tarponhead
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Trip report, kinda rambling and no pics, sorry.
Made the go desicion Thursday night to head north with friends.
Friday morning saw Jay had another 16" but high winds projected. Made exec desicion to go to Burke which got maybe 10-12 inches (??) Mild winds, crowded, but only by Burke standards. Maybe 10 min wait at most which soon subsided. 100% open. Everything was open, some, moreso then others (liftline looked fun but a tad "chunky" in spots). Even at 3:30 PM, birches still the money. Guessing powerline was my fav trail and every glade was a hoot. Later heard the access rd to Jay was a cluster $%##@ and tram was on windhold, flyer too but they got it spinning slow later.
Sunday was JP. Got to stateside by 7:30. Wind honkin, they got another 16 inches to put their 4 day total near 4 feet! First ride up the the bonnie; everyone whooping as people came down killin it. First run was Can Am which had boot/knee deep to higher from the piles now forming. That run usually scares me when its scraped but it skied like a blue trail with the pow. Proceeded to hit any nearby glade that can be accessed from the bonnies before moving to the flyer with northwest passage/ north woods being awesome beyond anything I could imagine. After hitting area glades went up the flyer again and followed the now forming conga line hiking up to the tram house (tram not spinning yet). 20 min later decided face was probably still above my pay grade and opted for valhala which was the most awesome run of the day for me. You could straightline it, kick in 3 foot drift and bounce around any obsticle. I'm still smiling thinking about it. Tram started spinning shortly after we skied back to the bonnie.
Moved later to the flyer before calling it the day at 1:30, legs spent and still had a 6 1/2 hr ride back to Jersey.
Yesterday at Jay was my best ski day ever.
Made the go desicion Thursday night to head north with friends.
Friday morning saw Jay had another 16" but high winds projected. Made exec desicion to go to Burke which got maybe 10-12 inches (??) Mild winds, crowded, but only by Burke standards. Maybe 10 min wait at most which soon subsided. 100% open. Everything was open, some, moreso then others (liftline looked fun but a tad "chunky" in spots). Even at 3:30 PM, birches still the money. Guessing powerline was my fav trail and every glade was a hoot. Later heard the access rd to Jay was a cluster $%##@ and tram was on windhold, flyer too but they got it spinning slow later.
Sunday was JP. Got to stateside by 7:30. Wind honkin, they got another 16 inches to put their 4 day total near 4 feet! First ride up the the bonnie; everyone whooping as people came down killin it. First run was Can Am which had boot/knee deep to higher from the piles now forming. That run usually scares me when its scraped but it skied like a blue trail with the pow. Proceeded to hit any nearby glade that can be accessed from the bonnies before moving to the flyer with northwest passage/ north woods being awesome beyond anything I could imagine. After hitting area glades went up the flyer again and followed the now forming conga line hiking up to the tram house (tram not spinning yet). 20 min later decided face was probably still above my pay grade and opted for valhala which was the most awesome run of the day for me. You could straightline it, kick in 3 foot drift and bounce around any obsticle. I'm still smiling thinking about it. Tram started spinning shortly after we skied back to the bonnie.
Moved later to the flyer before calling it the day at 1:30, legs spent and still had a 6 1/2 hr ride back to Jersey.
Yesterday at Jay was my best ski day ever.
