sankaty
Member
Date(s) Skied: Feb 15-17
Resort or Ski Area: Stowe
Conditions: PP, Powder, Hardpack, some roots and rocks
Trip Report:
Had a great three days at Stowe. Very good snow on Friday and Saturday. Woods skied great overall, especially to the left of Hayride and the right of Nosedive. Bumps on Centerline were great on Friday. I was very impressed with how well the mountain absorbed the crowds on Saturday. I never waited more than 10 minutes in the singles line for the gondola, and usually much less. Lots of laps on Chin Clip. Upper Liftline (right under the lift) to lower National was really nice too (though the last pitch of National was bulletproof). I discovered the hard way that the chutes near the top of Bypass could use a bit more snow.
Lifts were a big problem on Sunday. Spent about fifteen minutes stopped about three quarters up the Forerunner, buffeted by frigid winds, before they finally started it up again (and then closed it once everyone was off). The gondola was crawling. Between the lines and the slow lifts, it took two hours to complete two runs. Nothing Stowe can do about the wind, obviously, and the previous two days had been so good I was able to be philosophical about the delays on Sunday. Between the winds and the the skier traffic, high-traffic groomed trails were scraped, but there was some very nice snow in places. Cliff Trail was nice and soft on the right and the glades to the right of Nosedive seemed to be the beneficiary of the snow blown off other trails. Those woods seemed to ski even softer than they had the day before.
If the several inches of snow forecast for midweek verify, Stowe should be great shape.
Resort or Ski Area: Stowe
Conditions: PP, Powder, Hardpack, some roots and rocks
Trip Report:
Had a great three days at Stowe. Very good snow on Friday and Saturday. Woods skied great overall, especially to the left of Hayride and the right of Nosedive. Bumps on Centerline were great on Friday. I was very impressed with how well the mountain absorbed the crowds on Saturday. I never waited more than 10 minutes in the singles line for the gondola, and usually much less. Lots of laps on Chin Clip. Upper Liftline (right under the lift) to lower National was really nice too (though the last pitch of National was bulletproof). I discovered the hard way that the chutes near the top of Bypass could use a bit more snow.
Lifts were a big problem on Sunday. Spent about fifteen minutes stopped about three quarters up the Forerunner, buffeted by frigid winds, before they finally started it up again (and then closed it once everyone was off). The gondola was crawling. Between the lines and the slow lifts, it took two hours to complete two runs. Nothing Stowe can do about the wind, obviously, and the previous two days had been so good I was able to be philosophical about the delays on Sunday. Between the winds and the the skier traffic, high-traffic groomed trails were scraped, but there was some very nice snow in places. Cliff Trail was nice and soft on the right and the glades to the right of Nosedive seemed to be the beneficiary of the snow blown off other trails. Those woods seemed to ski even softer than they had the day before.
If the several inches of snow forecast for midweek verify, Stowe should be great shape.
