xlr8r
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Killington, Sunday River, you both have been dethroned as the snowmaking kings of New England. Loon now has the best snowmaking system in the east.
They claimed having 19 trails open, which actually for once felt like a relatively accurate count for early season trail counting. Walking Boss and Sunset were open off of North Peak. Bear Claw, Picked Rock, Flying Fox and Haulback were open off of Loon Peak. At the base, Bear Claw, 7 Brothers, were open at Octagon; Rampasture, Snubber were open at Governor's, and Picked Rock was open going to both. They were making snow on most existing open trails for resurfacing. They also had snowmaking going on Brookway, Flume, Upper Rumrunner, and Coolidge Street which should all be open in a day or two. They should be able to get South Peak open by next week.
The best runs were Rampasture which had guns on it all day, and Upper Walking boss which was avoided by most people until you got to the the Haulback intersection. Most runs had edge to edge cover, where there was usually great loose snow on the edges. Bear Claw, and Lower Walking Boss got skied off the most, and both became pretty scratchy by mid day.
Day 2 on my new boots as well. Got the left foot dialed in very nicely but had trouble matching it with the right foot. So most of the morning was spent adjusting my right boot buckles after each run until I became pretty satisfied in the afternoon.
So if you want to ski more than a WROD, head to Loon before the crowds show up next week. They have multiple runs and lifts open when almost everyplace else has 1 or 2 runs open off of a single lift. This is pretty amazing considering their low elevation.
They claimed having 19 trails open, which actually for once felt like a relatively accurate count for early season trail counting. Walking Boss and Sunset were open off of North Peak. Bear Claw, Picked Rock, Flying Fox and Haulback were open off of Loon Peak. At the base, Bear Claw, 7 Brothers, were open at Octagon; Rampasture, Snubber were open at Governor's, and Picked Rock was open going to both. They were making snow on most existing open trails for resurfacing. They also had snowmaking going on Brookway, Flume, Upper Rumrunner, and Coolidge Street which should all be open in a day or two. They should be able to get South Peak open by next week.
The best runs were Rampasture which had guns on it all day, and Upper Walking boss which was avoided by most people until you got to the the Haulback intersection. Most runs had edge to edge cover, where there was usually great loose snow on the edges. Bear Claw, and Lower Walking Boss got skied off the most, and both became pretty scratchy by mid day.
Day 2 on my new boots as well. Got the left foot dialed in very nicely but had trouble matching it with the right foot. So most of the morning was spent adjusting my right boot buckles after each run until I became pretty satisfied in the afternoon.
So if you want to ski more than a WROD, head to Loon before the crowds show up next week. They have multiple runs and lifts open when almost everyplace else has 1 or 2 runs open off of a single lift. This is pretty amazing considering their low elevation.
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