Belleayre Conditions

[tirolski]

I’m beginning to think I’m the only skier on this forum who doesn’t venture into the trees.

Used to go in occasionally if they're ripe with snow for a change of pace.
Nowadays I’d rather save my legs for the wide open spaces.
Skiing is fun.

 

[billyb3]

Skipped out of work early and skied 1 to close. There is a lot of snow! A few pics from Dreamcatcher attached.

Only complaint was no Lift 7, which makes it a real slog to ski the center of the mountain or go east to west. I'm not even mad about no Lift 8/having to lap the gondola, since the woods below the road crossing and mini park at the bottom are fun!

 

[Bandit]

Doesn’t suck too bad today.

 

[Sean Mc]

Belle - #34. One for the books. Heard a lot of snow fall totals thrown around - all I can tell you is I fell on upper Wanna and my arm went up to my shoulder without feeling the bottom. The highlight of the day for me were the steeps. Pillows starting forming around 10, by 11 it was sublime. Falling from pillow to pillow without consequence. Just amazing. Spent the day lapping Belle Run, Wanna and Mohawk. I can only imagine what Platty was like today with its long steeps. I was happy to arrive at Belle in the Corolla Hybrid - didn't want to push my luck.

Legs were toast by 1 - heading back tomorrow.

 

[JTG]

I was happy to arrive at Belle in the Corolla Hybrid - didn't want to push my luck.

28 just past Belle all the way to Platty made me glad I put new tires on the Volvo on Monday. The tires I had on there were for shit, and the roads were snow covered.

 

[Sean Mc]

Belle #35 - I woke up this morning sore in different places than usual after yesterday. Big crowd for a weekday and who can blame anyone for playing hookey. Groomers were softish right out of the gate. Lots of people around to move some snow - the steeps started to bump up early. Saw a few spectacular falls. A boarder flew down Upper Belle Run into the deep snow on skiers right, his board nose dived, he endo'd and wound up in a Pine tree. He shook it off and off he went.

 

[DomB]

Belle #35 - I woke up this morning sore in different places than usual after yesterday. Big crowd for a weekday and who can blame anyone for playing hookey. Groomers were softish right out of the gate. Lots of people around to move some snow - the steeps started to bump up early. Saw a few spectacular falls. A boarder flew down Upper Belle Run into the deep snow on skiers right, his board nose dived, he endo'd and wound up in a Pine tree. He shook it off and off he went.

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Way to get after it! Curious - did the 'crowds' translate to lines? I don't get out midweek much. Did get one Friday this year at Belle and it was heaven. All the lifts running, it snowed a few inches, and it felt like a private mountain. I guessed there were maybe a 100 'paid' skiers.

 

[Sean Mc]

Way to get after it! Curious - did the 'crowds' translate to lines? I don't get out midweek much. Did get one Friday this year at Belle and it was heaven. All the lifts running, it snowed a few inches, and it felt like a private mountain. I guessed there were maybe a 100 'paid' skiers.

Dom, the most I waited was a couple of minutes. Most runs I skied right on the lift. They eventually opened up 8 which was good to see.

The queue for the gondola Wednesday morning before it opened was almost out to the Waffle Shack. Crazy.

 

[Q*bert Jones IV]

Wonderfully empty today.

My quads are still sore from skiing on Wednesday so I had a very short before-work jaunt. Big T Glades are still in great shape.

 

[Q*bert Jones IV]

What a difference a day makes. They must have gotten a significant amount of rain yesterday because anything that wasn't groomed overnight was a sheet of ice. Anything off-piste was, for me anyway, almost unskiable.