The weather forcast looked pretty good except for the word 'breezy'. Breezy at most mountains can mean a gale at Wildcat, butI had a back up plan and headed North. Rt 16 was sloppy and the fresh snow was a good omen. <BR> <BR>The sun was out at the 'Cat, Mt Washington's summit was in a lenticular cloud, but there was only a breeze. I made the second chair and had first tracks down Wildcat. There was knee deep powder on the edge of the trail and it was fantastic. <BR> <BR>This was one of the best days at the 'Cat in a long time, glades were good, ropes kept dropping on the trails and the bumps were forgiving. Not all the trails were open as a lot of base is required for some of the steeper sections of the Gondi line and summit lift line. What an excellent day for skiing. <BR> <BR>Wildcat did have lift problems which slowed the summit lift at 10:00 AM and they were only loading three people at a time. The problem was two fold from the evidence I saw: electrical issues forced them to run the diesel and a bearing problem (my guess) forced them to load only three people at a time. This was actually an advantage because it reduced skier traffic off of the summit and the triple that goes 2/3 of the way up was ski on.
Wildcat NH 2/3/01
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