G.ski
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Dot was great all day yesterday especially with the whales. Peekamoose not quite as good but also fantastic all day.
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cerv1
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Great day at Belle today: notched 27,000 feet of vertical in 5 hours on the mountain!
I arrived at 8:30, parked at Tomahawk and rode the first lift up. The summit was in a thick cloud which limited visibility to a few yards! I warmed up on Deer Run and then did a slow cruise down Dot — which felt like a new landscape with all the whales and soft, ungroomed snow.
By 9:30, visibility was better and I lapped Seneca a few times before heading over to the other side of the mountain. Wanatuska was the best of the three blacks under Superchief - lots of soft corduroy and fun whales on the bottom half. Winnisook was slick but edgeable.
After 9 runs in 90 minutes, I stopped for lunch.
After lunch, I did a few laps on Onteora, which was still mostly untracked corduroy. I finished the day with two runs on Dot and was back in NYC by 5.
I have to hand it to Belle. They’ve done an incredible job opening up wide swathes of terrain and the conditions were excellent. Everybody was talking about the forecast for 10” on Monday…
I arrived at 8:30, parked at Tomahawk and rode the first lift up. The summit was in a thick cloud which limited visibility to a few yards! I warmed up on Deer Run and then did a slow cruise down Dot — which felt like a new landscape with all the whales and soft, ungroomed snow.
By 9:30, visibility was better and I lapped Seneca a few times before heading over to the other side of the mountain. Wanatuska was the best of the three blacks under Superchief - lots of soft corduroy and fun whales on the bottom half. Winnisook was slick but edgeable.
After 9 runs in 90 minutes, I stopped for lunch.
After lunch, I did a few laps on Onteora, which was still mostly untracked corduroy. I finished the day with two runs on Dot and was back in NYC by 5.
I have to hand it to Belle. They’ve done an incredible job opening up wide swathes of terrain and the conditions were excellent. Everybody was talking about the forecast for 10” on Monday…
TheGreatAbyss
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Nice day at Belle yesterday, yes it was super windy but it blew in some fresh powder. Lots of bumps to be had too.
Q*bert Jones IV
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That feeling when you meet another poacher on Cathedral Brook. 
Low Angle Life
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They had it open Monday, no? Stream beds coming up through the snow or is everything frozen up?That feeling when you meet another poacher on Cathedral Brook.
I would like to try to bail on a morning of work tomorrow or Friday, it seems like it should still be pretty good.
Q*bert Jones IV
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It's roped as of today, but there's only one stream that needs to be hopped.
TheGreatAbyss
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I've never been down that trail. Is it steep, gladded, or just lots of natural features that need to be dealt with?
Yeah it was open on Monday, both the hike out and roaring brook entrance. Surprised to see it roped now.
The exit wasn’t bad. Couple small streams to jump as usual but nothing more than a couple feet.
GreatAbyss it’s just natural ungroomed terrain. Probably the same steepness as other black trails at belleayre. There are some downed trees/brush/tall grass to avoid in places.
Here’s a couple videos my friend shot of me there on Monday to give you an idea:
Bottom part of the top section before it meets with roaring brook:
Lower section:
The exit wasn’t bad. Couple small streams to jump as usual but nothing more than a couple feet.
GreatAbyss it’s just natural ungroomed terrain. Probably the same steepness as other black trails at belleayre. There are some downed trees/brush/tall grass to avoid in places.
Here’s a couple videos my friend shot of me there on Monday to give you an idea:
Bottom part of the top section before it meets with roaring brook:
Lower section:
TheGreatAbyss
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Looks fun, thanks for sharing!
Harvey
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My first time on Cathedral Brook.
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