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Date(s) Skied: Friday, 12/12/08
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush, Vermont
Conditions: 8-ish inches of new snow with a breakable crust. Freezing mist to start, then snow showers, then clouds and a small bit of sun. Cool and breezy.
Trip Report: Got to the Golden Lion with Grassi and Brian around 11:30. A bit over 5 hour drive, not bad considering the weather. Wet roads until Greenfield, MA, then sleet, then freezing rain. Didn't seem much snow until we got up 89 a bit.
Woke up to around 8 inches of snow. Didn't notice the crust until I went out to the car. Doh! Got to the mountain about 20 of and booted up. We learned Bravo was down due to icing. As soon as we got out we noticed everyone heading up to Valley House. Saw a few boarders hit Mall on the ride up and it was obvious the crust was pretty brutal. Took the traverse to Heaven's Gate and then we all struggled down Jester. Further down on Downspout we found some decent snow where the crust had been busted up.
We decided to hit the gatehouse lodge and wait it out for the human groomers to due their thing. I ended up eating breakfast and lunch about 30 minutes apart. I was fueled up with no plans to return to the base. We heard Heaven's Gate then went on windhold. They were working on Bravo a good part of the day (heard reefer took a ride on it), but it was mostly offline so it was just Valley House and Castlerock much of the day.
Rode up VH, took the traverse to CR. Did CR Run which was great by the time we got over there (close to noon). All broken up and nice snow. Grassi wasn't feeling it though so he headed down. Brian and I then did Middle Earth, Rumble, and CR Run again. Then hooked up with ALLSKIING and reefer and did CR Run again and then finished out CR on Rumble. Some waiting at the CR chair which slowed the pace a bit. I still feel like I got my fill and had a very satisfying day. Bad start, great finish. All the trails skied pretty damn good. Lots of fun, but there are a lot of water bars showing up. Be careful. Solid base down and the snow bonded well.
We were able to score a final run down the Mall. We were the last few chairs so Brian, Dave, Keith and I had it to ourselves. Perfect powder bumps. I was loving this run and a great way to finish out the day. Long drive back, but no issues. Thanks for the great company guys. I'll have a little vid in a few.
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush, Vermont
Conditions: 8-ish inches of new snow with a breakable crust. Freezing mist to start, then snow showers, then clouds and a small bit of sun. Cool and breezy.
Trip Report: Got to the Golden Lion with Grassi and Brian around 11:30. A bit over 5 hour drive, not bad considering the weather. Wet roads until Greenfield, MA, then sleet, then freezing rain. Didn't seem much snow until we got up 89 a bit.
Woke up to around 8 inches of snow. Didn't notice the crust until I went out to the car. Doh! Got to the mountain about 20 of and booted up. We learned Bravo was down due to icing. As soon as we got out we noticed everyone heading up to Valley House. Saw a few boarders hit Mall on the ride up and it was obvious the crust was pretty brutal. Took the traverse to Heaven's Gate and then we all struggled down Jester. Further down on Downspout we found some decent snow where the crust had been busted up.
We decided to hit the gatehouse lodge and wait it out for the human groomers to due their thing. I ended up eating breakfast and lunch about 30 minutes apart. I was fueled up with no plans to return to the base. We heard Heaven's Gate then went on windhold. They were working on Bravo a good part of the day (heard reefer took a ride on it), but it was mostly offline so it was just Valley House and Castlerock much of the day.
Rode up VH, took the traverse to CR. Did CR Run which was great by the time we got over there (close to noon). All broken up and nice snow. Grassi wasn't feeling it though so he headed down. Brian and I then did Middle Earth, Rumble, and CR Run again. Then hooked up with ALLSKIING and reefer and did CR Run again and then finished out CR on Rumble. Some waiting at the CR chair which slowed the pace a bit. I still feel like I got my fill and had a very satisfying day. Bad start, great finish. All the trails skied pretty damn good. Lots of fun, but there are a lot of water bars showing up. Be careful. Solid base down and the snow bonded well.
We were able to score a final run down the Mall. We were the last few chairs so Brian, Dave, Keith and I had it to ourselves. Perfect powder bumps. I was loving this run and a great way to finish out the day. Long drive back, but no issues. Thanks for the great company guys. I'll have a little vid in a few.