powderfreak
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I set my expectations low and rolled into the Midway lot with Dave at the early hour of 11. Looked like the AIG crowd was in town which meant crowded parking lots, lodges, and increased gondola traffic. Sometimes they act like they own the place...
Dave had skied Bolton on Monday and reported pretty horrific woods conditions and actually convinced me not to go to the Bench first run. He said groomers would probably be the way to go...and I believed him after seeing the talk on this list about the woods being done for a while. So we cruised Perry Merrill. Good, not earth-shattering though. Ice damage looked impressive above 3,000ft but below didn't look like anything we haven't seen earlier this season. There was a distinct line between destruction and just a couple twigs here and there.
That line was right around the Bench traverse.
Upper Chin Clip. Got ice?
http://tinyurl.com/yw6u6c
http://tinyurl.com/29cfa7
Main Angel Food line. Untracked and smooth. This was good.
http://tinyurl.com/2ajj8t
Oh yeah, it was snowing. Steadily. We then decided the Ridge was in order. The Ridge bowls were ever-so-sweet.
http://tinyurl.com/223ll6
Somehow, Dave managed a face shot in 8" of snow and started sporting the powder beard.
http://tinyurl.com/246vft
But this was 8" of dense-but-not-too-dense snow on top of an edge-able, supportable base layer...not bad. It actually inspired confidence. The woods are coming back, baby!
What to do with acres of untracked?
http://tinyurl.com/2ev6ek
Shred it.
http://tinyurl.com/2g2j4c
After skiing a few runs into the notch, we wanted to explore the ice zone.
Nosedive glades were ever so creepy but with plenty of new snow filling in the gaps, it was like skiing through an ice palace back here. I know Jack Frost is here somewhere...
http://tinyurl.com/2znt87
http://tinyurl.com/yvpz93
On the way down, Dave aired the Nosedive/Midway race shack.
http://tinyurl.com/yu49ud
Then we got first tracks down the Midway shots.
http://tinyurl.com/2dssfy
With more fresh down through the Tower 10 glades.
http://tinyurl.com/2e282r
A Bypass Woods to Nosedive run was in order. The trees were decimated up here.
http://tinyurl.com/26hpzj
Normal route to the traverse was blocked.
http://tinyurl.com/yrh4dp
But further down, cut left and into the open spaces. Wander throughout the ice.
http://tinyurl.com/223e3v
Chew the lines.
http://tinyurl.com/25pn2u
But amid the destruction, there is powder. Powder that is slowly filling in the gaps. Its still scratchy in spots but the lines were untracked...and the untracked stuff skied like it should. The ice has still presented some danger in the higher elevations, but its enhanced the experience by throwing us into a new environment. Most of the stuff we skied today was business-as-usual.
Mansfield is still serving it up.
http://tinyurl.com/24w8fq
Yeah, it was good.
-Scott
Dave had skied Bolton on Monday and reported pretty horrific woods conditions and actually convinced me not to go to the Bench first run. He said groomers would probably be the way to go...and I believed him after seeing the talk on this list about the woods being done for a while. So we cruised Perry Merrill. Good, not earth-shattering though. Ice damage looked impressive above 3,000ft but below didn't look like anything we haven't seen earlier this season. There was a distinct line between destruction and just a couple twigs here and there.
That line was right around the Bench traverse.
Upper Chin Clip. Got ice?
http://tinyurl.com/yw6u6c
http://tinyurl.com/29cfa7
Main Angel Food line. Untracked and smooth. This was good.
http://tinyurl.com/2ajj8t
Oh yeah, it was snowing. Steadily. We then decided the Ridge was in order. The Ridge bowls were ever-so-sweet.
http://tinyurl.com/223ll6
Somehow, Dave managed a face shot in 8" of snow and started sporting the powder beard.
http://tinyurl.com/246vft
But this was 8" of dense-but-not-too-dense snow on top of an edge-able, supportable base layer...not bad. It actually inspired confidence. The woods are coming back, baby!
What to do with acres of untracked?
http://tinyurl.com/2ev6ek
Shred it.
http://tinyurl.com/2g2j4c
After skiing a few runs into the notch, we wanted to explore the ice zone.
Nosedive glades were ever so creepy but with plenty of new snow filling in the gaps, it was like skiing through an ice palace back here. I know Jack Frost is here somewhere...
http://tinyurl.com/2znt87
http://tinyurl.com/yvpz93
On the way down, Dave aired the Nosedive/Midway race shack.
http://tinyurl.com/yu49ud
Then we got first tracks down the Midway shots.
http://tinyurl.com/2dssfy
With more fresh down through the Tower 10 glades.
http://tinyurl.com/2e282r
A Bypass Woods to Nosedive run was in order. The trees were decimated up here.
http://tinyurl.com/26hpzj
Normal route to the traverse was blocked.
http://tinyurl.com/yrh4dp
But further down, cut left and into the open spaces. Wander throughout the ice.
http://tinyurl.com/223e3v
Chew the lines.
http://tinyurl.com/25pn2u
But amid the destruction, there is powder. Powder that is slowly filling in the gaps. Its still scratchy in spots but the lines were untracked...and the untracked stuff skied like it should. The ice has still presented some danger in the higher elevations, but its enhanced the experience by throwing us into a new environment. Most of the stuff we skied today was business-as-usual.
Mansfield is still serving it up.
http://tinyurl.com/24w8fq
Yeah, it was good.
-Scott