Zand
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Date(s) Skied: Saturday 4/11/09
Resort or Ski Area: Mt. Snow, VT
Conditions: Spring, mostly cloudy, 40s
Trip Report:
Woke up to rain which kept me in bed till 8 or so. Finally decided to get up and go and got to the mountain around 11. Wasn't expecting much and the first run, Plummet, backed my "bad idea" feelings. It was completely frozen solid at that point. However, Little Steep put those feelings to rest as it had nice soft bumps.
Spent an hour sampling the North Face... Ripcord, Jaws, Challenger, and best of all: CHUTE. Chute was wall-to-wall, top-to-bottom sweet bumps with awesome lines. Sick sick run. Challenger has just about had it, mostly mud and rocks now. Ripcord was boney in the middle, but good at the top and bottom. Jaws was a bit thin in spots, but other spots were nice with cute little bumplets.
Went over to Carinthia for a few runs. The big pipe was nice, but the jumps were so-so and the mini pipe was a bit stupid (too wide). Didn't spend too long over there.
Spent 12:30-4 pretty much lapping Chute and throwing in a couple other runs as well. Hit Epiphany which was quite debris-filled down to Lower Challenger which was an adventure. Got adventureous at one point and hit a closed Olympic. Saw a few tracks heading into the Trials, so why not. I was amazed... the base in there was deeper than most of the snowmaking runs. With last night's 1/2" of new snow, it was like midwinter in there. The very bottom got thin, but that upper part is stellar. I'd take it in January... but this is mid April. Unbelieveable. Then came some walking out of lower Olympic, but it was worth it. PDF was nice as well. But, the story of the day was the Chute bumps. So sick. Hit Ledges and Lower Canyon which were... well... springlike. Still lots of fun.
Needless to say, I'm exhausted. Glad I was pleasanty surprised after going in with low expectations, easily a top-5 day this year and a lifetime top-10 in spring days. Too bad it's gonna freeze up for tomorrow's last day on the main mountain. As for me, looking at a day at Sugarbush over April vacation and Killington closing day. 2 more, it's coming quick.
Resort or Ski Area: Mt. Snow, VT
Conditions: Spring, mostly cloudy, 40s
Trip Report:
Woke up to rain which kept me in bed till 8 or so. Finally decided to get up and go and got to the mountain around 11. Wasn't expecting much and the first run, Plummet, backed my "bad idea" feelings. It was completely frozen solid at that point. However, Little Steep put those feelings to rest as it had nice soft bumps.
Spent an hour sampling the North Face... Ripcord, Jaws, Challenger, and best of all: CHUTE. Chute was wall-to-wall, top-to-bottom sweet bumps with awesome lines. Sick sick run. Challenger has just about had it, mostly mud and rocks now. Ripcord was boney in the middle, but good at the top and bottom. Jaws was a bit thin in spots, but other spots were nice with cute little bumplets.
Went over to Carinthia for a few runs. The big pipe was nice, but the jumps were so-so and the mini pipe was a bit stupid (too wide). Didn't spend too long over there.
Spent 12:30-4 pretty much lapping Chute and throwing in a couple other runs as well. Hit Epiphany which was quite debris-filled down to Lower Challenger which was an adventure. Got adventureous at one point and hit a closed Olympic. Saw a few tracks heading into the Trials, so why not. I was amazed... the base in there was deeper than most of the snowmaking runs. With last night's 1/2" of new snow, it was like midwinter in there. The very bottom got thin, but that upper part is stellar. I'd take it in January... but this is mid April. Unbelieveable. Then came some walking out of lower Olympic, but it was worth it. PDF was nice as well. But, the story of the day was the Chute bumps. So sick. Hit Ledges and Lower Canyon which were... well... springlike. Still lots of fun.
Needless to say, I'm exhausted. Glad I was pleasanty surprised after going in with low expectations, easily a top-5 day this year and a lifetime top-10 in spring days. Too bad it's gonna freeze up for tomorrow's last day on the main mountain. As for me, looking at a day at Sugarbush over April vacation and Killington closing day. 2 more, it's coming quick.
