Burke 2/3/11

[Zand]

Date(s) Skied: Thursday 2/3/11

Resort or Ski Area: Burke, VT

Conditions: Crud, some knee deep freshies still left in the woods... BLUEBIRD (am I really still in the NEK!?!?)... low 10s that felt like 40s

Trip Report:

Lolligagged around after class so I didn't end up getting there till just before 2, but had time for 5 runs. Hit Jungle, Doug's Woods, Warren's Woods, Birches, and Fox's. Jungle and Birches were fully tracked out for the most part and honestly need another storm or two to be in great shape... still hitting lots of stuff in there. Definitely getting there though. Warrens and Dougs woods had plenty of fresh shots still left over. A snow snake claimed me at the very top of Warrens and I ended up lawn darting into the powder lol. Fox's was much better as seen in NEK's video... pretty easy to ski it without hitting rocks now. Almost killed myself jumping off the last one though thanks to that quick mound right after it. Groomers were full of chopped up crud as it snowed a few more inches after closing yesterday.

With snow coming in Saturday and Tuesday, the place is going to be PRIMO next week. Can't wait for it.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Sounds like it was an awsome day to be out. I looked out the window here at work and was longing to be out in the sun 8)

 

[psyflyer]

We were out there also and had a blast. Bluebird from after 3pm, awesome views. I rode Birches twice and was actually impressed by powder stashes on the far left of the glade. In one occasion I was thighdeep and got stuck, what a work out to get free. We did Throb, a couple of unmarked glades and Birches. Plenty of snow to be had and the 3-4 inches overnight covered tracks nicely and added to the stashes. Today was pretty much empty and the ungroomed although cut up was fun to ride. We also did powerline/sasquatch which was pretty sweet.

 

[rocojerry]

Thanks for the reports, I bought a 3-pack of tickets and am getting pretty close to using them at Burke. Have never been, but it looks pretty good from what I've heard/seen so far... Probably one of these next few weekends -- PM me if you want to give up your fishing spots