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Date(s) Skied: Saturday, 2/3/2007 - 10:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Resort or Ski Area: Waterville Valley, NH
Conditions: Powder/Packed Powder, crud, scoured and bumped up everywhere by afternoon.
Trip Report: Got out late in the morning (7:30)...after narrowly missing the carnage at the I-93/I-89 interchange at 8:30 (we were in the middle of it but got out unscathed) we made it to Waterville by about 10. I knew it was late but I was mainly happy to be there in one piece...
Crowds were crazy...we barely had enough room to suit up and there were bags all over the place (they really need more lodge space there :???
. I expected the lift lines to be really long but they were not too bad...longest wait was between 5 - 10 minutes. The ticket scanning was a real pain...my wife had to get a new ticket because she had a fold in her ticket that the scanners didn't like :???:. In addition, on Quadzilla, they had so many lift attendants doing the scanning that no one was in front to manage the lines into the lift.
From the weather reports on Friday I expected some powder, but since we didn't get there early enough we missed out on any decent untracked conditions. The crowds on the slopes didn't help...Waterville's a bit steeper than what I'm used to and I had a hard time trying to pick decent lines where I wouldn't end up going too fast or have to dodge around too many people. I realized that I've been skiing so much on good old hardpack that I really don't know how to handle power/crud and small moguls. It was a real shame because there was good coverage everywhere...there was even a shallow mogul field on Stillness (a blue run off of Quadzilla) but I didn't bother trying it.
All in all, I'd have to admit it was not a real good ski day...I'm sure Waterville is a good place to go but I think going for a weekend day trip is not a good idea for intermediates unless you have no problems deal with the crowds.
Resort or Ski Area: Waterville Valley, NH
Conditions: Powder/Packed Powder, crud, scoured and bumped up everywhere by afternoon.
Trip Report: Got out late in the morning (7:30)...after narrowly missing the carnage at the I-93/I-89 interchange at 8:30 (we were in the middle of it but got out unscathed) we made it to Waterville by about 10. I knew it was late but I was mainly happy to be there in one piece...
Crowds were crazy...we barely had enough room to suit up and there were bags all over the place (they really need more lodge space there :???
. I expected the lift lines to be really long but they were not too bad...longest wait was between 5 - 10 minutes. The ticket scanning was a real pain...my wife had to get a new ticket because she had a fold in her ticket that the scanners didn't like :???:. In addition, on Quadzilla, they had so many lift attendants doing the scanning that no one was in front to manage the lines into the lift.From the weather reports on Friday I expected some powder, but since we didn't get there early enough we missed out on any decent untracked conditions. The crowds on the slopes didn't help...Waterville's a bit steeper than what I'm used to and I had a hard time trying to pick decent lines where I wouldn't end up going too fast or have to dodge around too many people. I realized that I've been skiing so much on good old hardpack that I really don't know how to handle power/crud and small moguls. It was a real shame because there was good coverage everywhere...there was even a shallow mogul field on Stillness (a blue run off of Quadzilla) but I didn't bother trying it.
All in all, I'd have to admit it was not a real good ski day...I'm sure Waterville is a good place to go but I think going for a weekend day trip is not a good idea for intermediates unless you have no problems deal with the crowds.
