loafer89
New member
Area skied: Okemo Mountain Resort
Date skied: January 14th, 2007 from 9:00am to 1:15pm
Surface conditions: Loose granular, Machine Groomed, Packed Powder (upper mountain)
ice, rocks, bare spots, thin cover.
We started out the day driving up in a steady rain from Coventry at 6:00am and it turned over to a freezing rain around exit 4 in Vermont and unfortunately the precipitation stayed in that form right up to Okemo Mountain:angry: .
We started the day at a nearly deserted Jackson Gore base area, with maybe 10 people at best in the cafeteria on MLK weekend:-o, honestly I was astonished at the lack of skiers.
We took the Coleman Brook Express chair up to the Jackson Gore Express and skied Sunset Strip to Lower Mountain Road. Lower Mountain Road was a disgusting mix of ice, rocks and slush and was very crowded. We waited in a 3-4 minute line for the North Star Express Quad and skied Countdown/Sprint/Moments Rest which had a more pleasant semi packed powder surface. Snow was being made on Challenger and that was the first time that I have seen a snowgun in action since December 8th:-(
Much of the day was spent doing laps on the South Face Express Quad as this enabled us to stay above the fog and the freezing level. Precipitation was primarily freezing rain/sleet and we built up quite an accumulation of ice on our gear. The weather did change to a light snow for about 45 minutes aroung 11:30 and we took a few packed powder runs on Dream Weaver and Stump Jumper. Stump Jumper was the pick of the day with nicely groomed snow and some fun wales to ski over.
We started back down torwards Jackson Gore by skiing Sapphire to Village Run, which was extremely thin and the snow on Village Run was mud colored. A ride up the Solitude Express Quad took us to Escape/Blue Moon which where very thin with alot of exposed ice and bare spots to Lower Limelight which had great soft snow on it, but was very crowded.
The temperature had risen above freezing by 1pm and it was lightly raining when we left at 1:30 to drive home.
Date skied: January 14th, 2007 from 9:00am to 1:15pm
Surface conditions: Loose granular, Machine Groomed, Packed Powder (upper mountain)
ice, rocks, bare spots, thin cover.
We started out the day driving up in a steady rain from Coventry at 6:00am and it turned over to a freezing rain around exit 4 in Vermont and unfortunately the precipitation stayed in that form right up to Okemo Mountain:angry: .
We started the day at a nearly deserted Jackson Gore base area, with maybe 10 people at best in the cafeteria on MLK weekend:-o, honestly I was astonished at the lack of skiers.
We took the Coleman Brook Express chair up to the Jackson Gore Express and skied Sunset Strip to Lower Mountain Road. Lower Mountain Road was a disgusting mix of ice, rocks and slush and was very crowded. We waited in a 3-4 minute line for the North Star Express Quad and skied Countdown/Sprint/Moments Rest which had a more pleasant semi packed powder surface. Snow was being made on Challenger and that was the first time that I have seen a snowgun in action since December 8th:-(
Much of the day was spent doing laps on the South Face Express Quad as this enabled us to stay above the fog and the freezing level. Precipitation was primarily freezing rain/sleet and we built up quite an accumulation of ice on our gear. The weather did change to a light snow for about 45 minutes aroung 11:30 and we took a few packed powder runs on Dream Weaver and Stump Jumper. Stump Jumper was the pick of the day with nicely groomed snow and some fun wales to ski over.
We started back down torwards Jackson Gore by skiing Sapphire to Village Run, which was extremely thin and the snow on Village Run was mud colored. A ride up the Solitude Express Quad took us to Escape/Blue Moon which where very thin with alot of exposed ice and bare spots to Lower Limelight which had great soft snow on it, but was very crowded.
The temperature had risen above freezing by 1pm and it was lightly raining when we left at 1:30 to drive home.
