salsgang
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Date(s) Skied: March 16, 2008
Resort or Ski Area: Wildcat, NH
Conditions: PP to LG - Ungroomed pretty 'hard'
Trip Report: First trip ever to Wildcat. I think we found our new favorite mountain
- or at least the top 2 anyway (close with Saddleback).
After skiing the day before at Black Mt. in Rumford, ME we spent the night in Gorham, NH and got an early start to Wildcat. Our efforts resulted in the SECOND CHAIR of the day!
We had a blast. It was pretty much a groomer day, as the ungroomed was pretty 'firm', but for the most part was skiable. The best ungroomed was the Mountain Jag Glade under the tomcat triple. It was firm, but certainly enough snow to get an edge in on. We hit that glade a bunch of times.
Scoring second chair made some stellar early turns. By 10:30 we had done 8 runs and were raving about we just did and what was coming next. Everything groomed was good. We especially liked the Catapult runs from the top... lots of winding turns. The Lynx series was good but got scraped off in sections by mid day. Polecat was a blast with lots of small side jumps to have fun on. We all loved how all the trial winded around the mountain... always and adventure seeing what was around the next corner!
The parking lot was pretty full by mid-day, but we waited maybe a couple of minutes in the lift line a few times. Once in a while the trials got crowded at the top, but once 1/3rd of the way down it opened right up.
It was probably in the 20's at the top, and close to 40 at the bottom. The top half fogged in mid-day which made it tough, but it cleared out again early afternoon. A bit of wind in the PM but not bad. We skied 8:30 to 3:30 and I think we got 25+ runs in. Phew... we are beat but happy.
And of course the views are simply stellar. Some pics from Catapult and Polecat:
Resort or Ski Area: Wildcat, NH
Conditions: PP to LG - Ungroomed pretty 'hard'
Trip Report: First trip ever to Wildcat. I think we found our new favorite mountain
- or at least the top 2 anyway (close with Saddleback). After skiing the day before at Black Mt. in Rumford, ME we spent the night in Gorham, NH and got an early start to Wildcat. Our efforts resulted in the SECOND CHAIR of the day!
We had a blast. It was pretty much a groomer day, as the ungroomed was pretty 'firm', but for the most part was skiable. The best ungroomed was the Mountain Jag Glade under the tomcat triple. It was firm, but certainly enough snow to get an edge in on. We hit that glade a bunch of times.
Scoring second chair made some stellar early turns. By 10:30 we had done 8 runs and were raving about we just did and what was coming next. Everything groomed was good. We especially liked the Catapult runs from the top... lots of winding turns. The Lynx series was good but got scraped off in sections by mid day. Polecat was a blast with lots of small side jumps to have fun on. We all loved how all the trial winded around the mountain... always and adventure seeing what was around the next corner!
The parking lot was pretty full by mid-day, but we waited maybe a couple of minutes in the lift line a few times. Once in a while the trials got crowded at the top, but once 1/3rd of the way down it opened right up.
It was probably in the 20's at the top, and close to 40 at the bottom. The top half fogged in mid-day which made it tough, but it cleared out again early afternoon. A bit of wind in the PM but not bad. We skied 8:30 to 3:30 and I think we got 25+ runs in. Phew... we are beat but happy.
And of course the views are simply stellar. Some pics from Catapult and Polecat:
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