Ragged Mtn 2016-17 Season Thread

[Smellytele]

It was a good day yesterday at Ragged. They didn't run out of food or wine. Although the bartender did say they almost did run out of wine but the manager made a quick run to the liquor store to get some.

 

[Jully]

Ragged was nice today, rainy in the morning and foggy in the afternoon. Warmth is getting to them though. Didnt venture into Moose Alley but it looked bad. Did head into the glades off Cardigan and mildly regretted it.

Upper Crewcut was a little better. Did a few laps of it, but they need snow for the natural stuff bad. Its times like these I would have loved a bump run with snowmaking, but that's a topic for another day. Groomers were in excellent shape.

 

[Abubob]

The only reason for me to ski in the woods is to find better conditions than on the groomed trails. Which ain't happened yet.

 

[joshua segal]

The only reason for me to ski in the woods is to find better conditions than on the groomed trails. Which ain't happened yet.

Even if the beauty of sking through the woods doesn't turn you on, there are many other reasons to ski the woods. A partial list follows:
1. The flat light problem disappears
2. Protection from wind - speaking of both physical comfort and mitigating the drifting snow problem
3. Fog tends to be less of a visibility problem in the woods.
4. Those who like natural snow are more likely to find it in the woods
5. On crowded days, the gladed trails usually have lighter traffic

 

[Quietman]

I'll add one more, glades can't be groomed to get rid of the moguls.

 

[Abubob]

Even if the beauty of sking through the woods doesn't turn you on, there are many other reasons to ski the woods. A partial list follows:
1. The flat light problem disappears
2. Protection from wind - speaking of both physical comfort and mitigating the drifting snow problem
3. Fog tends to be less of a visibility problem in the woods.
4. Those who like natural snow are more likely to find it in the woods
5. On crowded days, the gladed trails usually have lighter traffic

True that, but without snow only Candide Throvex would ski this -

Rags to Riches Glade by Bob Misuraca, on Flickr

 

[dlague]

I'll add one more, glades can't be groomed to get rid of the moguls.

Geez! Now you scared those away that would not normally venture in to the glades. Maybe that was the goal?

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[Quietman]

Geez! Now you scared those away that would not normally venture in to the glades. Maybe that was the goal?
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I wouldn't do that! :wink:

 

[xwhaler]

Great day at Ragged today. They were blowing on Birches, Upper Exhibition, and Town Meeting. I can't ever remember them making snow on the Birches.

For all their lodge craziness and f&b follies this yr I have to give them a lot of credit for the skiing. They are definitely making a nice effort this season to accommodate the crowds on the snow.

Lines were easy out there today. Good crowd control on the 6 and virtually ski on the Spear.

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[dlague]

Is Exhibition still not open?

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[joshua segal]

Great day at Ragged today. They were blowing on Birches, upper Exhibition, and Main Street. I can't ever remember them making snow on the Birches.

For all their lodge craziness and f&b follies this yr I have to give them a lot of credit for the skiing. They are definitely making a nice effort this season to accommodate the crowds on the snow.

Lines were easy out there today. Good crowd control on the 6 and virtually ski on the Spear.

Were the glades in skiable?

 

[xwhaler]

I was with my son and wife so didn't check out the glades. Everything including the lower angle stuff off Ragged were roped.

Exhibition is still not open yes. They have a ways to go on lower Ex but perhaps something is wrong down there since they are blowing up top and then blowing on Birches.

It didn't seem that much snow (if any at all) had been made on Lower Ex though their snow report does show snowmaking there?

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[xwhaler]

Ragged just posted this update to FB

[FONT=&quot]The cold temps are back and that means the snow guns are on! The team is currently blowing snow on Upper and Lower Exhibition, Town Meeting and Birches! Goal is to have them ready for the weekend!

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[dlague]

Too bad! Exhibition is a good run on under the 6 pack. One of the better runs on that side. Also is access to some good trails and Exhibition glades - low angle but good to.practice on.

