Sundown - 12/18/09 (Opening Day)

[Greg]

Got to the mountain around 3 pm and got booted up in the lodge. Saw Brian and severine on my way out to get clicked in. Met up with 2knees and Grassi21 at the top. Basically lapped Stinger and tried to get a line skied in. The seeds at the bottom are still rough and there's a section near the top which vaporized due to snow making filling in the "troughs".

The field is pretty wide taking up about 2/3 of the trail. I have a feeling the park rats will be complaining since they have about a groomer width path to get down to the rails and whatnot. Anyway, we stuck to a line right on the edge and actually got something going after a few runs. A little nerve racking with park rats side-slipping right by you, but the far skier's right of the bump field is "rough like rufus" :lol:

Eventually met up with Brian too. Finished out the session with him about 5:30. The bumps need a lot more traffic and some light dustings will help as will the natural snow in the forecast even if it only ends up being a few inches. Anyway, great to get the Sundown bump season started. Tons of snow on the rest of the mountain. I'll explore around more tomorrow morning with my daughter. Gunny has some whales on it already.

Great to get back on snow with you guys. 2knees jumped in like he's been skiing all summer and attacked the bumps with authority.

 

[WoodCore]

Got to the mountain around 3 pm and got booted up in the lodge. Saw Brian and severine on my way out to get clicked in. Met up with 2knees and Grassi21 at the top. Basically lapped Stinger and tried to get a line skied in. The seeds at the bottom are still rough and there's a section near the top which vaporized due to snow making filling in the "troughs".

The field is pretty wide taking up about 2/3 of the trail. I have a feeling the park rats will be complaining since they have about a groomer width path to get down to the rails and whatnot. Anyway, we stuck to a line right on the edge and actually got something going after a few runs. A little nerve racking with park rats side-slipping right by you, but the far skier's right of the bump field is "rough like rufus" :lol:

Eventually met up with Brian too. Finished out the session with him about 5:30. The bumps need a lot more traffic and some light dustings will help as will the natural snow in the forecast even if it only ends up being a few inches. Anyway, great to get the Sundown bump season started. Tons of snow on the rest of the mountain. I'll explore around more tomorrow morning with my daughter. Gunny has some whales on it already.

Great to get back on snow with you guys. 2knees jumped in like he's been skiing all summer and attacked the bumps with authority.

Sweet!! Glad to hear CLITS are back in action! Depending on what happens with the incoming storm might try to hook with you guys for some turns in the near future!

 

[severine]

Nice getting out again and seeing you guys (albeit briefly)! Knee was cranky yesterday and today so I took it easy and only did 3 runs. Would have liked to have done more but I didn't want to start the season with a season-ending injury. Lower Nor'Easter was full of death cookies. Upper Nor'Easter (down to the sundeck) was nice, though. Canyon Run skied beautifully; very edgeable hardpack with some churned up manmade on top. Temptor wasn't bad. Some death cookies but nothing unmanageable. Exhibition was churned up beautifully; arced some nice turns down that each time.

Ran into ishovelsnow in the lodge--my deepest sympathies on your injury, dude. Other than that, just hung out in the lodge for a bit with the ladybugs in the loft and read. Would have been a little nicer if the heat was on (or grander with a fireplace, hint, hint! ) but it was a nice mellow start to my season.

 

[Grassi21]

Sundown pumped out a lot of snow. Base depths were impressive. Greg summed it up, lots of Stinger. Looking forward to getting back Monday and Tuesday. I might try to swap one of those days depending on what this storm puts out.

 

[bvibert]

Great opening day. I would have liked to ski a little longer, but had to get back to pick up the kids, plus I have an early and long day tomorrow so I didn't want to push it.

Skied the 3 runs with Sev. The 1st run she looked pretty unsure of herself, but then opened up a bit and was skiing well. Too bad the knee was acting up, but it was best not to push it too much. She decided she was done right before we met up with Greg and Grassi (Pat skied right by, thanks buddy ), so the timing was good. Had a good time skiing with the guys after that. The bumps were in pretty decent shape considering it was day 1. For the most part the snow was nice and chalky, not too many big death cookies either. I skied two more runs after Greg left, probably ended just before 6. They were just about to start the evening groom anyway.

All in all a great couple of hours of skiing. Since my first day was so long ago it felt like my first day all over again, but it was good. I even managed to pull off some decent turns and some A&E (mostly A) in the bumps.

Ran into Mondeo in the lodge as I was getting ready to leave. I think he was handling the night shift on his own..

 

[2knees]

i had fun today. which is amazing cause if you listen to all the bs on this board that would be impossible at a place like sundown. but then again, i actually enjoy skiing. i enjoy skiing bumps. and by sunday morning, those stinger bumps will most likely be the best in new england.

 

[Trev]

i had fun today. which is amazing cause if you listen to all the bs on this board that would be impossible at a place like sundown. but then again, i actually enjoy skiing. i enjoy skiing bumps. and by sunday morning, those stinger bumps will most likely be the best in new england.

Look me up Sunday night if your going bub...

 

[powbmps]

I'd bet those are the first seeded moguls in New England.

Damn, Sunapee has got to get in the game!!!!!!!

 

[gmcunni]

where is the video from today?

 

[Grassi21]

I'd bet those are the first seeded moguls in New England.

Damn, Sunapee has got to get in the game!!!!!!!

love the avatar... CT REPRESENT!

 

[Grassi21]

where is the video from today?

none to speak of... sorry G

 

[2knees]

all my vids are going on my vimeo account only for this year. none from today though. only had a couple hours.

 

[o3jeff]

Sounds like it was a good opening day. I'll be there tomorrow morning to attempt to ski the bumps in some.

 

[RootDKJ]

Glad you folks finally got to enjoy your home mountain. It's only gonna get better from here!

 

[Greg]

Glad you folks finally got to enjoy your home mountain. It's only gonna get better from here!

Yep. Big shout out to Chris, Jarrod, Kurt and the snow makers and everyone else. Nice job again on the opening and also thank you again for giving us posers some bumps to play on.

 

[gmcunni]

wtf? no video and only 2 pages on a ski sundown trip report?

 

[bvibert]

wtf? no video and only 2 pages on a ski sundown trip report?

Sorry dude. We were inconsiderate of our brethren who couldn't make it out...

 

[powbmps]

Pow day Sunday?

 

[o3jeff]

Pow day Sunday?

Should be, anywhere from a few inches to 2 feet they're saying.

 

[powhunter]

Way to go !! Hopefully after todays/tonights dump stinger will be in perfect condition

steveo