Ski Sundown - 12/26/2007

[Greg]

Date(s) Skied: Wednesday, 12/26/2007, 9 am - 12:15 pm

Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, Connecticut

Conditions: Fresh groomed manmade and LSGR on the flats. Some dry, some wet manmade, hardpack, ice & dirt in the bumps.

Trip Report: Today was to be a quick hitter on the bumps. Got started at 9 am and noticed the bumps on Nor'easter were starting to shape up nicely. Too bad for the rain the other day. They would be in great shape otherwise.

Nonetheless, they were coated with fresh snowmaking, but in some spots it was very wet and tacky snow that would tend to grab your skis. The lines started to ski in as the morning progressed though and the late morning runs with the sun starting to hit NE were especially nice. Skied with bvibert most of the day and several runs also with MrMagic. Nice guy and a great skier.

So....Nor'easter surived the rain event and with some more snowmaking it should snap back nicely. Great session.

Got a bunch of vid, but probably won't get it worked up until later tonight.

 

[MR. evil]

Glad to hear that NE is in good shape with some help from the snow making. We were there on Monday and NE was solid ice.

 

[bvibert]

Nice day, I was kinda bummed that I had to cut it a little short to work... Nor'easter was kinda tricky in the morning, but got skied in pretty quick. All in all they faired well through all the rain and were able to resurface nicely.

Can't wait to see the footage from the new camera. I'll try to put up what I got in a bit.

 

[Grassi21]

How are those troughs developing?

 

[bvibert]

No real deep troughs, some are a bit slick in spots though. Watch out for the occasional brown trough though...

 

[Grassi21]

No real deep troughs, some are a bit slick in spots though. Watch out for the occasional brown trough though...

Nice. Thanks. I was hoping to get another day or two on them before the troughs get too deep. I'm hoping to improve a bit day by day as the bumps get bigger and troughs get deeper. I'm looking forward to some bumps tomorrow.

 

[bvibert]

You guys should have a good day tomorrow. The bumps were worked in pretty good by the time I took my last run down them around 1:30ish I guess it was. I wish I could join you guys, unfortunately I got suckered into working during the day tomorrow so say hi if you see me....

 

[2knees]

You guys should have a good day tomorrow. The bumps were worked in pretty good by the time I took my last run down them around 1:30ish I guess it was. I wish I could join you guys, unfortunately I got suckered into working during the day tomorrow so say hi if you see me....

i'll probably be there tomorrow. You gonna scan my ticket again like I'm some common criminal? :smile:

 

[bvibert]

i'll probably be there tomorrow. You gonna scan my ticket again like I'm some common criminal? :smile:

Better hope I don't... I may not let you up...

 

[BeanoNYC]

Thanks for the report Greg. Hey...didn't you get a pair of Dynastars recently? I haven't heard much about them.

 

[MrMagic]

my last run down Ne was at 3:00 pm very icy ski patrol had to cart someone down, with anyluck they will blow some snow and they will be all set for tomartows bump bashing fest!
good skiing with you guys

 

[Greg]

Thanks for the report Greg. Hey...didn't you get a pair of Dynastars recently? I haven't heard much about them.

Yep. Great ski. I love them. I was just looking at them today thinking how they've been a bit neglected. But the bumps skis are just too damn fun! Plus with the local bump runs set up, that's been my focus lately.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Yep. Great ski. I love them. I was just looking at them today thinking how they've been a bit neglected. But the bumps skis are just too damn fun! Plus with the local bump runs set up, that's been my focus lately.

Cool, good luck with them. 8000's or 8800's?

 

[Greg]

Cool, good luck with them. 8000's or 8800's?

8000s.

Vid within the hour.

 

[Greg]

High Res Video

Here's the high res version:

Sundown - 12/26/2007

 

[Greg]

YouTubage

 

[Grassi21]

Nice recovery at :45 Bri.

 

[severine]

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun!

 

[Greg]

Glad to hear that NE is in good shape with some help from the snow making. We were there on Monday and NE was solid ice.

Well, there were some bumps skier's left that didn't get the snowmaking. Pretty slick, but still edgeable. Welcome to bump skiing in CT! Banging those icy bumps makes those days in the spring or powder bumps all the sweeter! Not to mention make you a better skier. Learn to love bumps of all shape, size, and form!

Can't wait to see the footage from the new camera.

Pretty happy with it. Decent resolution and it's nice to have actual zoom. I need to learn to control the zoom a bit better, but I think the vid came out okay.

How are those troughs developing?

No real deep troughs, some are a bit slick in spots though. Watch out for the occasional brown trough though...

Deeper than Friday, but still navigable for you, I'd imagine. The bumps are are starting to resemble actual moguls now though. I think I would consider some of them medium sized, rather than the small bumplets we had. That effin rain. They would rock right now without that, but they actually survived pretty well.

good skiing with you guys

Likewise. Hope to see you Wednesday nights!

 

[Greg]

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun!

Understatement. I could do that all day, every day.