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Skied: 12/24/04
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush
Conditions: Packed Powder, Patches of ice.
Trip Report:
Despite the rain and fog of the previous day, I had a pretty good day of skiing Sugarbush yesterday. On top of that for the price of $5.50, who would complain? Most of my time was spent at Mt. Ellen which was skiable top to bottom. The temperature at the summit was around 9 degrees all day, so it was the day for fast skiing. The main run of the day was Elbow or Rim Run and Lookin' Good to Cruiser. The cover was o.k. with some loose granular or fresh man-made on top of a hard pack. One hazard you can find at this time of the year here would be the loose stones which are raked up by the heavy grooming that they do. Some are frozen to small chunks of ice. All can rip a serious hole in your base if you catch them right. No expert trails were open and most looked aweful. Upper F.I.S. has good cover, but it was closed prabably due to the slick conditions. The skies cleared for a couple of hours around 10; the views were exciting. Lincoln peak was overly crouded with high schoolers while Mt. Ellen pushed to the limit. There were lift lines at the base lodges but not of much consequence, though. I rode the Slide Brook Express Quad between resorts for the first time. It can be a lot of fun. If you want to smoke some weed (I don't condone it), that's the place for it. The woods are full of snow in the best tree skiing areas so I expect a good season for that. Lincoln Peak didn't have a lot of trails open. I took the Super Bravo Express and came down Murphey's glade and Lower Organ-grinder for one run. Although it's cold enough to blow a lot of snow (and they are), the resorts need a goodly amount of natural snowfall this week. As a bit of a warning, on my way out of Vermont, I stopped on 89 for a minute to take a leak and was approached by a Vermont State Trooper in Sharon. He gave me a sobriety test, ran an i.d. check and went on his merry way. :beer: I drove all the way back to Cape Cod in my red suit, stopping at every watering hole I could, and saw little traffic. This was quite exceptional. Usually that corridor between Concord and Boston would be very thick with it.
Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush
Conditions: Packed Powder, Patches of ice.
Trip Report:
Despite the rain and fog of the previous day, I had a pretty good day of skiing Sugarbush yesterday. On top of that for the price of $5.50, who would complain? Most of my time was spent at Mt. Ellen which was skiable top to bottom. The temperature at the summit was around 9 degrees all day, so it was the day for fast skiing. The main run of the day was Elbow or Rim Run and Lookin' Good to Cruiser. The cover was o.k. with some loose granular or fresh man-made on top of a hard pack. One hazard you can find at this time of the year here would be the loose stones which are raked up by the heavy grooming that they do. Some are frozen to small chunks of ice. All can rip a serious hole in your base if you catch them right. No expert trails were open and most looked aweful. Upper F.I.S. has good cover, but it was closed prabably due to the slick conditions. The skies cleared for a couple of hours around 10; the views were exciting. Lincoln peak was overly crouded with high schoolers while Mt. Ellen pushed to the limit. There were lift lines at the base lodges but not of much consequence, though. I rode the Slide Brook Express Quad between resorts for the first time. It can be a lot of fun. If you want to smoke some weed (I don't condone it), that's the place for it. The woods are full of snow in the best tree skiing areas so I expect a good season for that. Lincoln Peak didn't have a lot of trails open. I took the Super Bravo Express and came down Murphey's glade and Lower Organ-grinder for one run. Although it's cold enough to blow a lot of snow (and they are), the resorts need a goodly amount of natural snowfall this week. As a bit of a warning, on my way out of Vermont, I stopped on 89 for a minute to take a leak and was approached by a Vermont State Trooper in Sharon. He gave me a sobriety test, ran an i.d. check and went on his merry way. :beer: I drove all the way back to Cape Cod in my red suit, stopping at every watering hole I could, and saw little traffic. This was quite exceptional. Usually that corridor between Concord and Boston would be very thick with it.
