How are seeded bumps made?

[ta&idaho]

Cool pics. Is it fun or a little hairy skiing the newly seeded bumplings?

 

[deadheadskier]

Everyone is an expert powder skier, tree skier, cliff jumper and all around big mountain slayer.

I'm of the opinion that to truly be great in these areas, you need to be a solid bump skier as well.

 

[Greg]

Cool pics. Is it fun or a little hairy skiing the newly seeded bumplings?

Both! You usually have to take it slow early on. Plus there are no real defined troughs; just flat areas between the piles. You keep at it knowing the goodness that wil come of your efforts in the days/weeks to come. Here's a vid from the night after Nor'easter was newly seeded in December to give you a feel for what it's like:



You can't make out too much of the bumps until about 1:13 in the vid.

 

[4aprice]

4aprice - anytime you go to Camelback and they have sustained bump lines, send me a private message! I somehow always miss them, it seems. Been there 4 times this year, and only once did they have bumps, on one of the lower mt. green runs near the base (maybe Lower Cleo, actually).

Jaywbigred:

As a pass holder there I'll be glad to PM you when the bumps are there. This year was a little dicer then last because of the weather. You probably skied the bumps on lower Cleo which are great for practice. They had good moguls at different times on both Asp and of course Rocket. They may be gone for this year as they are trying to stay open with a rapidly thinning base. Next year providing we have a good season I would look for them after the holiday season. I like the new management at Camelback they are much more aggressive then the old.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

First you have to go to the garden supply center and buy seeds..

 

[RustyK]

Hey, If anyone is going to the Bear Mtn. Mogul Challenge at Killington Sat. 3/29, stop by the KZone campsite!

RustyK

 

[ctenidae]

Up at Sunapee, I don't here the vocal stuff, maybe I tune it out or the wind swirling in my helmet muffs it. Or the punks see kids from the freestyle team who are years younger ripping it down. Not sure.

What I do see is more bumpers hitting the trails. Come spring for the past two season, the trails does get crowded so the word is getting out.

Some of those guys are amazing, too. You can always spot a team practicing, but the solo guys often just rip all the way down goose. Amazing to watch.

 

[mondeo]

I know the way Holiday Valley (Western NY) does it is to run a groomer diagonally across the hill, setting up half the troughs, and then take a shovel full of snow on the top of the ridges that are left at regular intervals and let skiers do the rest from there.

 

[Stache]

A very skilled cat operator can play with the plow and the tiller/packer to build the mounds.
They will usually half lap this with an offset until the edge where they do a flat smooth path as a bail out lane. Windham used to have a cat operator who could do it with enough snow. Made some great training bumps on a blue cruiser trail.

 

[jaywbigred]

Jaywbigred:

As a pass holder there I'll be glad to PM you when the bumps are there. This year was a little dicer then last because of the weather. You probably skied the bumps on lower Cleo which are great for practice. They had good moguls at different times on both Asp and of course Rocket. They may be gone for this year as they are trying to stay open with a rapidly thinning base. Next year providing we have a good season I would look for them after the holiday season. I like the new management at Camelback they are much more aggressive then the old.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

Thanks 4aprice! That would be sweet!, and a nice added facet to Camelback that I have only experienced a few times over the years.