Chromer
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The day started very cold, but with no wind to speak of under brilliant blue skies. 10 degrees at the base of the Superquad at 8:45. It had warmed to about 18 when I called it a day around 2:00, with some high thin cloud pushing in from the northwest..
The day started out with three ways down, and finished up with five. Fairly strong crowds, but there was enough terrain to spread them out and it never felt crowded except in the lift maze at the Superquad.
Up until today all the skiing had been on Sluice (probably the east's steepest blue trail), Spillway and Tote Road. About 9:30 this morning the patrol dropped the rope on the King's Landing/Candyside combo, which was nicely groomed. The groomers left a little piece on the steepest pitch, and I was able to farm two lines of a dozen turns in some boot-top deep natural powder over a manmade base. That was very nice considering the weather we've been having.
Around noon they dropped the rope on Hayburner while the guns continued to pound it. Tough seeing, but great skiing with an edgable base, loose surface and lots of terrain features between the rollers and the exaggerated shapes of the water bars. I think I did four laps on that one.
Looks like Narrow Gauge might open tomorrow, at least down as far as the top of the Double Runner chair. Don't know what will be next. I think running Narrow Gauge and Hayburner at the same time is about as many guns as they can run at once.
The natural snow from Thursday had definitely been rained on, but that's probably a good thing. It is forming a tough, durable base covering the rocks on terrain that hasn't seen guns yet. Two feet of snow could open a lot of terrain with that base under it.
The day started out with three ways down, and finished up with five. Fairly strong crowds, but there was enough terrain to spread them out and it never felt crowded except in the lift maze at the Superquad.
Up until today all the skiing had been on Sluice (probably the east's steepest blue trail), Spillway and Tote Road. About 9:30 this morning the patrol dropped the rope on the King's Landing/Candyside combo, which was nicely groomed. The groomers left a little piece on the steepest pitch, and I was able to farm two lines of a dozen turns in some boot-top deep natural powder over a manmade base. That was very nice considering the weather we've been having.
Around noon they dropped the rope on Hayburner while the guns continued to pound it. Tough seeing, but great skiing with an edgable base, loose surface and lots of terrain features between the rollers and the exaggerated shapes of the water bars. I think I did four laps on that one.
Looks like Narrow Gauge might open tomorrow, at least down as far as the top of the Double Runner chair. Don't know what will be next. I think running Narrow Gauge and Hayburner at the same time is about as many guns as they can run at once.
The natural snow from Thursday had definitely been rained on, but that's probably a good thing. It is forming a tough, durable base covering the rocks on terrain that hasn't seen guns yet. Two feet of snow could open a lot of terrain with that base under it.