BeanoNYC
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Date(s) Skied: 12/08/06
Resort or Ski Area: Mount Snow
Conditions: Groomed Man Made Snow
Trip Report:
A friend of mine got caught up on some home plumbing and couldn't make the trip...bummer. I got to the Mountain alone around 8:15 all set to make the 9:00 first chair. As I was booting up in the lobby, I started talking to this guy from CT. We ended up hitting it off and skiing the whole day together. He posts on ASC's season pass holder site and hopefully he'll join us here at AZ.
The Summit Express was broke! So we lined up for the Summit Triple around 8:45 only to find out that we would have to wait on that one too! After all was said and done there was no lift service until about 9:45.
The ride on the summit triple was frigid to say the least. We took two runs down Upper Canyon>Canyon>Standard. It was bulletproof corduroy, but fun none the less. By the end of the second run we were downright freezing. (As it turns out, it was around 10 at the base and in the negatives, with wind chill, at the summit; patrol kept warning everyone about frost bite.) After warming up we headed up the Summit Express (finally open!) and made it over to Chute on the North Face. Great snow and we had it all to ourselves. We made quite a few laps on chute then headed back down the main face to give Deer Run a try. Deer Run was empty and we took advantage and shot down real fast. After lunch we went down river run and back to the North Face for some more turns. Our last two runs together was
U. Canyon>High Traverse>Upper Overbrook>Canyon>Standard. It ended up being the best runs of the day for me. We had a quick :beer: then John went to Wilmington for the night in preparation for KMart tomorrow. I went up for two more runs; Deer Run at mach speed and finally U. Canyon>High Traverse>Upper Overbrook>Canyon>Standard for old times sake. All in all after a crappy start it ended up being a great day thanks, in part, to another lonely skier I met while booting up.
A few notes before the pics:
1) Snow guns were going all day but I'm not sure how much good they did considering the wind was blowing the snow everywhere except the intended trails.
2) I think I forgot to mention this about Killington and this trip to MS reminded me. ASC is offering free bag check now!!!! It seems that they're trying to discourage people leaving their bags unattended in the lodge.
Now for the pics:
Upper Canyon
Exhibition is not quite there yet
Deer Run (dogleg left)
Guns 'Blazing
Resort or Ski Area: Mount Snow
Conditions: Groomed Man Made Snow
Trip Report:
A friend of mine got caught up on some home plumbing and couldn't make the trip...bummer. I got to the Mountain alone around 8:15 all set to make the 9:00 first chair. As I was booting up in the lobby, I started talking to this guy from CT. We ended up hitting it off and skiing the whole day together. He posts on ASC's season pass holder site and hopefully he'll join us here at AZ.
The Summit Express was broke! So we lined up for the Summit Triple around 8:45 only to find out that we would have to wait on that one too! After all was said and done there was no lift service until about 9:45.
The ride on the summit triple was frigid to say the least. We took two runs down Upper Canyon>Canyon>Standard. It was bulletproof corduroy, but fun none the less. By the end of the second run we were downright freezing. (As it turns out, it was around 10 at the base and in the negatives, with wind chill, at the summit; patrol kept warning everyone about frost bite.) After warming up we headed up the Summit Express (finally open!) and made it over to Chute on the North Face. Great snow and we had it all to ourselves. We made quite a few laps on chute then headed back down the main face to give Deer Run a try. Deer Run was empty and we took advantage and shot down real fast. After lunch we went down river run and back to the North Face for some more turns. Our last two runs together was U. Canyon>High Traverse>Upper Overbrook>Canyon>Standard. It ended up being the best runs of the day for me. We had a quick :beer: then John went to Wilmington for the night in preparation for KMart tomorrow. I went up for two more runs; Deer Run at mach speed and finally U. Canyon>High Traverse>Upper Overbrook>Canyon>Standard for old times sake. All in all after a crappy start it ended up being a great day thanks, in part, to another lonely skier I met while booting up.
A few notes before the pics:
1) Snow guns were going all day but I'm not sure how much good they did considering the wind was blowing the snow everywhere except the intended trails.
2) I think I forgot to mention this about Killington and this trip to MS reminded me. ASC is offering free bag check now!!!! It seems that they're trying to discourage people leaving their bags unattended in the lodge.
Now for the pics:
Upper Canyon
Exhibition is not quite there yet
Deer Run (dogleg left)
Guns 'Blazing
