

[bdfreetuna]

Got there early, temps were expected in the low 50s and sunny and that's what we got. Maybe an inch of snow overnight gave things a nice coat, all trails were groomed and nice. Turned into loose corny granular pretty quick and made for a real fun day. Berkshire East has done a great job keeping trails covered edge to edge on everything that has snowmaking.

Only woods that were "skiable" were Blizzard Island, it was very thin in there but they do a good job clearing it out so not many obstacles. There were another half dozen people skiing it same time I did.

There was a very large college race meet today apparently with racers from many states. Never seen a slalom course the entire length of Competition before, even when I used to race there. Looked pretty high level.

Great day for fast skiing on runs like UMass > Lower Minnie Dole , Flying Cloud and Big Chief.

 

[reefer]

Thanks for the report. Nice pics. Pretty sure I'm heading over there for a few turns tomorrow. Hope for half as nice a day tomorrow as today was.

 

[bdfreetuna]

Not forecasted to drop below freezing on the mountain overnight so you should be enjoying my leftovers

 

[ss20]

I like the scenery in that last pic.

 

[ScottySkis]

I like the hill I only been their once definitely reminds me of Platty not as steep as blockbuster but good diamond runs nice vibe no flat run out I be. Back.

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[bdfreetuna]

I like the hill I only been their once definitely reminds me of Platty not as steep as blockbuster but good diamond runs nice vibe no flat run out I be. Back.

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Haven't skied Platty but I've biked there a couple times. I think upper UMass, Grizzly and of course "The Beast" are as steep as anything at Plattekill, no?

 

[ScottySkis]

I don't know only ski Bershirke e once but it didn't look steeper

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[Superbman]

Plattekill and B'East are similar…except the world class ,modern snowmaking that covers most of B'East. Biking wise, they couldn't be more different: B'East is very new school with a touch of unique NewEngland DH single track and Plattekill is, well, White Knuckle Old school…which isn't a bad thing and it will always have it's hard core adherents.