Magic - 3.10.13

[gmcunni]

Date(s) Skied: 3.10.13

Resort or Ski Area: Magic Mountain

Conditions: blue skies, warm sun, spring snow

Trip Report: arrived around 10, had to park in lot B. snow was firm until about 11:30 when the sun warmed it up.

Stuck to groomers until the snow softened. Goniff was best of the day for me. Jake liked speed runs down a groomed Talisman.

Magician was open but not in great shape. Red Line was roped off for some reason.

Had met some friends from home who have season pass and they showed some new to me woods. snow was F'ing deep and heavey, i failed miserably.

overall great day. legs were noodles by 3:30.

 

[gmcunni]

goniff

black line

black line from the lift

green line

 

[gmcunni]

my replay


http://www.alpinereplay.com/stats?id=93343&vId=379085

 

[drjeff]

Awesome day for sure (I was one of the slew of parents there today with a small kid in a GS suit in tow )

Although I will say that at 8:10AM when I loaded the Red for my 1st run with the rest of the racer kids + parents that loss of an hour of sun warming was greatly missed!! 21 degree when I parked my car at 7:50 and some FIRM snow for the first few hours!! Great for racing on for sure, but not so great for much else!!

 

[xwhaler]

Nice, I was at Magic today as well....best day of the season! Started out fast and firm when we got on Red at 9:45 at 25 degrees. By 11:30 it was in the upper 30's and starting to be amazing.
Stopped for lunch and a beer and the afternoon was full on SPRING!----skied until just after 3. Hit everything you did except for Black Magic. Magician was in rough shape...I had never skied that trail so just wanted to try it since it doesn't open very often....coverage was fine but it was the icy water flows both sides all the way down that made it tough.
Green line was pretty good....Slide of Hans was great and Glade of the day was Twilight Zone, great coverage in there for almost Mid March. The snowmaking runs are in great shape...Talisman was spectacular early afternoon once the sun got on it. I wonder how long they could go (early April?) if the operating budget allows for it.
Really enjoy Magic...long day trip East to West across NH/So VT but well worth it.

 

[MadMadWorld]

Awesome day for sure (I was one of the slew of parents there today with a small kid in a GS suit in tow )

Although I will say that at 8:10AM when I loaded the Red for my 1st run with the rest of the racer kids + parents that loss of an hour of sun warming was greatly missed!! 21 degree when I parked my car at 7:50 and some FIRM snow for the first few hours!! Great for racing on for sure, but not so great for much else!!

How did they do?

 

[drjeff]

How did they do?

Not a good car ride home today :-( There was a funky under gate just below a knoll that ended up getting 6 racers DQ'd today (my daughter was one of those 6)

BTW- my 7yr old son, who I was skiing with when we weren't watching my daughters race, was amazed at what were likely some of your tracks under the Black!!

 

[gmcunni]

Awesome day for sure (I was one of the slew of parents there today with a small kid in a GS suit in tow )

Although I will say that at 8:10AM when I loaded the Red for my 1st run with the rest of the racer kids + parents that loss of an hour of sun warming was greatly missed!! 21 degree when I parked my car at 7:50 and some FIRM snow for the first few hours!! Great for racing on for sure, but not so great for much else!!

i saw on the calendar that it was a race day. i wasn't surprised at the parking lot but was VERY happy that there were no lift lines and even got 1 of many free tables at lunch. Sorry to read your daughter's day didn't go well.

 

[MadMadWorld]

Date(s) Skied: 3.10.13

Resort or Ski Area: Magic Mountain

Conditions: blue skies, warm sun, spring snow

Trip Report: arrived around 10, had to park in lot B. snow was firm until about 11:30 when the sun warmed it up.

Stuck to groomers until the snow softened. Goniff was best of the day for me. Jake liked speed runs down a groomed Talisman.

Magician was open but not in great shape. Red Line was roped off for some reason.

Had met some friends from home who have season pass and they showed some new to me woods. snow was F'ing deep and heavey, i failed miserably.

overall great day. legs were noodles by 3:30.

The woods were great all weekend. I was very surprised that I didn't see many people in them. Sounds like a great day

 

[drjeff]

i saw on the calendar that it was a race day. i wasn't surprised at the parking lot but was VERY happy that there were no lift lines and even got 1 of many free tables at lunch. Sorry to read your daughter's day didn't go well.

You should of seen the line for Red before the Black started spinning about 10ish!! My son and I waited about 10 min and there wasn't an empty chair on the Red as far as you could see!

 

[MadMadWorld]

Not a good car ride home today :-( There was a funky under gate just below a knoll that ended up getting 6 racers DQ'd today (my daughter was one of those 6)

BTW- my 7yr old son, who I was skiing with when we weren't watching my daughters race, was amazed at what were likely some of your tracks under the Black!!

Wow 6 is a lot. Hopefully she will get a chance to redeem herself!

 

[drjeff]

Wow 6 is a lot. Hopefully she will get a chance to redeem herself!

2 weeks at Bromley for her next race!

 

[jrmagic]

Not a good car ride home today :-( There was a funky under gate just below a knoll that ended up getting 6 racers DQ'd today (my daughter was one of those 6)

BTW- my 7yr old son, who I was skiing with when we weren't watching my daughters race, was amazed at what were likely some of your tracks under the Black!!

