Bristol Conditions

[Johnny V.]

Guess thinking paid off. Rain when we got up which changed to snow depending on elevation. We skied for a couple of hours-the oldest grandaughter's big talk last night of getting there early met reality. Wet snow at the hill with a good couple of inches at the top. Slightly sticky at the bottom, but it should groom in nicely for tomorrow and they will crank the guns as soon as the temps drop. Place was deserted- New Years day sluggishness plus rain in Rochester means empty slopes. Snow was heavy-decent but a workout for early season legs.

 

[Johnny V.]

Skied yesterday and today. Good news-snowmaking has resumed on the top of the hill-Nova, Upper Galaxy and Morningstar. They'll be in good shape in the next few days-certainly better Christmas/New Years weeks than last year.

Conditions pretty much the same-some ice, some sugar and some new man made on Upper Galaxy. Crowds weren't bad-probably busier tomorrow.

 

[Johnny V.]

Skied today with my oldest (14) granddaughter-always a pleasure as she's turned into a very good skier (even though she's a typical teenager and calls me "bro" and "dude"). Not bad conditions and fairly crowded, although it is Sunday and the end of the vacation weeks. Nova and Southern Cross have reopened and the guns are going on Lower Galaxy, Upper Northstar, Upper Universe and Morningstar. Should have expanded terrain in the next couple of days and the opening of the Galaxy chair later in the week.

One thing I noticed-the sectioning off and expansion of the beginner area has apparently worked well.. Seemed to be a lot of people over there learning and practicing.

 

[Johnny V.]

Two day report. Yesterday was fogged in-as I approached from Rochester you could see the cloud from all the guns going. Conditions weren't bad but visibility sucked and they ended up closing Upper Galaxy as there were a couple of accidents due to the very foggy conditions. Glad I know the mountain as I was able to guess where I was at times.

Today was much better-cold and wind, but with a couple inches of new snow and constant flurries during the day. Guns going on Milky Way, Lower Galaxy, Upper Northstar and Polaris, Upper Universe and some of the connectors. Morningstar opened today in the back area-I made one trip up the Crawler so I could ski Nova, but enough was enough on that chair. Very quiet in terms of skiers, but given the cold and wind to be expected. I would say that they will be running the Galaxy HSQ in the next couple of days and certainly over the weekend as a bunch of terrain should be open on the north side.

 

[Andy_ROC]

Two day report. Yesterday was fogged in-as I approached from Rochester you could see the cloud from all the guns going. Conditions weren't bad but visibility sucked and they ended up closing Upper Galaxy as there were a couple of accidents due to the very foggy conditions. Glad I know the mountain as I was able to guess where I was at times.

Today was much better-cold and wind, but with a couple inches of new snow and constant flurries during the day. Guns going on Milky Way, Lower Galaxy, Upper Northstar and Polaris, Upper Universe and some of the connectors. Morningstar opened today in the back area-I made one trip up the Crawler so I could ski Nova, but enough was enough on that chair. Very quiet in terms of skiers, but given the cold and wind to be expected. I would say that they will be running the Galaxy HSQ in the next couple of days and certainly over the weekend as a bunch of terrain should be open on the north side.

Thanks for the nice update. I'm happy to hear they are making snow on Upper Northstar and Polaris. Hopefully they can make some snow on Lower Northstar sooner than later--- I really hope we can ski that top to bottom this season considering it never got open last year. With the current forecast there's not a single daytime high above 32 for the next 10 days so hopefully that will happen.

 

[Johnny V.]

"Hopefully they can make some snow on Lower Northstar sooner than later---"

I'm sure the Fullers want to get that open too-it'll be a signature run when we finally get to ski it especially with the widening of Upper North Star.

 

[Johnny V.]

Hope these constant reports aren't too boring.............anyway good news! New trails open today are Lower Galaxy, Polaris, Upper Northstar, Upper Universe and some of the connectors. Snowmaking on Lower Universe, Upper Meteor, base of Lower Northstar and Milky Way. Upper Universe was left with huge snowmaking whales and the other new trails have the typical 1st groom marbles, but still nice to have them open. Rest of the stuff was nice with about 2" of new overnite and flurries throughout the day. We're getting there as long as the pond holds out!

 

[Brownski]

Hope these constant reports aren't too boring

Updates are great. A couple pics might liven things up

 

[Johnny V.]

"Updates are great. A couple pics might liven things up"

Unless I'm with the grandkids when they might ditch me and I need to get in touch with them, I usually leave the phone in the locker. I'll try for some tomorrow.

 

[Johnny V.]

Sorry, no pics...............too cold to pull the phone out.

Sun! I could see! Helped moderate the wind and the cold. Guns on Upper Rocket, but it was open, guns on Lower Universe AND Lower Northstar! Started out on the 88's, but ran into some of my race buddies and switched to a pair of my GS skis. Comet was fantastic-ripped it a few times-the few skiers made it possible to do it safely. The newly opened trails-Lower Galaxy and Upper Northstar were less marbley that yesterday, but still need a couple of days of grooming.Wind/cold was enough to keep me away from the Morningstar Chair-too bad because the snow was probably nice back there.

Looks like the hill will be 100% by the weekend. Best start in the last 3 years.Kudos to the Fullers for their efforts.