the CLITs are so lucky

[jack97]

Just thinking about what to do in terms getting a season pass, if so to where.

Giving Wachusetts some thought but after seeing this.... I have to reconsider, I'm still trying to figure out the line

and then this from a few years back....

The CLITs have it made at Sundown....

 

[Grassi21]

CLITS rule!!!!

 

[Trekchick]

Mmmmm, magic moguls!

 

[Black Phantom]

Just thinking about what to do in terms getting a season pass, if so to where.

Giving Wachusetts some thought but after seeing this.... I have to reconsider, I'm still trying to figure out the line

and then this from a few years back....

The CLITs have it made at Sundown....

Stop the brutal grooming?

 

[Watatic Skier]

During the Alpinezone challenge I have some big questions for Wachusett about there moguls...

 

[powhunter]

Yea its nice to have moguls at your local mountain....Last year though the bumps on gunbarrel were only there for a few weeks..Then the NCP kicked in and destroyed everything....Hopefully this year will be different

Steveo

 

[legalskier]

Just thinking about what to do in terms getting a season pass, if so to where.

Giving Wachusetts some thought but after seeing this.... I have to reconsider, I'm still trying to figure out the line

and then this from a few years back....

Must be nice to have that right in your own back yard.
:beer:

 

[jack97]

Must be nice to have that right in your own back yard.

Wachusett is about 45 mins away.... makes it more heartbreaking because imo, the mogul field blows. The bump formation was making me dylexic...


I have driven 2 hrs just to get a taste of these goods. The groomer at Sundown knows how to seed them.

 

[Nick]

I'll be at wachusett fairly often next year. Cant deny a 20 minute ride from the office.

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[bvibert]

Wachusett is about 45 mins away.... makes it more heartbreaking because imo, the mogul field blows. The bump formation was making me dylexic...


I have driven 2 hrs just to get a taste of these goods. The groomer at Sundown knows how to seed them.

It's funny you used that picture. Those were tightest little bumplets ever. I believe it took some manual labor and skiing in to get them reasonable that year. But in general; yeah, we're lucky. :beer:

 

[Black Phantom]

Wachusett is about 45 mins away.... makes it more heartbreaking because imo, the mogul field blows. The bump formation was making me dylexic...


I have driven 2 hrs just to get a taste of these goods. The groomer at Sundown knows how to seed them.

Aren't you against grooming?:roll:

 

[jack97]

Aren't you against grooming?:roll:

yeah it's a oxymoron.....

I'm against grooming.... wish lots more places will let the bumps form. But the only way to get early season bumping going on is to seed them. Also, not to sound snobbish but some trails will not form because the bumps get trashed by certain type of skiers and boarders. So, the only way to make sure the lines are preserve is to seed them.

When we got the Jan dump this past season, Nashoba Valley Ski let them form. By late Jan/early Feb they bumped up real nice, then I was going there every week unil they shut down due to the early rain. Here's a clip of the bump trail..... wtf, thats Wayne Wong!

 

[Geoff]

yeah it's a oxymoron.....

I'm against grooming.... wish lots more places will let the bumps form. But the only way to get early season bumping going on is to seed them.

Say what? Try skiing Rime at Killington in early November. It's totally bumped up by the afternoon. The way you get early season bumps going is to not groom the trail.

 

[jack97]

Say what? Try skiing Rime at Killington in early November. It's totally bumped up by the afternoon. The way you get early season bumps going is to not groom the trail.

Been thinking about for a long time..... k-mart is a 3 hr one way trip, kind of rough for me unless I know for sure they have some nice lines. Spring is another story.

 

[Geoff]

Been thinking about for a long time..... k-mart is a 3 hr one way trip, kind of rough for me unless I know for sure they have some nice lines.

There are enough bumpers skiing the edge of the trail that lines usually form. It's not reliable, though. You can easily encounter churned up death cookies at that time of year so you have to pay attention to weather and snowmaking.

 

[jack97]

Wachusett is about 45 mins away.... makes it more heartbreaking because imo, the mogul field blows. The bump formation was making me dylexic...


I have driven 2 hrs just to get a taste of these goods. The groomer at Sundown knows how to seed them.

It's funny you used that picture. Those were tightest little bumplets ever. I believe it took some manual labor and skiing in to get them reasonable that year. But in general; yeah, we're lucky. :beer:

haha..... Yeah, they were tight, I remember how much trouble I had on them. That pic was the only one I can find without spending to much time searching. But it shows how they form those bumps so that you can make alternating turns to make a line. It took me several seasons of bumping to realize the Wachusett bump formation was meant for another type of bump skiing..... it still blows imo.

 

[Nick]

How do they actually seed the bumps? Does the groomers machine do that?

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[Black Phantom]

How do they actually seed the bumps? Does the groomers machine do that?

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They plant them in the fall and they grow in the winter.

 

[jack97]

They plant them in the fall and they grow in the winter.

:grin:

 

[jack97]

How do they actually seed the bumps? Does the groomers machine do that?

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Bobutts shot this....here's how they do them at Sunappee..... the other place that is leased :blink:

Notice how the bump formation will allow turns to be linked into a nice line. Wachusett obviously used a groomer but their formation is quite different.