BackLoafRiver
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An amazing day today at Sugarloaf. They are operating under "spring conditions operations" which, essentially, means only Spillway (long side), The Superquad, and Timberline (conditions dependent) were running. King Pine and Whiffletree were a no go. They are rumored to spin again on Friday.
Got on the lift at 8:30 and did the usual warm-up stuff. They picked up 2 - 3" in the past couple of days. Skidder, Comp Hill, and Kings looked like they had been left ungroomed for 2 days. Skidder and Comp were roped off so I headed straight for Kings landing on my second run. Huge mistake. Needed about 5 hours before it would be enjoyable. (I came back to it later for some of the best turns of the day)
Almost everything ungroomed was roped off until around 2:00.
The groomers were their usual selves. Gondi was in spectacular shape. Almost run of the day material. Since it was one of two advanced trails open, it got the most traffic from 9 - 1. Hayburner didn't see quite so much and skied exceptionally well.
Around 11:30, lift ops started pulling the chairs off Spillway west. As I rode up the lift with a long time Sugarloafer, we commented that it was bittersweet to see it taken down today.
Sugarloaf is still buried although, some stuff is showing signs of being game-over. For instance, Binder from the top was out of commission and I would be amazed to see it open again this year. Cinder Hoe from the top was dicey at best. Skiers right was all rock but you could negotiate a little patch of snow to get to the good stuff. Even Timberline was showing exposed rock in several places.
Double Bitter stayed roped off all day as did Scoot. They did drop the rope on Glancer around noon and it was surprisingly soft and delicious. (I think I was the second person down after the ropes fell)
All in all, spectacular day. Looking forward to Friday!!!! Now, for a few pics:
Gondi:
Looking up:
From Tote Extension: (SkiMaine, this was the woman who was pissy with us last weekend)
Here you can see the chairs being loaded on the back of the groomer:
Got on the lift at 8:30 and did the usual warm-up stuff. They picked up 2 - 3" in the past couple of days. Skidder, Comp Hill, and Kings looked like they had been left ungroomed for 2 days. Skidder and Comp were roped off so I headed straight for Kings landing on my second run. Huge mistake. Needed about 5 hours before it would be enjoyable. (I came back to it later for some of the best turns of the day)
Almost everything ungroomed was roped off until around 2:00.
The groomers were their usual selves. Gondi was in spectacular shape. Almost run of the day material. Since it was one of two advanced trails open, it got the most traffic from 9 - 1. Hayburner didn't see quite so much and skied exceptionally well.
Around 11:30, lift ops started pulling the chairs off Spillway west. As I rode up the lift with a long time Sugarloafer, we commented that it was bittersweet to see it taken down today.
Sugarloaf is still buried although, some stuff is showing signs of being game-over. For instance, Binder from the top was out of commission and I would be amazed to see it open again this year. Cinder Hoe from the top was dicey at best. Skiers right was all rock but you could negotiate a little patch of snow to get to the good stuff. Even Timberline was showing exposed rock in several places.
Double Bitter stayed roped off all day as did Scoot. They did drop the rope on Glancer around noon and it was surprisingly soft and delicious. (I think I was the second person down after the ropes fell)
All in all, spectacular day. Looking forward to Friday!!!! Now, for a few pics:
Gondi:
Looking up:
From Tote Extension: (SkiMaine, this was the woman who was pissy with us last weekend)
Here you can see the chairs being loaded on the back of the groomer:
