drjeff
Well-known member
Date: 12-28-08
Resort: Mount Snow
Conditions: Temps in the 50's, mountain looked more late Spring than late December except no bumps
Report: Okay, I've had 2 straight days of spring hero snow, now mother nature can get back to normal. Snow all over the mountain was soft and fun to carve in. Natural snow trails(if still open) were melting out fast
Thin spots were becoming evident Crowds were pretty much regular holiday levels, but manageable thanks to LOTS of lifts spinning.
ROTD for me, was Thanks Walt in the cloud/fog. Great soft snow, and just a fun trail to rip big high speed arcs on!
The folks associated with the Dew Tour have shown up. 3 snowcats from Snowpark Technologies arrived via flat bed trailers Friday AM and have roughed in Inferno with some absolutely ridiculously HUGE hits, and when I took a break on the deck @ Carinthia late AM, you could see that they, along with the the Mount Snow crew were planning out the construction of the 1/2 pipe(should be LOTS of activitiy on the 1/2 webcam the next few days).
Even though it was 20+ degrees away from snowmaking temps, the snowmaking crew was on the hill moving mini ratnik tower guns into the connectors from Deer Run to Thanks Walt. I'd bet that a MEGA snowmaking assault with a quick resurface and then expansion on tap by the time I head back up Wednesday afternoon.
Resort: Mount Snow
Conditions: Temps in the 50's, mountain looked more late Spring than late December except no bumps
Report: Okay, I've had 2 straight days of spring hero snow, now mother nature can get back to normal. Snow all over the mountain was soft and fun to carve in. Natural snow trails(if still open) were melting out fast
Thin spots were becoming evident Crowds were pretty much regular holiday levels, but manageable thanks to LOTS of lifts spinning.ROTD for me, was Thanks Walt in the cloud/fog. Great soft snow, and just a fun trail to rip big high speed arcs on!
The folks associated with the Dew Tour have shown up. 3 snowcats from Snowpark Technologies arrived via flat bed trailers Friday AM and have roughed in Inferno with some absolutely ridiculously HUGE hits, and when I took a break on the deck @ Carinthia late AM, you could see that they, along with the the Mount Snow crew were planning out the construction of the 1/2 pipe(should be LOTS of activitiy on the 1/2 webcam the next few days).
Even though it was 20+ degrees away from snowmaking temps, the snowmaking crew was on the hill moving mini ratnik tower guns into the connectors from Deer Run to Thanks Walt. I'd bet that a MEGA snowmaking assault with a quick resurface and then expansion on tap by the time I head back up Wednesday afternoon.
