Zand
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5. Mount Snow 4/11/09
My first run was down a frozen Plummet which made me rethink going up as I knew the temps were low, but the runs softened up quickly as the sun popped out for just long enough, making the North Face great for the rest of the day. Chute had awesome bumps and a sneak run into the Trials were worth the walk out at the end.
4. Killington 11/28/08
A decent November opened a few natural runs at Killington in time for Thanksgiving. An hour long snow squall that morning refreshed the cover, making for sick runs down Royal Flush and Northstar. Having these runs open on Thanksgiving and skiing well was a nice treat. An excellent early season day.
3. Wachusett 3/2/09
A rare powder day at Wachusett. Obviously most of it was cut up before long, so I "explored" a little bit between Balance Rock, Ropers, and Lower Conifer. Managed to keep this sneakiness away from ski patrol, but did get caught on the upper road of Smith and got a talking to. Fun to get a little natural action at Wachusett on a 12" day though.
2. Magic 1/21/09
My first day here. I was the 12th car into the parking lot at 10:15. Found a lot of fresh snow all over the mountain even without a recent storm. Twilight Zone, Goniff Glade, and Talisman had nice gover with some bumps and some powder. Redline had very thin cover but was a blast to ski. It was a lonely day as I was alone and that double is a very long ride. Hopefully I'll return soon on an AZ day and have even more fun.
1. Killington 2/20/09
Arrived to find most of the place on windhold on a 14" powder day which made the outlook bleak. Did finally get to a running K1 and the fun started as soon as my skis touched Catwalk and I never looked back. Every woods run on the mountain was absolutely sick. The only bad thing was the 40 MPH wind blowing straight into the face on Snowdon Quad which kept me away from those woods, but the Canyon and Bear were so awesome.
Honorable Mention:
Wachusett 2/19/09
Showed up on a nice 40 degree afternoon expecting to ski a couple hours of spring bumps and head out. Well, the spring bumps were great for those couple hours. They roped 10th for grooming, so I hung around for a while and out of nowhere came a nice little snow squall. Covered the frozen-over bumps with nice sticky snow that made them skiable for 2 more hours than I expected. A good day just because I was skiing NICE bumps at Wachusett in February... never happens.
My first run was down a frozen Plummet which made me rethink going up as I knew the temps were low, but the runs softened up quickly as the sun popped out for just long enough, making the North Face great for the rest of the day. Chute had awesome bumps and a sneak run into the Trials were worth the walk out at the end.
4. Killington 11/28/08
A decent November opened a few natural runs at Killington in time for Thanksgiving. An hour long snow squall that morning refreshed the cover, making for sick runs down Royal Flush and Northstar. Having these runs open on Thanksgiving and skiing well was a nice treat. An excellent early season day.
3. Wachusett 3/2/09
A rare powder day at Wachusett. Obviously most of it was cut up before long, so I "explored" a little bit between Balance Rock, Ropers, and Lower Conifer. Managed to keep this sneakiness away from ski patrol, but did get caught on the upper road of Smith and got a talking to. Fun to get a little natural action at Wachusett on a 12" day though.
2. Magic 1/21/09
My first day here. I was the 12th car into the parking lot at 10:15. Found a lot of fresh snow all over the mountain even without a recent storm. Twilight Zone, Goniff Glade, and Talisman had nice gover with some bumps and some powder. Redline had very thin cover but was a blast to ski. It was a lonely day as I was alone and that double is a very long ride. Hopefully I'll return soon on an AZ day and have even more fun.
1. Killington 2/20/09
Arrived to find most of the place on windhold on a 14" powder day which made the outlook bleak. Did finally get to a running K1 and the fun started as soon as my skis touched Catwalk and I never looked back. Every woods run on the mountain was absolutely sick. The only bad thing was the 40 MPH wind blowing straight into the face on Snowdon Quad which kept me away from those woods, but the Canyon and Bear were so awesome.
Honorable Mention:
Wachusett 2/19/09
Showed up on a nice 40 degree afternoon expecting to ski a couple hours of spring bumps and head out. Well, the spring bumps were great for those couple hours. They roped 10th for grooming, so I hung around for a while and out of nowhere came a nice little snow squall. Covered the frozen-over bumps with nice sticky snow that made them skiable for 2 more hours than I expected. A good day just because I was skiing NICE bumps at Wachusett in February... never happens.
