skiking4
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- Dec 9, 2012
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Real fun day. 50 degrees, sun shining, no lines, arguably 100% open. I wouldn't head into the trees around Glen/Cathedral without at least 100 mm+ underfoot and you like sierra cement, but I could see some awesome lines in there though either after friday that were left untracked or with some wide boys. Trees were a lot of fun, I really like the trees near the top of Superchief. Soft and cuddly in there. Bumps were spectacular today. I will say skiing was extremely slow today, however, and that's a big problem for belleayre.
I got a problem with Belleayre - it's 200 vertical ft of black diamond pitches into some extremely flat blues for the next 600-1000 vertical. Combined with the extra snow today made for some extra slow speed and really hard to build up any sort of speed on the grippy snow on the groomers. Using the skitracks app, I maxed out at 43.7 mph, and that was after zooming down runs like Don Nebel or Belleayre run where I think I might otherwise have still only hit low 50s on a faster day. It's a real slow, flat mountain, but perfect for beginners, intermediates, and intermediates advancing into black diamond terrain.
I got a problem with Belleayre - it's 200 vertical ft of black diamond pitches into some extremely flat blues for the next 600-1000 vertical. Combined with the extra snow today made for some extra slow speed and really hard to build up any sort of speed on the grippy snow on the groomers. Using the skitracks app, I maxed out at 43.7 mph, and that was after zooming down runs like Don Nebel or Belleayre run where I think I might otherwise have still only hit low 50s on a faster day. It's a real slow, flat mountain, but perfect for beginners, intermediates, and intermediates advancing into black diamond terrain.