Angus
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- Feb 18, 2005
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Weather: Some clouds to start, cold...very cold all day (single digits at best) and then sun- could see Mt. Washington and Adirondacks clearly in PM, gusty wind most of day.
The Executive Summary: Man (MRG) versus Boy (Angus). Man Won in a run-away. First time skiing MRG. Unbelievable place. After my first 4 runs, I seriously thought about going in and signing up for a lesson!
Post Mortem: Had a hard time getting out of bed this morning! Want to learn to ski bumps properly and go back and give the mountain a better competition!
Was heading up on the single chair at 8:40. Thanks again to the gentleman who works at Sugarbush who I met at the top of his driveway, on his way to work, completely lost. He drove me to the entrance of Mt. Ellen pointing me in the direction of the mountain!
Finished my last run at 3:50 taking two, fifteen minutes during the day. Skied bumps all day. Had to have been 20+ runs most of which were off the single. I kind of had the attitude of “if I can't ski it well, I'll ski a lot of it!”
Never waited more than 2 minutes to get on a lift.
Notables
Lower Antelope: great run - old school - which is repetitive for this place
Catamount Bowl: at least half dozen times – killed me the first couple of times
Moody's to Canyon: fantastic snow and skied at least half dozen times
Chute: great snow except at very top where it's blown away.
Upper/Lower Glade - skied it but not well
Lynx to Beaver - great run(s)
Partridge to Slalom Hill - Partridge is a killer
Gazelle - bumps and not quite as steep which helped
Everything was bumped up big time, I'd like to hear if anyone was there over the weekend and has a comparison to how big the bumps are now versus "normal". They were big IMO.
Craziest run - I made a decision that I wanted nothing to do with skiing underneath the chair. After lunch I tried to find Fall Line and got lost in woods (there is a lot of woods in there!) - I was talking to myself "this ain't good" and hiked up and out to the top of Chute which I was forced to ski, fell twice once losing a ski but didn't completely embarrass myself (I think) except when a guy went buzzing by me making it look easy.
What most impressed: The mountain, of course; but more, the young kids skiing - great to be young and fearless and technically sound! Plus, it's a very friendly, genuine place.
Over all impressions: I consider myself a very competent skier. Since getting back skiing 5 years ago, the one area I'm not satisfied is mogul skiing. I just can't seem to find a line, establish a rhythm and/or turn my skis fast enough. At MRG, if you want to really ski the mountain, you can't avoid them. I worked hard all day and by the end was skiing them a lot better but still not well. Probably was making all the typical mistakes - leaning back, not planting poles, bending down/twisting upper body instead of standing tall, trying to make too many turns, etc. but on the 2nd to last run of the day, skied Canyon top to bottom without stopping. On the chair lift ride up on my last run, I heard an instructor telling a couple of young kids something along the line “body first, skis follow” - I think that might be good advice!
The Executive Summary: Man (MRG) versus Boy (Angus). Man Won in a run-away. First time skiing MRG. Unbelievable place. After my first 4 runs, I seriously thought about going in and signing up for a lesson!
Post Mortem: Had a hard time getting out of bed this morning! Want to learn to ski bumps properly and go back and give the mountain a better competition!
Was heading up on the single chair at 8:40. Thanks again to the gentleman who works at Sugarbush who I met at the top of his driveway, on his way to work, completely lost. He drove me to the entrance of Mt. Ellen pointing me in the direction of the mountain!
Finished my last run at 3:50 taking two, fifteen minutes during the day. Skied bumps all day. Had to have been 20+ runs most of which were off the single. I kind of had the attitude of “if I can't ski it well, I'll ski a lot of it!”
Never waited more than 2 minutes to get on a lift.
Notables
Lower Antelope: great run - old school - which is repetitive for this place
Catamount Bowl: at least half dozen times – killed me the first couple of times
Moody's to Canyon: fantastic snow and skied at least half dozen times
Chute: great snow except at very top where it's blown away.
Upper/Lower Glade - skied it but not well
Lynx to Beaver - great run(s)
Partridge to Slalom Hill - Partridge is a killer
Gazelle - bumps and not quite as steep which helped
Everything was bumped up big time, I'd like to hear if anyone was there over the weekend and has a comparison to how big the bumps are now versus "normal". They were big IMO.
Craziest run - I made a decision that I wanted nothing to do with skiing underneath the chair. After lunch I tried to find Fall Line and got lost in woods (there is a lot of woods in there!) - I was talking to myself "this ain't good" and hiked up and out to the top of Chute which I was forced to ski, fell twice once losing a ski but didn't completely embarrass myself (I think) except when a guy went buzzing by me making it look easy.
What most impressed: The mountain, of course; but more, the young kids skiing - great to be young and fearless and technically sound! Plus, it's a very friendly, genuine place.
Over all impressions: I consider myself a very competent skier. Since getting back skiing 5 years ago, the one area I'm not satisfied is mogul skiing. I just can't seem to find a line, establish a rhythm and/or turn my skis fast enough. At MRG, if you want to really ski the mountain, you can't avoid them. I worked hard all day and by the end was skiing them a lot better but still not well. Probably was making all the typical mistakes - leaning back, not planting poles, bending down/twisting upper body instead of standing tall, trying to make too many turns, etc. but on the 2nd to last run of the day, skied Canyon top to bottom without stopping. On the chair lift ride up on my last run, I heard an instructor telling a couple of young kids something along the line “body first, skis follow” - I think that might be good advice!
