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Date(s) Skied: Wednesday, 2/7/2007 - 7:30 pm - 10:05 pm
Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, New Hartford, CT
Conditions: Manmade packed powder, seeded moguls. Temps in the mid teens, Clear skies.
Trip Report: Solo AZ night for me (ya big buncha babies!
). It's too bad too because the Nor'easter bumps are skiing better than they have all season. They must have resurfaced during the day as even the far right line was skiable. The next line in was the best and I didn't discover that one until later in the evening. Some really forgiving manmade powder in the troughs, although there was no doubt some hard pack and legit ice here and there. The main middle line skied okay. That bitch of a mogul is still there and caused me to step out of a binding tonight. There's also a funky snowmaking pile forming in the middle of the run like last year. There are also some very deep troughs (as in 3+ feet) showing up on the middle line. The far left is still "no man's land" as Brian puts it. The second line in from the right was by far the best. Got hung up a few times by ski patrol practicing taking a sled down, as well as the orange goblins (instructors) practicing. At a very fast solo pace, I was able to bang out 18 bump runs on Nor'easter/Exhibition in just over 2 1/2 hours.:-o Not bad.
The Exhibition bumps aren't faring as well. The upper part is still flat and icey. The middle lines are still good, but the surface changes dramatically on the bottom 1/4 from decent manmade powder in edgeable bumps to icey crusty flatter moguls with no real lines and small death cookies. I suspect that area must be softening up in the sun and then refreezing and not seeing the resurfacing. The beginners are wiping out some of the lines down there as well. The decent lines in the middle last maybe a dozen turns.
There was a huge whale at the bottom of Upper Nor'easter near the sun deck as [POST="142363"]Brian alluded to[/POST]. It's probably 6 feet in height and has a broad steep crest along the top. The backside is soft manmade powder. Perfect for scoring some truly forgiving air. I hit it once at ludicrous speed and got quite possibly the most air I've ever taken. Super forgiving landing though. I threw down several spreads
and daffies 
, some probably pretty lame, some totally legit. Would have been fun to have some other AZers popping off that. A real big funky whale at the bottom of Nor'easter too which was actually fun to pop up onto and turn down. So I wish I could say it sucked and you guys didn't miss anything but I'd be lying. Had some really breakthrough moments on the A&E front and standing taller/home position/drivig hips forward. The forgiving surface facilitated that a bit. All the practice on the firm icey bumps until now has paid off!
Tons of snowmaking going on. Many towers firing on Gunbarrel, 6 pole cat cannons on Exhibition resulted in a veritable blizzard there. Some resurfacing on Stinger. Those are the only runs I skied or could see from the lift. Great night. Ready for Hunter on Friday!
Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, New Hartford, CT
Conditions: Manmade packed powder, seeded moguls. Temps in the mid teens, Clear skies.
Trip Report: Solo AZ night for me (ya big buncha babies!
). It's too bad too because the Nor'easter bumps are skiing better than they have all season. They must have resurfaced during the day as even the far right line was skiable. The next line in was the best and I didn't discover that one until later in the evening. Some really forgiving manmade powder in the troughs, although there was no doubt some hard pack and legit ice here and there. The main middle line skied okay. That bitch of a mogul is still there and caused me to step out of a binding tonight. There's also a funky snowmaking pile forming in the middle of the run like last year. There are also some very deep troughs (as in 3+ feet) showing up on the middle line. The far left is still "no man's land" as Brian puts it. The second line in from the right was by far the best. Got hung up a few times by ski patrol practicing taking a sled down, as well as the orange goblins (instructors) practicing. At a very fast solo pace, I was able to bang out 18 bump runs on Nor'easter/Exhibition in just over 2 1/2 hours.:-o Not bad.The Exhibition bumps aren't faring as well. The upper part is still flat and icey. The middle lines are still good, but the surface changes dramatically on the bottom 1/4 from decent manmade powder in edgeable bumps to icey crusty flatter moguls with no real lines and small death cookies. I suspect that area must be softening up in the sun and then refreezing and not seeing the resurfacing. The beginners are wiping out some of the lines down there as well. The decent lines in the middle last maybe a dozen turns.
There was a huge whale at the bottom of Upper Nor'easter near the sun deck as [POST="142363"]Brian alluded to[/POST]. It's probably 6 feet in height and has a broad steep crest along the top. The backside is soft manmade powder. Perfect for scoring some truly forgiving air. I hit it once at ludicrous speed and got quite possibly the most air I've ever taken. Super forgiving landing though. I threw down several spreads
and daffies , some probably pretty lame, some totally legit. Would have been fun to have some other AZers popping off that. A real big funky whale at the bottom of Nor'easter too which was actually fun to pop up onto and turn down. So I wish I could say it sucked and you guys didn't miss anything but I'd be lying. Had some really breakthrough moments on the A&E front and standing taller/home position/drivig hips forward. The forgiving surface facilitated that a bit. All the practice on the firm icey bumps until now has paid off!Tons of snowmaking going on. Many towers firing on Gunbarrel, 6 pole cat cannons on Exhibition resulted in a veritable blizzard there. Some resurfacing on Stinger. Those are the only runs I skied or could see from the lift. Great night. Ready for Hunter on Friday!
