Ragged 3/7

[Robbski]

Spring Skiing

Terriffic day out in the sun. Got to the mountain with my wife around 10. Snagged a decent spot in lot 4 in front of the quagmire. Rode the six pack for a couple of hours. During the first hour the snow on Ridge, Crew Cut and Chutes held out OK except at the intersections. Raggae Glades was still a little overly firm at this point.

Headed over to Spear Mountain after that. (Soaking up the sun on a slow triple ain't so bad on a warm bluebird day.) Cardigan was surprisingly manky. But race training ended and Flying Yankee opened up. Snow was still untracked and unslushy in the shadows making for a terrific series of GS runs.

Left my wife to have fun on Flying Yankee and took a run down showboat, the ungroomed was hurting from too much sun, the groomed section skiied fine. Had a trip through the woods after that. The right combination of warming and shade made that a good choice.

My next choice was a good one too. That was heading over to the patio for $3 harpoons!

 

[deadheadskier]

when you say the ungroomed section was hurting from too much sun.....elaborate.

 

[Robbski]

See your point. Coverage was still OK.

I found it extremely slushy and slow even though I broke the habit of a lifetine and carefully waxed my skis on Saturday in anticipation of the conditions.

 

[mckay]

I was there too. Fantastic day of skiing. I couldn't believe how well everything held up given the temps. My first time there. Flying Yankee was our favorite. What a great little mountain. I actually got a little bit of a sunburn from all the time I spent on the spear triple.

 

[Bumpsis]

My family and I also came up for that day. The Family Sunday promo was hard to beat ($99 for two adults, two kids). We started at about 11:30 and the mountain was soft everywhere. Woods, moguls, groomers. Just an awesome day of spring skiing.
Towards the end of the day, snow in the woods started to corn up again - it was just great to feel the transition. Too bad it was the end of the day.

We were all very happy to have bagged a perfect day, but the sad thing is that such days are rare. It was probably the best weekend for Ragged this season. This weekend's rain will kick off the downturn in snow coverage so unless there is a substantial snow dump coming soon after this weekend, it looks like beginning of the end.