Mount Snow Closing Day - 4/11/10

[madriverjack]

I'm in. What time and place???

 

[powhunter]

Nice Jack....I dont plan on getting up there till around 11 or 12

 

[bvibert]

Maybe try for a noon meetup somewhere?

 

[drjeff]

Northface on wind hold this (saturday) AM - supposed to be in the mid 20's with a chance of flurries after midnight up here tonight

 

[madriverjack]

How about my car? I'll have the tail gate open playing some tunes and doing my 2 beer stretch. Bring a lawn chair if you would like.

 

[powbmps]

It's flurrying at my house now. Probably pretty firm up there today. Still calling for sun and a high in the mid 50's up there tomorrow though.

I should be in as well. Shooting for that 11-12 window.

 

[MommaBear]

As of noon Saturday, very little open on the NF and most of it groomed. Fallen Timbers was roped off, but people were skiing it. What bumps he found - top section of Free Fall - are rock hard.

On the Carinthia side, my son successfully pulled off a front flip today!

 

[powhunter]

Me and JP will be there @12

Steveo

 

[Glenn]

Congrats to your son!

Not many bumps here today. The snow wasn't bad earlier this AM. The north face was firm before noon. CArinthia still has a few booters. Long john skied weLl. Cascade to canyon was good, just had to watch the brownies.

On the deck @ Cuzzins. Just finished pur drinks...time for food. Hardly anyone here.

 

[gmcunni]

Not many bumps here today. .

meaning?? the bump'd trails aren't open today or they mowed them down with a groomer?

 

[powhunter]

meaning?? the bump'd trails aren't open today or they mowed them down with a groomer?

Hope they didnt mow all the bumps......Doesnt make sense on closing weekend.....Still want to see what Alan says about the bumps at belleyare today

steveo

 

[MommaBear]

meaning?? the bump'd trails aren't open today or they mowed them down with a groomer?

I'd tried, unsuccessfully, to get that same question answered when I spoke with my husband earlier. However, in response to my direct question of "they want to know where the bumps ARE" - he responded "Try Killington". So, I'm guessing they are groomed.

 

[powhunter]

180s and facepants TR from belleyare sound pretty good...

steveo

 

[Greg]

That is so lame that they groomed TNF.

 

[madriverjack]

Belleayre maybe?

 

[Greg]

Belleayre maybe?

That's my vote

 

[Greg]

Bell baby!

 

[drjeff]

That is so lame that they groomed TNF.

Explanation from the head of mountain ops today was that they really had no choice after Wednesday nights warm temps (never got below 60) and then Thursday's T-storms - basically the entire snowpack over the majority of the terrain thawed/turned into a slurpee which ate away a big chunk of the snowpack and forced their hand into grooming things to move enough snow around to allow them to open.

I also heard from the general manager and the head of the snowcamp program that it was amazing/scary as to how much of the snowpack melted since Wednesday. Totally believe it and they definitely had to use some large quantites of diesel in the last 36 hours to make as much of the mountain skiable as they did!

 

[Greg]

Explanation from the head of mountain ops today was that they really had no choice

There's always a choice. Looks like from the pic above, Belleayre made a different one and that's where I'll be today. Bumps aren't necessarily supposed to be skiable until after 11 am or noon this time of year. Unless of course so many holes opened up in the troughs on TNF which made it unskiable. I suspect it's just more catering to the groomer only crowd though.

 

[powbmps]

Wish I could do Belleayre, but the 4.5 hour drive is prohibitive :smile:. Looking forward to the TR though.