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Date(s) Skied: Saturday, November 25, 2006, 9:30 am - 2:20 pm
Resort or Ski Area: Mount Snow, Vermont
Conditions: Manmade, variable. Clear, temps 30's - 40's, no wind.
Trip Report: bvibert and I left our meeting place in town a bit after 6 am. We pulled into the lot around 8:40 am. As we were gathering our things, I noticed somebody checking out the tailgate of my car looking at the AlpineZone.com decal and immediately realized it must be andyzee! We introduced ourselves and said we'd hook back up at the designated meeting place at the main entrace/drop zone. We headed into the main lodge to get ready and soon JimG. arrvied. andyzee and I went out to the lift ticket windows to grab lift tickets and wait for MichaelJ. We soon found him and headed back inside to grab the rest of the crew.
We took the Canyon Express quad up to the Canyon/River Run juction. We took River Run down to warm up and grab the Challenger triple which served as today's access lift for the open terrain. From the summit we took Upper Canyon to River Run again. Upper Canyon was in very good shape with deep manmade throughout the upper section. The bright sun made for a very pleasant run. River Run was in the shade most of the day and consisted of a much more variable surface. Jim, andy, Mrs. Zee and I decided to give Chute a try while Michael and Brian hit the Canyon/River Run combo again.
I found Chute to be in great shape. More deep, yet heavy manmade with some nice bumps and groomer lip skier's left. That's when it clicked for me and I was feeling pretty comfortable despite new boots and it being day one. The next run we all took Chute and everybody seemed to enjoy it. We proceeded to do a few more runs on Chute and another on Canyon/River Run before heading in to lunch. After lunch we did the Canyon/RR combo and then Chute at which point andy and Mrs. Zee decided to hit it. Very nice couple; good people. I enjoyed several lift rides with them.
A couple more runs down Chute and the rest of us just about had it. We hopped back on the Canyon Quad to download which went off without any issues. Kudos to Mount Snow for setting up an early season skiing option, despite the need to download. The surface they offered was very very good for only having a few days to make snow. A few of the choke points on Canyon/RR got pretty thin, but nothing that would cause much, if any base damage. Chute had pretty solid cover throughout. A few thin spots here and there, and some funky bumps, LGR piles and hard pack. Variable snow was the rule today, although any of the surface in the sun was a pleasure to ski. It was great to have 1,000+ vertical feet of a decently pitched run in Chute. It was pretty crowded today and the Challenger lift seemed to stop quite a bit. A few of the stops were several minutes in length (one of them probably approaching 10).
Again, the mountain offered a solid product and I am now officially in a mellow mode that should hold me over to at least Wednesday or so before I begin to wig out again. :blink: I laughed at some of the comments today about how hyper I seemed leading up to this event. I'm glad it went off well. Some damn decent conditions, awesome weather with bright sun and no wind (it actually felt warm today) and some really great company! Day One is officially in the record books!
Tough day to get good photos on Chute as the light was either flat or the sun right at you. Click HERE for pics! I have a short video too, but it's 75+ MB! Need to figure out how to compress it...
Resort or Ski Area: Mount Snow, Vermont
Conditions: Manmade, variable. Clear, temps 30's - 40's, no wind.
Trip Report: bvibert and I left our meeting place in town a bit after 6 am. We pulled into the lot around 8:40 am. As we were gathering our things, I noticed somebody checking out the tailgate of my car looking at the AlpineZone.com decal and immediately realized it must be andyzee! We introduced ourselves and said we'd hook back up at the designated meeting place at the main entrace/drop zone. We headed into the main lodge to get ready and soon JimG. arrvied. andyzee and I went out to the lift ticket windows to grab lift tickets and wait for MichaelJ. We soon found him and headed back inside to grab the rest of the crew.
We took the Canyon Express quad up to the Canyon/River Run juction. We took River Run down to warm up and grab the Challenger triple which served as today's access lift for the open terrain. From the summit we took Upper Canyon to River Run again. Upper Canyon was in very good shape with deep manmade throughout the upper section. The bright sun made for a very pleasant run. River Run was in the shade most of the day and consisted of a much more variable surface. Jim, andy, Mrs. Zee and I decided to give Chute a try while Michael and Brian hit the Canyon/River Run combo again.
I found Chute to be in great shape. More deep, yet heavy manmade with some nice bumps and groomer lip skier's left. That's when it clicked for me and I was feeling pretty comfortable despite new boots and it being day one. The next run we all took Chute and everybody seemed to enjoy it. We proceeded to do a few more runs on Chute and another on Canyon/River Run before heading in to lunch. After lunch we did the Canyon/RR combo and then Chute at which point andy and Mrs. Zee decided to hit it. Very nice couple; good people. I enjoyed several lift rides with them.
A couple more runs down Chute and the rest of us just about had it. We hopped back on the Canyon Quad to download which went off without any issues. Kudos to Mount Snow for setting up an early season skiing option, despite the need to download. The surface they offered was very very good for only having a few days to make snow. A few of the choke points on Canyon/RR got pretty thin, but nothing that would cause much, if any base damage. Chute had pretty solid cover throughout. A few thin spots here and there, and some funky bumps, LGR piles and hard pack. Variable snow was the rule today, although any of the surface in the sun was a pleasure to ski. It was great to have 1,000+ vertical feet of a decently pitched run in Chute. It was pretty crowded today and the Challenger lift seemed to stop quite a bit. A few of the stops were several minutes in length (one of them probably approaching 10).
Again, the mountain offered a solid product and I am now officially in a mellow mode that should hold me over to at least Wednesday or so before I begin to wig out again. :blink: I laughed at some of the comments today about how hyper I seemed leading up to this event. I'm glad it went off well. Some damn decent conditions, awesome weather with bright sun and no wind (it actually felt warm today) and some really great company! Day One is officially in the record books!
Tough day to get good photos on Chute as the light was either flat or the sun right at you. Click HERE for pics! I have a short video too, but it's 75+ MB! Need to figure out how to compress it...
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