loafer89
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Area skied: Gunstock, New Hampshire
Date skied: January 19th from 12:00pm - 4:20pm
Surface conditions: Loose powder, powder, packed powder
Weather: Sun and clouds, 20's
We got a late start on our trip up to Gunstock today due to recieving 5" of snow overnight at home and having to clear the driveway. A later start was better anyway as it gave the road crews a chance to get the highways back into shape.
We arrived at noon and took our first run from the summit off of the Panorama HSQ. We skied Birch Glades which was nice if a bit thin in spots to Gunpowder,which had soft packed powder and then into Gunpowder Glades. Gunpowder Glades was okay if a bit thin in spots with a few branches/roots to trip you up if you where not carefull. Despite all the new snow (12" +) there is no base underneath it.
We skied Upper Recoil and Recoil Glades next and they are nice glades with challenging pitch, but again they where thin in spots with no pre-existing base and lots of short sucker brush poking through the snow.
Next up was Upper Ramrod and the cut up powder was great fun, the hike back out to Upper Trigger was not. Middle Trigger had some nice powder bumps, but lots of ice in between them.
The ROTD was Hot Shot with soft snow underfoot nearly the whole way, but there where a few areas of thin cover that may force this trail to close again soon. Still I liked the moguls and the challenge of skiing around thin areas more than sliding down an icy groomer.
Flintlock was our next run and it was skied off and really slick in the middle with powder edges and a few small moguls. Red Hat was much the same with less ice and more moguls.
Overall we had fun and this was my son's first trip to Gunstock. It is a bit of a haul for us though and I think I like Ragged better for a comparison.
Date skied: January 19th from 12:00pm - 4:20pm
Surface conditions: Loose powder, powder, packed powder
Weather: Sun and clouds, 20's
We got a late start on our trip up to Gunstock today due to recieving 5" of snow overnight at home and having to clear the driveway. A later start was better anyway as it gave the road crews a chance to get the highways back into shape.
We arrived at noon and took our first run from the summit off of the Panorama HSQ. We skied Birch Glades which was nice if a bit thin in spots to Gunpowder,which had soft packed powder and then into Gunpowder Glades. Gunpowder Glades was okay if a bit thin in spots with a few branches/roots to trip you up if you where not carefull. Despite all the new snow (12" +) there is no base underneath it.
We skied Upper Recoil and Recoil Glades next and they are nice glades with challenging pitch, but again they where thin in spots with no pre-existing base and lots of short sucker brush poking through the snow.
Next up was Upper Ramrod and the cut up powder was great fun, the hike back out to Upper Trigger was not. Middle Trigger had some nice powder bumps, but lots of ice in between them.
The ROTD was Hot Shot with soft snow underfoot nearly the whole way, but there where a few areas of thin cover that may force this trail to close again soon. Still I liked the moguls and the challenge of skiing around thin areas more than sliding down an icy groomer.
Flintlock was our next run and it was skied off and really slick in the middle with powder edges and a few small moguls. Red Hat was much the same with less ice and more moguls.
Overall we had fun and this was my son's first trip to Gunstock. It is a bit of a haul for us though and I think I like Ragged better for a comparison.
