C-Rex
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Decided to head to Mount Snow today and brave the crowds. We parked at the Sundance Lodge around 8:30 and headed over to the Sunbrook side for starters. Conditions were hardpack with some granular, as we were expecting. We took a run down Beartrap which had the same conditions but was a little more carveable.
From there we headed to Carinthia and took a run through the main park (whatever it's called). They had the guns going so the snow was much softer there. They shortened the 3rd jump in the line, to my mid-air surprise, and I ended up almost clearing the entire landing. I guess that's why you're supposed to scope things out before you hit them. We did a couple more runs on the trails without features. Again, the guns were going and it was well groomed so the snow was better than we expected after all the r@in and warm weather. Then we headed to the North Face.
The first run down free fall was pretty much the same as the rest of the mountain, maybe a little scratchier in spots due to the steepness. We headed up the Outpost lift and were surprised when the people below us made very little noise on the snow. To my delight, I stepped off my board when strapping in at the top of Chute and sank a good 6 inches. They must have blown a ton of snow on that trail because it was fantastic all morning. Soft bumps with only a few scraped off spots until the afternoon when it had seen a lot of traffic. Even then it was still the best trail on the mountain by huge margin.
We had beat the crowd to an early lunch at 1900 Burger. I like that place. Nice beer selection and great food for the price. Next we did a couple runs down some main face trails, but were quickly driven away by the crowds. Back to the North Face for some more laps down Chute and Fallen Timbers which was also skiing well except that it had a lot of guns going on it so you couldn't see very well. From there we headed back to Carinthia to finish out the day. Long John was a complete clusterf##k. We played Dodge the D-bag over to the parks for a couple more runs. By then, my tolerance for the crowds of etiquette-less people had run pretty thin. We called it quits at about 3:00.
Considering the recent weather and the holiday crowds, it was a pretty good day. Kudos to Mount Snow for kicking the snowmaking into high gear and serving up conditions that were far above expectations.
From there we headed to Carinthia and took a run through the main park (whatever it's called). They had the guns going so the snow was much softer there. They shortened the 3rd jump in the line, to my mid-air surprise, and I ended up almost clearing the entire landing. I guess that's why you're supposed to scope things out before you hit them. We did a couple more runs on the trails without features. Again, the guns were going and it was well groomed so the snow was better than we expected after all the r@in and warm weather. Then we headed to the North Face.
The first run down free fall was pretty much the same as the rest of the mountain, maybe a little scratchier in spots due to the steepness. We headed up the Outpost lift and were surprised when the people below us made very little noise on the snow. To my delight, I stepped off my board when strapping in at the top of Chute and sank a good 6 inches. They must have blown a ton of snow on that trail because it was fantastic all morning. Soft bumps with only a few scraped off spots until the afternoon when it had seen a lot of traffic. Even then it was still the best trail on the mountain by huge margin.
We had beat the crowd to an early lunch at 1900 Burger. I like that place. Nice beer selection and great food for the price. Next we did a couple runs down some main face trails, but were quickly driven away by the crowds. Back to the North Face for some more laps down Chute and Fallen Timbers which was also skiing well except that it had a lot of guns going on it so you couldn't see very well. From there we headed back to Carinthia to finish out the day. Long John was a complete clusterf##k. We played Dodge the D-bag over to the parks for a couple more runs. By then, my tolerance for the crowds of etiquette-less people had run pretty thin. We called it quits at about 3:00.
Considering the recent weather and the holiday crowds, it was a pretty good day. Kudos to Mount Snow for kicking the snowmaking into high gear and serving up conditions that were far above expectations.
