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Mount Snow 1-25-14

sankaty

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Date(s) Skied: 1/15

Resort or Ski Area: Mount Snow

Conditions: Mostly PP with some hard pack as the day wore on

Trip Report:

Skiied Mount Snow yesterday with the family and was very impressed with the conditions. I have a low tolerance for hard pack, but there was legitimately soft snow to be found over much of the mountain. Ripcord was open and was very soft even on the steepest pitch. Higher traffic trails developed slick spots as the day wore on, but it wasn't hard to find extensive PP on the trail edges even in the afternoon. We were very pleased with the manageable crowds as well.

The only downside was a lack of bumps and trees, but that was expected. While not bumped up, Commited to Rip Cord did have fun terrain rolls.

A few inches of snow fell during the day. I'm sure surface conditions will be very nice today, but we didn't want to subject the little ones to the brutal cold and wind expected today.
 

sf77

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I'm sure surface conditions will be very nice today, but we didn't want to subject the little ones to the brutal cold and wind expected today.
Today: High of 10 degrees today at the base of Mount Snow, 4 degrees up top. Winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
The new snow from yesterday has probably created better conditions. More trails are open today than yesterday.
 

MommaBear

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Skied both days. Today is definitely skiing better than yesterday, IMO. The sunshine today definitely helped, but it was cold.
 
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