zinger3000
New member
Date(s) Skied: Thursday, January 6, 2011
Resort or Ski Area: Crotched
Conditions: Packed Powder/Frozen Granular
Trip Report:
Great day at this small-mid sized hill. Pulled into the parking lot at 8:35 AM and made first chair at 9:00. Trails were groomed nicely at the beginning of the day, but got skied off somewhat by the time I left around 3:30, but still very ski-able. There was a real nice bump on the right side of the Moon Walk trail where it intersects with Pluto's Plunge. I'm only an intermediate skier and don't do bumps/jumps etc, but it was fun to watch others do it. I normally only ski greens and blues, but tried 2 of the black diamonds at Crotched today - Pluto's Plunge and UFO-Eclipse. I managed both runs quite well; maybe they'd only be a difficult blue at other areas?
Ski patrol set up slalom poles/gates on Pluto's Plunge from about 10:00-12:00, and then on Meteor around 2:00.
My favorite trails of the day were Meteor and Velocity, both right at my ability level. I find it interesting that all of the trail names at Crotched have an outer space theme to them. I wonder what the history is behind that.
Was too afraid to ask the locals/staff about the pronunciation of Crotched - is it 1 syllable (rhymes with botched) or 2 syllables (where the "e" is pronounced.)
It's my goal to try every ski area at least once within 3-4 hours of home for a day trip. I can now check Crotched off my list. At just under 3 hours each way, I felt it well worth it.
Here are a few pics (don't really add much to the TR, but I'll post anyway)
Parking Lot at 11:30. Pretty much stayed this empty up until about 2:15, when the kids got out of school. By 3:00, the main lot was completely full, and the next lot to the right of the double-chair was filling up quickly.
Liftside Parking. The main parking lot stretches the entire base of the mountain, and is only a few rows deep. Get there early, and you're less than a 50-foot walk to the snow. Meteor is on the left and Pluto's Plunge is on the right
View from the summit. I thought I read somewhere that you could see Sunapee from the top of Crotched, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Maybe I have one of the mountains confused. But then again, I didn't really know which direction to look.
Resort or Ski Area: Crotched
Conditions: Packed Powder/Frozen Granular
Trip Report:
Great day at this small-mid sized hill. Pulled into the parking lot at 8:35 AM and made first chair at 9:00. Trails were groomed nicely at the beginning of the day, but got skied off somewhat by the time I left around 3:30, but still very ski-able. There was a real nice bump on the right side of the Moon Walk trail where it intersects with Pluto's Plunge. I'm only an intermediate skier and don't do bumps/jumps etc, but it was fun to watch others do it. I normally only ski greens and blues, but tried 2 of the black diamonds at Crotched today - Pluto's Plunge and UFO-Eclipse. I managed both runs quite well; maybe they'd only be a difficult blue at other areas?
Ski patrol set up slalom poles/gates on Pluto's Plunge from about 10:00-12:00, and then on Meteor around 2:00.
My favorite trails of the day were Meteor and Velocity, both right at my ability level. I find it interesting that all of the trail names at Crotched have an outer space theme to them. I wonder what the history is behind that.
Was too afraid to ask the locals/staff about the pronunciation of Crotched - is it 1 syllable (rhymes with botched) or 2 syllables (where the "e" is pronounced.)
It's my goal to try every ski area at least once within 3-4 hours of home for a day trip. I can now check Crotched off my list. At just under 3 hours each way, I felt it well worth it.
Here are a few pics (don't really add much to the TR, but I'll post anyway)
Parking Lot at 11:30. Pretty much stayed this empty up until about 2:15, when the kids got out of school. By 3:00, the main lot was completely full, and the next lot to the right of the double-chair was filling up quickly.
Liftside Parking. The main parking lot stretches the entire base of the mountain, and is only a few rows deep. Get there early, and you're less than a 50-foot walk to the snow. Meteor is on the left and Pluto's Plunge is on the right
View from the summit. I thought I read somewhere that you could see Sunapee from the top of Crotched, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Maybe I have one of the mountains confused. But then again, I didn't really know which direction to look.
Last edited:
