Belleayre - 4/11/2010

[Greg]

I think many of us would agree that we never thought Belleayre would even be on our radar. We seem to be able to sniff out the bumps though. Thanks again Sotto for the pics from yesterday. That got a bunch of us there. Good crew:

Me
Brian
powhunter
johnnypoach
gmcunni
Sotto
madriverjack

We also met Shredder of Gnar, along with a few other bump fanatics. First visit to Belleayre for me and several of us. The place delivered today, big time. Nice bumps, insane amounts of snow making, great crew of rippers, and unexpected bluebird skies. Awesome day. Some pics:

bvibert, sotto and gmcunni on Yahoo:

Gary rippin:

Brian:

powhunter:

Some of the crew taking a beer break:

Gary:

Sotto:

MRJ (let that gold flow):

Insane snow making on Yahoo:

 

[Greg]

Moguls!

Not sure what "splunk>" is, but it's a cool shot:

MRJ at the top of the ROTD:

 

[180]

Looks like another great day. I love being able to rip those bumps with the sun right behind. Most runs don't give you that perspective in the spring.

 

[severine]

Nice! Glad you guys were able to get out for a great day of spring bumps!

 

[wa-loaf]

Jealous.

 

[gmcunni]

outstanding day today - good weather, good snow, great people to ski with.

i can't believe i'm saying this but it was too sunny. even with spf 30 (applied twice during the day) i'm still sunburned. Saw a dude skiing in a speedo uke:

lots of talented bumpers on the hill today.


Better weather than expected-

ROTD-

Jack -

State of NY felt it necessary to issue multiple warnings

Greg

 

[faceplant]

your welcome........
anytime

 

[powbmps]

You guys drink beer? Whoda thunk it ;-).

Looks like a blast!

 

[madriverjack]

It was alot of fun today bashing those bumps with everyone. I would never of thought about going to Bellearye. Thank you Sotto and 180 for the trip report Saturday.

 

[Sotto]

Had a blast, it was good to ski with you guys! Will have to do that again some time. Couldn't have asked for better conditions and weather.

 

[deadheadskier]

DAMN!

are the bumps there that good throughout the winter or is it strictly a spring thing?


It's hard for me to wrap my mind around going almost 5 hours southwest to ski, but I really should someday do a Hunter, Bell, Plattekill long weekend. Guess this year would've been the one to do it.

 

[Eski]

kudos to Belleayre and Tony for another job well done, always a nice time visiting there, a good vibe

 

[Glenn]

Glad you guys were able to find some bumps! There weren't many to be had at Mount Snow. They had to plow most of them down on the North Face just to keep it open.

 

[bvibert]

Great day! I'm glad the weather turned out to be way better than what was forecast. My face and neck are as red as a lobster as a result, well worth it though! Like Greg said; Belleayre was never on my radar before, but they sure did deliver today. I plan on going back for sure.

It was good to ski with everyone again, and to meet a few new faces. There was no shortage of bump skiing rippers there yesterday.

All in all a perfect way to end my season! :beer:

 

[bvibert]

My cell phone pics of the day:

Gary:

I think that's Sotto:

Mid session beer break:

I liked this trail, but it was a pain to get to:

ROTD (don't remember the name Onteora or something) at the end of the day with Jack in the foreground:

 

[skidbump]

DAMN!

are the bumps there that good throughout the winter or is it strictly a spring thing?


It's hard for me to wrap my mind around going almost 5 hours southwest to ski, but I really should someday do a Hunter, Bell, Plattekill long weekend. Guess this year would've been the one to do it.

season long on winnisook,tongora,onteora,yahoo,senecca
As they form on lower belleayre and bottom of wanatuska
If enuf natural cathedral and lift line..plus glades

 

[gmcunni]

some video from yesterday

 

[bvibert]

some video from yesterday

Nice job on the video Gary, thanks!

 

[severine]

Nice vid, Gary! Thanks for sharing that! Some funny stuff in the last 1/3! :lol:

 

[Greg]

some video from yesterday

Wow. You got a lot of video. Nice job. I knew I was compressing yesterday and not extending well. I would eventually run out of travel and bail or fall down. We hammered it pretty hard. I'm cooked today.