Sunday River 11/26/2009

[Geoff]

Date(s) Skied: Thanksgiving 11/26/2006

Resort or Ski Area: Sunday River

Conditions: Crispy at 8:00. Softened as the day went on. Below the midstation had 1/2 mile of mud that was less than desirable

Trip Report:

I got there for a couple of minutes after first chair. My first couple of runs on the upper part of Locke on T2 and Sunday Punch kinda sucked. T2 was groomed refrozen sludge. Sunday Punch was ungroomed refrozen sludge. T2 got enough traffic that it softened fairly quickly. The racer dudes put in a course on skier's left. WTF is up with that at a time when there are so few acres? Sunday Punch had thin cover areas where you had to ski the ribbon but you didn't need to worry about hitting anything. As the day went on, it became kind of fun skiing it at speed. At the base, it was totally socked in. The cloud layer was at the midstation and the top was nice & sunny.

I skied until 11:00. I opted to ski out ignoring the 'walking required' sign at the midstation. The snow ran out less than half way down lower Sunday Punch and it was a pretty lengthy slog down to the base. November hasn't been kind to the lower mountain at Sunday River or Killington. I need to wash down my skis & boots. My bindings look like I had an encounter with a mud monster.

 

[WJenness]

Sounds pretty rough.

Glad I decided to skip heading up there this weekend.

This Thanksgiving, I am very thankful for the change in the weather pattern that will bring cold and snow to the northeast.

-w

 

[wa-loaf]

So probably six inches of wet stuff on top of all the rain is not going to do much up there. I'm probably going to sit the weekend out too.

 

[billski]

So probably six inches of wet stuff on top of all the rain is not going to do much up there. I'm probably going to sit the weekend out too.

If the temps would drop, and stay there it would make for a good base.

 

[riverc0il]

So probably six inches of wet stuff on top of all the rain is not going to do much up there.

Especially not when the ground is no longer frozen.

 

[smowler]

It Was A Great Afternoon!

First Report, I'll stick to the headlines:

Started up the triple around 10:30.

Was pleasantly surprised to rise above the clouds at the mid-station.

Was even happier to find sweet spring-like conditions.

Longest lift line was maybe 2 minutes.

Upper Sunday Punch was pretty bony in places. It also had 1.5 good lines on the edges and a lot less traffic.

Even got a couple of runs in with some ski goddesses to finish my day!

(Skied down aound 3. I had mud skis on, made into the big flat above Tourist Trap before I had to walk)

Dave

 

[bvibert]

First Report, I'll stick to the headlines:

Started up the triple around 10:30.

Was pleasantly surprised to rise above the clouds at the mid-station.

Was even happier to find sweet spring-like conditions.

Longest lift line was maybe 2 minutes.

Upper Sunday Punch was pretty bony in places. It also had 1.5 good lines on the edges and a lot less traffic.

Even got a couple of runs in with some ski goddesses to finish my day!

(Skied down aound 3. I had mud skis on, made into the big flat above Tourist Trap before I had to walk)

Dave

Thanks for the report. Come back and post more often!