Ski Sundown 12-12-06 (night)

[loafer89]

Area skied: Ski Sundown, C.T

Date skied: December 12th, 2006 from 5-8pm.

Surface conditions: wet packed snow, granular.

After driving to Ski Sundown for the first time from work Warren and I booted up and took to the slopes at 5pm, but not before meeting up and introducing my son and I to Bvibert.

Warren is new to his 124cm K2 ski's this season so he needed some easier skiing and Canyon Run had the perfect snow and pitch to build his confidence right back up to last season's levels.

We took 6 runs down Canyon Run and meet up with Brian a few times along the way as Warren's pace is still far behind that of an adult.

The snow was hero soft snow that made for easy carving on 90% of the open terrain and we only encountered ice on parts of the center of Stinger.

The mountain was fairly empty with perhaps 100-150 people out on the slopes. The temperature was a warm 39F when we started skiing. Base depths are impressive and deeper than most trails that I skied on in Maine last weekend. The warm weather is taking it's toll though and there are some thin and bare spots poking through on Canyon Run and Exhibition. Hopefully the rain does not do too much damage to the snowcover.

Here are some pictures from last night, I need to work on my nightime photography:

 

[bvibert]

It was great meeting up with you and your son Loafer! I'm sure we'll meet up there again at some point during the season. I enjoyed talking to your son, he seemed really enthusiastic about skiing.

I ended up staying till closing time at 10pm. What a great night of skiing, the snow was nice and soft! It was very spring like, firming up just a tad as it got a little colder towards 10. I had a blast tonight and made some really good turns, the snow was a real confidence builder. Getting my weight forward was really starting to click tonight.

 

[Greg]

Thanks for the report, loafer. You heading out tonight? I'm playing it by ear and if I do head over, I might not be on skis until 7:30...

 

[loafer89]

I am going to skip tonight as it looks kind of damp and today is my father's birthday so we have a family thing to attend tonight. I am also a bit sore and tired from three days of skiing and long distance driving.

I will do my best to meet up next week on the 20th.

 

[loafer89]

It was great meeting up with you and your son Loafer! I'm sure we'll meet up there again at some point during the season. I enjoyed talking to your son, he seemed really enthusiastic about skiing.

I ended up staying till closing time at 10pm. What a great night of skiing, the snow was nice and soft! It was very spring like, firming up just a tad as it got a little colder towards 10. I had a blast tonight and made some really good turns, the snow was a real confidence builder. Getting my weight forward was really starting to click tonight.

It was very nice to have meet you as well, thank you for skiing a bit with us and riding the chair up as well. My son tends to talk alot when he gets nervous which frequently happens when he meets new people.

Warren had so much fun last night that we took one more run and did not leave until 8pm which got us in trouble with the natives at home, but it was worth it.