Belleayre Conditions

[Jersey Skier]

Not the best day for me at Belleayre today.

Had to start at Discovery lodge to pick up my ski 3 card. It was supposedly printed, but sitting on someone's desk somewhere. Took a while to straighten that out. They say I should eventually get my free day via an email.

Gondi was not running due to wind, but the wind pretty much died by 11:30.

With the Gondi closed there was no way to get over to Lift #8 without driving there. None of the connector trails were open.
I was told by the same people who couldn't find my pass that the shuttle could take me there. However after waiting 30 minutes for a shuttle I called and was told she stopped driving the shuttle after the morning.

Got kind of bored skiing the same couple of runs so quit by 2.

Hopefully day two of the season will be better.

 

[tirolski]

Not the best day for me at Belleayre today.

Had to start at Discovery lodge to pick up my ski 3 card. It was supposedly printed, but sitting on someone's desk somewhere. Took a while to straighten that out. They say I should eventually get my free day via an email.
Gondi was not running due to wind, but the wind pretty much died by 11:30.
With the Gondi closed there was no way to get over to Lift #8 without driving there. None of the connector trails were open.
I was told by the same people who couldn't find my pass that the shuttle could take me there. However after waiting 30 minutes for a shuttle I called and was told she stopped driving the shuttle after the morning.

How hard is it to blow snow on connector trail(s)?
Never been to Belle so don’t know.
Hopefully with the big chill coming they’ll be able to get things linked.

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

How hard is it to blow snow on connector trail(s)?
Never been to Belle so don’t know.
Hopefully with the big chill coming they’ll be able to get things linked.

This morning's condition report says they are blowing on it today as well as a few other upper mountain trails. I have to give Belle credit, they've done a great job with the weather cards they were dealt this early season.

@Jersey Skier - Not ideal but you can hike across the top of the mountain back to the Lift 8 trails.

 

[Jersey Skier]

Oh, there was one bright part of the day. It was all paid for by Vail. Last year I filled out one of their questionnaires online and I must have been entered in a contest for a $200 Amex gift card. I used it to pay for my lift ticket and plan to use the rest at other non-epic resorts.

 

[Jersey Skier]

This morning's condition report says they are blowing on it today as well as a few other upper mountain trails. I have to give Belle credit, they've done a great job with the weather cards they were dealt this early season.

@Jersey Skier - Not ideal but you can hike across the top of the mountain back to the Lift 8 trails.

Problem was I didn't know if the other side of the mountain was open until I came down to the base for lunch and could see skiers over there. After wasting my time waiting for the shuttle I really didn't feel like waiting for that slow ass lift to take me back towards Overlook to continue to the top and then hike across. Just went home.

 

[G.ski]

Belle was great today. Good manmade snow everywhere. Loved the whales on Belleayre Run.
Considering the crappy weather my hats off to the snowmakers.

 

[G.ski]

So after good skiing on 1/6 because Belle decided to go all in and resurface all of their open terrain, I was looking forward to 1/7 with a few inches of fresh. I left home with 3" on the ground and watched as the snow totals decreased as I headed north and west. As I passed Pine Hill it looked like it had not snowed at all! So I was pretty dejected as I turned into the access road. Fortunately the elevation gain resulted in a bit of lake effect snow and there was about 3" of fresh snow on the hill. Dare I say I got in a few powdery turns? Finally!!

 

[billyb3]

Any one have any Intel? From FB:

"Good evening riders and skiers... Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on the Belleayre Express lift. Unfortunately, the lift will not be spinning for us on Sunday, January 9th. We are currently waiting on equipment to arrive at the mountain and should know more tomorrow. When we have updates, we will list them on our Snow Report at belleayre.com."

 

[cerv1]

We went to Belle yesterday for our first runs of season. Like G. ski mentioned, the surroundings have very little natural snow, but they’ve been done a good job with the snow making on the mountain.

Conditions yesterday were pretty decent if your frame of reference is “early season Ice Coast”. Sunny skies and crunchy snow. Everything was skiing fast.

Unfortunately the Belleayre Express quad wasn’t working, and there were outrageous lines for Gondola and Lightning Quad. We avoided the craziness by staying on the Tomahawk side most of the time. However, Dot Nebel was closed for racing, leaving Deer Run and Seneca as the only viable options for most of the afternoon. We looped them until 3, then Dot reopened and we took some nice runs on Dot before ending the day at 4.

We planned to ski this morning but the mountain is currently closed due to freezing rain…

 

[cerv1]

Any one have any Intel? From FB:

"Good evening riders and skiers... Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on the Belleayre Express lift. Unfortunately, the lift will not be spinning for us on Sunday, January 9th. We are currently waiting on equipment to arrive at the mountain and should know more tomorrow. When we have updates, we will list them on our Snow Report at belleayre.com."

Yes it was closed all yesterday ?