Date(s) Skied: 2/27/08 (night)
Resort or Ski Area: Shawnee Peak (ME)
Conditions: Packed Powder, tracked up heavy powder - overall variable
Trip Report:
For the first time tonight, I skied with a fellow Azer - Terry. He was kind enough to invite me along to ski with him and a couple of guys who are from the BobR Sunday River crew. Beautiful night to be out on the hill, high 20's, minimal wind. I rolled up to the lift at 6:45 and I thought that it might be Terry riding on the lift in front of me and when I got off, called out his name and sure enough it was.
While it certainly wasn't as good as I'm sure it was this morning, the conditions still rocked. They had gotten a solid foot of snow and while it was 99% tracked, there were still a few spots on the side that you could dive into and experience the depth of the new goods. Only problem was, you couldn't see in those areas to well as the lights aren't positioned to cover the trail edges. We essentially did six or seven runs from the top on all the various ways down that were light. There were a few good bump lines, though short here and there, especially lower Haggerts. Beautiful snow everywhere, though the skiing was tiring. I found this especially true on the lower angle stuff as you want to carve big turns and let em' run, but you had to stay back and focused for all the little speed bumps that were here and there.
Great fun couple hours skiing with these guys. I was very impressed with Terry's skiing. For a guy who started in his late 30's and has only been at it for 8 years, you'd swear he'd been on skis his whole life. He's very smooth, good form and fast skier. I look forward to the opportunity of skiing with him again someday.
If I have one complaint about all this snow, on the way back home tonight, the snowbanks were so high in places that the speed limit signs were nearly buried
. I don't know the road well enough and the limits go from 55 to 45 to 35 pretty quickly without being easy to tell at night. Part of me almost wanted to get pulled over, so I could tell a cop, I'm sorry for speeding, but the signs were buried and I thought I was in a 55 zone. :lol:
Resort or Ski Area: Shawnee Peak (ME)
Conditions: Packed Powder, tracked up heavy powder - overall variable
Trip Report:
For the first time tonight, I skied with a fellow Azer - Terry. He was kind enough to invite me along to ski with him and a couple of guys who are from the BobR Sunday River crew. Beautiful night to be out on the hill, high 20's, minimal wind. I rolled up to the lift at 6:45 and I thought that it might be Terry riding on the lift in front of me and when I got off, called out his name and sure enough it was.
While it certainly wasn't as good as I'm sure it was this morning, the conditions still rocked. They had gotten a solid foot of snow and while it was 99% tracked, there were still a few spots on the side that you could dive into and experience the depth of the new goods. Only problem was, you couldn't see in those areas to well as the lights aren't positioned to cover the trail edges. We essentially did six or seven runs from the top on all the various ways down that were light. There were a few good bump lines, though short here and there, especially lower Haggerts. Beautiful snow everywhere, though the skiing was tiring. I found this especially true on the lower angle stuff as you want to carve big turns and let em' run, but you had to stay back and focused for all the little speed bumps that were here and there.
Great fun couple hours skiing with these guys. I was very impressed with Terry's skiing. For a guy who started in his late 30's and has only been at it for 8 years, you'd swear he'd been on skis his whole life. He's very smooth, good form and fast skier. I look forward to the opportunity of skiing with him again someday.
If I have one complaint about all this snow, on the way back home tonight, the snowbanks were so high in places that the speed limit signs were nearly buried
. I don't know the road well enough and the limits go from 55 to 45 to 35 pretty quickly without being easy to tell at night. Part of me almost wanted to get pulled over, so I could tell a cop, I'm sorry for speeding, but the signs were buried and I thought I was in a 55 zone. :lol:
