An interesting bi-polar day at CNY's finest. Drove up from NJ at 6 am and was on the lift at 9:30. I had a 2-for-1 from Jason and made an older couple in the ticket queue very happy when I asked them if they wanted to split my voucher.
Conditions were hard and fast, but very carvable, so I did laps on the east side for a while, staying on the trail edges where there was some loose and untracked that had collected over the previous days. That one really flat trail was pretty bony, with a few almost bare spots. The woods were still not quite ready, so I didn't bother. The steeper trails on the looker's right were real scratchy, from the heavy rains during midweek, I assume. Still, I found enough to keep me occupied for the morning.
At 12:30, I took a break and drove to my uncle's house seven minutes away, had lunch, took a nap, and came back at 5 pm, and it was dumping. I skied nonstop until 9 pm, quite a feat at GP, but conditions were much softer with the 4-6 inches of new snow. I got lap after lap of untracked fresh on two lit trails that were inexplicably closed.
Had a great time and definitely got my $29 worth.
Greek Peak never seems to change -- neither the infrastructure nor the classic rock tunes blasting in the base lodge. It's comforting in a way, but also kind of odd because the ski area is trying really really hard to sell units in its Hope Lake condo project. To me, it would make sense to make a few lift and lodge upgrades first, but what do I know.
OTOH, on Friday night, we had a neighbor over, and I told her I was going to GP and she said, "oh, I spent last weekend up there! My parents have a condo!" Then I met two different people on the lifts that also had condos. Go figure.
No pix, sorry.
My original plan was to ski with Sharon today (Sunday), but I had a change of itinerary, so I'm going to miss what should be one of the better days of the season.
Conditions were hard and fast, but very carvable, so I did laps on the east side for a while, staying on the trail edges where there was some loose and untracked that had collected over the previous days. That one really flat trail was pretty bony, with a few almost bare spots. The woods were still not quite ready, so I didn't bother. The steeper trails on the looker's right were real scratchy, from the heavy rains during midweek, I assume. Still, I found enough to keep me occupied for the morning.
At 12:30, I took a break and drove to my uncle's house seven minutes away, had lunch, took a nap, and came back at 5 pm, and it was dumping. I skied nonstop until 9 pm, quite a feat at GP, but conditions were much softer with the 4-6 inches of new snow. I got lap after lap of untracked fresh on two lit trails that were inexplicably closed.
Had a great time and definitely got my $29 worth.
Greek Peak never seems to change -- neither the infrastructure nor the classic rock tunes blasting in the base lodge. It's comforting in a way, but also kind of odd because the ski area is trying really really hard to sell units in its Hope Lake condo project. To me, it would make sense to make a few lift and lodge upgrades first, but what do I know.
OTOH, on Friday night, we had a neighbor over, and I told her I was going to GP and she said, "oh, I spent last weekend up there! My parents have a condo!" Then I met two different people on the lifts that also had condos. Go figure.
No pix, sorry.
My original plan was to ski with Sharon today (Sunday), but I had a change of itinerary, so I'm going to miss what should be one of the better days of the season.
