riverc0il
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driving north on I93, it looked bleak. raining until concord, then only light snow occassionally from there. clear roads all the way to cannon. i was expecting a long snowy drive. at cannon, during the AM i was skiing tramline and noticed the sun was poking through the clouds! what happened? where is this huge storm? the sky clouded over and started dumping by early PM and all was good.
warmed up on vista to bypass to zoomer carving some mighty fine arcs that felt good. it seemed like vista was groomed recently and bypass is still a freaking disaster. like bypass, profile was also opened but still looked nasty with powdery bumps building up in between groomer tracks etched into the ice.
lakeview glade 2x with nice untracked powder near the trees skier's right, really nice in there. still some thin spots to watch out for. echo woods was crap, still really thin with tons of rock under the snow. ick. paulie's skiers right was sick! so was avalanche! powdery/crudy bumps that you could just plow through, loved it! gimme more! first time i ever did avalanche bumps skiers right top to bottom without having to stop and catch my breath or reassess lines... i simply couldn't stop it was soo good.
tramline is quite a bit thinner than it was on thursday but the mandatory air section seems to have filled in to the point it's only a drop now. a lot more rocks and stumps showing through, but still a ripping good time. got untracked boot deep in the shoot nearby, w00t! right where the glade dumps into tramline, i thought i saw powder and went for it. i went deep deep into that powder as i dropped into a hole between a boulder and a tree where the snow had not packed down. took me a while to extract myself from that usual situation!
taft was brutally groomed :evil: but soft bumps built up later in the afternoon. the rock cliff section looked worse after the groomer hit it in all honesty. followed the conga line up (30 people at one point!!!! ](*,) ) and it was spectacular. finally gave BD a shot, wow! i simply can not ski stuff like that without joining the ranks of birdwatchers over the summer, it just wouldn't be right. so so much untracked in places considering the traffic.
incredible day following up thursday easily as a top three day of the season (broken ski aside). tomorrow promises to be the best day of the year as it was spewing snow when i left at 4pm. not much wind, and the little wind wasn't effecting the snow from hitting the ground. if it snows to a foot as predicted.... oh man. oh man oh man oh man. this is very likely to rank as my best week of skiing ever. the snow isn't legendary light fluff, but the skiing is so good it doesn't matter what the consistancy of the powder is. i'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.
no pictures because i'm too cheap. =; plus it was snowing most of the day with crappy light.
warmed up on vista to bypass to zoomer carving some mighty fine arcs that felt good. it seemed like vista was groomed recently and bypass is still a freaking disaster. like bypass, profile was also opened but still looked nasty with powdery bumps building up in between groomer tracks etched into the ice.
lakeview glade 2x with nice untracked powder near the trees skier's right, really nice in there. still some thin spots to watch out for. echo woods was crap, still really thin with tons of rock under the snow. ick. paulie's skiers right was sick! so was avalanche! powdery/crudy bumps that you could just plow through, loved it! gimme more! first time i ever did avalanche bumps skiers right top to bottom without having to stop and catch my breath or reassess lines... i simply couldn't stop it was soo good.
tramline is quite a bit thinner than it was on thursday but the mandatory air section seems to have filled in to the point it's only a drop now. a lot more rocks and stumps showing through, but still a ripping good time. got untracked boot deep in the shoot nearby, w00t! right where the glade dumps into tramline, i thought i saw powder and went for it. i went deep deep into that powder as i dropped into a hole between a boulder and a tree where the snow had not packed down. took me a while to extract myself from that usual situation!
taft was brutally groomed :evil: but soft bumps built up later in the afternoon. the rock cliff section looked worse after the groomer hit it in all honesty. followed the conga line up (30 people at one point!!!! ](*,) ) and it was spectacular. finally gave BD a shot, wow! i simply can not ski stuff like that without joining the ranks of birdwatchers over the summer, it just wouldn't be right. so so much untracked in places considering the traffic.
incredible day following up thursday easily as a top three day of the season (broken ski aside). tomorrow promises to be the best day of the year as it was spewing snow when i left at 4pm. not much wind, and the little wind wasn't effecting the snow from hitting the ground. if it snows to a foot as predicted.... oh man. oh man oh man oh man. this is very likely to rank as my best week of skiing ever. the snow isn't legendary light fluff, but the skiing is so good it doesn't matter what the consistancy of the powder is. i'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.
no pictures because i'm too cheap. =; plus it was snowing most of the day with crappy light.