Belleayre Conditions

[Bandit]

I have a theory that people have a difficult time transitioning to the non-detach lifts after riding the gondola and the Express most of the time. The stops are frustrating but it beats hiking.

I think people just have a difficult time in general

 

[Harvey]

Any bumps growing at Belle?

BTW, great to see Belle conditions alive.

 

[not2brite]

I have a theory that people have a difficult time transitioning to the non-detach lifts after riding the gondola and the Express most of the time. The stops are frustrating but it beats hiking.

Couldn’t agree more with this statement. I ski a ton midweek so it’s never an issue then. When I do go on a weekend/holiday it is EXTREMELY difficult, but totally necessary, to downshift to #7 and Tomahawk. #7 not so bad but Tomahawk feels like the second slowest lift on the planet. Their ironically named Lightening Quad being the slowest, but that at least makes sense as it’s a beginners lift.

 

[jasonwx]

Couldn’t agree more with this statement. I ski a ton midweek so it’s never an issue then. When I do go on a weekend/holiday it is EXTREMELY difficult, but totally necessary, to downshift to #7 and Tomahawk. #7 not so bad but Tomahawk feels like the second slowest lift on the planet. Their ironically named Lightening Quad being the slowest, but that at least makes sense as it’s a beginners lift.

it feels like tomahawk is getting slower and slower...walking is become a viable alternative to that lift

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

Any bumps growing at Belle?

Upper Yahoo and Upper Belleayre run had them on Thursday, but nothing the whole way down unfortunately

 

[Bandit]

Upper Yahoo and Upper Belleayre run had them on Thursday, but nothing the whole way down unfortunately

And winnisook and tongora were bumped up and fun too.

 

[Low Angle Life]

Surprised how much snow was lost in the warm up. More than the 1+” of rain on Xmas.

Surface was good, we found the bumps on yahoo, tongora and winnisook to be the best. I didn’t think the crowd was bad at all, 7 and 8 were ski on all day, 6 wasn’t bad, in the afternoon the skiers right side corral filled for a bit, but left side was pretty empty. Most annoying part as mentioned was the lifts constantly stopping. They groomed lower cathedral which was interesting. I’m afraid that’s going to be the norm.

Looks like warm for the next few days. Have stuff to do today but we’ll see about tomorrow and Monday. When it gets cold again it’s going to be quite firm.

Disclaimer that no snow had been made behind the lodge in this pic. It was all natural.

Grooming lower cathedral seems like a fools errand, that brook seems to always be running, and how many people are going to bail out of Roaring Brook into it, seems like your average Belle visitor goes right through the dogleg without realizing the trail even exists.

I also can't get a handle on the lack of snow making on Wanatuska below overlook, they've got that massive pile they've created right under the deck and plenty of guns positioned right there. Thats it for my questioning, I'll trust the processes, mountain ops have been doing right by there Snow Guarantee.

 

[Bandit]

Going to have to see how the grooming on lower Cathedral plays out. The entrance was groomed nicely and there was no signage indicating to the normal gaper that they were leading roaring brook so people may end up over their heads.

They did install a culvert on the run out where the worst creek crossing always was.

Also not sure on why they haven’t made snow behind the deck yet. It was strange making the seasonal locker holders walk across to get to the snow when it first opened.

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

And winnisook and tongora were bumped up and fun too.

Didn't do Tongora, but there were barely any bumps on Winnisook

 

[Bandit]

Didn't do Tongora, but there were barely any bumps on Winnisook

I found the middle to be pushed out but skiers right on the trail up against the tree island (but not the dog leg) had a pretty nice line. Tongora did have more and larger bumps.