loafer89
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Area skied: Wachusett Mountain M.A
Date skied: February 7th from 3:45pm - 6:15pm
Surface conditions: Packed Powder, Hard Packed
Weather: windy and cold 12F at the base and 5F at the summit.
My son had a 1/2 day at school so we could make the trip to Wachusett. I wanted to ski at Sundown but Warren likes Wachusett better, so despite the cold conditions, we made the trip.
We arrrived to a somewhat uncrowded mountain and took our first run down 10th Mountain Trail to Salamander Cutoff. The surface conditions where similar to my last visit one month ago with hardpacked snow down the middle of open trails and soft powder snow on the edges. 10th Mountain had a zipper line of moguls on skiers left, but they where quite icy and did not appeal too much to me.
We skied Ropers Road/Lower Conifer which was decent but had some icy spots. The best snow on the mountain was on Smith Walton which had really soft snow nearly everywhere. Warren refused to ski the upper part, so he would ski 10th Mountain and then link up with me to ski Lower Smith Walton which had a buttery soft snow surface and was fun to ski.
Conifer Connection was a crowded nightmare and I had a snowboarder run into me, but no harm was done and the boarder apologized. Lots of people ski way too fast on that trail and it gets very dangerous to even stop on the trail.
By 6pm Warren was getting really cold, so we took one last run down Ralph's Run which had huge whales to ski over and was lots of fun, but the liftline for the Minuteman Express was long and not fun in cold weather.
Today was my first ever ski day wearing a helmet and it keeps my head very warm, but the balacklava does not cover all of my forehead like a hat/neck gaitor does, so part of my face was a bit colder than normal, but otherwise the helmet was hardly noticable after a few runs.
This is our last ski day before our trip out west next week.
Date skied: February 7th from 3:45pm - 6:15pm
Surface conditions: Packed Powder, Hard Packed
Weather: windy and cold 12F at the base and 5F at the summit.
My son had a 1/2 day at school so we could make the trip to Wachusett. I wanted to ski at Sundown but Warren likes Wachusett better, so despite the cold conditions, we made the trip.
We arrrived to a somewhat uncrowded mountain and took our first run down 10th Mountain Trail to Salamander Cutoff. The surface conditions where similar to my last visit one month ago with hardpacked snow down the middle of open trails and soft powder snow on the edges. 10th Mountain had a zipper line of moguls on skiers left, but they where quite icy and did not appeal too much to me.
We skied Ropers Road/Lower Conifer which was decent but had some icy spots. The best snow on the mountain was on Smith Walton which had really soft snow nearly everywhere. Warren refused to ski the upper part, so he would ski 10th Mountain and then link up with me to ski Lower Smith Walton which had a buttery soft snow surface and was fun to ski.
Conifer Connection was a crowded nightmare and I had a snowboarder run into me, but no harm was done and the boarder apologized. Lots of people ski way too fast on that trail and it gets very dangerous to even stop on the trail.
By 6pm Warren was getting really cold, so we took one last run down Ralph's Run which had huge whales to ski over and was lots of fun, but the liftline for the Minuteman Express was long and not fun in cold weather.
Today was my first ever ski day wearing a helmet and it keeps my head very warm, but the balacklava does not cover all of my forehead like a hat/neck gaitor does, so part of my face was a bit colder than normal, but otherwise the helmet was hardly noticable after a few runs.
This is our last ski day before our trip out west next week.
