Date(s) Skied: 1/12/2006
Resort or Ski Area: Crotched Mountain
Conditions: Plentiful Manmade fresh groomed
Trip Report:
Well, 5 days after a bare hill due to the warmup, Midnight Madness was awesome. Their freshmade new snow was in perfect condition, hardly any crust anywhere, even on snowboard heavy hills.
Most major trails are open. The new side cut trails are not, but I suspect they will be backfilling these in with portable guns this week. Pluto's plunge is open and looks gorgiouse. Equinox is closed, but with signs of starting to cover it. Upper summit is fully covered. Meteor and Velocity, two blue downhill trails are fully covered, and felt perfect under ski with no scratchy spots at all. Comet Drop and Final Frontier have no snow made on them, unfortunately. My only disappointment was that the Milky Way connector trail was closed, but had portable guns pointed into it. All Green trails had good coverage, again, no crusties to be seen.
Crotched was busy, but certainly not crowded. Part of the lodge was filled with sleeping bags for people staying the night as part of a group trip. No lines, no waiting, and good fun by all.
Have been reading and researching skiing form, I can say it paid off. I felt MUCH more confident on the steeper blues then I have in the past. Some of it was simply reading past threads on these very boards. Thanks for that, I'm going to tackle Pluto's plunge next time the conditions are nice.
Only one snafu, however. In an utterly embarassing snafu while having a conversation, I um.. *blush* Accidently moved up to the lift chair position right behind the group in front of me, and umm. Err. They where surprised to find someone scooped into the chair before he could move back. :dunce: Think I accidentally scared the ever loving hell out of them.
As a side note, they have a new beer on tap in the bar, only remembered to me as being 'The Snowman Beer' becouse of the tap handle. I'm going to look up more info on it, it was AWESOME. It almost tastes like cream soda.
Resort or Ski Area: Crotched Mountain
Conditions: Plentiful Manmade fresh groomed
Trip Report:
Well, 5 days after a bare hill due to the warmup, Midnight Madness was awesome. Their freshmade new snow was in perfect condition, hardly any crust anywhere, even on snowboard heavy hills.
Most major trails are open. The new side cut trails are not, but I suspect they will be backfilling these in with portable guns this week. Pluto's plunge is open and looks gorgiouse. Equinox is closed, but with signs of starting to cover it. Upper summit is fully covered. Meteor and Velocity, two blue downhill trails are fully covered, and felt perfect under ski with no scratchy spots at all. Comet Drop and Final Frontier have no snow made on them, unfortunately. My only disappointment was that the Milky Way connector trail was closed, but had portable guns pointed into it. All Green trails had good coverage, again, no crusties to be seen.
Crotched was busy, but certainly not crowded. Part of the lodge was filled with sleeping bags for people staying the night as part of a group trip. No lines, no waiting, and good fun by all.
Have been reading and researching skiing form, I can say it paid off. I felt MUCH more confident on the steeper blues then I have in the past. Some of it was simply reading past threads on these very boards. Thanks for that, I'm going to tackle Pluto's plunge next time the conditions are nice.
Only one snafu, however. In an utterly embarassing snafu while having a conversation, I um.. *blush* Accidently moved up to the lift chair position right behind the group in front of me, and umm. Err. They where surprised to find someone scooped into the chair before he could move back. :dunce: Think I accidentally scared the ever loving hell out of them.
As a side note, they have a new beer on tap in the bar, only remembered to me as being 'The Snowman Beer' becouse of the tap handle. I'm going to look up more info on it, it was AWESOME. It almost tastes like cream soda.
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