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Date(s) Skied: Friday, 3/19/04, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Resort or Ski Area: Berkshire East, Charlemont, Massachusetts
Conditions: Heavy, dense powder. No crowds. Variable weather - everything from light snow to sun to heavy snow squalls. No wind. ~30*F
Trip Report: Was aiming to meet ChileMass, CM's friend Rob, and skijay between 8:30 and 9:00. I showed up around 9:00 and wound up parking right next to skijay. There was less than 20 cars in the lot when I arrived! Went into the lodge and was asked by Rob if I was Greg. Greeted both Rob and ChileMass. We also met Beast's Jeremy Clark while getting lift tickets. Got dressed and ready to go.
Rob and CM loaded the triple and skijay and I followed for what would probably be a 30 minute lift ride! They were having some trouble with a sensor on it. First run was down Flying Cloud which had some nice powder. Jeremy had mentioned they haven't groomed at all. The skiing was great. We noticed a groomer coming up and took advantage oh his track for the rest of the run. We then headed over to the double that they started as an alternative to the triple but found out it wasn't going to be ready for 15 minutes. We huffed it over to the quad for a few nice short powder runs on Exhibition and War Dance. We then crossed over to Competition to find the triple was back in action. We rode it for the rest of the day.
Took a number of runs before lunch on Big Chief, Flying Cloud, Competition, Minnie Dole, and even Outback. The conditions overall were excellent. Lots of powder, although somewhat heavy and thick. Some of the steeper runs showed some scratchy, yet very edgeable base in the middles. We took a break for lunch and a beer at 12:45 and took a few more runs in the afternoon. skijay and I took an extra run down Big Chief at the end of a great day at the Beast. Run of the day was Flying Cloud. Nice powder skiier's right and a bit of groomed center/skier's left. The mountain proabably will do nicely with some grooming as the powder on the mountain is getting really heavy and dense. I bet they're grooming right now for the weekend.
The weather was weird today. A mix of everything - light snow, sun, squalls and any combination of the three. Not an ounce of wind though with warm temps made for great skiing.
We bid farewell to skijay and I enjoyed a final brew with ChileMass and Rob. All three of you guys are really cool and I had a lot of fun today. If anyone has the chance to ski with any of these guys, take the opportunity. I think we may have even convinced Rob to sign up here!
I decided to take 8A South to 8 South home. It's a nice ride through the Berkshires and let me avoid Springfield, Hartford and Waterbury traffic. I got home in just over two hours. I'll use that route from now on. All in all, a great day!
HERE are a bunch of pix. And skijay caught a few short videos inadvertantly (camera was in video mode by mistake). They're short (like 2 second) clips:
Video 1 (Rob zooming by and Greg skiing)
Video 2 (Quick clip of ChileMass sking)
Thanks again guys for the wonderful company! I really enjoyed myself.
Resort or Ski Area: Berkshire East, Charlemont, Massachusetts
Conditions: Heavy, dense powder. No crowds. Variable weather - everything from light snow to sun to heavy snow squalls. No wind. ~30*F
Trip Report: Was aiming to meet ChileMass, CM's friend Rob, and skijay between 8:30 and 9:00. I showed up around 9:00 and wound up parking right next to skijay. There was less than 20 cars in the lot when I arrived! Went into the lodge and was asked by Rob if I was Greg. Greeted both Rob and ChileMass. We also met Beast's Jeremy Clark while getting lift tickets. Got dressed and ready to go.
Rob and CM loaded the triple and skijay and I followed for what would probably be a 30 minute lift ride! They were having some trouble with a sensor on it. First run was down Flying Cloud which had some nice powder. Jeremy had mentioned they haven't groomed at all. The skiing was great. We noticed a groomer coming up and took advantage oh his track for the rest of the run. We then headed over to the double that they started as an alternative to the triple but found out it wasn't going to be ready for 15 minutes. We huffed it over to the quad for a few nice short powder runs on Exhibition and War Dance. We then crossed over to Competition to find the triple was back in action. We rode it for the rest of the day.
Took a number of runs before lunch on Big Chief, Flying Cloud, Competition, Minnie Dole, and even Outback. The conditions overall were excellent. Lots of powder, although somewhat heavy and thick. Some of the steeper runs showed some scratchy, yet very edgeable base in the middles. We took a break for lunch and a beer at 12:45 and took a few more runs in the afternoon. skijay and I took an extra run down Big Chief at the end of a great day at the Beast. Run of the day was Flying Cloud. Nice powder skiier's right and a bit of groomed center/skier's left. The mountain proabably will do nicely with some grooming as the powder on the mountain is getting really heavy and dense. I bet they're grooming right now for the weekend.
The weather was weird today. A mix of everything - light snow, sun, squalls and any combination of the three. Not an ounce of wind though with warm temps made for great skiing.
We bid farewell to skijay and I enjoyed a final brew with ChileMass and Rob. All three of you guys are really cool and I had a lot of fun today. If anyone has the chance to ski with any of these guys, take the opportunity. I think we may have even convinced Rob to sign up here!
I decided to take 8A South to 8 South home. It's a nice ride through the Berkshires and let me avoid Springfield, Hartford and Waterbury traffic. I got home in just over two hours. I'll use that route from now on. All in all, a great day!
HERE are a bunch of pix. And skijay caught a few short videos inadvertantly (camera was in video mode by mistake). They're short (like 2 second) clips:
Video 1 (Rob zooming by and Greg skiing)
Video 2 (Quick clip of ChileMass sking)
Thanks again guys for the wonderful company! I really enjoyed myself.
