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Date(s) Skied: Friday, 1/18/2008 , 9:05 am - 4:20 pm
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush Resort, Vermont
Conditions: 5"+ new snow, cloudy/snowy early, sunny late. Windy. Temps in the high 20's.
Trip Report: Picked up bvibert around 7:30 pm Thursday night, and madskier6 an hour later. Arrived at the Golden Lion around 11:30 pm. BS'd a bit over some PBRs and crashed at 1 am. Awake at 7 am. ALLSKIING arrived from Killington around 8 am.
Melinda fixed us a nice scrambled egg breakfast and after a brief chat with KingM, we headed up to the mountain. Met Win Smith a bit after 9 am and we boarded Gatehouse and continued on to the North Lynx chair. Birches had some fresh snowmaking which Win seemed pleased with. We heard from a patroller the North Lynx just went on wind hold so we narrowly squeaked in our run over there. We then cut in on Lower Birdland and Win, bvibert, madskier6, ALLSKKING and I laid first tracks over the crusty base. This trail had not been skied since the new snow Monday and the additional 5"+ from today. We were then on to Sleeper which was fantastic. A ton of new snowmaking there which blended beautifully with the new snow.
Took a ride up Bravo with Win and we heard Castlerock went on windhold, but Heaven's Gate was spinning. We bid farewell to Win and headed to Heaven's Gate. Did Jester and then Spillsville. We then planned to check out Twist/Moonshine, but on our ride up Bravo we notice Castlerock was spinning. Beelined over there and hit Castlerock Run and after a water break in the warming hut, Middle Earth X 2. By this point it was 12:30 so we took an hour lunch. After lunch, we did Twist and Moonshine, then Paradise, another run on Middle Earth and ended out the day on the Mall!
All the natural trails were skiing surprisingly well. Close to a foot of new snow this week over the crusty base. Challenging skiing, but extremely enjoyable. Picks of the day were Middle Earth and Moonshine. The middle section of the Mall was sweet with some nice soft bump lines setting up. A great way to finish an awesome open to close day. Brian's first visit to Lincoln Peak and I think we did a great job showing him the key trails. We toasted the day with a few beers in the Castlerock Pub.
Hopped in the car, and pulled in the driveway at 10:45 pm. A loooooong 27 or so hours, but well worth it. Great to get back up to the MRV, if only for a brief time. Thanks for the great company, guys!
I'll have a vid at some point, hopefully this weekend, but it certainly won't be tonight!
Edit: Here's the high res. It's big at 120+ MB :-o but I think it's worth the wait:
Sugarbush: 1/18
For those that don't wait to wait for the download, here's the YouTubage:
Enjoy!
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush Resort, Vermont
Conditions: 5"+ new snow, cloudy/snowy early, sunny late. Windy. Temps in the high 20's.
Trip Report: Picked up bvibert around 7:30 pm Thursday night, and madskier6 an hour later. Arrived at the Golden Lion around 11:30 pm. BS'd a bit over some PBRs and crashed at 1 am. Awake at 7 am. ALLSKIING arrived from Killington around 8 am.
Melinda fixed us a nice scrambled egg breakfast and after a brief chat with KingM, we headed up to the mountain. Met Win Smith a bit after 9 am and we boarded Gatehouse and continued on to the North Lynx chair. Birches had some fresh snowmaking which Win seemed pleased with. We heard from a patroller the North Lynx just went on wind hold so we narrowly squeaked in our run over there. We then cut in on Lower Birdland and Win, bvibert, madskier6, ALLSKKING and I laid first tracks over the crusty base. This trail had not been skied since the new snow Monday and the additional 5"+ from today. We were then on to Sleeper which was fantastic. A ton of new snowmaking there which blended beautifully with the new snow.
Took a ride up Bravo with Win and we heard Castlerock went on windhold, but Heaven's Gate was spinning. We bid farewell to Win and headed to Heaven's Gate. Did Jester and then Spillsville. We then planned to check out Twist/Moonshine, but on our ride up Bravo we notice Castlerock was spinning. Beelined over there and hit Castlerock Run and after a water break in the warming hut, Middle Earth X 2. By this point it was 12:30 so we took an hour lunch. After lunch, we did Twist and Moonshine, then Paradise, another run on Middle Earth and ended out the day on the Mall!
All the natural trails were skiing surprisingly well. Close to a foot of new snow this week over the crusty base. Challenging skiing, but extremely enjoyable. Picks of the day were Middle Earth and Moonshine. The middle section of the Mall was sweet with some nice soft bump lines setting up. A great way to finish an awesome open to close day. Brian's first visit to Lincoln Peak and I think we did a great job showing him the key trails. We toasted the day with a few beers in the Castlerock Pub.
Hopped in the car, and pulled in the driveway at 10:45 pm. A loooooong 27 or so hours, but well worth it. Great to get back up to the MRV, if only for a brief time. Thanks for the great company, guys!
I'll have a vid at some point, hopefully this weekend, but it certainly won't be tonight!
Edit: Here's the high res. It's big at 120+ MB :-o but I think it's worth the wait:
Sugarbush: 1/18
For those that don't wait to wait for the download, here's the YouTubage:
Enjoy!
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