Date skied: January 11, 2009
Resort: Sugarbush—Mount Ellen
Conditions: 6-8 inches of powder and chowder!
Weather: Snow giving way to partly cloudy skies, temps rising into the upper teens.
2008-2009 Report #: 14
Report: I will let the pics do most of the talking here. Was expecting a bluebird day with some decent snow, but not another powder day. SB reported 6-8 inches of fresh and did it ski well...they were dropping ropes left and right. First spin was to South Bound and then down Lower FIS. It was very deep, but no real base per se, so you did hit a rock or two every once in a while:
After that, I waited to meet up with a fellow AZer before heading to Cliffs, which was the same as Lower FIS, deep and soft, but not much base:
Having seen that the lines were beginning to lengthen, I decided to head to Inverness and did two spins on the natural trails there--Semi Tough first, which skied nicely, and Walt's Way, which had a thinner base but still skied very well.
By now it was 11:30 and I was pondering what I wanted to hit next...so I grabbed my sandwich, ate it in the lift queue, and headed for the Summit. Rim Run had some massive snowmaking on it, as did FIS.
I hit Black Diamond and found it to be decent, but the visibility was, well, you judge:
Still a good run. Lower Rim Run, Looking Good, and Elbow all skied quite well.
The sun did try to come out at the summit, but by and large it was in the clouds:
Panorama/Rim Run Snowmaking:
By now I was getting worn, but I wanted to push the limits a bit more, so down Cruiser I went to North Ridge and on to Exterminator, which was mint, and then Bravo which was nice. They had a snowgun going on the headwall and there was some white ice on it, but it sure is better than rock!
Elbow:
That be Exterminator!!!!
And Bravo:
Last run at about 2pm was down Lower FIS, which was good except for the nasty water bars on the runout. This week's cold should fix that.
:beer:
Resort: Sugarbush—Mount Ellen
Conditions: 6-8 inches of powder and chowder!
Weather: Snow giving way to partly cloudy skies, temps rising into the upper teens.
2008-2009 Report #: 14
Report: I will let the pics do most of the talking here. Was expecting a bluebird day with some decent snow, but not another powder day. SB reported 6-8 inches of fresh and did it ski well...they were dropping ropes left and right. First spin was to South Bound and then down Lower FIS. It was very deep, but no real base per se, so you did hit a rock or two every once in a while:
After that, I waited to meet up with a fellow AZer before heading to Cliffs, which was the same as Lower FIS, deep and soft, but not much base:
Having seen that the lines were beginning to lengthen, I decided to head to Inverness and did two spins on the natural trails there--Semi Tough first, which skied nicely, and Walt's Way, which had a thinner base but still skied very well.
By now it was 11:30 and I was pondering what I wanted to hit next...so I grabbed my sandwich, ate it in the lift queue, and headed for the Summit. Rim Run had some massive snowmaking on it, as did FIS.
I hit Black Diamond and found it to be decent, but the visibility was, well, you judge:
Still a good run. Lower Rim Run, Looking Good, and Elbow all skied quite well.
The sun did try to come out at the summit, but by and large it was in the clouds:
Panorama/Rim Run Snowmaking:
By now I was getting worn, but I wanted to push the limits a bit more, so down Cruiser I went to North Ridge and on to Exterminator, which was mint, and then Bravo which was nice. They had a snowgun going on the headwall and there was some white ice on it, but it sure is better than rock!
Elbow:
That be Exterminator!!!!
And Bravo:
Last run at about 2pm was down Lower FIS, which was good except for the nasty water bars on the runout. This week's cold should fix that.
:beer:
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