loafer89
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Area skied: Ski Sundown, C.T
Date skied: January 21st, 2007 from 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Surface conditions: Hardpacked, packed powder.
We arrived at Ski Sundown at 5:15 and our first run was down Gunbarrel which is a really nice wide run down the fall line of the mountain. It was nice to be back on my favorite trail at Sundown, but the snow was nothing too great with alot of scraped off sections and very hard packed snow. A snowboarder slid sideways down nearly 75% of the trail and that looked on the dangerous side to me.
Next up was Canyon Run which had alot of hardpacked snow on nearly every portion of the trail, edges or not. Snowmaking was blasting from the tower mounted cannon on Exhibition and that had some deep powder to make turns in and had the most consistent snow on the mountain.
Temptor was awful, with alot of exposed base ice and some thin spots and I only skied it once. No snow was being made on it all night long.
Warren dragged me down Tom's Treat twice and it had some large snowmaking whales and the guns where making stuff that could outdue Elmers Glue for consistency.
Noreaster was okay, nothing great, nothing horrible and it was very slick down the middle. By 7pm Sundown was a ghost town with maybe 50-75 skiers on the mountain for the rest of the night. Snowmaking was turned on top to bottom on skiers right down Gunbarrel and guns where also going on Temptor (did not ski it) from just above the terrain park about 3/4 of the way up, then no snowmaking.
At 7:30 Warren and I got a bite to eat in the lodge and took three more runs. Warren had a yard sale under the guns on Gunbarrel after I skied ahead of him:-x and he managed to collect his stuff and ski down to me on his own:grin: . The snow was deceptively soft with alot of hardpacked underneath (dust on crust). I took 5 runs down it in all and often had the trail to myself.
By 8:00pm most of Canyon was engulfed in a manmade blizzard when the guns where turned on and had some really deep and soft powder, mixed with hardpacked and was the best run of the night. All in all today was just okay and I would give it a 4 out of 10 score. Skier traffic must have been heavy and the trails really showed it.
Date skied: January 21st, 2007 from 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Surface conditions: Hardpacked, packed powder.
We arrived at Ski Sundown at 5:15 and our first run was down Gunbarrel which is a really nice wide run down the fall line of the mountain. It was nice to be back on my favorite trail at Sundown, but the snow was nothing too great with alot of scraped off sections and very hard packed snow. A snowboarder slid sideways down nearly 75% of the trail and that looked on the dangerous side to me.
Next up was Canyon Run which had alot of hardpacked snow on nearly every portion of the trail, edges or not. Snowmaking was blasting from the tower mounted cannon on Exhibition and that had some deep powder to make turns in and had the most consistent snow on the mountain.
Temptor was awful, with alot of exposed base ice and some thin spots and I only skied it once. No snow was being made on it all night long.
Warren dragged me down Tom's Treat twice and it had some large snowmaking whales and the guns where making stuff that could outdue Elmers Glue for consistency.
Noreaster was okay, nothing great, nothing horrible and it was very slick down the middle. By 7pm Sundown was a ghost town with maybe 50-75 skiers on the mountain for the rest of the night. Snowmaking was turned on top to bottom on skiers right down Gunbarrel and guns where also going on Temptor (did not ski it) from just above the terrain park about 3/4 of the way up, then no snowmaking.
At 7:30 Warren and I got a bite to eat in the lodge and took three more runs. Warren had a yard sale under the guns on Gunbarrel after I skied ahead of him:-x and he managed to collect his stuff and ski down to me on his own:grin: . The snow was deceptively soft with alot of hardpacked underneath (dust on crust). I took 5 runs down it in all and often had the trail to myself.
By 8:00pm most of Canyon was engulfed in a manmade blizzard when the guns where turned on and had some really deep and soft powder, mixed with hardpacked and was the best run of the night. All in all today was just okay and I would give it a 4 out of 10 score. Skier traffic must have been heavy and the trails really showed it.
