Mt Snow 12/24/10

[reefer]

Just a quickie. Hit up Mt. Snow Christmas Eve day. I think a first ever. Amazing coverage all over the hill. I didn't think they could make this much snow, and its nice soft man-made for the most part, a quality product as they say. Little chilly and breezy, but the 100% sunshine made for a real sweet ski day. More people than I expected but never really waited in a lift line. Started at 9:30 and of course couldn't help but head straight for TNF. Did an un-groomed Plummet, an un-groomed Ripcord, and an un-groomed Fallen Timbers. Yes, five trails open on TNF, three of them not groomed and skiing awesome! After doing the loop again I ran into Newpylong. Nice guy and solid skier. Did Ripcord together then headed over to Bear Trap and took a couple runs over there, pretty nice as the picture below will attest. Took a 45 minute lunch and headed to TNF for a run. Next over to Bear Trap for a few more. Then headed up the Sunbrook Quad (brrrrrr) to ski TNF. Did one last run with Newpylong then he took off to the Main Face. I ended lapping Plummet about a half dozen times with a Ripcord and Fallen Timbers thrown in for good measure. I was just feeling it - and ended up with last call on TNF. Pretty dark when I came off the hill. All the groomers I took were real nice too. Great to ski with a new AZer also. Always seem to have a good time at Mt. Snow!
Pictures:
Bear Trap didn't suck, Plummet, Fallen Timbers, and a couple scenic's I liked

 

[WoodCore]

Nice!

 

[powhunter]

Right on! Nice to see all the trails on the NF open..Beartrap doesnt look too bad either!

steveo

 

[Newpylong]

Great running into you and taking some runs. If anyone is contemplating a trip to Snow, make the move! Mountain is skiing great.

Beartrap was ROTD. great bumps.

 

[powbmps]

Bumps look awesome in that first picture.

 

[Glenn]

My wife and I were there Christmas eve too. It was our first Christmas eve skiing and we were surprised with how many people were there. It wasn't busy, just busier than expected. Great coverage, they made just a ton of snow. the snow ws pretty fast with a little scratch on groomed trails. Ripcord skied awesome. Thanks Walt skied fast and according to Phesheez, I hit 47 mph straighlining Mineshaft after the las big kicker. Oh, the last section of bumps on Rollercoasteer are setting up nicely. I bet this natural snow will help.

And on a related note, we spent Chistmas Eve with vcunning and family. I dressed like Santa, my wife like an elf. I dont think their oldest son was fooled, but the youngest kinda sorta bought it.

A fantastic Christmas Eve.

 

[MommaBear]

We were there as well. Passed by the Bear Trap bumps enroute from the Nitro lift to the North Face (definitely a Brrrr ride up the Sunbrook chair!) thinking we would hit them later in the day. But never made it back that way. TNF skied real nice - lower part of Fallen Timbers (cut in from Chute) and Plummet were my favorites. Checked out the bumps on Roller Coaster - they were still a bit hard before lunch.

Couple of injured kids (nothing too serious) brought an early end to the day for me - which was ok cuz I was heading out a bit earlier anyway to cook Christmas Eve dinner. Hit the bumps on Exhibition on my final run - those were hard as well, but much more my speed - perfect spacing and low angle pitch.

Beautiful day and was glad we got out.

 

[Glenn]

Hope the kids are ok MommaBear.

 

[vcunning]

My wife and I were there Christmas eve too. It was our first Christmas eve skiing and we were surprised with how many people were there. It wasn't busy, just busier than expected. Great coverage, they made just a ton of snow. the snow ws pretty fast with a little scratch on groomed trails. Ripcord skied awesome. Thanks Walt skied fast and according to Phesheez, I hit 47 mph straighlining Mineshaft after the las big kicker. Oh, the last section of bumps on Rollercoasteer are setting up nicely. I bet this natural snow will help.

And on a related note, we spent Chistmas Eve with vcunning and family. I dressed like Santa, my wife like an elf. I dont think their oldest son was fooled, but the youngest kinda sorta bought it.

A fantastic Christmas Eve.

Glenn . . That was you . . . I thought it was the real Santa! That was a great night. Thank you!

 

[MommaBear]

Hope the kids are ok MommaBear.

Thanks Glen - nothing some downtime and Motrin didn't cure. With today's technology, I got to see one of the falls (a flip that was way over rotated) again, and again, and again. I liked it better when I didn't know (see) the whole story! lol! The other fall wasn't caught on film...but was replayed verbally several times during the Christmas holiday. They will be back at it later in the week.