powderfreak
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I wasn't planning on really making any turns yesterday, but after a fun
spring day on Monday just cruising around trails I always forget to ski, I
decided to keep my options open for Tuesday. These days, my options are
pretty much always open. I wake up and the question is: Do I go skiing
today? Yesterday the answer was...Why yes sire, your gondola is waiting for
you.
Turns out it was too hot for the gondola. Too hot for skiing, really, but I
do love when the mountain is buried in snow yet still has a summer appeal to
it. Temperatures were in the 50s in Burlington, hit the low 60s along the
Bolton flats, before falling back down to near 50 for the trip from
Waterbury Center to the mountain. The sun roof was open on the drive over.
January 8.
The snow was soft and the woods were manky, but I did two runs through
Chapel Woods (after a fun run through there on Monday with Aaron L).
Snowpack in here was still up to the handle of my ski pole...though the
snowpack had turned into isothermal mush with no real frozen layer to
support weight on. Thus, every pole plant went down to my elbow and every
jump turn put me down to my knees in some very thick snow.
Hayride was the trail of the day again, like on Monday. With the high
confidence warm-up on its way, mountain ops literally hammered Hayride for 7
days straight with snowmaking for a few important ski races coming up.
Well, the snow down the middle of the trail is up to 20 feet high and
reminiscent of Superstar at Killington in the late '90s. It is an
impressive display of snowmaking power I can't remember seeing at Stowe in
the 5 years I've been skiing there. I think we found our spring time ski run.
Needless to say, Hayride was skiing like a terrain park with huge whales,
lips, cones, multiple fall lines, and all the fun stuff that comes with 7
days of unabated snowmaking. Bumps were starting to form in areas and the
run was like an old-school freestyle park. I hit that several times and
complimented it with runs down Liftline to National, Nosedive, and Lookout.
I love those days when the sun seems like it'll shine all day in a
mellow-gold fantasy. It had all the appeal of an April day but make no
mistake, it will snow again. Yesterday was just an anomaly...but I also
wasn't complaining.
-Scott
spring day on Monday just cruising around trails I always forget to ski, I
decided to keep my options open for Tuesday. These days, my options are
pretty much always open. I wake up and the question is: Do I go skiing
today? Yesterday the answer was...Why yes sire, your gondola is waiting for
you.
Turns out it was too hot for the gondola. Too hot for skiing, really, but I
do love when the mountain is buried in snow yet still has a summer appeal to
it. Temperatures were in the 50s in Burlington, hit the low 60s along the
Bolton flats, before falling back down to near 50 for the trip from
Waterbury Center to the mountain. The sun roof was open on the drive over.
January 8.
The snow was soft and the woods were manky, but I did two runs through
Chapel Woods (after a fun run through there on Monday with Aaron L).
Snowpack in here was still up to the handle of my ski pole...though the
snowpack had turned into isothermal mush with no real frozen layer to
support weight on. Thus, every pole plant went down to my elbow and every
jump turn put me down to my knees in some very thick snow.
Hayride was the trail of the day again, like on Monday. With the high
confidence warm-up on its way, mountain ops literally hammered Hayride for 7
days straight with snowmaking for a few important ski races coming up.
Well, the snow down the middle of the trail is up to 20 feet high and
reminiscent of Superstar at Killington in the late '90s. It is an
impressive display of snowmaking power I can't remember seeing at Stowe in
the 5 years I've been skiing there. I think we found our spring time ski run.
Needless to say, Hayride was skiing like a terrain park with huge whales,
lips, cones, multiple fall lines, and all the fun stuff that comes with 7
days of unabated snowmaking. Bumps were starting to form in areas and the
run was like an old-school freestyle park. I hit that several times and
complimented it with runs down Liftline to National, Nosedive, and Lookout.
I love those days when the sun seems like it'll shine all day in a
mellow-gold fantasy. It had all the appeal of an April day but make no
mistake, it will snow again. Yesterday was just an anomaly...but I also
wasn't complaining.
-Scott
