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Where would you rate the past 5 days?
- Thread starter 2knees
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Mt Snow Saturday was by best day on skis ever!
Boot to shin deep powder runs all day. Huge soft bumps later in the day. Just incredible.
I skied 7:30am -4:00pm with only one very short lunch break.
The mountain reported 56" in the four days Weds- Saturday and the last 15-16" that came down on Friday and Friday night was nice dry powder. There must have been 100-200 people at first tacks Saturday morning.
Thanks for going away Dr Jeff you really delivered this time.
Boot to shin deep powder runs all day. Huge soft bumps later in the day. Just incredible.
I skied 7:30am -4:00pm with only one very short lunch break.
The mountain reported 56" in the four days Weds- Saturday and the last 15-16" that came down on Friday and Friday night was nice dry powder. There must have been 100-200 people at first tacks Saturday morning.
Thanks for going away Dr Jeff you really delivered this time.
ta&idaho
New member
Call me crazy, but I'll take a foot of light 'n dry over four feet of wet 'n heavy. Saturday was a good day, but I probably enjoyed my other Plattekill day this season more (although my bases and edges would disagree).
Warp Daddy
Active member
skied saturday & sunday at k. got more fresh saturday but sunday was almost as good in other ways. was mid-week better, probably but wasn't there. easily my top 10 weekend in the east, maybe top 5. the lack of ice and total coverage on some of k's gnarliest runs like julio & anarchy was amazing. even throne could be skied with absolute impunity. fiddle was off the hook. very rare do you get that combination of conditions in the east.
highpeaksdrifter
New member
That is one great freakin answer, good for you.
billski
Active member
Now that's "rotten spoiled brat" talk!
What mattchuck says. Sure I'd rather have champagne, but I'll take the house wine if there are no other options. I wouldn't stay home because the 4' was heavy! Us in the east have to put everything in perspective!!!
roark
New member
re: light vs wet... the right tool helps... Wed was my first day on praxis powder boards... I know most can't afford a quiver, but WOW!
highpeaksdrifter
New member
Really well. website says 47 inches. The Slides opened which is always a treat. All the glades where open. You would have loved all the soft bump lines. The whole place skied great.
Here's some pics:
Smellytele
Well-known member
I have had better as well on the EC but I would say top 15 or so.
top 10 were - in no order - no specific dates
Cannon in 2005 NH feb vaca - 3 days of 36" of powder
MRG 2 years ago in Jan
Cannon Feb 1997
there was an april fools storm sometime in my past that rocked
there were some others in the 90's that were better as well.
top 10 were - in no order - no specific dates
Cannon in 2005 NH feb vaca - 3 days of 36" of powder
MRG 2 years ago in Jan
Cannon Feb 1997
there was an april fools storm sometime in my past that rocked
there were some others in the 90's that were better as well.
In general, I would agree with you. If I am skiing in powder, I would rather have a foot of dry powder than 5 feet of wet stuff. However, what I loved about the 5 foot dump at Belleayre was that it covered all the ice and hard snow on the otherwise trickly mogul runs. A foot of light powder would not have had the same effect.
People seemed excited about skiing through 5 feet of wet powder, but I saw very few people who could actually ski it well. Coming up the Tomahawk lift on Saturday morning, I saw about 10 people on Dot Nebel and more than half of them had fallen and were struggling to get up. I had never seen anything like it before. Folks who looked like good skiiers were dropping like flies. It was really tough to ski and not much fun for me. What made it great for me was the afternoon and all of Sunday after the trails had been tracked a bit more. I am not a great mogul skier, but I was eating up the soft moguls that covered the whole mountain.
I have had better conditions in Jackson Hole and Garmisch, but I have never had two days of skiing that I enjoyed more than this weekend at Belleayre. This is partly because I am now a better skier than I was before. I also got a big boost of fatherly pride as I watched my 8-year-old lead the way. I remember having her ski between my legs just a few seasons ago. It is amazing how fast kids can learn. All this contributed to my most gratifying ski experience ever.
ta&idaho
New member
Now that's "rotten spoiled brat" talk!
What mattchuck says. Sure I'd rather have champagne, but I'll take the house wine if there are no other options. I wouldn't stay home because the 4' was heavy! Us in the east have to put everything in perspective!!!
Hey now...who said anything about staying home?!?! ;-)
ta&idaho
New member
Awesome pics, HPD. Whiteface looks like a beautiful mountain, especially with a ton of fresh snow.
riverc0il
New member
I would take two feet of dry over four feet of dense and heavy. That said, I got more face shots and white rooms last Wednesday than all other previous days combined. That said, other than Wednesday, the past five have not been even close to epic for the other day I skied (Saturday) or based on other reports in New England that I have read. New York... obviously a different story. Wednesday was my best day of the season and a top ten overall (though probably lower end of the top ten). I would rate the past week a 4 overall with Wednesday being a 5.
Cannonball
New member
Sat and Sun would probably rate in the top 25% of all my EC days. However, this year, January 3rd at Cannon solidly trumps everything else. 20+" of the lightest EC POW I've ever seen put that day in my top 10 lifetime days.
Warp Daddy
Active member
HPD -- Nice work ---amazing shots , great contrast and gives a real sense for the steepness of the slides when "little Whiteface " in the background looks DISTANT
highpeaksdrifter
New member
Thanks Warp, but the shot you are referring to is the dead tree glades between Skyward and Parron'sRun. The Slides would be behind me and out of the pic.
This past weekend at Hunter were the number 1 days ever there for me.
That's coming from a 30 year passholder.
That's coming from a 30 year passholder.
Thanks Warp, but the shot you are referring to is the dead tree glades between Skyward and Parron'sRun. The Slides would be behind me and out of the pic.
Awesome shot!
