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ctenidae said:I got the OKAY from my Socal Director. We'll be there Sunday. Anyone else?
Mapquest says 3 hours from Boston, Google says 4.5. Anyone have a better guess than that?
ctenidae said:How sticky are they on skiing unopened trails, particulary this early?
Yeah but creek beds, hidden stashes etc are neither open nor closed so its not like you can't ski them legally.awf170 said:ctenidae said:How sticky are they on skiing unopened trails, particulary this early?
dont think they really care, Ive gone under ropes right in front of patrollers there, and I have also seen patrollers coming out of the creek beds too,
That would be one of them.mergs said:creekbeds... hmmm.... i 'spose that's the area indicated by the "Thompson's Brook" arrow on that trail map?
http://www.skiwildcat.com/trailmap-lg.html
eatskisleep said:But just remember as beautiful as the roped off Starr Line looks it takes much mroe than 3-4 feet of snow
riverc0il said:will be heading over on saturday. i don't know how they can open polecat with that much snow without grooming it out. you simply can't ski trails that flat with 2-3' of fresh snow without packing. i am assuming no grooming due to the notification about uppper level skiers only. very conservative opening trail count considering the snow totals should indicate no chance of bottoming out... even with a couple hundred of your best friends skiing with you.
my only suggestion is bring your fatties and be ready to work it! this snow is no joke.
there are very very few trails in new england not skiable after 3-4' of snow. some rocky lift lines that need to have spots under and around boulders fill in like tramline @ cannon would be nasty but even then still doable for a few whackos. there isn't much i would hesitate on over 3-4'.eatskisleep said:But just remember as beautiful as the roped off Starr Line looks it takes much mroe than 3-4 feet of snow
awf170 said:riverc0il said:will be heading over on saturday. i don't know how they can open polecat with that much snow without grooming it out. you simply can't ski trails that flat with 2-3' of fresh snow without packing. i am assuming no grooming due to the notification about uppper level skiers only. very conservative opening trail count considering the snow totals should indicate no chance of bottoming out... even with a couple hundred of your best friends skiing with you.
my only suggestion is bring your fatties and be ready to work it! this snow is no joke.
I think theyll groom... hopefully they wouldnt though. wouldnt it be awsome to see all those early season gapers like you see at k-mart trying to ski heavy wet deep moguled snow... chinese downhill anyone?
eatskisleep said:That would be one of them.mergs said:creekbeds... hmmm.... i 'spose that's the area indicated by the "Thompson's Brook" arrow on that trail map?
http://www.skiwildcat.com/trailmap-lg.html