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[Jully]

Ragged just posted this update to FB

[FONT="]The cold temps are back and that means the snow guns are on! The team is currently blowing snow on Upper and Lower Exhibition, Town Meeting and Birches! Goal is to have them ready for the weekend!

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I saw that as well. This weekend should be nice! Demo Day Sunday as well. Hopefully there will be some bumps or trees or both to try out.

 

[Jully]

Too bad! Exhibition is a good run on under the 6 pack. One of the better runs on that side. Also is access to some good trails and Exhibition glades - low angle but good to.practice on.

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I'm actually okay with them opening Exhibition last. I don't really get why they do it as it doesn't seem substantially larger acreage wise than others on that side and it looks kind of ugly under the lift... but until recently Birches and Sweepstakes were natural only and weren't open in Jan anyway. I don't think Exhibition is any better than the Ridge trails and I'd rather get Spear open.

 

[joshua segal]

Having worked at Ragged for 10 seasons, the problem with Exhibition being last-to-open is when a student drops a poll while riding on the 6-pack. If the trail under it (Exhibition) is in such condition that the pole can't be easily retrieved, it messes up the hour for the entire class.

 

[Newpylong]

I'm actually okay with them opening Exhibition last. I don't really get why they do it as it doesn't seem substantially larger acreage wise than others on that side and it looks kind of ugly under the lift... but until recently Birches and Sweepstakes were natural only and weren't open in Jan anyway. I don't think Exhibition is any better than the Ridge trails and I'd rather get Spear open.

Sweepstakes is natural only still unless they want to hoof some hose through the woods when they are done with Birches and there is still money.

 

[Abubob]

I skied completely solo for two solid hours Sunday afternoon (1/29/17) and as one might expect it was completely scraped off in many areas with intermittent and unpredictable piles of sugar - wouldn't go so far as to call them moguls because many weren't in any predictable pattern and with no rhythm and certainly not for any sustained length. I would go so far as to say it wasn't bad but wouldn't say it was fantastic. There was sufficient snow piled up on the sides of the trails to have a bit of fun.

There was a Skieast event going on when I started at 2PM that concluded a little after 3PM. Then I found what xwhaler might have experienced earlier in the day. Once all the gates were down and they opened up Main Street and skier's left of Village Green I found unskied corduroy. Now that trail really doesn't have any "pitch" but it did ski fast and that was fun. Actually everything was fast. fast. fast.

I really wish people would be more patient when it comes to skiing glades. What little natural snow was in the glades that did open earlier in the season was effectively trashed so that when the warmth came they're back to bare ground in many areas. I don't think this is the case in the Ravine area though, so my hopes are high that after a couple of the snows that are predicted for the area it will make for wonderful glade skiing. Be patient. It'll get here.

 

[Smellytele]

I skied completely solo for two solid hours Sunday afternoon (1/29/17) and as one might expect it was completely scraped off in many areas with intermittent and unpredictable piles of sugar - wouldn't go so far as to call them moguls because many weren't in any predictable pattern and with no rhythm and certainly not for any sustained length. I would go so far as to say it wasn't bad but wouldn't say it was fantastic. There was sufficient snow piled up on the sides of the trails to have a bit of fun.

There was a Skieast event going on when I started at 2PM that concluded a little after 3PM. Then I found what xwhaler might have experienced earlier in the day. Once all the gates were down and they opened up Main Street and skier's left of Village Green I found unskied corduroy. Now that trail really doesn't have any "pitch" but it did ski fast and that was fun. Actually everything was fast. fast. fast.

I really wish people would be more patient when it comes to skiing glades. What little natural snow was in the glades that did open earlier in the season was effectively trashed so that when the warmth came they're back to bare ground in many areas. I don't think this is the case in the Ravine area though, so my hopes are high that after a couple of the snows that are predicted for the area it will make for wonderful glade skiing. Be patient. It'll get here.

There is snow coming? i heard maybe a dusting tues-wed