ChileMass
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Up at Loon for a mix of business and pleasure, my car thermometer read -11*F when I exited I-93 at 830AM on Friday - it was freakin' cold, baby. The view from our meeting room on Friday showed VERY few souls hardy enough to be on the slopes, and I felt bad for the staff working the lifts. Went down to about -20*F both nights - coldest I have seen in a while.
Saturday was not as cold as Friday, but still pretty darned brisk at Loon yesterday. Big board at the gondola base said 0*F at base, and -13*F at the top on Sat AM. Meetings finished at 1230PM, finally got on the slopes at 130PM, and the cover really wasn't too bad. Took a couple runs down Walking Boss to get warmed up, but by then the sun was setting fast behind the hill and the light was getting really flat. Rode the gondola back up to the top and tried to stay on the West side of the hill towards the sun (CrossCut, Upper/Lower Picked Rock, etc), but once the sun went behind the hill for good, the temp dropped like a stone and we were done by only 330PM. Wind was variable - there would be none and then it would gust hard - strange. Not bad cover, considering it's all man-made. Big sheets of blue ice occasionally, but avoidable for the most part. Most of the diamond trails looked very scratchy with not a lot of cover, so we avoided them. Last item - boy are the snow guns LOUD at loon. You couldn't get within 50 yeards of some of them without risk to your hearing......
Saturday was not as cold as Friday, but still pretty darned brisk at Loon yesterday. Big board at the gondola base said 0*F at base, and -13*F at the top on Sat AM. Meetings finished at 1230PM, finally got on the slopes at 130PM, and the cover really wasn't too bad. Took a couple runs down Walking Boss to get warmed up, but by then the sun was setting fast behind the hill and the light was getting really flat. Rode the gondola back up to the top and tried to stay on the West side of the hill towards the sun (CrossCut, Upper/Lower Picked Rock, etc), but once the sun went behind the hill for good, the temp dropped like a stone and we were done by only 330PM. Wind was variable - there would be none and then it would gust hard - strange. Not bad cover, considering it's all man-made. Big sheets of blue ice occasionally, but avoidable for the most part. Most of the diamond trails looked very scratchy with not a lot of cover, so we avoided them. Last item - boy are the snow guns LOUD at loon. You couldn't get within 50 yeards of some of them without risk to your hearing......
