Sundown: Mogul Plan

[gmcunni]

....My poser opinion.

i'm heading over tomorrow afternoon with my son for some runs. i'll offer my poser opinion after that

 

[mondeo]

Re: spacing. I thought the spacing, while tight, felt pretty good on Sunday, at least on the flatter stuff at the top. I can see it getting a bit more challenging now that we're down into the steeper section. Still, I would rather see it seeded overly tight than too spaced. Remember, there are going to be tons of snowboarders and less skilled skiers chopping away at those bumps. Exhibition took forever for good lines to form; granted that's mostly due to pitch and even more beginners than Gunbarrel will see, but still. Those things were miles apart. Remember before the lower section of Temptor was seeded, how spaced those bumps were? I think when it was reseeded, it was pretty similar to how Gunny is shaping up and the lines skied in great. 95% of the people skiing Gunny will not be fall line mogul skiers and I think the tight pattern will help to maintain the integrity of the field longer. There are a few bumps vaporizing up at the top already as they're getting chopped away. I suspect that when that base softens up, the bumps will ski in nicely and should last. My poser opinion.

Top 1/3 is decent for the pitch and given that you won't have any speed built up. The next 1/3 is where it gets sorta nasty, where pitch increases, speed goes up, but the bumps actually get tighter. My guess is that they'll ski in to have more cleavage, but because they were seeded tighter they'll be a little funky, with multiple seeded bumps being combined. The top of Temptor had this happen, which resulted in a few weird diagonal bumps. The 8-9 foot spacing would keep them plenty tight for beginner/intermediate bump skiers, and ski in fine.

 

[Greg]

The 8-9 foot spacing would keep them plenty tight for beginner/intermediate bump skiers, and ski in fine.

Then you head up there and drive the cat around till you puke.

I think we should wait and see what happens before going all negative. I think they're all in a learning process.

 

[mondeo]

I think they're all in a learning process.

Exactly. Just trying to provide some feedback while they're in the process of seeding, if I seemed negative instead of construtive I apologize; I probably should have been a little bit more careful in how I worded things. Plus I figure wider spacing means less bumps, which means less puking. If anything, they're trying too hard because people tend to complain about widely spaced bumps more than they do tightly spaced.

 

[Greg]

Exactly. Just trying to provide some feedback while they're in the process of seeding, if I seemed negative instead of construtive I apologize; I probably should have been a little bit more careful in how I worded things. Plus I figure wider spacing means less bumps, which means less puking. If anything, they're trying too hard because people tend to complain about widely spaced bumps more than they do tightly spaced.

I hear ya. Let's just wait and see. Mega sun exposure on that area of trail. It's going to get baked from 10 am - 3 pm so it's going to soften up quick and often. I suspect skier traffic is going to change it quite a bit. Quite honestly, I prefer how Sundown seeded bumps take shape, eventually more like natural bumps. Perfect zippers like you get with the cat plowing approach like they do at Sunapee and Okemo are fun, but Gunny should take the form more of a natural mogul beast. In any event, it's going to be a hoot.

 

[skidmarks]

Practice Guys and you may win these!

 

[severine]

Dangling the carrot before the horse? Nice!

 

[skidmarks]

Dangling the carrot before the horse? Nice!

What size do you think the winner will be wearing???

 

[sLoPeS]

what size do you think the winner will be wearing???

27.5

 

[Creakyknees]

What trail is the bump comp going to be on?????:smile:

 

[Grassi21]

What trail is the bump comp going to be on?????:smile:

Tom's Treat

 

[Creakyknees]

:lol::lol::lol:HUH:???:

 

[Grassi21]

:lol::lol::lol:HUH:???:

Sorry, Tom's Treat > Papoose

 

[severine]

Sorry, Tom's Treat > Papoose

Well that's good since you love Papoose.

 

[mondeo]

28.5

fify

 

[Greg]

Bump or Bust First Prize + The Meatheads!!!

In case you guys missed it, there is some big news about the Bump or Bust posted [post="395107"]HERE[/post].

 

[Greg]

Apparently Kurt didn't get enough seeding Gunbarrel cuz he's reseeding Exhibition tonight! Sundown = moguls! :lol:

 

[bvibert]

Apparently Kurt didn't get enough seeding Gunbarrel cuz he's reseeding Exhibition tonight! Sundown = moguls! :lol:

Awesome!

 

[severine]

:lol: Is he going to seed them closer than last time?

 

[o3jeff]

Seeing the amount of people that were on GB yesterday, it's a good move to seed Ex again.