Hit loon both friday and saturday this weekend. Had planned to go to cannon saturday but we were staying with a bunch of my wife's family and they had bought 2 day passes to loon online so it was ski cannon alone and be rude or ski loon on saturday with them. Good people so i chose to ski with company.
Friday was cold as snot to start, left the kids at home to let it warm up a little and got about 4 runs off of the Kanc. quad. found a tree stash on the lower mtn that was a bit crusty but almost untouched. after the kids showed up, I skied of the kissin cousins double for a few hours with them. they were diggin the little tree run setup for kids. Luckily for me, you could hit lower speakeasy (think that was it) which was bumped up on the left side. nice lines, firm, but it kept my interest while the kids went down the other way. after they bailed, i met up with a few of the others on the north peak. flume was bumped up on each side, one catted, the other natty. middle groomed. also good was rolling bear and even walking boss, although groomed, was fast with nice snow. almost felt like i was carving.
saturday was warmer and it was just myself and my brother in law who boards. we checked out most of the place including south peak. the steeper run over there is a real screamer. fast as hell. hit the marked trees and while i enjoyed the bumped woods, my boarder friend did not. after that, we headed back over to the main area to check out a shot we had seen on friday. definitely cut by locals and definitely NOT what people would ever expect when they think of loon. while it was played out, it was still a total blast. More of a collection of chutes then a tree run, but lots of drops, twists, logs and steeps. very tight too. There were a ton of options off it but we only hit one due to meeting up with my wifes uncle. after that, hit flume bumps a bunch and some cruisers.
great snow, good vibe which i was surprised with and that tree run we found definitely raised the pulse more then anything i would have ever expected at loon. Cannon will have to wait till next weekend.
Friday was cold as snot to start, left the kids at home to let it warm up a little and got about 4 runs off of the Kanc. quad. found a tree stash on the lower mtn that was a bit crusty but almost untouched. after the kids showed up, I skied of the kissin cousins double for a few hours with them. they were diggin the little tree run setup for kids. Luckily for me, you could hit lower speakeasy (think that was it) which was bumped up on the left side. nice lines, firm, but it kept my interest while the kids went down the other way. after they bailed, i met up with a few of the others on the north peak. flume was bumped up on each side, one catted, the other natty. middle groomed. also good was rolling bear and even walking boss, although groomed, was fast with nice snow. almost felt like i was carving.
saturday was warmer and it was just myself and my brother in law who boards. we checked out most of the place including south peak. the steeper run over there is a real screamer. fast as hell. hit the marked trees and while i enjoyed the bumped woods, my boarder friend did not. after that, we headed back over to the main area to check out a shot we had seen on friday. definitely cut by locals and definitely NOT what people would ever expect when they think of loon. while it was played out, it was still a total blast. More of a collection of chutes then a tree run, but lots of drops, twists, logs and steeps. very tight too. There were a ton of options off it but we only hit one due to meeting up with my wifes uncle. after that, hit flume bumps a bunch and some cruisers.
great snow, good vibe which i was surprised with and that tree run we found definitely raised the pulse more then anything i would have ever expected at loon. Cannon will have to wait till next weekend.
