Got my new race skis today, now I just have to remount the bindings as they are too long and not easily adjustable. Hoping that these will put me ahead of my 25 yr old son next week.
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Crotched Mtn. 2016-17
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Got my new race skis today, now I just have to remount the bindings as they are too long and not easily adjustable. Hoping that these will put me ahead of my 25 yr old son next week.
Crotched was fairly decent considering the meltdown this week. They were blowing a bunch of snow on Meteor and UFO along with a few spot guns elsewhere. Pluto's, Moonwalk, Milky Way and Magnitude all need some serious help. Hopefully they switch over the guns to those trails tonight.
Jupiter's is a lost cause. The wet gun they had on it a couple of weeks back killed it as I feared would happen.
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Jupiter's is a lost cause. The wet gun they had on it a couple of weeks back killed it as I feared would happen.
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They really blew a lot on Meteor and it now has some very large whales. Satelite Summit and Pluto's also skied really nice with new man made. UFO has new snow but also a couple of icy streaches. The glacier at the bottom of Jupiter is pretty bad. Other trails were firm but edgeable. Joshua says that they will blow more tonight, and the pond has enough left to support it. Overall, I enjoyed this afternoon, and singles line was just about ski on, and there was never more than a 2-3 minute wait for non singles.
Savemeasammy
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With the new snow and most/all of the trails open, will Crotched let something bump up....?
Please...
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From their Twitter feed this am, you may get your wish:
"7" of heavy snow in the base, with reports of 8"-9" on the summit. Limited groom."
I don't blame them at all for grooming everything often to conserve trails during low natural snow periods.
What they mean is they groom one side of each trail and leave the other. Typical for them.
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Good luck. I have noticed since Peaks took over Hunter that bumps are not allowed. Everything groomed flat always.
And the trails that used to be allowed to bump up and stay bumped have been cut off from snowmaking. Nothing has been done about snowmaking on Lower K27 and upper Crossover got snowmaking once and not since. Everything on the west side is flat.
I guess the plan is to make Hunter like Jack Frost and Big Boulder. Pocono north.
Something I do not like at all about the new owners. Thank God I can ski at Belleayre on my NYS 3 in 1. I never thought I would say this but Belle is the place to ski in the Cats if you like bumps.
joshua segal
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It is not likely to be a Peak Resort policy since Wildcat, Attitash and Mt. Snow all have mogul runs.
Savemeasammy
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Did they groom everything Thursday, Joshua?
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joshua segal
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I'm in Florida, so I don't know. Any CM regulars reading this thread who know?
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Hit Crotched for a bunch of runs early today. Conditions were decent, more coverage on the edges than my last visit a few weeks ago. Trees still looked a bit thin, which was fine because my goal was just to cruise lots of laps. Hard pack turned soft with warm-ish temps , not too much ice around.
Didn't hit Jupiters, it may have had bumps but still had bad memories from when it was an ice sheet last time.
Ended earlier than I expected due to fatigue, had a few Henniker Rocket IPA's in the pub (very tasty) & still got home to suburban Boston in time for kickoff of Packers/Falcons. Full day indeed.
Didn't hit Jupiters, it may have had bumps but still had bad memories from when it was an ice sheet last time.
Ended earlier than I expected due to fatigue, had a few Henniker Rocket IPA's in the pub (very tasty) & still got home to suburban Boston in time for kickoff of Packers/Falcons. Full day indeed.
elks
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Jupiters was the best it's been all season if you like messy/mixed conditions. Seems like they fixed the ice problem at the bottom caused by the leaking snow gun.
Savemeasammy
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Credit to Crotched for starting to ski-in some moguls.
You can see by the amount of space in between (side to side) that these won't be zipper-liners. If they get bigger they will be good for people who are aspiring bumpers who want to work on rhythm and take it slow. Hopefully people will take an interest and put these to use (and hopefully they get some help from the fan guns).
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You can see by the amount of space in between (side to side) that these won't be zipper-liners. If they get bigger they will be good for people who are aspiring bumpers who want to work on rhythm and take it slow. Hopefully people will take an interest and put these to use (and hopefully they get some help from the fan guns).
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joshua segal
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I was worried when I saw the snow report today (1/26/17) which indicated that 100% of the mountain had been groomed. I'm happy to tell you, that the mogul field shown above is still there and is improving with traffic.
BTW: Absolute hero-snow here today!
BTW: Absolute hero-snow here today!
Jully
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That is exciting! Is there only 1 mogul field right now? Or are they on multiple trails?
Savemeasammy
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I'd love to see a pic at the end of the day for comparison
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Edd
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Hoping to check them out tomorrow.
joshua segal
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For now, the only moguls are on UFO and while yesterdays photo shows two rows of moguls, today, there are three. I prefer the irregular natural ones, but I'm told these are being set up for an upcoming competition.
Aside to savemesammy: Sorry. I don't do photos.
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