Shawnee Peak - 2/10/07 (night)

[salsgang]

Date(s) Skied: February 10, 2007

Resort or Ski Area: Shawnee Peak

Conditions: - PP

Trip Report: Headed up to Shawnee Peak for some night skiing. Nice evening weather wise. The wind really kicked up around 7pm for about 15 minutes, but calmed down after that. So overall a comfortable evening.

Shawnee has quite a bit more snow then they did 2 weeks ago. Pineslope was open treeline to treeline. They put a 4pm groom on the mountain so all the trails were pretty fresh when we started skiing around 5. We tackled some new trails with the kids today. After last weekend hitting Sugarloaf blues, the kids confidence has gone way up and they were ready for some Shawnee Blacks. So we hit Headwall and Parmalees and the kids did fine. They are starting to become little dots way ahead of my wife and I as we ski.

Most of the trails had excellent coverage. The only real slick spots we found were at the top of Headwall. they had the right side of the trail roped off so people were all turning and stopping at the same spot for 20 yards or so. First time I hit that I was going pretty fast and thought I was going to go flying through the ropes. Jack Spratt was slick the first time down so we stayed away from that one the rest of the day.

Shawnee at night is great. $22 gets you up to 6 hours of skiing on a lot of terrian, no lift lines and wide open trails. We are probably going to go again next Friday night with some people at work. Can't beat it!

 

[Skier75]

Yes, Shawnee's night skiing the best! We used to go there quite a bit when we lived closer. After the 4pm grooming is awesome too. I remember once when we were there they had that and everyone that was there from the afternoon into the evening knew about the 4pm grooming. Everyone was biting at the chomps, waiting at the top of Parmalee's for the rope drop, it was a jail break when they did. That's the best right after grooming.

Looks like most ski areas this year are getting pretty scraped off too qiuckly, due to lack of snow. Shawnee Peak is a great place to gain confidence, there blacks are like blue's at the bigger resorts. I think my favorite trail at Shawnee is Kancamangus all the way from the top to the bottom! They definately have a lot to offer for a fairly small mountain.