Mount Snow 3/28/09

[ta&idaho]

Date(s) Skied: Saturday, March 28, 2009

Resort or Ski Area: Mount Snow

Conditions: WARM and sunny, perfect spring conditions

Trip Report:

Amazing spring day at Mount Snow on Saturday. Short of an epic powder day, its tough to have more fun skiing than sixty, sunny, and slushy.

Defintely some bare areas on the front side of the mountain (especially after today's nastiness), but pretty much the entire north face was skiing great.

Great bumps under the lift:

Challenger defies Mt Snow's reputation for having nothing but wide, boring cruisers...fun little run:

Same with PDF:

Good variety of runs on the North Face, but after a few hours we decided to venture to another part of the mountain. After a lackluster run down the only trail still open on the Sunbrook side, we ended up on Bear Trap. Perfect run for mid-afternoon bump laps. Chill vibe with the music blaring, and just long enough to allow you get you in a rhythm (without being so long that you get worn out).

The front side isn't the most exciting skiing in the world, but there was some fun to be had. This is Canyon, I think:

and its pretty hard not to enjoy yourself during Reggae Fest weekend, with all the music,
the "duct tape derby" craziness, and of course some pond-skimming:

Mount Snow really seems to do spring skiing right. Good times...

 

[drjeff]

That was about as good a spring skiing day with associated non-skiing mountain events as I've ever had(short of maybe the OLD school Bear Mountain Mogul Challenges+parties) just an awesome day and a pretty good sized crowd who were just enjoying a GREAT day and a whole host of great events (Duct Tape Derby, Sink or Skim pond skimming, Reggae Fest, and The Bermuda Open dual slalom USSA race!)

Can't wait to see what next Saturday's innagural "winter" brewers fest will be like @ Mount Snow! :beer:

 

[Glenn]

Saturday delivered. We got there late, but made a bunch of runs anyways. Weather was awesome! Saw lots of kids skiing in shorts and t-shirts.

The snow was typical spring corn, but a few sections were narrow strips of boiler plate...which you could actually get moving pretty good on.

We saw some of the pond skimming, but got there too late for the duct tape race. I was surprised with how friggin' mobbed it was! We had to hunt for a parking spot at 2PM.

We attempted to grab a beer after skiing, but the line was insane!

 

[Newpylong]

Drool. What nice bumps... waited all winter for spring skiing...

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

nice pictures..nice to see a little natural snow around in Southern VT

 

[walltube99]

It was a very good day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEQSHs8HMzs&feature=channel_page

 

[Glenn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEQSHs8HMzs&feature=channel_page

Nice job on the video!

 

[drjeff]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEQSHs8HMzs&feature=channel_page

Nice vid! You had a primo "splash zone"/"crash zone" viewing location too!

 

[vcunning]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEQSHs8HMzs&feature=channel_page

Excellent video. You must have staked out your spot early!

How wet did you get towards the end? It looks like you got a minor splash about 1 minute towards the end of the video and soaked at the very end.

The pond was filled with iced tea, right? It certainly looked that way.

 

[reefer]

Glad you got some. Great pics. The video at Stratton sunday is classic.