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Belleayre 12/27 & 12/28

thinnmann

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Have been lapping Onteora and Wanatuska a lot for the past few days. The skiing is good, for what little terrain there is to be had. On Tuesday, coverage on top of Onteora was getting thin, and I took some Ptex off my ski when that white granite looked a lot like snow in the flat light before the rain started.

I patched my base while it rained outside until about 9 PM on Tuesday night.

Today, Wednesday, it has been snowing since we woke up, and it is still snowing here in Margaretville. The mountain was getting some coverage over what it already had. They also started blowing snow about 11:30 today, finally. They opened Horseshoe Pass in the afternoon for race training.

Skied from 9 AM - 2PM.

Open today: Onondaga, Wanatuska, and Onteora from the top; about 200 yards of Mohawk in the middle. What had gotten icy-hard on Tuesday was softer and grippier today. By the end of the day, the blowing and the snowing put a few nice inches on top of everything. The rain did not mess things up, and the conditions improved as the day progressed. Not many people were there.

Warning: These photos make it look like there is a lot more snow than there actually is! there is little to none in the woods. The lower trails look covered in the second picture, but they are not. Light is like that: it amplifies the white stuff; especially in cell phone photos.

Ridge trail in the morning:
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Onteora in the morning:
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My daughter after race training under snow guns on Horseshoe Pass. You can see the guns blowing Roaring Brook in the background.
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Were they blowing on the top of Mohawk at all today?
 

thinnmann

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Were they blowing on the top of Mohawk at all today?

Not before our departure. Belleayre's budget has been slashed about 30% since last season, l have heard. Among the losses were two rented compressors, I have been told. That amounts to less snowmaking, and Mother Nature isn't helping much...
 
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