Angus
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Angus and Son of Angus arrived at about 5 PM and were on the mountain by 5:20. We bought Midnight Madness tickets for an extra $6 so we could ski past 9 PM – we wouldn't make!
It was windy and cold on the drive up to the hill but the wind seemed to pick up after the sun went down and the temperature dropped quickly. The summit chairlift was working when we arrived but was shut down when we got back outside to ski. Someone told us it was due to a mechanical problem but we were later told it was due to the high winds.
Our first run was down Galaxy which had nice snow until you turned the corner – the wind was coming right up the slope and any snow on the trail had been blown away leaving either pure ice or ice packed snow. We skied Meteor a bunch which was nice. After awhile, we jumped over to the far right double. At this point, the triple by lodge had been shut down leaving only the two boundary lifts operating. This created essentially was two separate ski areas. We skied SuperNova, Final Frontier (dimly lit) and Comet Drop (hard pack with poor lighting at a point where the pitch drops significantly) – SuperNova was the best. About 7:15 Son of Angus' feet were numb and we went in for hot chocolate. After the warm-up, we were back out at 7:45 and skied until about 8:45 on both sides. It was just too cold and windy and Son of Angus having played two games of b-ball that afternoon was whipped and fell asleep almost immediately in the car!
The car thermometer read 8 degrees when we got in the car. The mountain was empty although the college/high school crowd seemed to be arriving when we were leaving. Without the summit lift running, a good amount of the terrain (and the majority of the better quality) is unavailable. One solution would be to have the Eclipse cut-through open (I was told it was open but it was bare when I skied over) which would have provided access to Pluto's Plunge and Equinox.
Tough night to try to ski with marginal weather and trail conditions – lots of snow being pushed off the trails by the winds. I would say that I was impressed by the amount of snow that the mountain has been able to lay down, the base is an honest 1 to 3 feet deep. I was reminded of the bumpa sticka “a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work” - substitute skiing for fishing!
It was windy and cold on the drive up to the hill but the wind seemed to pick up after the sun went down and the temperature dropped quickly. The summit chairlift was working when we arrived but was shut down when we got back outside to ski. Someone told us it was due to a mechanical problem but we were later told it was due to the high winds.
Our first run was down Galaxy which had nice snow until you turned the corner – the wind was coming right up the slope and any snow on the trail had been blown away leaving either pure ice or ice packed snow. We skied Meteor a bunch which was nice. After awhile, we jumped over to the far right double. At this point, the triple by lodge had been shut down leaving only the two boundary lifts operating. This created essentially was two separate ski areas. We skied SuperNova, Final Frontier (dimly lit) and Comet Drop (hard pack with poor lighting at a point where the pitch drops significantly) – SuperNova was the best. About 7:15 Son of Angus' feet were numb and we went in for hot chocolate. After the warm-up, we were back out at 7:45 and skied until about 8:45 on both sides. It was just too cold and windy and Son of Angus having played two games of b-ball that afternoon was whipped and fell asleep almost immediately in the car!
The car thermometer read 8 degrees when we got in the car. The mountain was empty although the college/high school crowd seemed to be arriving when we were leaving. Without the summit lift running, a good amount of the terrain (and the majority of the better quality) is unavailable. One solution would be to have the Eclipse cut-through open (I was told it was open but it was bare when I skied over) which would have provided access to Pluto's Plunge and Equinox.
Tough night to try to ski with marginal weather and trail conditions – lots of snow being pushed off the trails by the winds. I would say that I was impressed by the amount of snow that the mountain has been able to lay down, the base is an honest 1 to 3 feet deep. I was reminded of the bumpa sticka “a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work” - substitute skiing for fishing!