chuckstah
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Conditions wet snow/corn in the sun and styrofoam like snow in the shade
I had to make a quick trip south to visit family, and decided to stop in at Prospect Hill on my way back. This hill has been on my hit list for a long time as I have not skied it since the mid 80's or so. Limited gear in the car but enough to make it work. It is located within a half mile of interstate 95/128 in Waltham, MA making it very accessible. Boot packed up with the skis over my shoulder, not hard with only 240 or so vertical. There was a foot or 2, maybe more in places of base of mostly hard pack snow, softer near the summit in the sun. The trails are quite overgrown as this area has been closed for 25 years or so. Passed the old mid mountain t-bar shack, than the summit shack. There are still night skiing lights on the lower t-bar line, but it is quite grown in. This area gets quite a bit of foot traffic, and it affected the skiing on the narrow trails that are left.
Ended up doing 3 laps. The first was skiers left down what was most likely an intermediate run. Very narrow now, and tracked up with footprints, and quite challenging. Second run was down the original expert run, which is basically glade skiing at this point. It had a lot of boot track holes which hampered skiing, but still OK. Finally, I tried the old liftline, but ended up skiing mostly trees around it as areas were quite grown in. I may try to get up there over this coming summer and do some minimal trimming to create a better flow. I definitely want to get back on this hill with some fresh snow. It was a fun afternoon. A few pics to follow.
I had to make a quick trip south to visit family, and decided to stop in at Prospect Hill on my way back. This hill has been on my hit list for a long time as I have not skied it since the mid 80's or so. Limited gear in the car but enough to make it work. It is located within a half mile of interstate 95/128 in Waltham, MA making it very accessible. Boot packed up with the skis over my shoulder, not hard with only 240 or so vertical. There was a foot or 2, maybe more in places of base of mostly hard pack snow, softer near the summit in the sun. The trails are quite overgrown as this area has been closed for 25 years or so. Passed the old mid mountain t-bar shack, than the summit shack. There are still night skiing lights on the lower t-bar line, but it is quite grown in. This area gets quite a bit of foot traffic, and it affected the skiing on the narrow trails that are left.
Ended up doing 3 laps. The first was skiers left down what was most likely an intermediate run. Very narrow now, and tracked up with footprints, and quite challenging. Second run was down the original expert run, which is basically glade skiing at this point. It had a lot of boot track holes which hampered skiing, but still OK. Finally, I tried the old liftline, but ended up skiing mostly trees around it as areas were quite grown in. I may try to get up there over this coming summer and do some minimal trimming to create a better flow. I definitely want to get back on this hill with some fresh snow. It was a fun afternoon. A few pics to follow.
