kcyanks1
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Date: January 28, 2007
Conditions: hard-packed, packed powder, icy spots; much better coverage on many more trails than a couple weeks ago
Weather: Partly sunny, mid-20s, I'm guessing.A big change from the fog/rain my last trip.
Report: I finally managed to ski with some AlpineZoners, making the day a lot of fun. I skied for basically the whole day with Tyrolean_skier, and some of the the morning also with her and SkiDork's kids (unfortunatey SkiDork was unable to ski himself). Then during the afternoon we also met up with Eski (and a friend), dmc (and at least one friend), and for a run or two, Jim G. and his kids. It made the day far more fun, and hopefully I'll have a chance to ski with them again or other AZ'ers this season
As for the conditions, the coverage almost everywhere was excellent. The surface was generally hard packed, with some softer snow at the edges (dmc was quite good at staying way, way, way over). Most of the double black runs had large, awkward bumps in some places that were tough for a non-mogul expert to get any lines in--so I won't be putting a post in the bump thread, but Lower K-27, Upper Crossover, Racer's, and probably some others did have moguls. I really can't remember which had the best/most-consistent lines, but in that one sense (bump lines) the rainy day a couple weeks back was better. Overall, of course, I'd definitely take today
Claire's was probably the run of the day and we probably did that about half a dozen times. Otherwise we covered most of the mountain throughout the day.
Conditions: hard-packed, packed powder, icy spots; much better coverage on many more trails than a couple weeks ago
Weather: Partly sunny, mid-20s, I'm guessing.A big change from the fog/rain my last trip.
Report: I finally managed to ski with some AlpineZoners, making the day a lot of fun. I skied for basically the whole day with Tyrolean_skier, and some of the the morning also with her and SkiDork's kids (unfortunatey SkiDork was unable to ski himself). Then during the afternoon we also met up with Eski (and a friend), dmc (and at least one friend), and for a run or two, Jim G. and his kids. It made the day far more fun, and hopefully I'll have a chance to ski with them again or other AZ'ers this season
As for the conditions, the coverage almost everywhere was excellent. The surface was generally hard packed, with some softer snow at the edges (dmc was quite good at staying way, way, way over). Most of the double black runs had large, awkward bumps in some places that were tough for a non-mogul expert to get any lines in--so I won't be putting a post in the bump thread, but Lower K-27, Upper Crossover, Racer's, and probably some others did have moguls. I really can't remember which had the best/most-consistent lines, but in that one sense (bump lines) the rainy day a couple weeks back was better. Overall, of course, I'd definitely take today
Claire's was probably the run of the day and we probably did that about half a dozen times. Otherwise we covered most of the mountain throughout the day.
