snowmonster
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Date(s) Skied: April 29, 2006
Resort or Ski Area: Killington
Conditions: Spring conditions, loose granular
Trip Report: Temperature was in the 60's for much of the day and it was a great day to be out in the sun and working on a tan.
Again, only the Superstar Express Quad was open and the main trails open were Superstar and Skye Lark. Unlike last week, the black diamond portion of Bittersweet was also open so, coming down Skye Lark, you had two choices of runs: Skye Lark/High Road/Bittersweet (blue portion only) or Skye Lark/Bittersweet (both the black and blue portions). So, in effect three trails were lift serviced. There was still some good snow up on Killington Peak and I saw some people hiking up there and skiing down Cascade and Double Dipper.
Skye Lark/High Road/Bittersweet looked almost the same as last week. Except for more bumps on the 4-Way portion on the entrance of Skye Lark, it had the same terrain as last week -- bumps, bald spots and all. Guess the rains last Saturday didn't wash down everything. I was content to just ski down Skye Lark then I got to the junction with Bittersweet and noticed that it was open. Went in that direction on my second Skye Hawk run and it was pretty bumped up and slushy. In general, not too many people were going down the Skye Lark runs and so at certain times, the trail was quiet and you could hear yourself think.
Not so on Superstar. Seems like everyone wanted to be on this trail. The Superstar headwall was a nightmare. For starters, all that was left to enter the trail was the ribbon on skier's left. Everybody was crowding in this area. The snow that was left was all scraped off and the rocks underneath were exposed. It was a dilemma -- on skier's left of that ribbon, it was steep and bumped. On skier's right, it was flattish but rocky. On my last run, I chose the right side and pivoted on a rock. It tore a hole in my base. I actually felt the base rip!
Anyway, once you got past the headwall difficulties, Superstar was all right. Slushy, bumpy except this time it was even flatter than last week. There was no flat section in the middle in between the bumps like last week but it seemed like the bumps were lower. The bumps were mostly on skier's left of the trail (except after the headwall on skier's right, there's a pretty good bump field there which looked pretty untouched today) It was actually fun skiing Superstar today -- just the right blend of bumps and flats. On the last leg of Superstar (just before you get to the base), there's a good looking bump field on the left. I wanted to test myself on it Good way to end the season!
Until next winter, think snow!
Resort or Ski Area: Killington
Conditions: Spring conditions, loose granular
Trip Report: Temperature was in the 60's for much of the day and it was a great day to be out in the sun and working on a tan.
Again, only the Superstar Express Quad was open and the main trails open were Superstar and Skye Lark. Unlike last week, the black diamond portion of Bittersweet was also open so, coming down Skye Lark, you had two choices of runs: Skye Lark/High Road/Bittersweet (blue portion only) or Skye Lark/Bittersweet (both the black and blue portions). So, in effect three trails were lift serviced. There was still some good snow up on Killington Peak and I saw some people hiking up there and skiing down Cascade and Double Dipper.
Skye Lark/High Road/Bittersweet looked almost the same as last week. Except for more bumps on the 4-Way portion on the entrance of Skye Lark, it had the same terrain as last week -- bumps, bald spots and all. Guess the rains last Saturday didn't wash down everything. I was content to just ski down Skye Lark then I got to the junction with Bittersweet and noticed that it was open. Went in that direction on my second Skye Hawk run and it was pretty bumped up and slushy. In general, not too many people were going down the Skye Lark runs and so at certain times, the trail was quiet and you could hear yourself think.
Not so on Superstar. Seems like everyone wanted to be on this trail. The Superstar headwall was a nightmare. For starters, all that was left to enter the trail was the ribbon on skier's left. Everybody was crowding in this area. The snow that was left was all scraped off and the rocks underneath were exposed. It was a dilemma -- on skier's left of that ribbon, it was steep and bumped. On skier's right, it was flattish but rocky. On my last run, I chose the right side and pivoted on a rock. It tore a hole in my base. I actually felt the base rip!
Anyway, once you got past the headwall difficulties, Superstar was all right. Slushy, bumpy except this time it was even flatter than last week. There was no flat section in the middle in between the bumps like last week but it seemed like the bumps were lower. The bumps were mostly on skier's left of the trail (except after the headwall on skier's right, there's a pretty good bump field there which looked pretty untouched today) It was actually fun skiing Superstar today -- just the right blend of bumps and flats. On the last leg of Superstar (just before you get to the base), there's a good looking bump field on the left. I wanted to test myself on it Good way to end the season!
Until next winter, think snow!
