Anybody skiing this MLK weekend?

[keyser soze]

I was going to hit up Platty today until I saw the post stating conditions were sketchy. I figured I could get in a lot of runs at Hunter before the crowds got craz at Hunter, but decided I could get some Brownie points if I got some chores done today and turned off my alarm in the middle of the night. I actually mowed my lawn/leaves today as I've been so busy I didn't get a chance to do the secondary round of leaf cleanup. As wamr as it was out today, I think I made the right call. Weather this week looks to be good for natural and snowmaking so next weekend shoudl be very good and less crowded. Thanks for the heads up on the conditions.

 

[hammer]

Lots of crowds at Sunapee today (lift line waits approaching 15 minutes) but the conditions were quite good considering. Kind of a loose granular consistency but little scrape for most of the time I was there. Trails were not too crowded either, lifts slowed down a lot so I think that cut down on the amount of throughput.

 

[kingslug]

As we get older...quality starts to over ride quantity...

 

[Smellytele]

Conditions the last 2 days have been really good @ Pats peak. They blew a lot leading up to the weekend.

 

[abc]

Threw the towel in and am just staying home...miserable but at least I;m outta here for a week come saturday...

Same here.

I was going to hit Platty yesterday, but their web site's showing trail count of only 1/2 open. And a close look at the openned ones are all green and blue. Made a call to a buddy who ski at Hunter Friday what the natural trail was like. Not good. That would be a fairly good picture of the trails in Platty since most of Platty's more interesting trails are natural.

Decided not to waste the gas money. Besides, next week is cold so a lot of man made snow should be made by Hunter, Windham and Belleayre. I'll see if I can score some decent lift ticket on liftopia for next weekend.

 

[JDMRoma]

Skied at Bretton Woods on Saturday, busy day for them. Lines were 15 minutes minimum at noon so I bailed !
Conditions were good on all groomed/ snowmaking trails but Sucked on all Natural trails. Last weeks warm up will take some time to recover from.....such a shame it was really getting good before the melt down.

 

[riverc0il]

Jay had really good packed powder today, very nice skiing and they have a lot of natural trails back in the mix as well. Winds were honking all day, only the Jet to start and that got shut down before noon. Glad I brought my skins. Their snow totals seems a tad optimistic in my opinion, unless you stumble on a good shot or two. But the big point of the snow that they did get is it packed down quite nicely and the quality of the snow at Jay right now is excellent. Plenty of natural snow, lots of glades/trees are still very thin, though.

 

[crank]

We skied Burke yesterday and today. Saturday we woke up to 4 or 5 inches of fluff and found nice pockets of snow all day long. ducked some ropes but did not ski any glades. Today we were still finding plenty of snow in the morning and their main racing run was groomed and skiing really nicely too. Went in for a short break around noon , came out and chair to top was closed, rode pom a for a while and that was shout down at 3 when a boarder fell and the cable jumped the sheave.

Though we are sleeping up here tonight we are just going to sleep in a have a leisurely drive home tomorrow. First time skiing Burke and I really like the place, even though their good stuff was closed. Will return.

 

[riverc0il]

We skied Burke yesterday and today. Saturday we woke up to 4 or 5 inches of fluff and found nice pockets of snow all day long. ducked some ropes but did not ski any glades. Today we were still finding plenty of snow in the morning and their main racing run was groomed and skiing really nicely too. Went in for a short break around noon , came out and chair to top was closed, rode pom a for a while and that was shout down at 3 when a boarder fell and the cable jumped the sheave.

Did they have the fixed grip Willoughby Quad on back up? Or was that the quad that went onto wind hold the high speed MBE never ran? Back in the day (lol), Burke was always a great bet because the Willoughby Quad rarely went on wind hold and even when it did, there still wasn't really a line for the poma. But things change...

 

[crank]

Did they have the fixed grip Willoughby Quad on back up? Or was that the quad that went onto wind hold the high speed MBE never ran? Back in the day (lol), Burke was always a great bet because the Willoughby Quad rarely went on wind hold and even when it did, there still wasn't really a line for the poma. But things change...

