Rain and below freezing temps left a nice coating of ice on my helmet (and everything else) when I went in for lunch around 1pm.
I took 2 more runs after lunch. By then it was raining at the top, too.
The upper mountain remained icy all afternoon. The lower mountain was soft and in some low angle areas complete mush.
Crowded Sun bowl 6
Mogul course on World Cup never opened today. The closed trails on the upper mountain were petrified.
I can see at least 5 cats grooming trails right now...
Beautiful sunny day with single digits at the top. Only a few trails open from the top. There is some snow in the trees and on the closed trails. The trails that are open are crowded.
Shooting Star, closed
West Meadow
Franks, closed for racing. Again.
Today was firm early but eventually softened up. The sun was out until 3pm. There were waves of crowds, but the only lines were on the Amex and Gondi. The Gondi shut down around 2pm. About 1/2 the mountain is open with hot spots on many open trails.
The Supertrail is done.
The World Cup bump...
Here in NNJ we actually had a typical winter temperature wise but not much snow. The last few years our winter temps were more like Washington/Baltimore metro region. The running joke in my neighborhood was that there was no longer a weather reason to move to Virginia or even NC when we retire...
Yesterday was cloudy, cold, windy, raw, and dust on crust.
But today, perfection. It must have snow an inch or 2 and temps are in the high 30s. The sun is blazing and the trails are slowly softening.
Standard Operating Procedures at Gore. That chair opens mid-Jan, sometimes part time or for racing only, then operates full time for 5-6 weeks and then goes back to part time beginning of March.
Good stuff.