Belleayre Conditions

[billyb3]

Skiied the morning. Glades and steep stuff were great, especially Dreamcatcher & Winnisook! Snow was a bit heavy, so hard to keep momentum and make great turns on the flatter stuff. HSQ opened around 9:10 and Tomahawk around 10. Saw the first people going up the gondola around 11:30 when I was heading out, not sure why it took so long to get going (also, anyone know why they would run it in reverse during prep)? Triple chair wasn't running, but they were cleaning up loading area when I left.

Highlight of the day was *finding* my ski after a five minute search on Dreamcatcher. Clipped a stump and popped a ski off...snow was so deep that it was really hard to find. I was mentally preparing for a really sad walk out, but finally found it!

 

[Ripitz]

Nice shots. Glad you found your ski. Much easier with two of them

 

[Ripitz]

Found the skis at a yard sale. They were half off!

 

[Q*bert Jones IV]

When I was a kid taking lessons, they would make us ski down the mountain with only one ski. But I wouldn't want to try that in the woods.

 

[DomB]

Skiied the morning. Glades and steep stuff were great, especially Dreamcatcher & Winnisook! Snow was a bit heavy, so hard to keep momentum and make great turns on the flatter stuff. HSQ opened around 9:10 and Tomahawk around 10. Saw the first people going up the gondola around 11:30 when I was heading out, not sure why it took so long to get going (also, anyone know why they would run it in reverse during prep)? Triple chair wasn't running, but they were cleaning up loading area when I left.

Highlight of the day was *finding* my ski after a five minute search on Dreamcatcher. Clipped a stump and popped a ski off...snow was so deep that it was really hard to find. I was mentally preparing for a really sad walk out, but finally found it!

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Gondi runs late on bad weather days (because like Gore I think) they don't have a cover for the cabins, so with big storms sometimes the cabin doors freeze up and need to be manually addressed. Believe Whiteface has a housing for the gondi cabins.

 

[Brownski]

I find it kind of curious that anybody would put in a gondola without a barn. At Killington they would take the cabins off the line every night. I helped with the K1 a bunch of times late season. Pushing them around by hand was actually fun.

 

[Jersey Skier]

95's or 107's tomorrow for leftovers?

 

[Kingslug]

I ski 105 all day...117 for the deep stuff. Tomorrow ...105 day..I can't ski woods with the surfboards too well.

 

[lukoson]

Today was great! Would have been there tomorrow but pooped and knees are throbbin.

 

[billyb3]

Gondi runs late on bad weather days (because like Gore I think) they don't have a cover for the cabins, so with big storms sometimes the cabin doors freeze up and need to be manually addressed. Believe Whiteface has a housing for the gondi cabins.

ah, that makes sense. thanks!