No the HSQ and poma were the only upper mountain lifts running.

 

[snowmonster]

Eastern Townships will have to wait another day. Hit Stowe instead. Windy and cold. Over Easy gondola (transfer Gondi from Spruce to Mansfield) was the only lift shut down by wind. Best coverage and softest snow was from the Gondi. Liftline and National were bumped up. Soft in parts. Overall, a very good day.

 

[JDMRoma]

We skied Burke yesterday and today. Saturday we woke up to 4 or 5 inches of fluff and found nice pockets of snow all day long. ducked some ropes but did not ski any glades. Today we were still finding plenty of snow in the morning and their main racing run was groomed and skiing really nicely too. Went in for a short break around noon , came out and chair to top was closed, rode pom a for a while and that was shout down at 3 when a boarder fell and the cable jumped the sheave.

Though we are sleeping up here tonight we are just going to sleep in a have a leisurely drive home tomorrow. First time skiing Burke and I really like the place, even though their good stuff was closed. Will return.

Burke and Jay are on my "To Do" list this year, just waiting for some new Snow and will hit them on Midweek !
Will be looking forward to testing out my Gotama's once the conditions warrant them !

 

[crank]

BTW, no lines to speak of at Burke except at the chair from the base. We parked at mid burke both days. Line for poma though when it was the only lift open up there.

 

[gladerider]

whiteface was busy yesterday. normal MLK traffic. got up to a few inches saturday morning. at the summit there was good 4-6 inches. found plenty of pow on the sides. had a great day.
today was a very different story. no gondi and no little face lift meant only face lift and freeway. the face lift wait was like 20+ minutes and one of the worst i've seen. lower mckenzie and mountain run was very good i thought. the wind was howling and we got snow all day. it is still snowing. so i expect a very good condition tomorrow. so far a lot better than what i had expected on my way up here.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Skied Gore Friday and Whiteface Saturday.

Gore was completely empty on Friday, which was nice, but that might have been temperature driven. The conditions were better than I expected in general, certainly lower on the mountain to about mid-mountain. Some bare spots and ice, but mostly decent snow. But you can certainly see the punishing effects of the inversion temps, as the upper mountain was basically destroyed. IMO, it was only open to boost their trail numbers because the key $$$$$ MLK weekend was upcoming. Train wreck of little to no cover and bulletproof ice.

Whiteface was somewhat similar. For a MLK Saturday, I was shocked how empty it was. The longest I had to wait all-day was about 8 minutes, and that was for the Gondola. Pretty nice day with great views. Snow was in pretty good shape too. Didnt bother going to the summit, as I was told by ski patrol it was icy as hell up there.

 

[tekweezle]

I am taking the Emilio ski shop bus to Okemo on Monday 1-21. Hope the conditions are good.

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[kingslug]

Was thinking about Hunter tomorrow but damn its going to be friggin cold...this used to not bother me..must be getting old...nah...1 to2 inches predicted...now if it was 4 to 6.....

 

[gladerider]

Didnt bother going to the summit, as I was told by ski patrol it was icy as hell up there.

Well it was icy everywhere but considering they lost 40+ trails due to the thaw, it wasn't too bad I thought. The patrols were right cause one guy told me that paron's run off the summit quad was vvery icy, but upper skyward was not at all. It wad boilerplate in the middle tho. Well, gotta get out there for another day of turns. Hoping the winds died down.

 

[jrmagic]

The east side of Magic skied pretty well this weekend too. Most folks stayed on the groomers but there was some decent lines and snow on some of the natural trails which kept things fun. Did one run on the west side which was not quite as fun up top but had very nice snow down lower below the inversion line. I guess things will be firmer out there today....

 

[gmcunni]

The east side of Magic skied pretty well this weekend too. Most folks stayed on the groomers but there was some decent lines and snow on some of the natural trails which kept things fun. Did one run on the west side which was not quite as fun up top but had very nice snow down lower below the inversion line. I guess things will be firmer out there today....

what's the forecast up there? i saw a snow map indicating 8 inches new snow this week? can't find details if it is a storm or a slow trickle over a few days.