Belleayre Conditions
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Country Gun
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- Jul 22, 2020
Yea they did and about 1 inch last night and snowing all day. First couple runs very nice. Blue moguls still there and still fun skiing. Steeper stuff groomed and moguls variable conditions. Lots of good snow can be found.
Q*bert Jones IV
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Another delightful day at the Belle.
I mostly stuck to the woods today, which I would say I'm only barely capable of doing. Anybody watching me would say that I'm *clearly* not capable of doing it. But I just take it slow and have fun. Cathedral Brook was another highlight, although I was sweating my pants off by the time I'd hoofed it to the lean-to. Pretty sure I was the first (and second) person to ski it today.
Only negative was that Tomahawk lift was closed again, which at this point I think ORDA does just to aggravate me personally. By the time I learned that, it was too late for me to avoid the gondola line which was a 20-minute shitshow. In another thread, someone said that people who didn't want to wait 15 minutes for a lift are spoiled. If that's true then I'm a grade A spoiled whinerbaby. I like to ski. If I wanted to wait in a queue surrounded by humans, I'd go grocery shopping instead.
I mostly stuck to the woods today, which I would say I'm only barely capable of doing. Anybody watching me would say that I'm *clearly* not capable of doing it. But I just take it slow and have fun. Cathedral Brook was another highlight, although I was sweating my pants off by the time I'd hoofed it to the lean-to. Pretty sure I was the first (and second) person to ski it today.
Only negative was that Tomahawk lift was closed again, which at this point I think ORDA does just to aggravate me personally. By the time I learned that, it was too late for me to avoid the gondola line which was a 20-minute shitshow. In another thread, someone said that people who didn't want to wait 15 minutes for a lift are spoiled. If that's true then I'm a grade A spoiled whinerbaby. I like to ski. If I wanted to wait in a queue surrounded by humans, I'd go grocery shopping instead.
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Country Gun
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Tomahawk is closed Tuesday and Thursday . Open Mon Wed Fri, on website
At this point I’m looking forward to going to Belle (never been) just to check out this Cathedral Brook.
What is so remote/special about it? Are we talking about the blue square on the map, or can you dive into the woods via the Cathedral Glen hiking trail or something?
Oh, and that was me, about you spoiled NY skiers! In fairness to me....I didn’t say anyone who doesn’t want to wait in 15 minute lift lines is spoiled. I don’t want to wait in 15 minute lift lines, and I am spoiled. What I really said is that anyone who can’t/won’t wait in an occasional 15 minute lift line, especially on a holiday weekend, is definitely spoiled.
Kingslug
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cathedral is ok..the climb/walk to the top to me is not worth it..you can get to the 2/3 point off roaring brook, on the right.
I've never ventured far into the wood there so it may be great. Winisook glade off the top of the lift is good, short but good..And dreamcatcher glade when open is the best.
I've never ventured far into the wood there so it may be great. Winisook glade off the top of the lift is good, short but good..And dreamcatcher glade when open is the best.
Looking at Cathedral Brook on Google Maps satellite it looks kinda narrow and interesting....
Q*bert Jones IV
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If you frequent better mountains, you probably won't be all that impressed by Cathedral Brook. For example, there are 7 or 8 slopes at Platty that are pretty similar. It's steepish and ungroomed with blown down trees and other natural obstacles. But Belleayre is almost completely groomed. So Cathedral Brook stands out as extraordinary.
