loafer89
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Area skied: Nashoba Valley, M.A
Date skied: March 7th, 2008 from 4:45pm - 7:15pm
Surface conditions: Spring snow, icy patches, thin areas, limited bare areas.
Weather: overcast and 42F at 4:45pm, 39F at 7:15pm
Warren and I drove past Ski Ward with all intentions of skiing their, but honestly it had to have been the smallest ski area I have ever seen and to make things even worse the mountain plowed down the moguls that they had on the main slope, I think to cover up the growing bare areas. Anyway we continued on to a bit more substantial skiing at Nashoba Valley.
We arrived to a very empty ski area with maybe 50 people on the whole hill, we got our lift tickets and drove over to the Snowdance Double where we parked and started our evening.
Our first run was down the Nashoba Trail:
The snow was very sloppy spring slush and alot different from the powder conditions we enjoyed just a few days ago in Maine. The best snow on the mountain was on the steeper main face especially on Wardance which had some fun moguls:
Warren and I still found some groomed snow to play in on Chief:
Overall the conditions where okay, but I was suprised to see such thin base depths at a major Boston ski area. They have about 6-12" base depths on about 50% of the mountain with maybe 1-2' on the remainder of the mountain. They will not do too well after this thaw and 2-3" of rain.
We finished our evening at 7:15pm as I wanted to get our gear in the car and get started home before the rain hit. Our last run was down Nashoba Slope:
We made it south of Route 2 when the rain started all at once, so we timed our ending fairly well. Warren and I had fun, but agree that this was a one time visit.
Date skied: March 7th, 2008 from 4:45pm - 7:15pm
Surface conditions: Spring snow, icy patches, thin areas, limited bare areas.
Weather: overcast and 42F at 4:45pm, 39F at 7:15pm
Warren and I drove past Ski Ward with all intentions of skiing their, but honestly it had to have been the smallest ski area I have ever seen and to make things even worse the mountain plowed down the moguls that they had on the main slope, I think to cover up the growing bare areas. Anyway we continued on to a bit more substantial skiing at Nashoba Valley.
We arrived to a very empty ski area with maybe 50 people on the whole hill, we got our lift tickets and drove over to the Snowdance Double where we parked and started our evening.
Our first run was down the Nashoba Trail:
The snow was very sloppy spring slush and alot different from the powder conditions we enjoyed just a few days ago in Maine. The best snow on the mountain was on the steeper main face especially on Wardance which had some fun moguls:
Warren and I still found some groomed snow to play in on Chief:
Overall the conditions where okay, but I was suprised to see such thin base depths at a major Boston ski area. They have about 6-12" base depths on about 50% of the mountain with maybe 1-2' on the remainder of the mountain. They will not do too well after this thaw and 2-3" of rain.
We finished our evening at 7:15pm as I wanted to get our gear in the car and get started home before the rain hit. Our last run was down Nashoba Slope:
We made it south of Route 2 when the rain started all at once, so we timed our ending fairly well. Warren and I had fun, but agree that this was a one time visit.
