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[thebigo]

Probably stopping by on Monday. Depths still look good...how is the headwall holding up? Want to know if I should bring my beater skis. Not afraid of a couple thin spots but if it's mud skiing for the top 500 feet all afternoon then I'd rather just use my beaters to ski over it.

 

[Zand]

Looks good...thanks!

 

[skef]

Probably stopping by on Monday. Depths still look good...how is the headwall holding up? Want to know if I should bring my beater skis. Not afraid of a couple thin spots but if it's mud skiing for the top 500 feet all afternoon then I'd rather just use my beaters to ski over it.

Headwall should be fine — although there were some exposed rocks skier’s right yesterday (that, yes, I managed to hit). The diciest part IMO is at the base: scattered gravel leading in to the gates.

 

[thebigo]

I would guess that by Monday afternoon ruts on headwall may bottom out. Also may be some marbles on the load and unload.

Talking with patrol, Wednesday sounded probable. Said they were debating weds/sat, sat/sun or all three, did not mention Friday.

 

[Smellytele]

Will be there tomorrow with my 10 year old twins (pink helmets). Feel free to say "Hello" if anybody sees us.

I’ll keep a look out. I’ll be there.

 

[Zand]

Booked at the Chalet tomorrow night so I can get out first thing Monday! Took till Memorial Day but I'll be hitting double digits this year after all.

 

[jaytrem]

I’ll keep a look out. I’ll be there.

Cool, I'll keep a nose out.

 

[Smellytele]

Cool, I'll keep a nose out.

May have seen a set twin girls but wasn’t sure.
The top was a little sketchy after lunch today. Rocks that need to be avoided or jumped over. Bottom at the lift crossover was getting a little thin as well.
If they don’t open back up next weekend (which I think they can with some walking at the top) today was the end of a good but not great season. Got somewhere over 45 days for the season. Not much powder but some.
Hoping for another day but…

 

[Zand]

Just drove up the access road. Headwall looks UGLY. Glad i brought the beaters. Lost a lot of snow the last few days.

 

[thebigo]

I didn't get out today but S turn and headwall look rough even compared to a few hours ago.

 

[mister moose]

The headwall is toast. All the base ice is gone. At the end of the day there were 3 methods on display. 1) Straightline it with rock skis. 2) Sidestep the wet rocky slush down to the snow. 3) Hike on the side in boots down to the snow.

In past years they tried to push snow to make the headwall last. It was toast by 10am, the soft corn snow just pushes off too fast. More recently they let it ride, and hiking was the rule. I'm guessing they'll keep the snow at the top for ski on - ski off, and you'll hike the headwall 40 feet.

The lower "S" thin spot isn't as bad. It's less steep, and there's enough pack ice to cover it and let it thin out over the day. The upper lift exit is strong, and the lower lane is laced with stone chips, but good coverage.

The rest is solid. Bumps built sizable by late afternoon, spacing is wide in placed with expanses of very edgeable pack ice.

The mountain seems to want to mark June in the calendar. Announcement tomorrow.

 

[mister moose]

The "Some walking required" sign is out.

 

[jaytrem]

May have seen a set twin girls but wasn’t sure.
The top was a little sketchy after lunch today. Rocks that need to be avoided or jumped over. Bottom at the lift crossover was getting a little thin as well.
If they don’t open back up next weekend (which I think they can with some walking at the top) today was the end of a good but not great season. Got somewhere over 45 days for the season. Not much powder but some.
Hoping for another day but…

Sorry I didn't 'get to meet you. The girls don't seem to stop moving, so they only look like twins on the lift. Today was the first time I ever had trouble keeping up with them. They get a kick out of beating their chair down. In my defense, I snapped another mogul ski early in the day and had to move to some big time side cut skis (Soloman X-wings, yuck for bumps). Especially not so good for that zipper line at the bottom, tweaked my knee a bit (probably same bump that snapped my ski). Still made it until closing, we managed to snag the 2nd to last chair.

Was shocked how much snow melted off the headwall. Not a rock to be found early in the day up there. By the end it was more like the Memorial Day skiing that I'm used to.

At any rate, even with the broken ski and slightly tweaked knee, it was a great day. Also got to ski with an old friend for a bit, so that's always a bonus. Excellent ending to my outdoor ski season. See ya'll in the dome!

 

[ss20]

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The "Some walking required" sign is out.

Looks like the cover for the movie I watched the other night "Invasion of the 50yo Male Skiers"

 

[Smellytele]

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The "Some walking required" sign is out.

I stopped yesterday before it got to that. Started at 8:30 done by 1:30 home by 3:15

 

[Newpylong]

Reopen Sat/Sun is the call.

 

[machski]

Reopen Sat/Sun is the call.

Reopen next Saturday for sure, Sunday IF conditions hold up. They will be going for continuous TTB skiing however they are tossing the towel in on load/unload ramps. So walking on/off lift next weekend. Not bad at all considering the pathetic natural this season and the two scorcher weekends this month.

 

[Zermatt]

Anyone know the last time they made it to June?

I skied there in June mid week in 1996. My guess is the 5th or 12th of June. That was a massive late season snow year btw. Mount Washington had 90" of new snow in May. Killington was close to fully open for April break and I was skiing off the Canyon quad on Memorial Day weekend with multiple open trails.

 

[cdskier]

Anyone know the last time they made it to June?

June 2, 2019. Also June 1, 2017. Previous to that it was June 1, 2002.

 

[Zand]

Skied 9 to 11. They fixed the headwall up really good but with the beating sun and big crowd, still didn't take long for the rocks to make their appearance. If you're heading up for the afternoon shift expect to be rock skiing or walking there. Also a couple crap spots in the middle section and then a quickly developing one near the bottom. But overall still pretty good cover.

Spent the afternoon at Snowshed on the coaster and zip lines. Bought 4 tickets for me and the wife and they make it really hard to use them! Most of the ops were just like "keep the tickets and use them somewhere else" on some of the attractions. Love this place!




Glad to give what was an awful season for me a proper sendoff on Superstar. Hope to be back in town in about 5 months!