Zand
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Arrived at South around noon on a beautiful sunny day and parked in a lot I never knew existed. However it was a beautiful day for a ride in the "jitney" and upon arriving at the base I saw lines were very short.
Unfortunately things weren't as soft as I hoped unless you skied stuff in direct sun. Started with Spring Fling which was very scratchy. Moved over to Eden which was also very slick and quite thin as well...surprised at all the crap areas after skiing terrific coverage at Killington 6 days ago. I thought Killington being 30 inches ahead of Sugarbush in the snow reports was just bad measurement but I guess it's for real.
Headed up Gatehouse for some North Lynx laps in the sun. Actually a small line at a chair I usually have to myself. Did one run on each trail. Sunrise had nice bumps for most of it, the best of the three. Morning Star was extremely thin with lots of bare spots but fun bump lines. Birch Run was groomed last night so by 1:30 it was widely spaced corn bumps and lots of people who should've stayed on Gatehouse.
Headed down to Castlerock and found a 10 minute line or so. First run down Middle Earth was actually decent...kept it in the sun by hugging skiers left. Slick in the shade but not terrible. Castlerock Run was similar, maybe even slightly better.
Took Bypass over to Heaven's Gate and it was evident just skiing the bottom that it was a lot more icy over there. At the top Paradise was roped shortly after 3 so I took a groomed Ripcord. The left side had some loose snow and there were scattered powder bumps, but it was very scraped otherwise.
Went back to Castlerock for one more run down CR. Roped at Troll Road and Cotillion was rock solid so took the weenie route to the bottom.
Looks warmer tomorrow so hopefully the stuff that doesnt get direct sun softens up. May head up to MRG for a couple hours in the afternoon as after 2:00 tickets are $35. Hopefully the rain holds off for a bit Tuesday.
Unfortunately things weren't as soft as I hoped unless you skied stuff in direct sun. Started with Spring Fling which was very scratchy. Moved over to Eden which was also very slick and quite thin as well...surprised at all the crap areas after skiing terrific coverage at Killington 6 days ago. I thought Killington being 30 inches ahead of Sugarbush in the snow reports was just bad measurement but I guess it's for real.
Headed up Gatehouse for some North Lynx laps in the sun. Actually a small line at a chair I usually have to myself. Did one run on each trail. Sunrise had nice bumps for most of it, the best of the three. Morning Star was extremely thin with lots of bare spots but fun bump lines. Birch Run was groomed last night so by 1:30 it was widely spaced corn bumps and lots of people who should've stayed on Gatehouse.
Headed down to Castlerock and found a 10 minute line or so. First run down Middle Earth was actually decent...kept it in the sun by hugging skiers left. Slick in the shade but not terrible. Castlerock Run was similar, maybe even slightly better.
Took Bypass over to Heaven's Gate and it was evident just skiing the bottom that it was a lot more icy over there. At the top Paradise was roped shortly after 3 so I took a groomed Ripcord. The left side had some loose snow and there were scattered powder bumps, but it was very scraped otherwise.
Went back to Castlerock for one more run down CR. Roped at Troll Road and Cotillion was rock solid so took the weenie route to the bottom.
Looks warmer tomorrow so hopefully the stuff that doesnt get direct sun softens up. May head up to MRG for a couple hours in the afternoon as after 2:00 tickets are $35. Hopefully the rain holds off for a bit Tuesday.