Sunday River 2/24-2/26

[WWF-VT]

Glad to hear you had a good weekend at Sunday River but “epic” and “6 inches of fresh” should not be used in the same sentence or thread

 

[Cheese]

Glad to hear you had a good weekend at Sunday River but “epic” and “6 inches of fresh” should not be used in the same sentence or thread

I believe I properly quoted it as "Epic for 2012", no?

 

[SkiFanE]

Sunday wind holds were worse than Saturday. Maybe because it wasn't a fresh powder day they thought they should be cautious. Started at the White Peak lift on some groomers and moved across the mountain from there as things opened up. Dropped into the trees a bunch as that was the only area left that had any kind of fresh snow. As soon as Jordan Bowl opened I headed there as it never opened on Saturday. Didn't get fresh tracks there as hikers had already dropped plenty of turns in the snow the day prior. Still an occasional turn in the fresh, but nothing like Saturday. Second run up the Jordan chair the lift stops and I hear a snowmobile. That's never a good sign and sure enough 2 more sleds arrive at the bottom of the lift and out comes the ladder. ~20 minutes later the diesel fires up and they evacuate us under diesel power instead of by rope. Took Wizards Gulch and headed back to Oz. Left Oz and skied Aurora peak for a few runs. This was some of the best "on trail" snow I had found all day. Honest packed powder that was deep and soft. Celestial was just okay and I got fresh tracks in the woods skiers left of Black Hole.

Headed for White Heat as we hadn't been there all weekend. Stopped for lunch at Shipyard (?) in the White Peak lodge. When we came out (2:00) the White Heat lift wasn't spinning. I don't know if it opened at all on Sunday but I for one missed it. Decided to finish the day skiing Locke Mountain in and out of the trees and then drove home with a smile.

Agreed. I was on White Head Quad Sunday, must have stopped it, probably left that area about 1:30. AWESOME weekend. Favorites this weekend were Obsession - hiked to it a couple times on Saturday - right side had blown in thigh deep snow noone else had touched...Sunday still some left...best bumps for sure there on Sunday - soft and big. Ruby Palace was great Saturday - my biggest huck off a cliff ever, and I landed it lol. Celestial on Sunday was a blast too, still some untracked. You found "my" bumps on Risky - I spend quite a bit of time on that bottom right side - Saturday it was fabulous. Hubby and I beat ourselves up...got 2nd to last Barker chair Saturday and ended our day on Agony, with no chairlift audience, lol, nothing left in tank after that.

 

[Cheese]

Agreed. I was on White Head Quad Sunday, must have stopped it, probably left that area about 1:30. AWESOME weekend. Favorites this weekend were Obsession - hiked to it a couple times on Saturday - right side had blown in thigh deep snow noone else had touched...Sunday still some left...best bumps for sure there on Sunday - soft and big. Ruby Palace was great Saturday - my biggest huck off a cliff ever, and I landed it lol. Celestial on Sunday was a blast too, still some untracked. You found "my" bumps on Risky - I spend quite a bit of time on that bottom right side - Saturday it was fabulous. Hubby and I beat ourselves up...got 2nd to last Barker chair Saturday and ended our day on Agony, with no chairlift audience, lol, nothing left in tank after that.

Wish I would have bumped into you two earlier. I saw quite a few hiking/skinning to White Peak and Jordan but since I didn't know the peaks I was afraid to follow and get trapped. The bad part about wind is it often stops the lifts but the good part about wind is it can take 6" of snow and pile it up deep in pockets. This was the case Saturday and Sunday. There is still a bunch of untracked snow in the woods all over those mountains and with Sunday River's "Boundary to Boundary" skiing policy, it will be all free for the taking for those up there this week.

 

[mlkrgr]

Agreed. I was on White Head Quad Sunday, must have stopped it, probably left that area about 1:30. AWESOME weekend. Favorites this weekend were Obsession - hiked to it a couple times on Saturday - right side had blown in thigh deep snow noone else had touched...Sunday still some left...best bumps for sure there on Sunday - soft and big. Ruby Palace was great Saturday - my biggest huck off a cliff ever, and I landed it lol. Celestial on Sunday was a blast too, still some untracked. You found "my" bumps on Risky - I spend quite a bit of time on that bottom right side - Saturday it was fabulous. Hubby and I beat ourselves up...got 2nd to last Barker chair Saturday and ended our day on Agony, with no chairlift audience, lol, nothing left in tank after that.

I got on the White Heat quad shortly after it opened up. It was already skied on very much as people were coming over from Locke to ski it. Kinda strange as it didn't open until 11:30 or so too that they'd shut it so early. It did get skied off rather fast because of the wind; particularly at the top so you really didn't miss much.

 

[Cheese]

Kinda strange as it didn't open until 11:30 or so too that they'd shut it so early.

I was rather surprised at how slowly things opened on Sunday. I moved around chasing chairs as they opened but compared to the wind on Saturday every area seemed fairly calm to me Maybe it was a different wind direction or an end of vacation week party the night before.

 

[SkiFanE]

I got on the White Heat quad shortly after it opened up. It was already skied on very much as people were coming over from Locke to ski it. Kinda strange as it didn't open until 11:30 or so too that they'd shut it so early. It did get skied off rather fast because of the wind; particularly at the top so you really didn't miss much.

It was skied off on Saturday lol. The hike from Locke is manageable, or I wouldn't do it lol. I didn't even get out until 11:30 Sunday and was surpised to see it even open.

 

[SkiFanE]

Wish I would have bumped into you two earlier. I saw quite a few hiking/skinning to White Peak and Jordan but since I didn't know the peaks I was afraid to follow and get trapped. The bad part about wind is it often stops the lifts but the good part about wind is it can take 6" of snow and pile it up deep in pockets. This was the case Saturday and Sunday. There is still a bunch of untracked snow in the woods all over those mountains and with Sunday River's "Boundary to Boundary" skiing policy, it will be all free for the taking for those up there this week.

Naw...you did good, we didn't get to Oz until after lunch Saturday, I think you made out better lol. Hubby didn't ski Sunday, if he did we were planning on some woods. Bummed though, b/c they opened Chutzpah and I was dying to do it, but wouldn't go alone...we were gonna poach it anyway on Sunday lol...probably loaded with snow that blew off Obsession.

Hope you make it back to SR again.