saturday morning was fine. rime & upper east fall were as expected. a couple of good runs before they got scraped off. but there was plenty of good snow on the edges thanks to the gapers & skidders. upper double dipper was the best in the guns. upper bunny was also good in the guns. by 10am the mountain got very crowded and as one would expect with only trail at the bottom, lower bunny became an epic tangle of humanity though there was some great snow and developing bump lines on both sides of the trail. after lunch they were now blowing on upper east fall and that quickly developed some nice bumps and the crowds up there weren't all that bad. but again snowden was a different story. while upper bunny & mid chute had now developed some nice bumps and upper mouse was uncrowded. the problem areas were the upper mixing bowl, which was a mess and lower bunny which defied desciption. by mid-afternoon, the danger factor outweighed the fun factor so we called it quits to live & ski another day.
early sunday morning on our 2nd run, we got stuck on the north ridge triple. they switched to diesel to get stuck folks off. they then only ran the k1 on diesel until the power was restored. while our wait wasn't quite that bad, some folks reported a wait as long as 45 min. on the other hand, when you finally did get to ski, the trails obviously weren't that crowded since everyone was standing in liftlines. power was restored but liftlines were still long so we broke for an early lunch. came back out around 11:30 and voila the world had changed. a magnificent afternoon. virtually skied right onto the k1. all lifts running. sun was out. temps were warm. crowds were gone. upper double dip to upper east fall had turned into a very nice bump run. they shut the guns and opened upper downdraft. moving to snowden, upper bunny into mid-chute had some nice bump lines also. lower bunny wasn't even that scary. all-in-all turned out to be more than a very good day and a satisfying opening weekend.
early sunday morning on our 2nd run, we got stuck on the north ridge triple. they switched to diesel to get stuck folks off. they then only ran the k1 on diesel until the power was restored. while our wait wasn't quite that bad, some folks reported a wait as long as 45 min. on the other hand, when you finally did get to ski, the trails obviously weren't that crowded since everyone was standing in liftlines. power was restored but liftlines were still long so we broke for an early lunch. came back out around 11:30 and voila the world had changed. a magnificent afternoon. virtually skied right onto the k1. all lifts running. sun was out. temps were warm. crowds were gone. upper double dip to upper east fall had turned into a very nice bump run. they shut the guns and opened upper downdraft. moving to snowden, upper bunny into mid-chute had some nice bump lines also. lower bunny wasn't even that scary. all-in-all turned out to be more than a very good day and a satisfying opening weekend.