Mt Snow Thread

[drjeff]

All things considered with the 2"+ of rain 3 days ago and then the freeze up, the mountain is skiing overall quite well with a bunch of machine groomed packed powder trending to loose granular as the traffic builds. Ridge had the largest "death cookies" today, Freefall was the most consistent snow with a smooth, firm, but totally edgeable surface that warranted a couple of repeats. Sunny and cool, but no wind!

The natural terrain, while there still is an OK amount of now frozen solid base, is out of play until more snow falls.

Major snowmaking assault on Southbowl, Lodge, Mineshaft, Nitro and lower fools gold plus some spot area around the ski in/ski out condo trails between Sundance and Carithia. Looks like Sunbrook could be good to go soon if they choose to push out the whales ahead of the next, likely warm, system the middle of next week. Probably one of the last Saturdays for multiple months with light crowds, even with all of the youth seasonal programs now started

 

[SLyardsale]

All things considered with the 2"+ of rain 3 days ago and then the freeze up, the mountain is skiing overall quite well with a bunch of machine groomed packed powder trending to loose granular as the traffic builds. Ridge had the largest "death cookies" today, Freefall was the most consistent snow with a smooth, firm, but totally edgeable surface that warranted a couple of repeats. Sunny and cool, but no wind!

The natural terrain, while there still is an OK amount of now frozen solid base, is out of play until more snow falls.

Major snowmaking assault on Southbowl, Lodge, Mineshaft, Nitro and lower fools gold plus some spot area around the ski in/ski out condo trails between Sundance and Carithia. Looks like Sunbrook could be good to go soon if they choose to push out the whales ahead of the next, likely warm, system the middle of next week. Probably one of the last Saturdays for multiple months with light crowds, even with all of the youth seasonal programs now started



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"the mountain is skiing overall quite well with a bunch of machine groomed packed powder"

 

[SLyardsale]

Skied Friday for and hour and a half & today opening bell 8am until 11:00 - had to head back south today to begin 2 families worth of pre Xmas, Xmas day and post Xmas gatherings.

No where on the hill today could I find anything resembling packed powder, whether natural or machine made that was groomed or not groomed. As a matter of interest, the Vail / Mt Snow wx/trail report this morning admitted as such, calling conditions throughout frozen granular due to the recent weather.

Friday, pretty much un-skiable except Snowdance, Gulch, portions of Cascade/Canyon and portions of Long John / Deer Run. Today was much better going from un-skiable (except Ridge & Roller Coaster still un-skiable) to poor. Not their fault, but to say anything there resembled packed powder today is just completely wrong.

 

[drjeff]

Skied Friday for and hour and a half & today opening bell 8am until 11:00 - had to head back south today to begin 2 families worth of pre Xmas, Xmas day and post Xmas gatherings.

No where on the hill today could I find anything resembling packed powder, whether natural or machine made that was groomed or not groomed. As a matter of interest, the Vail / Mt Snow wx/trail report this morning admitted as such, calling conditions throughout frozen granular due to the recent weather.

Friday, pretty much un-skiable except Snowdance, Gulch, portions of Cascade/Canyon and portions of Long John / Deer Run. Today was much better going from un-skiable (except Ridge & Roller Coaster still un-skiable) to poor. Not their fault, but to say anything there resembled packed powder today is just completely wrong.

24hrs and an additional groom or 2 makes a difference! Got a condo full of about 20 folks who would agree with my assessment of today, even if they haven't made a big dent in my alcohol stash in my condo!

Haters going to hate!

 

[KustyTheKlown]

i dunno what mount snow was offering yesterday, but stratton definitely offered 'packed powder groomers' that got icy by the end of the day. it was never 'granular'. impressive recovery actually. even dipped in the trees (mostly to pee and smoke but it was ok enough to ski them out to the bottom)

 

[SLyardsale]

All snowmaking is on new terrain - no resurfacing.

 

[urungus]

I was at Mt Snow yesterday afternoon and skied Ridge, Hop, Cascade/Canyon, Snowdance, Long John. All trails had been resurfaced with a bit of loose snow on top but rock hard base lurking below that made it a bit nerve-wracking. Did not venture over to the North Face as only Freefall was open and it’s not my favorite trail when conditions are firm.

 

[B-Eastski]

I was at Mt Snow yesterday afternoon and skied Ridge, Hop, Cascade/Canyon, Snowdance, Long John. All trails had been resurfaced with a bit of loose snow on top but rock hard base lurking below that made it a bit nerve-wracking. Did not venture over to the North Face as only Freefall was open and it’s not my favorite trail when conditions are firm.

All the same trails except long John which is a highway!

 

[drjeff]

Posting as a proud parenting moment, my almost 19yr old son on Mount Snow’s social media feed this afternoon. He said the snow was a little firm and granulary up high when he was out, but soft and cream cheese fun lower down