Started around 10:00.
Crust / Heavy stuff in the morning and late afternoon; softer stuff approaching slush in the mid afternoon.
Mostly skied Skyline and Emile's on chair 3 early on. Both had plenty of
coverage; the snow on Skyline was a better - a little softer and less crusty.
After the first two hundered feet or so of Skyline there are some visible
rocks but above and below it's great. I probably spent the most time on that run because of the snow. The snow in the trees was heavy snowball snow - not too crusty just thick and heavy. Adding a little hop to the turns did the trick.
As the day warmed up it all got better.
There are definitely rocks and stumps but they are all visible and easily
avoidable, and the snow is so packed that there was really not much danger of unexpected obstacles. I skied for about 5 hours and did no damage to my bases - something I cannot say for the previous five weekends. There should be plenty of snow Sunday 3-26.
South Bowl was open so I had to give it a go. Nice being there again -- the
snow is wet and heavy everywhere, and crusty in places, but definitely skiable. There was enough snow for the traverse back to the chair.
Chair 4 was open but there was not enough snow for the tree runs.
All in all a good day. No crowds to speak of, and the weather was excellent.
There is enough snow to ski the steeps. It will not last much longer but
tomorrow will be a good day for anyone that goes up and wants to ski Skyine.
Something new in the lodge -- 3 for $5.50 Organic Tacos. They were a nice change from the Baldy Burgers. Bean and Cheese or Turkey / Potato.
Report Here... http://www.skisocal.org/cgi/ski.pl/detail/24;05-06
I accidentally checked "hardpack" as the surface in the report. There's no way to edit it. There actually was some hardpack but a more accurate description would be heavy in the morning with some crust, a lot softer between 10:00 and 2:00, heavy in the trees all day.
The main thing is that there is plenty of snow and the obstacles are visible enough to have a great day on Sunday.
Some pics...
Riding up the the parking lot chair...
Riding up chair 3 in the morning...
Under chair 3...
Skyline 10:00 AM...
Snow Closeup on Skyline at 10:00 AM...
Near Emile's Late Morning...
Emile's Late Morning...
Plenty of Snow in places...
Looking up Skyline around noon...
Looking down Skyline around noon...
Snow Closeup on Skyline around noon...
South Bowl...
South Bowl again...
Snow is heavy but deep in parts of South Bowl...
View of Thunder from the top of chair 4...
Organic Tacos from the Baldy lodge...
Crust / Heavy stuff in the morning and late afternoon; softer stuff approaching slush in the mid afternoon.
Mostly skied Skyline and Emile's on chair 3 early on. Both had plenty of
coverage; the snow on Skyline was a better - a little softer and less crusty.
After the first two hundered feet or so of Skyline there are some visible
rocks but above and below it's great. I probably spent the most time on that run because of the snow. The snow in the trees was heavy snowball snow - not too crusty just thick and heavy. Adding a little hop to the turns did the trick.
As the day warmed up it all got better.
There are definitely rocks and stumps but they are all visible and easily
avoidable, and the snow is so packed that there was really not much danger of unexpected obstacles. I skied for about 5 hours and did no damage to my bases - something I cannot say for the previous five weekends. There should be plenty of snow Sunday 3-26.
South Bowl was open so I had to give it a go. Nice being there again -- the
snow is wet and heavy everywhere, and crusty in places, but definitely skiable. There was enough snow for the traverse back to the chair.
Chair 4 was open but there was not enough snow for the tree runs.
All in all a good day. No crowds to speak of, and the weather was excellent.
There is enough snow to ski the steeps. It will not last much longer but
tomorrow will be a good day for anyone that goes up and wants to ski Skyine.
Something new in the lodge -- 3 for $5.50 Organic Tacos. They were a nice change from the Baldy Burgers. Bean and Cheese or Turkey / Potato.
Report Here... http://www.skisocal.org/cgi/ski.pl/detail/24;05-06
I accidentally checked "hardpack" as the surface in the report. There's no way to edit it. There actually was some hardpack but a more accurate description would be heavy in the morning with some crust, a lot softer between 10:00 and 2:00, heavy in the trees all day.
The main thing is that there is plenty of snow and the obstacles are visible enough to have a great day on Sunday.
Some pics...
Riding up the the parking lot chair...
Riding up chair 3 in the morning...
Under chair 3...
Skyline 10:00 AM...
Snow Closeup on Skyline at 10:00 AM...
Near Emile's Late Morning...
Emile's Late Morning...
Plenty of Snow in places...
Looking up Skyline around noon...
Looking down Skyline around noon...
Snow Closeup on Skyline around noon...
South Bowl...
South Bowl again...
Snow is heavy but deep in parts of South Bowl...
View of Thunder from the top of chair 4...
Organic Tacos from the Baldy lodge...
