Belleayre Conditions

I have been skiing bell for 40 yrs
I can name 4 trails
Bell
Yahoo , deer, dot
All the trails are almost identical
 
Day 8 at Belle today. My kind of day - groomers set up nice and firm overnight. Stayed firm and grippy all day. Lapped Belle and Wanna most of the day.
Agreed conditions were outstanding. Pretty good crowd for a Monday, all the college kids are home for break and decided to ski today. Onteora from the top seemed like it was barely touched all day.
 
One question for today, can you schwack it? Rolled up at 9:30 to about an inch of fresh, took two gondola laps on Seneca and Dot, got bored with the groomers and guns and ventured out to Belle Express. Caught the rope drop on Cathedral, lapped untracked on the sides all the way down to the bottom a few times before ducking into the woods and pushing a bit further into the side country. Really is a shame all this great terrain at Belle goes untracked days after a storm... best day all season, probably better than any day last season. Rivaled many of my best days in the Cats at Platty, especially now that I know the mountain and its various terrain traps like the back of my hand. Glad to have gotten it while the getting was good, been a great fall for skiing in the North East!
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One question for today, can you schwack it? Rolled up at 9:30 to about an inch of fresh, took two gondola laps on Seneca and Dot, got bored with the groomers and guns and ventured out to Belle Express. Caught the rope drop on Cathedral, lapped untracked on the sides all the way down to the bottom a few times before ducking into the woods and pushing a bit further into the side country. Really is a shame all this great terrain at Belle goes untracked days after a storm... best day all season, probably better than any day last season. Rivaled many of my best days in the Cats at Platty, especially now that I know the mountain and its various terrain traps like the back of my hand. Glad to have gotten it while the getting was good, been a great fall for skiing in the North East!
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That’s so dreamy.
 
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