As I suspected I was called on for gate duty this morning but was not at that critical section though I felt bad for the kids who DQed. Sorry to hear your daughter was among them.

 

[deadheadskier]

..long day trip East to West across NH/So VT but well worth it.

That's the 1 reason why I haven't been to Magic since I've lived here and really have done a minimal amount of skiing in Southern VT all together. There are zero decent East-West routes in the lower part of the State. It would be great if 101 remained a highway cutting clear across the State to Keene, but that ain't ever happening.

Which route did you take? 89-103 through Claremont and down to Springfield and across 11 or did you take 9 to Keene and then head up through Chester, VT?

 

[riverc0il]

Looks like it could be doable in 2:45 from the NH seacoast, that isn't too bad. Might be able to do it in 2.5 hours if you are doing a bit over the limit all the way. Not a great day trip and a lot of east-west miles but not horrible either, just about the same time as it takes to get to Sunday River, no? I guess I'm just used to that sort of thing by now so it doesn't really phase me the way it might other drivers.

 

[deadheadskier]

Looks like it could be doable in 2:45 from the NH seacoast, that isn't too bad. Might be able to do it in 2.5 hours if you are doing a bit over the limit all the way. Not a great day trip and a lot of east-west miles but not horrible either, just about the same time as it takes to get to Sunday River, no? I guess I'm just used to that sort of thing by now so it doesn't really phase me the way it might other drivers.

2:45 sounds about right from where I live.

2-3 hour day trips never bothered me in the past. These days, my aversion to long day trips is because I travel 100 miles and spend 2:15 a day in the car Monday - through Friday. I also don't get home from work until close to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays with the weekends constituting 90% of my ski days. Given my situation, it takes major motivation for me to want to spend 5-6 hours in the car on a Sunday on 5 hours sleep, ski a full day and have a 5AM wake up call on Monday. That's the only reason why I get a pass to Gunstock - it's okay skiing within an hours drive. Once I finish up school and that reality changes, I'll probably get a Granite Pass and also be more inclined to day trip to places a bit further away like Magic or Burke.

 

[xwhaler]

Which route did you take? 89-103 through Claremont and down to Springfield and across 11 or did you take 9 to Keene and then head up through Chester, VT?

On the way out I went 101-93-89-202-9...then decided to pick up Route 123 over to VT through Stoddard, Alstead and into Bellows Falls VT. Then pick up 103 to 11 and on to Magic.
Not the best route though I think it is the shortest miles wise at 117 door to door. 123 is a bumpy rd that winds its way around up and down....nice countryside but not the most relaxing drive.
Still all told we were there in exactly 2:15 driveway to Access Rd.

Way back we went out to 91, hopped on that for a few miles then grabbed 9 tot 202 back out to 89. Much nicer driver...more consistent and places to pass on 9. If I were to do it again from my house this is the way I'd go. Took us 2:20 coming home but there was 10 mins of traffic at the 89/93 merge. I think 2:10 is do able from my driveway...I drive a bit faster than most but if you are careful you can make up some time on 9 for sure.

Its one of those drives that seems longer than it is in some ways. I could drive to Burke in 2:15 probably and it may not seem as long since its nearly all highway and you can set the cruise and just go. The East-West to Magic is fewer miles but you go from doing 60 down to 30, back up to 45, down to 25, back to 70....all while watching for cops and your next turn. Gotta be a little more alert which can be tiring.
I had a buddy join me which was key---I'm almost sure I wouldn't have gone yesterday on that drive and solo ski alone.

 

[drjeff]

As I suspected I was called on for gate duty this morning but was not at that critical section though I felt bad for the kids who DQed. Sorry to hear your daughter was among them.

It actually ended up turning into one of those ski racing life lessons teaching moments for her. That if you compete in enough races, you're going to end up with a DNF/DQ sooner or later(I speak from countless numbers of personal experiences as I was growing up a racer )

 

[MadMadWorld]

It actually ended up turning into one of those ski racing life lessons teaching moments for her. That if you compete in enough races, you're going to end up with a DNF/DQ sooner or later(I speak from countless numbers of personal experiences as I was growing up a racer )

Skiing can provide the opportunity for many a life lesson. I was never a racer but I imagine DNF/DQs can be a tough pill to swallow especially if you were doing well before it happened. Hopefully she learns from it and puts it behind her.

 

[Sum1]

Date(s) Skied: 3.10.13

Resort or Ski Area: Magic Mountain

Conditions: blue skies, warm sun, spring snow

Trip Report: arrived around 10, had to park in lot B. snow was firm until about 11:30 when the sun warmed it up.

overall great day. legs were noodles by 3:30.

Yes, indeed!
I was there too - first time at Magic.
What a New England Gem!
Two completely different mountains from morning to afternoon.
Fast and icy in the morning and almost corn snow by mid-afternoon.
The left-side bumps on Sorcerer were too rutty for me; had fun trying to grind out narrow chute turns in the right-side upper section.
Broomstick softened up nicely close to noon and was fast fun.
Trick, Wizard, Show Off, it was all in great shape throughout the day.
So glad I found this place; felt like an easy-going block party.