Berkshire East 12/7

[skiing is life]

Weather: snow, fog, overcast, cold, and windy

Conditions loose granular, ice, man made packed powder.

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I arrived at 12:00 exactly. i met my friends at the bottom near the lodge. apparently one and a half top to bottom run(s) where there. By that i mean Big Cheif all the way down, and then the crossover from Big Cheif to Lower Comp to the bottom. Had a great time skiing. This was my first time back on snow since may so it felt good. Also i had time to test out my new equiptment. 07 K2 fujatives. they ski great. lower comp was veeery icy. big cheif at the top had a nice 2 inches of powder8) while lower big cheif was just ice. so very varying conditions depending where you are. they closed down at 3:30 due to wind!:evil::angry:

so we stayed in the lodge for a bit and had the famous chili that everyone loves. in general skiing was good. B+. ill be back next weekend where hopefully there will be more terrain, less wind and more skiing time.

looking down lower comp

looking up lower comp from the lodge as you can see it is half covered.

 

[TheBEast]

Unfortunately I think the Wednesday weather event could put a damper on terrain expansion plans. Word from management was no snowmaking until that weather system is through, so could be a few more weeks until we get some other runs to mix in there. With the freeze coming Thurs/Fri that could set-up some nice solid conditions.....but being 5 days away I'll be optimistic at this point

I would say overall conditions were decent for this time of year up there with 0 natural snow (although it did spit all day for the most part).