Belleayre 3-20,21-10: bump alert!

[legalskier]

You bumps skiers would have had a blast. Soft and sweet spring conditions. Plenty of base, all the blacks were bumped up to some extent or another, and the glades were open. Temps were in the upper 50s and low 60s I'd estimate, lots of kids out there in tshirts. Here's a sampling: Ontereo (top to bottom, wall to wall bumps, fantastic); Utsayantha (I've never seen it with a better base); upper Winisook (skier's left bumped up, right side of the fork slightly bumped); upper Tongora, Seneca and Yahoo bumped up as usual (the whale on top of Yahoo was a rush); Belleayre run (skier's left bumped top to bottom); even normally flat blacks like Peekamoose, Algonguin, Dot and skier's right on Belleayre had smaller, more spaced bumps. The glades (Winisook, Belleayre and Chippewa) were sticky in the morning but the traffic actually improved the surface as the day progressed and even bumped them up nicely with an excellent base (i.e. no stones dinging up my bases at all). The flat blues like Pepacton, Dot, Tongora and Peekamoose enticed me to open up the throttle and sink the edges in at high speed, a carver's paradise. Saturday saw more traffic, but on Sunday we had some trails literally to ourselves, and no lift lines. Upper Area 51 was roped off but the lower portion appeared to be open. The waterfalls around the mountain were flowing (e.g along Ashokan and near Superchief lift). On Saturday there was a d.j on the deck, people were dancing on the tables, and somebody was flying a large R.C. helicopter around taking aerial pics of the party, then displayed them on his laptop. Sunday on the deck had a live band playing mellower tunes. What a weekend of fine spring skiing, totally satisfying. My legs are shot. :beer:

Now is the time, ladies and gentlemen!

 

[coffeyhound]

coffeyhound

the belle rocks! we skied the two weekends after the big dump-tremendous! bumps on every run!
look forward to getting back up before seasons end.

 

[zinger3000]

How were the lift lines on Saturday? Thinking of heading over to Belleayre this Saturday.

Not to hijack this thread, but has anyone ever parked in the Tomahawk parking lot? Does it have a shorter walk to the lift than the other 2 parking lots?

 

[catskills]

How were the lift lines on Saturday? Thinking of heading over to Belleayre this Saturday.

Not to hijack this thread, but has anyone ever parked in the Tomahawk parking lot? Does it have a shorter walk to the lift than the other 2 parking lots?

Yes I have done that. I have seen a mom with 3 kids park SUV in Tomahawk parking lot, pull out the lawn chairs, everyone puts ski pants & ski boots on in parking lot, short walk to Tomahawk ticket booth at end of parking lot, and 30 foot walk to lift. You stay away from the whole lodge seen and you don't need to hall bags of gear to the lodge.

 

[legalskier]

How were the lift lines on Saturday? Thinking of heading over to Belleayre this Saturday.
Not to hijack this thread, but has anyone ever parked in the Tomahawk parking lot? Does it have a shorter walk to the lift than the other 2 parking lots?

Saturday's lift lines were negligible, Sunday's non-existent. What a bonus.

Tomahawk parking lots (I believe there are three lots in a row) were about a quarter full when I happened to glance over that way. Usually there's a sign at the lot entrance indicating whether the ticket booth is open at Tomahawk.

 

[trapedui]

Not to hijack this thread, but has anyone ever parked in the Tomahawk parking lot? Does it have a shorter walk to the lift than the other 2 parking lots?

We usually park in the Tomahawk parking lot. On a slow day, it is great. You put on your boots at the car, walk 50 yards and hop on the lift. If you try to park there on a busy day, get there before 9AM. There is only one ticket window and there can be a long line by 9:30. Sometimes when the Tomahwak ticket window is closed, we pull up to Overlook Lodge, buy our lift tickets and drive back to the Tomahawk lot. It is usually pretty empty when the ticket booth is closed. I really like being able park so close to the lift. If you want to swtich equipment during the day, it's a quick walk back to the car.

 

[kingslug]

The time ofliftlines is over...nothing but the hardcore now...