Conrad
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Date(s) Skied: May 5, 2013
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarloaf
Conditions: Spring
Trip Report: After anxiously missing the last two weekends of what seemed like great spring skiing, I finally hit the slopes again for one last hurrah on Sugarloaf's closing day. Usually it isn't too difficult to find a ride to Sugarloaf but it is that time of year where everyone's job at the mountain has ended and everyone has tons of school work to do meaning not too many people from UMF are driving up there. This weekend proved no exception to that so fortunately SnowMonster saved the day for me by offering me a ride to the mountain. It was a pleasure meeting SnowMonster and he really is a great guy. I wonder if we will ever cross paths again, perhaps decades away in the future?
We got on the lift before 11 am and unlike previous years around closing day (which I have never been to, but heard about), they were able to push plenty of snow so that no walking was required to ski down to the SuperQuad. However, we quickly discovered that you have to be careful not to go the wrong way, as ski patrol was preparing the mountain for the summer and had removed most of the ropes and closed signs. Most of the runs had moguls which was great for spring skiing. The trails with the best coverage were Tote Road, Skidder, Narrow Gauge, White Nitro, and Misery Whip. However, there were plenty of trails without consistent coverage which if anything made those trails more interesting. These included Hayburner, U. Competition Hill, the t-bar line, Spillway, and Gondola Line. I also did Sheer Boom under the SuperQuad which was the sketchiest run of the day. Just the SuperQuad and Skyline were running and let's just say that if you went down a King Pine trail you would have a long walk out.
We skied right until closing. I also got a video of my last run of the day. This will almost certainly be my last day of the season since I don't really have any time to go to Tuckerman's until June. Of course technically I could go, but probably won't. I would be surprised if anyone actually watches the entire video, but maybe you will want to watch sections of it:
0:00 Riding up the Skyline 8X
0:34 Getting off the chairlift 8X
0:54 Last chair of the season arrives at the top
1:50 Run down begins
2:41 Top of the SuperQuad
3:15 Comp Hill
3:44 Jump over stream
4:18 Sheer Boom
7:20 Lower Narrow Gauge
8:20 Final run out to the SuperQuad
9:12 Last view of the mountain
Getting on the SuperQuad:
Good coverage on Misery Whip
Gondola Line, lots of bare spots, but still enough snow to ski
White Nitro, definitely one of the better runs of the day
See you next season!
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarloaf
Conditions: Spring
Trip Report: After anxiously missing the last two weekends of what seemed like great spring skiing, I finally hit the slopes again for one last hurrah on Sugarloaf's closing day. Usually it isn't too difficult to find a ride to Sugarloaf but it is that time of year where everyone's job at the mountain has ended and everyone has tons of school work to do meaning not too many people from UMF are driving up there. This weekend proved no exception to that so fortunately SnowMonster saved the day for me by offering me a ride to the mountain. It was a pleasure meeting SnowMonster and he really is a great guy. I wonder if we will ever cross paths again, perhaps decades away in the future?
We got on the lift before 11 am and unlike previous years around closing day (which I have never been to, but heard about), they were able to push plenty of snow so that no walking was required to ski down to the SuperQuad. However, we quickly discovered that you have to be careful not to go the wrong way, as ski patrol was preparing the mountain for the summer and had removed most of the ropes and closed signs. Most of the runs had moguls which was great for spring skiing. The trails with the best coverage were Tote Road, Skidder, Narrow Gauge, White Nitro, and Misery Whip. However, there were plenty of trails without consistent coverage which if anything made those trails more interesting. These included Hayburner, U. Competition Hill, the t-bar line, Spillway, and Gondola Line. I also did Sheer Boom under the SuperQuad which was the sketchiest run of the day. Just the SuperQuad and Skyline were running and let's just say that if you went down a King Pine trail you would have a long walk out.
We skied right until closing. I also got a video of my last run of the day. This will almost certainly be my last day of the season since I don't really have any time to go to Tuckerman's until June. Of course technically I could go, but probably won't. I would be surprised if anyone actually watches the entire video, but maybe you will want to watch sections of it:
0:34 Getting off the chairlift 8X
0:54 Last chair of the season arrives at the top
1:50 Run down begins
2:41 Top of the SuperQuad
3:15 Comp Hill
3:44 Jump over stream
4:18 Sheer Boom
7:20 Lower Narrow Gauge
8:20 Final run out to the SuperQuad
9:12 Last view of the mountain
Getting on the SuperQuad:
Good coverage on Misery Whip
Gondola Line, lots of bare spots, but still enough snow to ski
White Nitro, definitely one of the better runs of the day
See you next season!
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