EMSC
Well-known member
The little guy packs a big punch.
Clearly a smaller sized resort, yet also a surprisingly good hill that skis much bigger than you would think. 2-3" fell overnight and made things soft for yet another day. The morning was spent primarily on the HSQ Mystic Express hitting nearly every trail with a couple laps spent on the shorter Spirit quad including a trial run on the ski cross course they have set up (yep, a ski/snowboard cross course). The groomers and small bumps on the far side took much of the morning to lap with a few 'hidden' entrances to less skied runs being a nice surprise.
After an early lunch upstairs in the day lodge, the steeps of North American chair occupied the afternoon. Some really fun runs over here with American bowl and Gun Run being my favorites with solidly steep and unique terrain. Coverage was good with the exception of the initial entry point off the chair. Instead a second traverse 'lap' was completed by patrol (I think, maybe lifts though) during the afternoon for a new, clean entry to the trails up top.
A warm, mostly sunny day with great soft snow on all aspects of the hill. Also while nothing approached a lift line, for the little guy on the block there were quite a few folks skiing, running gates or etc... For a supposedly slower day, it more than lived up to any preconceived notions. The vert was nearly as much as what actually gets lapped on many lifts elsewhere, meaning the expansiveness was the only item missing; yet it skis so much bigger with little of each section or lift hardly visible from any others other making it feel much bigger than the stats say it is. No complaints at all.
Clearly a smaller sized resort, yet also a surprisingly good hill that skis much bigger than you would think. 2-3" fell overnight and made things soft for yet another day. The morning was spent primarily on the HSQ Mystic Express hitting nearly every trail with a couple laps spent on the shorter Spirit quad including a trial run on the ski cross course they have set up (yep, a ski/snowboard cross course). The groomers and small bumps on the far side took much of the morning to lap with a few 'hidden' entrances to less skied runs being a nice surprise.
After an early lunch upstairs in the day lodge, the steeps of North American chair occupied the afternoon. Some really fun runs over here with American bowl and Gun Run being my favorites with solidly steep and unique terrain. Coverage was good with the exception of the initial entry point off the chair. Instead a second traverse 'lap' was completed by patrol (I think, maybe lifts though) during the afternoon for a new, clean entry to the trails up top.
A warm, mostly sunny day with great soft snow on all aspects of the hill. Also while nothing approached a lift line, for the little guy on the block there were quite a few folks skiing, running gates or etc... For a supposedly slower day, it more than lived up to any preconceived notions. The vert was nearly as much as what actually gets lapped on many lifts elsewhere, meaning the expansiveness was the only item missing; yet it skis so much bigger with little of each section or lift hardly visible from any others other making it feel much bigger than the stats say it is. No complaints at all.
