Resort: Mont Orford, QC, Canada
Date Skied: 01/17/05
Conditions: 9 degrees, clear at first, followed by clouds and a wind, 2 inches of fresh snow over hard pack some icy spots.
Trip Report:
The weather was calling for snow Sunday night. Well, it kind of fizzled out. There was 1 inch of dry fluffy snow on my car in the morning. The temperature was 10 degrees. As we arrived at Orford for 9am, the snow was about 2 inches deep.
The L’Hybride (summit 6 pack / gondola) had some stop and go issues at first. We had stopped and there were two guys checking and adjusting the sheave on the tower before us. After about 5 minutes we were up an running and the lift was going full throttle. Everything was nice and white to the summit! The first run down was the 4km summit road trail and then alternating Grand Coulee and Trois Russieux. They were all great runs but we found that under the 2 or so inches of fluffy snow there were icy areas.
As the day progressed and more skiers hit the trails the fluffy snow was skied off to reveal a hard pack and the ice spots. There were no bumps to be found. Around 11:30am there was a major amount of fog at the summit. Some snow rolled in and the wind picked up. The best runs, in my opinion were Sherbrooke and Slalom on Mont Giroux East.
It was a great day today at Orford. I broke even today with my mid week seasons pass.
A parting shot, there is more to this, but the fog / cloud / snow on the summit hides it:
Date Skied: 01/17/05
Conditions: 9 degrees, clear at first, followed by clouds and a wind, 2 inches of fresh snow over hard pack some icy spots.
Trip Report:
The weather was calling for snow Sunday night. Well, it kind of fizzled out. There was 1 inch of dry fluffy snow on my car in the morning. The temperature was 10 degrees. As we arrived at Orford for 9am, the snow was about 2 inches deep.
The L’Hybride (summit 6 pack / gondola) had some stop and go issues at first. We had stopped and there were two guys checking and adjusting the sheave on the tower before us. After about 5 minutes we were up an running and the lift was going full throttle. Everything was nice and white to the summit! The first run down was the 4km summit road trail and then alternating Grand Coulee and Trois Russieux. They were all great runs but we found that under the 2 or so inches of fluffy snow there were icy areas.
As the day progressed and more skiers hit the trails the fluffy snow was skied off to reveal a hard pack and the ice spots. There were no bumps to be found. Around 11:30am there was a major amount of fog at the summit. Some snow rolled in and the wind picked up. The best runs, in my opinion were Sherbrooke and Slalom on Mont Giroux East.
It was a great day today at Orford. I broke even today with my mid week seasons pass.
A parting shot, there is more to this, but the fog / cloud / snow on the summit hides it: