Marc
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Date(s) Skied: December 18 - December 19, 2005
Resort or Ski Area: Attitash Bear Peak
Conditions: Groomed, Packed Powder
Trip Report:
We left Woodstock early Sunday morning and arrived at the Attitash lodge at around 9:30 am. We booted up and rode the HSQ to half way up. The lifts that cross each other was pretty wierd (first time I've been there).
Our first run was fine, nothing exciting to speak of. We then rode the FG triple to the summit and saw a bump trail over on Bear, so we headed over there. The snow was nice over there, they were probably 50% open. The bump trail was Myth Maker, a diamond. I was a little apprehensive and it kicked my ass at first, but I began to remember all the good AZ advice and I started doing fairly well. The moguls were soft snow and the scraped off in between was the strange Franken-snow, normally annoying, but between the bumps it was good because it was easy to get an edge and keep my speed under check.
We stayed at the hostel in the basement of the Cranmore Lodge. It wasn't bad, $25 a night including a damn good breakfast, but the actual hostel was kind of a dump, especially compared with the Trojan Horse Lodge, in Ludlow, that we've stayed at several times. Sleeping bags are allowed at the Cranmore Lodge. Stayed with some ice climbers from Ohio, pretty nice folks.
The second day was like the first, absolutely no one there. We didn't wait in a line once the whole time we were there. We skied the bump run again basically the whole day, but road the HSQ from the Bear Lodge instead because there was a decent groomed headwall (short, but fun) on Kachina Falls. All in all, not bad, it skis pretty small but neither of us are experts like others on this forum. I was thrilled to further improve my bump skiing, and on a diamond no less. It was a fairly steep trail.
We will definetly be going back later in the season when the glades are open. They have quite a few there, and they looked pretty good from the lifts. Nothing insanely challenging but about right for me. Skiing with good form made me realize how much I want new skis, however, my Rossy's are pretty dead. Well anyway, all in all a very good two day trip. Hopefully will make it up to Killington later this week while I'm on vacation.
Resort or Ski Area: Attitash Bear Peak
Conditions: Groomed, Packed Powder
Trip Report:
We left Woodstock early Sunday morning and arrived at the Attitash lodge at around 9:30 am. We booted up and rode the HSQ to half way up. The lifts that cross each other was pretty wierd (first time I've been there).
Our first run was fine, nothing exciting to speak of. We then rode the FG triple to the summit and saw a bump trail over on Bear, so we headed over there. The snow was nice over there, they were probably 50% open. The bump trail was Myth Maker, a diamond. I was a little apprehensive and it kicked my ass at first, but I began to remember all the good AZ advice and I started doing fairly well. The moguls were soft snow and the scraped off in between was the strange Franken-snow, normally annoying, but between the bumps it was good because it was easy to get an edge and keep my speed under check.
We stayed at the hostel in the basement of the Cranmore Lodge. It wasn't bad, $25 a night including a damn good breakfast, but the actual hostel was kind of a dump, especially compared with the Trojan Horse Lodge, in Ludlow, that we've stayed at several times. Sleeping bags are allowed at the Cranmore Lodge. Stayed with some ice climbers from Ohio, pretty nice folks.
The second day was like the first, absolutely no one there. We didn't wait in a line once the whole time we were there. We skied the bump run again basically the whole day, but road the HSQ from the Bear Lodge instead because there was a decent groomed headwall (short, but fun) on Kachina Falls. All in all, not bad, it skis pretty small but neither of us are experts like others on this forum. I was thrilled to further improve my bump skiing, and on a diamond no less. It was a fairly steep trail.
We will definetly be going back later in the season when the glades are open. They have quite a few there, and they looked pretty good from the lifts. Nothing insanely challenging but about right for me. Skiing with good form made me realize how much I want new skis, however, my Rossy's are pretty dead. Well anyway, all in all a very good two day trip. Hopefully will make it up to Killington later this week while I'm on vacation.
