Where are the moguls?

[Wyatte74]

They opened back up this year. I see that their marketing department needs to get the word out! I learned to ski at Powder Ridge, so I am happy to see it rise from the dead.

Yeah me too...rocking Jeans and a jean jacket

 

[jack97]

Just got back from Sundown. Bumps at Ex are in great shape, I was lapping them non stop until I had nothing left in the tank.

My drive down, I was hoping for no frozen tracks due to the warm weekend and then then freeze. Turns out the shoulders were smooth, skier's left was great, that was the money line today. IMO, the lack of frozen tracks was due to the deep troughs, it causes skiers to ski a more direct line, so its very hard to carve wide lines in the field.


btw, bumps at N'easter got mowed down. Always happens around this time of the year.... oh well.

 

[Wyatte74]

Just got back from Sundown. Bumps at Ex are in great shape, I was lapping them non stop until I had nothing left in the tank.

My drive down, I was hoping for no frozen tracks due to the warm weekend and then then freeze. Turns out the shoulders were smooth, skier's left was great, that was the money line today. IMO, the lack of frozen tracks was due to the deep troughs, it causes skiers to ski a more direct line, so its very hard to carve wide lines in the field.


btw, bumps at N'easter got mowed down. Always happens around this time of the year.... oh well.

I'm heading up tomorrow or thursday after work do you think skiing at night will hold up or just freeze up? they stopped blowing snow right?

 

[jack97]

I'm heading up tomorrow or thursday after work do you think skiing at night will hold up or just freeze up? they stopped blowing snow right?

The bumps are firm... very firm but they can hold an edge. Very little boiler plate in the troughs. It never got soft today so I doubt it will freeze up.

I had to slip them or start and stop just to warm up and get use to the tempo.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Still does not eliminate my biggest Elk complaint, the dreaded Elkmobile. Just put a small ticket booth down by the west side lifts.

I've skied most my life, so it's rare I check off any more "firsts", but that......whatever that was.....was a first. Very interesting "custom" truck job.

And I agree with you, why on earth not put a little hut down there and sell lift tickets? Talk about convenience, buy a ticket, ski 100 yards to the lift, then ski back to you car at the end of the day. In fact, I dont understand why the parking lots across the road were so full, you'd think more people would want to ski back to their vehicle at the end of the day.

 

[Snowlover]

I'm heading up tomorrow or thursday after work do you think skiing at night will hold up or just freeze up? they stopped blowing snow right?

The blowing of snow is just for base building. That stuff just turns to crap/crud/ice anyway. Especially at sundown's narrow trails.(the trail is closer to the humidity coming from the snow gun)

Yes. All ct area's have stopped. Not much season left. It costs a fortune to blow that stuff. You really need real snow for great conditions. This February has really been great in that regard compared to average. Hopefully the pattern continues into march.

 

[Wyatte74]

thanks for the info