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It was not. The guy in the picture was building some kickers. I assume they were going to seed the lower section also. Must have a comp coming up? There was a small line of bumps under the Gondi toward the summit.
I had a good day at Stratton yesterday myself. Beautiful weather & nice soft snow. ROTD for me was poaching Liftline under the Snowbowl lift, repeated it several times. Pretty much untouched creme cheese since it was roped off at the top entrance, sweet. On my last run on it Patrol was there & told me I shouldn't be ducking ropes. I informed her I didn't duck any ropes since I entered the trail from a cut through just below the top that wasn't roped off. I think she wanted to pull my ticket but didn't since I told her I didn't duck any ropes to get there. Only one section was narrow to get through. The rest of the trail was mint. Mountain was empty, especially in the afternoon.
I had a good day at Stratton yesterday myself. Beautiful weather & nice soft snow. ROTD for me was poaching Liftline under the Snowbowl lift, repeated it several times. Pretty much untouched creme cheese since it was roped off at the top entrance, sweet. On my last run on it Patrol was there & told me I shouldn't be ducking ropes. I informed her I didn't duck any ropes since I entered the trail from a cut through just below the top that wasn't roped off. I think she wanted to pull my ticket but didn't since I told her I didn't duck any ropes to get there. Only one section was narrow to get through. The rest of the trail was mint. Mountain was empty, especially in the afternoon.
Definitely in better shape than K (with exceptions) which I skied Sun. & Tues. Only part of Strattons open trails that showed signs of stress was the runout from Snow Bowl to the bottom.Maybe it was the spots you took pictures at, but it looks like they have a decent amount of snow. More than Killington(other than superstar) and mount snow. And I haven't been to Killington since last friday
Didn't access it through the woods. It was a legitimate open crossover I used. Patroller said I thought I roped that off yesterday, I'll have to check it out & boarded away.I have tried this excuse before at Pico saying the same thing, I accessed the slope through the woods. This got the patroller even more mad at me, yelling that if it's roped off at the top then the slope is closed-period. I think he was ready to pull my lift ticket but I then expressed how sorry I was. I replied that a lot of other skiers had gone through the woods too---there's actually a path through the woods---it wasn't roped off; so I thought it was ok to ski it that way. He did let me go without pulling my pass.
How about some steeps without moguls for me on my board?
Stratton seems to be much more conservative about closing trails than many other places. There were many trails that were roped off that didn't need to be...
My son asked several times to ski liftline. I guess we probably should have done it!
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