gmcunni
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Date(s) Skied: 2.21.09
Resort or Ski Area: Crystal Mountain
Conditions: no powder, just about everything else, blue bird day. high 30s
Trip Report: that was a humbling experience :-o
Arrived to what looked like a crowded parking lot. Booted up and was on the snow about 9:45. Bright sunny day and i was expecting to warm up so i figured the first hour or so would be crispy snow and it was. Unfortunately even though the sun was out all day the upper mountain never really thawed out.
Upper and Lower mountain are very different, at least from what i could tell. Lower mountain is a snooze but you can ride the upper lifts all day and get to some really cool terrain. Highlights of the day were Campbell Basin, a bowl to the far looker's left of High Campbell double chair. You have to traverse out (some folks hike up further) but it is worth it. I guess it doesn't get much sun as the snow was pretty soft. There was another bowl, Powder Bowl, off the same chair but to the right that was fun too. Another great area was Northway. There were a few good bowls over there and i found some bumps too.
There were some really awesome looking runs down the face that turned out to be too much for me. They were baking in the sun so i figured/hoped they were soft but not so. crusty corn bumps that never got soft on a steep pitch left me beat up. there was plenty of sick terrain that i only looked at :blink:
The mountain held the crowds well. Other than my first ride up from the base most lifts were ski on or just a few minutes wait. The old double that takes you up to some good stuff had a ski patroller warning people before they got on the lift that there was no easy way down.. for some reason i got warned every time while other skied past.. guess i didn't have the "look"
no seeded bumps to be found :-(
i'll post some pics shortly.
Resort or Ski Area: Crystal Mountain
Conditions: no powder, just about everything else, blue bird day. high 30s
Trip Report: that was a humbling experience :-o
Arrived to what looked like a crowded parking lot. Booted up and was on the snow about 9:45. Bright sunny day and i was expecting to warm up so i figured the first hour or so would be crispy snow and it was. Unfortunately even though the sun was out all day the upper mountain never really thawed out.
Upper and Lower mountain are very different, at least from what i could tell. Lower mountain is a snooze but you can ride the upper lifts all day and get to some really cool terrain. Highlights of the day were Campbell Basin, a bowl to the far looker's left of High Campbell double chair. You have to traverse out (some folks hike up further) but it is worth it. I guess it doesn't get much sun as the snow was pretty soft. There was another bowl, Powder Bowl, off the same chair but to the right that was fun too. Another great area was Northway. There were a few good bowls over there and i found some bumps too.
There were some really awesome looking runs down the face that turned out to be too much for me. They were baking in the sun so i figured/hoped they were soft but not so. crusty corn bumps that never got soft on a steep pitch left me beat up. there was plenty of sick terrain that i only looked at :blink:
The mountain held the crowds well. Other than my first ride up from the base most lifts were ski on or just a few minutes wait. The old double that takes you up to some good stuff had a ski patroller warning people before they got on the lift that there was no easy way down.. for some reason i got warned every time while other skied past.. guess i didn't have the "look"
no seeded bumps to be found :-(
i'll post some pics shortly.
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