riverc0il
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I had expected to be late to the party but held out hope that the supposed seven inches that fell Thursday might still be hiding in the woods some where (I still can not believe Ashland/Plymouth got more than a foot but Jay only got seven inches!). I was back channeled about possibly earning turns at Cardigan and shame on me for picking lift serviced over earned turns. I can face it, I got greedy and figured my knowledge of the mountain would pay off.
Well, it only took three runs for me to figure out that everything accessed by a lift had been played hard. Tracked out? More like bumped out. Driving up 242 and seeing a field of moguls on Can Am and U.N. had me bumming before I even got to the lot. The seven inches from Thursday was long gone and fully played even in the less traveled area.
I guess I could have sucked it up and skied bumps in the trees all day. But after my giant gash of a core shot last week at Burke, I had forgotten to pick my skis up at the shop yesterday. #-o So I was forced onto touring gear and I have determined that my G-Rides NEED to be replaced ASAP. My skiing was abysmal today. Felt like I was taking first turns of the season all over again. Eyeing the new Zzeros and hoping for a price reduction after prime time selling season has ended. I swear I can wait another two or three months. I HOPE I can wait another two months, because the decision to leave Jay after three runs because I did not feel comfortable on the packed snow in the trees did not sit well.
Just as well though, I brought skins for backup plan just in case. When ever Jay does not update their conditions report one extra time after 8am heading into a weekend, I know something is up. Sometimes saying nothing speaks louder than shouting about how many feet in the past week does. Conditions report for Friday indicated packed snow and firm surfaces, I while I was hopeful knowledge of the mountain would help, I was out of luck.
Anyways, backcountry in the area provided rewards with untracked dense powder. Breaking trails sucks but fresh untracked certainly does not! Snow got in under my skins at the tip making for a bad skin/ski connection resulting in lots of sinking, back sliding, and frustration. I was too stuburn to fix the issue since I was almost there. Poling down I forcefully sunk my pole halfway before it stopped and it did not stop because it hit ground. There was about half a foot of dense powder on top of the packed down base. The dense powder made the low angle turns more of a figure 11 with occasional dances to the side so I at least felt like I was turning. More like steering. It was fun. Not sure if it was worth $20+ in gas but better than putzing around at home wondering how good it is.
Killer base and the NCP will be short lived. Next snow storm that rolls in will put us back in business. Until then, you may be seeing reports from Cannon, Cardigan, Moosilauke, or other local BC.
I did get boot to knee deep untracked today... but that is another story from another location.....
Well, it only took three runs for me to figure out that everything accessed by a lift had been played hard. Tracked out? More like bumped out. Driving up 242 and seeing a field of moguls on Can Am and U.N. had me bumming before I even got to the lot. The seven inches from Thursday was long gone and fully played even in the less traveled area.
I guess I could have sucked it up and skied bumps in the trees all day. But after my giant gash of a core shot last week at Burke, I had forgotten to pick my skis up at the shop yesterday. #-o So I was forced onto touring gear and I have determined that my G-Rides NEED to be replaced ASAP. My skiing was abysmal today. Felt like I was taking first turns of the season all over again. Eyeing the new Zzeros and hoping for a price reduction after prime time selling season has ended. I swear I can wait another two or three months. I HOPE I can wait another two months, because the decision to leave Jay after three runs because I did not feel comfortable on the packed snow in the trees did not sit well.
Just as well though, I brought skins for backup plan just in case. When ever Jay does not update their conditions report one extra time after 8am heading into a weekend, I know something is up. Sometimes saying nothing speaks louder than shouting about how many feet in the past week does. Conditions report for Friday indicated packed snow and firm surfaces, I while I was hopeful knowledge of the mountain would help, I was out of luck.
Anyways, backcountry in the area provided rewards with untracked dense powder. Breaking trails sucks but fresh untracked certainly does not! Snow got in under my skins at the tip making for a bad skin/ski connection resulting in lots of sinking, back sliding, and frustration. I was too stuburn to fix the issue since I was almost there. Poling down I forcefully sunk my pole halfway before it stopped and it did not stop because it hit ground. There was about half a foot of dense powder on top of the packed down base. The dense powder made the low angle turns more of a figure 11 with occasional dances to the side so I at least felt like I was turning. More like steering. It was fun. Not sure if it was worth $20+ in gas but better than putzing around at home wondering how good it is.
Killer base and the NCP will be short lived. Next snow storm that rolls in will put us back in business. Until then, you may be seeing reports from Cannon, Cardigan, Moosilauke, or other local BC.
I did get boot to knee deep untracked today... but that is another story from another location.....
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and i accept the judge admin's sentence of 1 day of skiing "hardpacked" bumps at jay peak :roll: (although for the record , if you look at the post, i was never critical of the choice to ski jay... i don't care where anyone chooses to ski.. i was laughing about the idea post of being disappointed about coming upon what seemed to me , based on skiing mad river glen a few days prior , and having to ski in god forsaken new england for the past 9 years, some nice moguls...i guess the bumps at jay were not so nice , and apparently were of the " hardpacked" kind".... ( " i guess it depends on what your definition of is , is..." 