Terry
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I will be the guy with the long white Santa Claus beard. Orange ski pants blue helmet and who knows what jacket I decide on, flask in the pocket, and line skis. Say hi if you see me.
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Wildcat 2015-16 Thread
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Nice. Hope to see you Terry!
Bostonian
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took one run earlier. Ribs, hip and groin still sore but soooo worth it. Sent from my iPhone using AlpineZone
Bostonian
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I am really happy to have this peak pass. Definitely a great product.
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Yes, it is. I love having Wildcat open early and go until the bitter end. It really gives you value from the pass. They didn't always have such an early season commitment.
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Bostonian
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Yeah it's really fantastic and only an hour in change from our house by the lake.
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The mountain was melting fast today. By the end of the day there were bare spots on Lynx: one on Upper Lynx, and several by the pump house. Most of the trail remained buried. Catapult to Bobcat was hanging tough.
The did get Polecat open, though walking was required in several spots. Likewise Cheetah had a section of walking required by the end of the day.
The did get Polecat open, though walking was required in several spots. Likewise Cheetah had a section of walking required by the end of the day.
I'm surprised they opened Polecat again yesterday. They dropped the ropes on it around 1:30 on Saturday as well. Skied better than the week prior, but a couple areas of mandatory stone grinding were present even then. I imagine this section before Tomcat had to have opened to 100 feet or so without snow.
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Great commitment from Peaks. Hopefully, it carries over to next year at all their resorts, but I am concerned.
That's awesome! Looking forward to Saturday!
vermonter44
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That's impressive for catapult. Looks like they still go for at least another week
Unless Peaks pulls the rug out, the GM wants to open one more weekend.
Bostonian
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I will be there next weekend, if they open up again... Make use of that peaks pass!
Skied yesterday (Sunday) and had a decent time despite very limited terrain. Upper, middle, and lower catapult, were deemed open. Cheetah was also deemed open. Lynx was firm up until about noon, but was plenty of fun and had some jumps forming where the rocks were starting to show. It was a blast and without a large crowd, could be skied very quickly.
Our greeting view.
We wandered over to upper catapult a little too soon and found some of the roughest day old tracks I've ever experienced. Looks like it softened up drastically Saturday, froze overnight, and we had to ski down it. Straight up firm. Should've brought 4wd. We skied catapult in its entirety, but it was a ribbon of snow here, a water bar there, unavoidable mud and dirt. Still, the fun was out of this world. Some bumps even started to form once it warmed up.
Good shot of Mt Washington from the catapults. At the time, we were hanging out, having a couple of trail beers in the sun, watching the occasional person come down the narrow ribbon on a steep pitch. Some skiers were flat out pissed that the trail was open, others shrugged and were glad to have variety. It was a great time.
middle catapult
We were also able to ski Middle Wildcat (I think) to Cheetah. A patroller was helping someone get the hang of the terrain and for S&G's we asked him what else was open. He goes "follow me! I'm the guy responsible for the report today!" Fella by the name of Ian. He led us down some islands of snow to a 10ft wide strip of snow an even smaller strip of snow a little more than a ski width wide (seriously, I had one on the ground and one in the air), that ended at a grass patch with about 10-15 yards to 'ski' downhill on until the next island where it opened up to wall to wall snow for a bit.
After some good turns, we're dumped onto Cheetah. At one point there was a 25 yard stretch that there was no snow, but with a good pitch. We followed Ian and skied through the distance of grass to the next patch of snow that was wall to wall the rest of the way down. Easily the most grass I've ever 'skied.' We must've done the run 3-4x. It was awesome.
SKI THE GRASS
The bases survived- no major gouges or anything- and we had a great day.
It was my last of the year, looking forwards to next season!!
Our greeting view.
We wandered over to upper catapult a little too soon and found some of the roughest day old tracks I've ever experienced. Looks like it softened up drastically Saturday, froze overnight, and we had to ski down it. Straight up firm. Should've brought 4wd. We skied catapult in its entirety, but it was a ribbon of snow here, a water bar there, unavoidable mud and dirt. Still, the fun was out of this world. Some bumps even started to form once it warmed up.
Good shot of Mt Washington from the catapults. At the time, we were hanging out, having a couple of trail beers in the sun, watching the occasional person come down the narrow ribbon on a steep pitch. Some skiers were flat out pissed that the trail was open, others shrugged and were glad to have variety. It was a great time.
middle catapult
We were also able to ski Middle Wildcat (I think) to Cheetah. A patroller was helping someone get the hang of the terrain and for S&G's we asked him what else was open. He goes "follow me! I'm the guy responsible for the report today!" Fella by the name of Ian. He led us down some islands of snow to a 10ft wide strip of snow an even smaller strip of snow a little more than a ski width wide (seriously, I had one on the ground and one in the air), that ended at a grass patch with about 10-15 yards to 'ski' downhill on until the next island where it opened up to wall to wall snow for a bit.
After some good turns, we're dumped onto Cheetah. At one point there was a 25 yard stretch that there was no snow, but with a good pitch. We followed Ian and skied through the distance of grass to the next patch of snow that was wall to wall the rest of the way down. Easily the most grass I've ever 'skied.' We must've done the run 3-4x. It was awesome.
SKI THE GRASS
The bases survived- no major gouges or anything- and we had a great day.
It was my last of the year, looking forwards to next season!!
Most definitely. We were chatting with the gals behind the bar and one of the other patrons asks "are you guys making your numbers today?" It was a quick disappointed look and a "non freggin' way."
I'm glad they tried as long as they did. Its supposed to snow up there today. You could probably hike and ski down Lynx without any issues.
