drjeff
Well-known member
Kicked off the '13-'14 season today with about 4hrs of turns with my kids and friends!
The thermometer in my car read 38 as I pulled into the parking lot just before 8 and there was hardly any wind!
Loaded our 1st bubble of the year just after 8 and soon there after started lapping the only open route from the summit - Cascade to Canyon. The snow was a very nice machine groomed packed powder which softened to a spring surface (read as HERO snow!) as the morning progressed. I was very impressed with the amount of snow they made this past week! For an opening weekend, they trail width was greater than usual and while the natural terrain of the hill was still plentiful and fun to turn on they had managed to get all the water bars filled in which made it easy to get some speed up.
After a mid morning "feed the kids" break. We took the shuttle from the main base area over to Carinthia (they haven't played "connect the dots" with the snowmaking from the summit on over to Carinthia yet) and boarded Nitro Express. The open route there was Deer Run to The Gulch and then back to the lift. They had about 15 features on Gulch ranging from rails to boxes to a hip spine and 1 jump (maybe an 8-10 footer) at the bottom - the crew lapping Gulch (my almost 8yr old son included) seemed quite happy with the set up!
About 11, the snow was starting to get a bit sticky on some flatter sections and my son and I headed back over to the main base area (you can ski from Carinthia to the Main Base area via Long John) to find my daughter who was skiing with some of her race team friends.
One more lap off the Bluebird and we were done about noon with the GPS on the Mount Snow App showing 11 runs, about 16 miles traveled and about 15k verts. Not a bad first morning out! Would of loved to ski more, however evening plans back home in CT just weren't going to let that happen today
Just a great day to be on the hill sliding on snow! Felt more like March or April 16th weather wise than November 16th!
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The thermometer in my car read 38 as I pulled into the parking lot just before 8 and there was hardly any wind!
Loaded our 1st bubble of the year just after 8 and soon there after started lapping the only open route from the summit - Cascade to Canyon. The snow was a very nice machine groomed packed powder which softened to a spring surface (read as HERO snow!) as the morning progressed. I was very impressed with the amount of snow they made this past week! For an opening weekend, they trail width was greater than usual and while the natural terrain of the hill was still plentiful and fun to turn on they had managed to get all the water bars filled in which made it easy to get some speed up.
After a mid morning "feed the kids" break. We took the shuttle from the main base area over to Carinthia (they haven't played "connect the dots" with the snowmaking from the summit on over to Carinthia yet) and boarded Nitro Express. The open route there was Deer Run to The Gulch and then back to the lift. They had about 15 features on Gulch ranging from rails to boxes to a hip spine and 1 jump (maybe an 8-10 footer) at the bottom - the crew lapping Gulch (my almost 8yr old son included) seemed quite happy with the set up!
About 11, the snow was starting to get a bit sticky on some flatter sections and my son and I headed back over to the main base area (you can ski from Carinthia to the Main Base area via Long John) to find my daughter who was skiing with some of her race team friends.
One more lap off the Bluebird and we were done about noon with the GPS on the Mount Snow App showing 11 runs, about 16 miles traveled and about 15k verts. Not a bad first morning out! Would of loved to ski more, however evening plans back home in CT just weren't going to let that happen today
Just a great day to be on the hill sliding on snow! Felt more like March or April 16th weather wise than November 16th!
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