Date(s) Skied: Sunday 3/15 and Monday 3/16
Resort or Ski Area: Pico
Conditions: Spring
Trip Report: Awesome 2 days at Pico this past Sunday and Monday. Due to family obligations me and my gf could only stay over one night, we were very lucky to get two awesome weather days. Got on the snow around 11 on Sunday, everything was crazy soft and the sun was bright. Did 3 hours of Gold Rush with my gf, she was doing awesome considering it was her fourth day ever being on skis. She went into the lodge around 2, I headed up to the peak. Awesome conditions on almost every trail up there. My favs for the day were birch glades, summit glades, and upper KA. Upper Pike and Upper Giant Killer were both open but I passed, I was kinda doubting my abilities after asessing the shape they were in. Awesome day, rode strong all the way up to final chair. Here's a pic from somewhere on 49er I think:
Monday morning I got second chair @ 9 and immediately headed to the peak, expecting some hard conditions. To my suprise, Upper KA was groomed really well and was soft top to bottom...did many laps on it. Hit up some other trails and then met my gf to check out @ 11. Back on the hill for 2.5 more hours of Gold Rush laps with the gf. Towards the end she wanted to try some blue squares...which was awesome. Good times! Some pics from early Monday morning:
Middle Pike on the way up the summit chair:
Upper Pike on the way up the summit chair (actually filled in a little from snow earlier in the week):
K/Skye Peak from the summit of Pico:
Upper KA (sweet!):
Resort or Ski Area: Pico
Conditions: Spring
Trip Report: Awesome 2 days at Pico this past Sunday and Monday. Due to family obligations me and my gf could only stay over one night, we were very lucky to get two awesome weather days. Got on the snow around 11 on Sunday, everything was crazy soft and the sun was bright. Did 3 hours of Gold Rush with my gf, she was doing awesome considering it was her fourth day ever being on skis. She went into the lodge around 2, I headed up to the peak. Awesome conditions on almost every trail up there. My favs for the day were birch glades, summit glades, and upper KA. Upper Pike and Upper Giant Killer were both open but I passed, I was kinda doubting my abilities after asessing the shape they were in. Awesome day, rode strong all the way up to final chair. Here's a pic from somewhere on 49er I think:
Monday morning I got second chair @ 9 and immediately headed to the peak, expecting some hard conditions. To my suprise, Upper KA was groomed really well and was soft top to bottom...did many laps on it. Hit up some other trails and then met my gf to check out @ 11. Back on the hill for 2.5 more hours of Gold Rush laps with the gf. Towards the end she wanted to try some blue squares...which was awesome. Good times! Some pics from early Monday morning:
Middle Pike on the way up the summit chair:
Upper Pike on the way up the summit chair (actually filled in a little from snow earlier in the week):
K/Skye Peak from the summit of Pico:
Upper KA (sweet!):
