Date(s) Skied: Saturday February 18, 2012
Ski Area:Stratton Mountain, Vermont
Conditions: Machine Groomed Packed Powder
Trip Report:
Great day of skiing!! My first day back up in Vermont since the New Year and despite the lack of natural snow Stratton had the goods for sure. Hit the hill bright and early and was inline waiting for the early access period to end when my significant other strikes up a conversation with the VP of operations and next thing you know we are headed up the hill 15 minutes ahead of the masses. Sweet!!
Headed right to the core runs around URSA and just made lap after lap until the line started to form around 10. We bailed to the "Sunbowl" side and continued to lap the Sunbowl 6 and the shooting star until almost 11 before having to wait in a line of any consequence. Then the masses showed up!!
We headed over to the Solstice quad for a couple slow lift rides and low angle cruising and then utilizing some cross overs and slower lifts to find our way into the "Snowbowl" area for some great runs. Although the lift is slow it serves IMHO the best terrain at Stratton and there was never a wait!
Ended the day around 1:45pm with 27,000 feet of vertical in the bank and some tired legs. Nothing a couple cold long trails and some grub at Grizzly's could fix. Ironically this was the longest "liftline" of the day for us!!
In summary the conditions were pretty fantastic! Almost 95% of the hill is open and skiing great including the trees which I did venture into on several occasions. The snowmaking trails are covered well, edge to edge and remarkably I only hit one spot I couldn't put an edge into. The conditions were far superior to those I skied on Sunday at Okemo.
Photos to come..........
Ski Area:Stratton Mountain, Vermont
Conditions: Machine Groomed Packed Powder
Trip Report:
Great day of skiing!! My first day back up in Vermont since the New Year and despite the lack of natural snow Stratton had the goods for sure. Hit the hill bright and early and was inline waiting for the early access period to end when my significant other strikes up a conversation with the VP of operations and next thing you know we are headed up the hill 15 minutes ahead of the masses. Sweet!!
Headed right to the core runs around URSA and just made lap after lap until the line started to form around 10. We bailed to the "Sunbowl" side and continued to lap the Sunbowl 6 and the shooting star until almost 11 before having to wait in a line of any consequence. Then the masses showed up!!
We headed over to the Solstice quad for a couple slow lift rides and low angle cruising and then utilizing some cross overs and slower lifts to find our way into the "Snowbowl" area for some great runs. Although the lift is slow it serves IMHO the best terrain at Stratton and there was never a wait!
Ended the day around 1:45pm with 27,000 feet of vertical in the bank and some tired legs. Nothing a couple cold long trails and some grub at Grizzly's could fix. Ironically this was the longest "liftline" of the day for us!!
In summary the conditions were pretty fantastic! Almost 95% of the hill is open and skiing great including the trees which I did venture into on several occasions. The snowmaking trails are covered well, edge to edge and remarkably I only hit one spot I couldn't put an edge into. The conditions were far superior to those I skied on Sunday at Okemo.
Photos to come..........
