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Met up with my old college buddy Joe at 8:30 and we were im line for the gondi by 5 of. Skied most of the morning on the sunny side of Skye. Snow was great and we did lots of cruising. Took a few runs on Outer Limits. An old mogul course was still there, but it was pretty firm. On the way to meet up with 2knees we found some decent bumps (GS variety) on the lower skier's right of Superstar. Lots of blow-in in them though so they skied really nice.
Met up with 2lknees around 11 am and hit Supe again and continued our search of bumps. Not a whole lot right now. Eventually took a lunch/beer break around 1. After lunch we went to check out Outer Limits again and try the Fiddle. We find OL had been lit up with snow making. We also discovered the bump course was much better and improved every run. We scope out the fiddle. but the top look pretty rough, real shiny. Stuck with OL for the rest of the day. 2knees split a bit after 3 pm and Joe and I did two more OL runs. Lots of fresh snow making in a short amount of time.
I guess what's known as the "Golf Course" was the only spot with good natural bumps, about 10-12 turns worth (lower section, upper was roped). We hit that each time on our way down to the course. Snow making was blowing in there too. On my last run, I killed the line down that, tripped at the bottom and found myself in a head first slide down a flat OL on my back! Luckily got myself turned around, relatively quickly, but still covered some distance on the slide. A bit of a hamstring strain and knee tweak, but it could've ended worse.
Lots of snow on Superstar. Hopefully they will stay open well into May on that and not groom the piss out of everything this spring. Anyway, had a lot of fun. I went into it knowing there isn't an abundance of bumps right now. Joe being a half dozen ski days a year skier lately, I wasn't looking for that. He did enjoy the OL course too though once we found it. Nice manmade blizzard surprise.
Anyway, a great day. Nice and cold, bluebird and only a bit of wind here and there. I haven't put in a 9-4 ski day in a while. Here are some crappy cell phone pics:
Afternoon view from OL
2knees on teh OL course:
Anyone know the dude on the left with the Head bump skis? He ripped!!
Last run on the way back to KBL:
Met up with 2lknees around 11 am and hit Supe again and continued our search of bumps. Not a whole lot right now. Eventually took a lunch/beer break around 1. After lunch we went to check out Outer Limits again and try the Fiddle. We find OL had been lit up with snow making. We also discovered the bump course was much better and improved every run. We scope out the fiddle. but the top look pretty rough, real shiny. Stuck with OL for the rest of the day. 2knees split a bit after 3 pm and Joe and I did two more OL runs. Lots of fresh snow making in a short amount of time.
I guess what's known as the "Golf Course" was the only spot with good natural bumps, about 10-12 turns worth (lower section, upper was roped). We hit that each time on our way down to the course. Snow making was blowing in there too. On my last run, I killed the line down that, tripped at the bottom and found myself in a head first slide down a flat OL on my back! Luckily got myself turned around, relatively quickly, but still covered some distance on the slide. A bit of a hamstring strain and knee tweak, but it could've ended worse.
Lots of snow on Superstar. Hopefully they will stay open well into May on that and not groom the piss out of everything this spring. Anyway, had a lot of fun. I went into it knowing there isn't an abundance of bumps right now. Joe being a half dozen ski days a year skier lately, I wasn't looking for that. He did enjoy the OL course too though once we found it. Nice manmade blizzard surprise.
Anyway, a great day. Nice and cold, bluebird and only a bit of wind here and there. I haven't put in a 9-4 ski day in a while. Here are some crappy cell phone pics:
Afternoon view from OL
2knees on teh OL course:
Anyone know the dude on the left with the Head bump skis? He ripped!!
Last run on the way back to KBL:
