loafer89
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Area skied: Sugarloaf
Date skied: March 29th, 2008 from 9:15am - 4:30pm
Surface conditions: Powder, 6" new, packed powder, hardpacked
Weather: sunshine and 20F (base) at 9:15am, windy and 20F at 4:30pm
Warren and I decided to head up to Sugarloaf as we where eating breakfast in Rumford Center when I called the snow phone to find out that they got 3-6" of new snow overnight. We made the 72 mile drive up in a bit over one hour and arrived to a calm and sunny Sugarloaf.
We started our day at West Mountain which is the first time that I have done this and it works quite well as you can park the car about 500' from the West Mountain chair.
We took West Mountain X-cut to the Superquad and to the Timberline chair. Our first run was down White Nitro top to bottom which was decent if a bit scratchy and the wind had blown the powder all over the place resulting in a mix of powder and hardpacked.
Next up was Gondi Line which had lots of loose powder down the middle, but was icy in spots below Mid-Station X-Cut. Bubblecuffer was nice but had icy troughs and powdery tops to the bumps.
Warren skiing Gondi Line for the first time:
We headed over to King Pine Bowl and we skied Cant Dog Glade top to bottom followed by a run down Misery Whip. By this point in the day the wind started to really get gusty and the Timberline Chair closed, followed by the King Pine Chair.
On Misery Whip for the first time:
The afternoon was spent skiing off of Whiffletree and we took runs down Poleline, Springboard, Whiffletree/Blueberry Grove Glade, Stubs Glade and Rookie River Glade.
Powder in Stubs Glade:
We also skied Tote Road and Kings Landing to Swedish Fiddle Glade, Windrow/Scoot/Boomscooter Glade.
Our last run down from Spillway was on Winters Way which was survival skiing on the top 1/3 of the trail with nasty exposed rutted ice moguls and a whipping wind.
All in all we had a decent day, but I am reminded why I wait until April to ski Sugarloaf as that is when the upper mountain finally softens up.
I am quite sore from a hard day of skiing and look forward to some groomers tomorrow at Sunday River.
Date skied: March 29th, 2008 from 9:15am - 4:30pm
Surface conditions: Powder, 6" new, packed powder, hardpacked
Weather: sunshine and 20F (base) at 9:15am, windy and 20F at 4:30pm
Warren and I decided to head up to Sugarloaf as we where eating breakfast in Rumford Center when I called the snow phone to find out that they got 3-6" of new snow overnight. We made the 72 mile drive up in a bit over one hour and arrived to a calm and sunny Sugarloaf.
We started our day at West Mountain which is the first time that I have done this and it works quite well as you can park the car about 500' from the West Mountain chair.
We took West Mountain X-cut to the Superquad and to the Timberline chair. Our first run was down White Nitro top to bottom which was decent if a bit scratchy and the wind had blown the powder all over the place resulting in a mix of powder and hardpacked.
Next up was Gondi Line which had lots of loose powder down the middle, but was icy in spots below Mid-Station X-Cut. Bubblecuffer was nice but had icy troughs and powdery tops to the bumps.
Warren skiing Gondi Line for the first time:
We headed over to King Pine Bowl and we skied Cant Dog Glade top to bottom followed by a run down Misery Whip. By this point in the day the wind started to really get gusty and the Timberline Chair closed, followed by the King Pine Chair.
On Misery Whip for the first time:
The afternoon was spent skiing off of Whiffletree and we took runs down Poleline, Springboard, Whiffletree/Blueberry Grove Glade, Stubs Glade and Rookie River Glade.
Powder in Stubs Glade:
We also skied Tote Road and Kings Landing to Swedish Fiddle Glade, Windrow/Scoot/Boomscooter Glade.
Our last run down from Spillway was on Winters Way which was survival skiing on the top 1/3 of the trail with nasty exposed rutted ice moguls and a whipping wind.
All in all we had a decent day, but I am reminded why I wait until April to ski Sugarloaf as that is when the upper mountain finally softens up.
I am quite sore from a hard day of skiing and look forward to some groomers tomorrow at Sunday River.
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