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Date(s) Skied: Friday, 4/1/2005, 1:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Resort or Ski Area: Ski Butternut, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Conditions: Spring mush. Sunny and warm. No wind.
Trip Report: Got to the mountain shortly after 1 PM and booted up in the car in my front row parking space. Boarded the Top Flight quad around 1:30. Much of the drive up was gloomy with a low cloud cover, but the skies basically cleared as soon as I got there. I made a bee line down Whip/Twist/West Way to the Overbrook Triple hoping there would be some bumps left on Downspout. Not unexpectedly, it was flat as a pancake. Took a few runs off the triple and then headed back to the quad.
Next run was Lucifer's/Hob Nob and then Applejack which was run of the day. I found a great line on skier's right in and around some trees. I did this run 5 or 6 times and each run, my line became more defined. It added a little bit of a challenge to the day. On Lower Applejack, I popped back and forth over the side lip the skier's left. I threw in a few more runs on Lucifer's/Hob Nob as well.
I made a total of twelve 1,000' vertical runs. Not bad for less than three hours. There was only a handful of people today and I waited for a total of one chair all day. The rest were ski-on. The mountain is in good shape with full side to side coverage on all trails. There's still even 4-6" in protected areas in the woods. They're hoping to stay open until April 10, but it'll be interesting to see what this weekend's deluge does to them. Great day!
Click HERE for more pics.
Resort or Ski Area: Ski Butternut, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Conditions: Spring mush. Sunny and warm. No wind.
Trip Report: Got to the mountain shortly after 1 PM and booted up in the car in my front row parking space. Boarded the Top Flight quad around 1:30. Much of the drive up was gloomy with a low cloud cover, but the skies basically cleared as soon as I got there. I made a bee line down Whip/Twist/West Way to the Overbrook Triple hoping there would be some bumps left on Downspout. Not unexpectedly, it was flat as a pancake. Took a few runs off the triple and then headed back to the quad.
Next run was Lucifer's/Hob Nob and then Applejack which was run of the day. I found a great line on skier's right in and around some trees. I did this run 5 or 6 times and each run, my line became more defined. It added a little bit of a challenge to the day. On Lower Applejack, I popped back and forth over the side lip the skier's left. I threw in a few more runs on Lucifer's/Hob Nob as well.
I made a total of twelve 1,000' vertical runs. Not bad for less than three hours. There was only a handful of people today and I waited for a total of one chair all day. The rest were ski-on. The mountain is in good shape with full side to side coverage on all trails. There's still even 4-6" in protected areas in the woods. They're hoping to stay open until April 10, but it'll be interesting to see what this weekend's deluge does to them. Great day!
Click HERE for more pics.
