Belleayre April 2-3, 2011

[legalskier]

Friday night brought 4" of fresh and Saturday night another 1" and in between were two gorgeous days of excellent spring skiing with no lift lines. Lots of soft spring bumps, but the best was that all the glades were open with fantastic snow, including Cathedral Glen (save Winnisook Glade which easily could have been open). The old t-bar line is now an official glade, but it's very narrow so some hearty souls have expanded it to include the trees between it and Peekamoose, an area that includes a unique natural feature I've never seen anywhere else- a deep and narrow gulley that forms a natural halfpipe that snakes to the right towards the t-bar line, then bends left, then back to the right again. There were lots of tracks going up the sidewalls from riders who found it before me. Elsewhere on the mountain I saw tracks in woods where I've never seen tracks before, obviously someone's private stashes (p.m. me for details). The "cliff" under the top of Tomahawk quad was roped off but that didn't stop some intrepid poachers, as you can see below. Well, enough of my yammering; they say a pic speaks a thousand words so I snapped some with my cell- not the best quality but I'm sure you get the idea. :highfive:

Cathedral Brook- strictly natural snow

Yahoo

Onteora

Seneca

The cliff under Tomahawk quad (um, why is this pic smaller?)

 

[gmcunni]

can't see your pics, broken link kind of thing.

 

[legalskier]

can't see your pics, broken link kind of thing.

That's strange- they're ok for me.

 

[gmcunni]

That's strange- they're ok for me.

looks like links back to gmail account, perhaps a permissions issue?

 

[dmc]

looks like links back to gmail account, perhaps a permissions issue?

Definitely trying to link to a picture in GMAIL..

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&...&th=12f21146beb48533&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw

That is not an image URL and it's https so is secure to your session... Hint: PIX generally end in a .jpg suffix/extension

 

[legalskier]

Definitely trying to link to a picture in GMAIL..
That is not an image URL and it's https so is secure to your session... Hint: PIX generally end in a .jpg suffix/extension

Yes, I don't have a smart phone so I had to text it to gmail and copy the image url, or so I thought. Not sure how to do it any way else, so I'll be getting a data cable and try it that way. I'm kind of computer challenged as you can see.

 

[dmc]

Yes, I don't have a smart phone so I had to text it to gmail and copy the image url, or so I thought. Not sure how to do it any way else, so I'll be getting a data cable and try it that way. I'm kind of computer challenged as you can see.

Right click the image in the email..
Save it to a file - upload it to Alpine Zone..
Embed in message..

 

[legalskier]

Right click the image in the email..
Save it to a file - upload it to Alpine Zone..
Embed in message..

Thanks, I'll try later.

 

[k123]

I was there Sunday, definitely one of my top days of the year there, out of 15. I did the Winnisook glades at least four times, and had first tracks all four times. I guess a lot of people were obeying the closed sign but i just entered from Tongora. I also was riding in the trees between yahoo and onteora, very fun and pretty steep. The glade next to the t-bar line was also great, perfect for intermediate glade skiers. I also had some fresh powder on the right side of Cathedral brook at the top. You can almost always find untracked lines at Belleayre, if you know where to look. Oh and by the way, the bumps were sweet and soft.

 

[legalskier]

I did the Winnisook glades at least four times, and had first tracks all four times. I guess a lot of people were obeying the closed sign but i just entered from Tongora.

I did give that option some consideration but decided to stay true to my screen name. :sad:

I also was riding in the trees between yahoo and onteora, very fun and pretty steep.

So those were your tracks. I started to do same but couldn't find a decent line so I hooked right onto Onteora.

I also had some fresh powder on the right side of Cathedral brook at the top.

Again, spotted those tracks on skier's right. I did skier's left; awesome freshies in there too.

Oh btw, there was some other good stuff you missed. :comfort:

 

[legalskier]

Ok, let's try again. I'm trying to figure this out on my own so please bear with me. Left to right: CatBrook, Onteora, Yahoo, Seneca, and the cliff under Tomahawk quad.

 

[k123]

Oh btw, there was some other good stuff you missed. :comfort:

i hit some other trees that i didnt mention, such as between belleayre run and wanatuska at the top section

 

[k123]

A little late, but here's a pic from last Sunday in the "closed" Winnisook glades

 

[legalskier]

Rub it in why dontcha. The stashes I found were just as good.
:grin:

 

[dmc]

Rub it in why dontcha. The stashes I found were just as good.
:grin:

You got proof? haha..

Looks great guys.. Well played...