Ski Sundown, 12/24/2009

[severine]

Date(s) Skied: 12/24/2009

Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, New Hartford, CT

Conditions: Mid 20s, calm, clear. Machine Groomed Packed Manmade

Trip Report: DEAD. I had the slopes to myself from about 8:30-9:15AM when only a few started showing on the hill. Did they forget Sundown was opening at 8AM today? Fresh cord on just about every run. Knee is still bothering me so I put on the Cho-Pat to see if that would help (got it for running) and it did. Stuck to blues because of the knee, so Canyon and Nor'Easter/Exhibition. First couple runs were tricky between figuring out how trustworthy my knee was and working in new-to-me boots. Left boot needs some work around the heel. But after a few runs, feet and legs were warmed up and I was having a blast. That elusive peace washed over me and I just couldn't stop smiling. I meant to ski until 10:30AM, cutting it short because I still have a lot to do today, but miscalculated and walked into the lodge again around 10AM. Still, great way to start the day. It was still mostly quiet on the hill when I left. GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY IT!!!

 

[o3jeff]

Hopefully you took care of my share of the fresh cord!

I really wanted to get out there today, but figured it was in my best interest to wait another day or two.

 

[bvibert]

Glad you had a good time and it went well!

 

[RootDKJ]

Cool. Glad you got some.

 

[powhunter]

Carrie is right on with the report!!! Beautiful day out there today!! Met up with Tim around 12 and proceded to lap n-easter and temptor.. You guys did a good job cutting the lines on n-easter last night.. We got a nice line going on temtor on skiers right..We slipped a bunch of lunar concrete chunks once the snow softened up and its pretty damn good!! Saw MrMagic, and Greg with his young one out there too. Beautiful day to be out there with your daughter greg!! Timmy boy is really stepping it up /getting aggressive in the bumps!! A great day at the institution...

steveo

 

[powhunter]

Probably a good idea to put that mogul sign..at the noreaster-temptor intersect..saw a few groups that were having a hard time, and a father and kids actually unclick and walk down

steveo

 

[MR. evil]

Steve / Chris, great skiing with you guys today! Can't beat good conditions and great company. The line on N.E. Is really nice! It felt really good just letting it rip down line. Temptor is another thing. My first 4 or 5 runs on T with MrMagic were REALLY ugly. Once I met up with Steve with choose the line with the most promise and worked it for a bit trying to fix the rough spots. It was much better by the time I left. But I still wasn't feeling so confident on T, just need some time to get back into it.

Thanks for showing me those drills Steve!

 

[Greg]

My (almost) 4 year old and I owned Sensation today. Beautiful day.