Date: March 17, 2007
2006 Trip Report #: 44
Resort: Burke Mountain
Conditions: P (15-20” of fresh pow)
Weather: Snow in the AM, freezing fog up higher, Temps in the 20’s.
Trip Report: Where can you find tons of fresh pow and empty chairs going up the mountain? I don’t know where, but St. Patrick’s Day at Burke was lucky because of fresh pow and no crowds.
I got there at 9:30 am and met up with the original trailboss and the Dawn Patrol. They were warming up from the first few runs…and were thawing out. Danny told me that there was freezing fog on the top, but the snow was amazing. So I booted up and headed up the lift with them.
Everything that was grass was once again covered and skiing well. Overall, the base depths were very good and the snow was dense enough to make for some great base that will be around for some time. What a difference a day makes.
First run was down Dippers. The original trailboss’ recon was right…Dippers had been groomed last and was not as powdery as the other runs, but it was a good warm up. Some nice pow on the sides.
Next run was down Camper’s Carry to the Meadows and then down to Darling Point. The snow on Meadows was intense….drifted pow….probably just below knee deep if you were not on skis. Camper’s Carry skied well. We went from Darling Point down across to Lower Warren’s, which was Danny’s suggestion. Another good call. Some untracked lines on skier’s right were to die for. I was hooting and hollering all the way down. Awesome.
Last run with the crew was down Carriage Road and then down Lower Dipper’s. Wow. Carriage Road never gets old. :beer:
I stopped in the lodge and warmed up for a bit before going back out. The original trailboss and his crew went into the lounge while I headed out for more pow.
Powderhorn was in great shape….and I imagine it will be groomed tonight. A few thin spots, but not too bad.
I skated over to the Poma for some runs….hoping to stay below the frost line. Good choice. The Poma dropped you out just below the fog line. I skied Upper Warrens (which was mint) and then cut across to Bear Den Ledges. Wow. Deep drifts and great snow. This was ice and rocks on Friday!
Pow and more pow today! I hit it once more, almost up to my armpits in pow. On the first spin, I went down Lower Fox’s and found some great untracked snow on the side. I did one more run down Bear Den and decided to duck into Gap….some nice snow over there, but you could not press down too much or go too slow because you would bottom out.
From here I did a spin down East Bowl expecting for it to be sketchy…not at all. A firm groomed base with the snow on top made for great turns.
I headed in for lunch and met up with Chris “The Weatherdude” and his friend, Eric. We chatted over lunch and I praised him for his fine weather forecasting skills. :wink:
We headed back out…they hit the woods off of East Bowl while I went for another spin down East Bowl. They said that the snow was great…very deep in the woods. We then went for the west side…I took Upper Fox’s to Bear Den Ledges and then down Lower Fox’s back to the lift. I was very to see that the Ledges were still in great shape….with lots of deep snow! Run of the day!
They hit the Jungle and reported great snow in there…my legs were just not up for tight trees. Maybe tomorrow.
So we took one more spin off the top…they hit a secret stash off the East Bowl and I took Wilderness down to Toll Road and cut across to hit Lower Doug’s. Both of these were sketchy in spots, but doable.
I then decided to go down to the base to check E-mail, go to the store (for the annual sale) and hang out. I ended up doing two “cool down runs” and calling it a day at 3:55 Much longer day than I was expecting, but heck, there is going to be a lot of class again this week, so I needed to take advantage!
2006 Trip Report #: 44
Resort: Burke Mountain
Conditions: P (15-20” of fresh pow)
Weather: Snow in the AM, freezing fog up higher, Temps in the 20’s.
Trip Report: Where can you find tons of fresh pow and empty chairs going up the mountain? I don’t know where, but St. Patrick’s Day at Burke was lucky because of fresh pow and no crowds.
I got there at 9:30 am and met up with the original trailboss and the Dawn Patrol. They were warming up from the first few runs…and were thawing out. Danny told me that there was freezing fog on the top, but the snow was amazing. So I booted up and headed up the lift with them.
Everything that was grass was once again covered and skiing well. Overall, the base depths were very good and the snow was dense enough to make for some great base that will be around for some time. What a difference a day makes.
First run was down Dippers. The original trailboss’ recon was right…Dippers had been groomed last and was not as powdery as the other runs, but it was a good warm up. Some nice pow on the sides.
Next run was down Camper’s Carry to the Meadows and then down to Darling Point. The snow on Meadows was intense….drifted pow….probably just below knee deep if you were not on skis. Camper’s Carry skied well. We went from Darling Point down across to Lower Warren’s, which was Danny’s suggestion. Another good call. Some untracked lines on skier’s right were to die for. I was hooting and hollering all the way down. Awesome.
Last run with the crew was down Carriage Road and then down Lower Dipper’s. Wow. Carriage Road never gets old. :beer:
I stopped in the lodge and warmed up for a bit before going back out. The original trailboss and his crew went into the lounge while I headed out for more pow.
Powderhorn was in great shape….and I imagine it will be groomed tonight. A few thin spots, but not too bad.
I skated over to the Poma for some runs….hoping to stay below the frost line. Good choice. The Poma dropped you out just below the fog line. I skied Upper Warrens (which was mint) and then cut across to Bear Den Ledges. Wow. Deep drifts and great snow. This was ice and rocks on Friday!
Pow and more pow today! I hit it once more, almost up to my armpits in pow. On the first spin, I went down Lower Fox’s and found some great untracked snow on the side. I did one more run down Bear Den and decided to duck into Gap….some nice snow over there, but you could not press down too much or go too slow because you would bottom out. From here I did a spin down East Bowl expecting for it to be sketchy…not at all. A firm groomed base with the snow on top made for great turns.
I headed in for lunch and met up with Chris “The Weatherdude” and his friend, Eric. We chatted over lunch and I praised him for his fine weather forecasting skills. :wink:
We headed back out…they hit the woods off of East Bowl while I went for another spin down East Bowl. They said that the snow was great…very deep in the woods. We then went for the west side…I took Upper Fox’s to Bear Den Ledges and then down Lower Fox’s back to the lift. I was very
to see that the Ledges were still in great shape….with lots of deep snow! Run of the day! They hit the Jungle and reported great snow in there…my legs were just not up for tight trees. Maybe tomorrow.
So we took one more spin off the top…they hit a secret stash off the East Bowl and I took Wilderness down to Toll Road and cut across to hit Lower Doug’s. Both of these were sketchy in spots, but doable.
I then decided to go down to the base to check E-mail, go to the store (for the annual sale) and hang out. I ended up doing two “cool down runs” and calling it a day at 3:55
Much longer day than I was expecting, but heck, there is going to be a lot of class again this week, so I needed to take advantage!
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