Date(s) Skied: 3/7/06
Resort or Ski Area: Mt. Snow
Conditions: Hard pack, ice, some pp
Trip Report: Well my day started bad and finished worse. I was planning on going to bromley to take advantage of the sunny exposure. However, i got such a late start i was having my doubts. Got onto 91 and realized i hadnt taken my wifes resume out of the car so i had to turn around. Then, i got stuck in traffic in springfield for about a 1/2 hour. Decided just to get off exit 26 and head to Mt. Snow, which i really didnt want to do. Anyway, got there around 10:30 and realized i didnt bring any gloves. Had to drop 54 bucks in the ski shop for those. Ok nothing else can go wrong. yeah right. Headed up to the summit and over to bear trap looking for some soft snow and bumps. Bear trap was still frozen pretty solid and the bumps were terrible. Horribly shaped and really spaced out. Went back down and found decent snow on Yard Sale with a nice mini line on the left. Went over to the north face. Ripcord looked like an ice sculpture. took a pass on that. Plummet and free fall were groomed flat. Nice snow on the edges but rather boring. Chute was bumped up solid top to bottom. Unfortunately it was still firm as petrified wood. Took some runs down that, knocking myself around those cement bumps. PDF was bumped up with glare ice between. Not terrrible but nothing you could really let loose on. Headed back over to bear trap to see if the sun had at least softened it up. It had, marginally. Tried to make something out of nothing over there by going as fast as possible but on the 4th run, i had a grade A number one knee crunch on the face of a real set up bump. Damn, it hurt like hell. Not sure what happened but it was almost as if i was extending and didnt see the oncoming face. Knew i was in trouble so i basically side slipped the rest of the run. Thank god its so short and not steep at all. Had to ride back up to get down though. That pretty much sucked, basically made it down long john on one ski. Couldnt help but think that this place has my number. It claimed my first acl in 1989, i've snapped a ski in half there, destroyed a binding and also did about 12 somersaults down ripcord a few years back. Someone was telling me from the get go today that maybe i shouldve stayed in bed. My knee is %$^ed up pretty good, i'll give it 2 days then go get an mri. I dont know if i can go through a 3rd acl surgery. Hope that isnt it. anyway, hope everyone elses day was better than mine.
Resort or Ski Area: Mt. Snow
Conditions: Hard pack, ice, some pp
Trip Report: Well my day started bad and finished worse. I was planning on going to bromley to take advantage of the sunny exposure. However, i got such a late start i was having my doubts. Got onto 91 and realized i hadnt taken my wifes resume out of the car so i had to turn around. Then, i got stuck in traffic in springfield for about a 1/2 hour. Decided just to get off exit 26 and head to Mt. Snow, which i really didnt want to do. Anyway, got there around 10:30 and realized i didnt bring any gloves. Had to drop 54 bucks in the ski shop for those. Ok nothing else can go wrong. yeah right. Headed up to the summit and over to bear trap looking for some soft snow and bumps. Bear trap was still frozen pretty solid and the bumps were terrible. Horribly shaped and really spaced out. Went back down and found decent snow on Yard Sale with a nice mini line on the left. Went over to the north face. Ripcord looked like an ice sculpture. took a pass on that. Plummet and free fall were groomed flat. Nice snow on the edges but rather boring. Chute was bumped up solid top to bottom. Unfortunately it was still firm as petrified wood. Took some runs down that, knocking myself around those cement bumps. PDF was bumped up with glare ice between. Not terrrible but nothing you could really let loose on. Headed back over to bear trap to see if the sun had at least softened it up. It had, marginally. Tried to make something out of nothing over there by going as fast as possible but on the 4th run, i had a grade A number one knee crunch on the face of a real set up bump. Damn, it hurt like hell. Not sure what happened but it was almost as if i was extending and didnt see the oncoming face. Knew i was in trouble so i basically side slipped the rest of the run. Thank god its so short and not steep at all. Had to ride back up to get down though. That pretty much sucked, basically made it down long john on one ski. Couldnt help but think that this place has my number. It claimed my first acl in 1989, i've snapped a ski in half there, destroyed a binding and also did about 12 somersaults down ripcord a few years back. Someone was telling me from the get go today that maybe i shouldve stayed in bed. My knee is %$^ed up pretty good, i'll give it 2 days then go get an mri. I dont know if i can go through a 3rd acl surgery. Hope that isnt it. anyway, hope everyone elses day was better than mine.
