Given the weather during the week, we weren't even sure if this day was going to happen. The mountain annouced they would open for one more day late in the week...sweet!
The weather today was cool and cloudy; a total 180 from last weekend's sunny and warm temps. The snow surface was surprisingly hard; the temps today never warmed up to get that spring corn n' cream cheese. Not many people were around; ski on ski off and mostly wide open trails.
The groomed surfaces skied fast and required some edging. If you hit the ungroomed, you knew it in a hury! We did a number of runs on the main face and they all skied about the same. Snowdance seemed to have the best surface. We did a run down the North Face, Plummet which skied fairly well despite the ice. Long John, while empty, was a bit tough due to the uphill wind. It was difficult to carry speed.
All in all though, for a bonus day, we can't complain. As the saying goes "Any day skiing is better than a day ________"
Looking towards the North Face from the summit:
For our last run, we waited for the "Golden Chair" on the Grand Summit. We figured we'd end the season in style. And since they're replacing all the chairs on this lift for next season, a somewhat historic last Golden Chair ride. Oh, and it matched my wife's coat:
Capped the day off with a drink on the deck at Cuzzins. We were the only ones sitting outside. After that, hit the shop because everything was 50% off. And we had "Mayor" parking today. Whee!
Thanks for the great season Mount Snow! We ended with close to 40 days on snow. We're alreay looking forward to next year.
The weather today was cool and cloudy; a total 180 from last weekend's sunny and warm temps. The snow surface was surprisingly hard; the temps today never warmed up to get that spring corn n' cream cheese. Not many people were around; ski on ski off and mostly wide open trails.
The groomed surfaces skied fast and required some edging. If you hit the ungroomed, you knew it in a hury! We did a number of runs on the main face and they all skied about the same. Snowdance seemed to have the best surface. We did a run down the North Face, Plummet which skied fairly well despite the ice. Long John, while empty, was a bit tough due to the uphill wind. It was difficult to carry speed.
All in all though, for a bonus day, we can't complain. As the saying goes "Any day skiing is better than a day ________"
Looking towards the North Face from the summit:
For our last run, we waited for the "Golden Chair" on the Grand Summit. We figured we'd end the season in style. And since they're replacing all the chairs on this lift for next season, a somewhat historic last Golden Chair ride. Oh, and it matched my wife's coat:
Capped the day off with a drink on the deck at Cuzzins. We were the only ones sitting outside. After that, hit the shop because everything was 50% off. And we had "Mayor" parking today. Whee!
Thanks for the great season Mount Snow! We ended with close to 40 days on snow. We're alreay looking forward to next year.
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