Sundown - 1/29

[Greg]

TONS of loose snow making. they need to be skied in. cold! pic on my facebook. someone post it here....

 

[gmcunni]

TONS of loose snow making. they need to be skied in. cold! pic on my facebook. someone post it here....

see attached

 

[bvibert]

Rip it up dude! Is your wife helping to ski them in??

 

[Greg]

manmade powder day! do what you can to get here NOW! its so light its not sticking to my goggles....

 

[Greg]

Rip it up dude! Is your wife helping to ski them in??

solo. she was called into work

 

[bvibert]

solo. she was called into work

Bummer. More bumps for you I guess.

 

[Glenn]

Nice! How are the temps? It's a cold one here in CT today...

 

[MrMagic]

nice greg love the live TR!!

 

[Greg]

more pics on fb. getting windy

 

[bvibert]

Looks sweet!

 

[Greg]

2 more on fb. ishovelsnow in the cat btw....

 

[SkiDork]

bumps nicely made.

 

[bvibert]

 

[2knees]

never made it out of work so i guess i'll be there early tomorrow.

hope you cut those in my man.

 

[JD]

Sunny and soft. Have fun.

 

[Greg]

hope you cut those in my man.

I tried. One guy can only do so much.

Bumps are pretty good, especially considering we had 2" of rain on Monday. Make no mistake though, there are definitely some scratchy backsides. Right line is good leading into and out of the kicker. Left line is funky with a whale-like drop off right before the kicker. There was some ice built up on the guns that was dripping onto it just for some added fun. I did see snow makers periodically banging away on the guns though to keep them clear. They are doing what they can in my opinion. Below the jump on the left, it's okay. They are going to be some funky courses though. Certainly will be a challenge to ski it cleanly.

The biggest issue is the bottom 1/3 of the entire trail has vaporized. It's relatively soft though and about a foot deep of manmade so hopefully we can carve out some lines in the morning with the help of some shovel work perhaps. At the end of the day, I suspect we'll all agree it was a fun one though, and that's the most important part.

 

[bvibert]

never made it out of work so i guess i'll be there early tomorrow.

hope you cut those in my man.

Damn, I guess our shift system is falling apart. I hoped to get out work a bit early too, but I probably won't be on snow until 5:30 or 6 now....

 

[MogulQueen]

Just finished my shift. Well.......the bumps don't look like Greg's picture anymore. High winds and shifting snow has taken most snow off the back side of the bumps. Sharpen your skis my friends, it's going to be fast and slick! Hopefully the winds will die down again and the snow will start to adhere. Top section was good. Middle section around the kickers was tough! I almost took out one of the dudes working on the right side kicker. There is a lot of work to be done on those. There is no way in heck they will move the left side kicker over. Those things are solid ice scuptures right now. I will be interested on how they carve them out. I appreciate all the work they are putting into it! Any questions?

 

[Greg]

Oh there were icy back sides all day. Still should be way better than last year, but it is going to be a challenge, for sure.

 

[gmcunni]

Any questions?

what's the date of the March comp?