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An epic powder day?... In December?... In Connecticut?... You betcha!
Date(s) Skied: Friday, 12/9/2005, 9:00 AM - 1:45 PM
Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, New Hartford, Connecticut
Conditions: POWDER! Crud. Snowing HEAVILY, light winds, clearing in the afternoon.
Trip Report: Left the house at 7:30 AM and made it to the mountain at 8:10, only 15 minutes longer than usual. The roads were snow-covered, but passable. I woke up to 2-3" and I would say there was a solid 5" at the mountain when I arrived.
Took my time getting ready and saw bvibert on his way in. We got in line at 8:55 and had the third chair. Not much to say about the conditions but there were simply fabulous. Tons of powder and crud and it snow HARD all morning. Skied with Brian till about 11 AM at which point the heaviest of the snow started. It snowed incredibly hard for the next 90 minutes. It then very quickly cleared and the sun even poked out from time to time during the one o'clock hour. The sides of the trails still had plenty of powder and I continued to take several more runs. By 1:45, my legs had enough and I was getting pretty hungry. Came back to the jeep to find a solid 8"+ on it. I guess it really did snow hard. My guess would be 12-14".
Thanks Brian for a great morning. Glad you made it out. I posted a bunch of pictures HERE. My camera was on a weird setting and the color is a bit funky, but I tried to do some color correction.
Videos:
bvibert on Noreaster
bvibert on Stinger (with wipe-out!) :lol:
Greg on Noreaster
Greg on Canyon Run
An epic day, especially for December and especially for Connecticut!
Date(s) Skied: Friday, 12/9/2005, 9:00 AM - 1:45 PM
Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, New Hartford, Connecticut
Conditions: POWDER! Crud. Snowing HEAVILY, light winds, clearing in the afternoon.
Trip Report: Left the house at 7:30 AM and made it to the mountain at 8:10, only 15 minutes longer than usual. The roads were snow-covered, but passable. I woke up to 2-3" and I would say there was a solid 5" at the mountain when I arrived.
Took my time getting ready and saw bvibert on his way in. We got in line at 8:55 and had the third chair. Not much to say about the conditions but there were simply fabulous. Tons of powder and crud and it snow HARD all morning. Skied with Brian till about 11 AM at which point the heaviest of the snow started. It snowed incredibly hard for the next 90 minutes. It then very quickly cleared and the sun even poked out from time to time during the one o'clock hour. The sides of the trails still had plenty of powder and I continued to take several more runs. By 1:45, my legs had enough and I was getting pretty hungry. Came back to the jeep to find a solid 8"+ on it. I guess it really did snow hard. My guess would be 12-14".
Thanks Brian for a great morning. Glad you made it out. I posted a bunch of pictures HERE. My camera was on a weird setting and the color is a bit funky, but I tried to do some color correction.
Videos:
bvibert on Noreaster
bvibert on Stinger (with wipe-out!) :lol:
Greg on Noreaster
Greg on Canyon Run
An epic day, especially for December and especially for Connecticut!