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Mount Snow 3/29/10

drjeff

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Well, since I was up at my place this morning, and didn't have to be back to CT until late afternoon, and there was a window on the radar loop that was showing that there was going be be a "less wet slot" (calling it a dry slot would be a HUGE exageration :rolleyes:) rolling across Southern VT, I wrapped my self in Gore-tex and headed out for a few runs!

The liftlines were massive (okay I had to wait a maximum of about 3 seconds for the gates to open for the loading belt on the Grand Summit Express ;) ) The light was flat with sporadic cloud layers to ski though, but the snow was that beautiful wet snow that skis like cream cheese, and there was even a bit of wet powder in thr troughs some of the bumps up top as for the 1st few hours last night before the liquid stuff started falling, it was snowing at Mount Snow.

I hit up Uncles to Ridge, Shootout to South Bowl and then Ledge to Overbrook. I figured that there's a chance, especially with Ledge that the next 36-48 hours few inches of liquid precip and then the warm temps might spell the end of those trails before I'm back on the hill on Friday. After about 45 minutes of being on the hill in the "less wet slot" some of the precip managed to find it's way between the cuffs of my gloves and coat and that was enough for me!

Not the greatest weather day, but then again I got some turns in so there's no complaints in my book!
 

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You're a trooper Jeff! I give you credit for getting out there and making some turns. Yesterday was one of those days where one of those Home Depot "rain gear" pants and jacket combos would come in handy.

How was Uncles holding up? I have a feeling you're right about the natural trails...they may not hold up with more rain.
 

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You're a trooper Jeff! I give you credit for getting out there and making some turns. Yesterday was one of those days where one of those Home Depot "rain gear" pants and jacket combos would come in handy.

How was Uncles holding up? I have a feeling you're right about the natural trails...they may not hold up with more rain.

Of the 4 natural trails I skied yesterday, here's my ranking interms of most likely to survive to the weekend vs. least likely

Uncles > Ledge > Shootout > Overbrook (already had a pretty wide, and sizeable stream run off area down near the bottom yesterday AM) :eek:

And even Uncles, if it rains as much as the weather folks are saying, I'd give about a 1 in 3 chance of being open this weekend. There's plenty of snow depth over most of it, but the heavier trafficed areas and/or the natural waterbars were showing some signifcant areas of gray/brownish snow
 

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I enjoy the occational bare spot....good for "wheelies". I'll demonstrate this weekend. :lol:
 

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Jeff, is there much snow left in the Trials? Get you even get to it?

I'm guessing that the trials will be fine! They had the Northface closed off yesterday, but from having been in there not that long ago, the base depths were 2/3rd's to 3/4ths of the way up my 54" poles!, and just sitting on the ground, on the sunnyside of my place up there (which gets beat on by the afternoon sun), I when I left yesterday I still had 18 -24" of snow just sitting on the ground!
 

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I'm guessing that the trials will be fine! They had the Northface closed off yesterday, but from having been in there not that long ago, the base depths were 2/3rd's to 3/4ths of the way up my 54" poles!, and just sitting on the ground, on the sunnyside of my place up there (which gets beat on by the afternoon sun), I when I left yesterday I still had 18 -24" of snow just sitting on the ground!

Good to know. I might come up on Friday. Suppose to get to 70 degrees! Wouldn't mind skiing with you and Glen, if I can find you.
 

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Wouldn't that be kinda slow?


Not the fastest snow surface for sure, but the snow still had enough of a semi-crystalline structure to it, and wasn't wet enough to make it sticky. Just your classic "hero snow" type surface :)
 

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Good to know. I might come up on Friday. Suppose to get to 70 degrees! Wouldn't mind skiing with you and Glen, if I can find you.

Look for the Steelers starter jacket on Cuzzin's deck ;) That's Jeff.
 

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I wish I had resized the pics we took last Saturday. At the top of the mountain, leading to the north face (if you take a hard right getting off the Express or Local summit lifts) there's a lot of snow. Usually, you ski down...you had ski "up" a bit to get there.

I don't know what I'll be sporting for attire Friday with the weather. I look l'm about 17 and I have an Alpine Zone mountain logo on my left ski. :lol:
 

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Yup, and Vcunning will be the guy with a Patriots hat, a Patriots Pint Glass and a Patriots coozie! ;)

Technically, I don't have the hat or koozie, but somehow a Pint Glass is in my freezer at the condo. It probably got there with the Steelers ornament on your Christmas Tree (which is still up) and that Terrible Towel that accidentally made it into your son's ski bag.

Actually, you can see a caricture of us (left to right) Jeff, Glenn & Vince at www.gladeiator.com

Jeff is 10 feet tall, Glenn weighs 20 pounds and I'm just old and balding.
 
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