not2brite
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All of that is exactly correct. Additionally it made more room for the kids racing program.
Catamount Conditions
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Flying Z
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Today brought bright sun after a little rain in the AM. Five main runs accessible off of the NY side, three off the MA side. Nice slush conditions but no moguls anywhere.
it's going to be tough to keep it going with the warm weather forecast. only catapult and Glade/show off looked to have a good base. Lift Op said they will be closed Mon. and Tuesday.
it's going to be tough to keep it going with the warm weather forecast. only catapult and Glade/show off looked to have a good base. Lift Op said they will be closed Mon. and Tuesday.
Ripitz
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Yea.
Ripitz
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Yikes, they had to shut it down.
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Current Mountain Conditions - Catamount Mountain Resort
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Ripitz
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Magic is closed until 1/8
Brownski
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Positive developments
Jim
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I used my Indy Pass for a Catamount day today. It was my first time there since 2018, third time overall.
I didn't get an early start, which is probably good, because the snow was pretty rough when I got out there around 11. I came down the NY side for the first few runs on a not-deep-enough machine-made hard-packed groomed surface with occasional chunks. I was thinking it might not be a long day. As I continued to check out the open terrain (they said 21 trails), the snow softened up but at the expense of skiing first in a mix of sleet, snow, and rain, but then in a plain old rain. The Race Run under the Catamount Quad was the best snow of the day, and one of the places I felt I could really let the skis ride and take some nice, carving turns. After lunch, I went back to try the NY side trails again and they had improved a lot. I'd have taken more runs but. the rain was really coming down by about 1:30 and it just wasn't worth staying out in it.
I guess I shouldn't have been given the recent weather, but I was surprised how thin the cover was on most trails. Very thin spots were marked by patrol and many more were in danger of peeking through as the rain picked up. Hopefully the rain changes over and they don't lose trails. At this point, there's not much to push around to patch things up.
So anyway, I'm still glad I went. I got in some good runs and found that my new ski jacket and pants are definitely waterproof. If I paid full price for a day ticket, I would have been disappointed, but as it just cost an Indy redemption and gas/lunch money and some time (barely over 90 minutes there, 2 hours back in more weather) it was fine.
I have a few pictures from the day on my Twitter feed, @JimTeresco
Back to Royal this weekend, and I'm doing my best to keep Tuesday next week clear for either another Indy redemption or maybe a Gore day. I want to get in a few longer days and more challenging terrain before a few days in Utah that start 2 weeks from Monday.
I didn't get an early start, which is probably good, because the snow was pretty rough when I got out there around 11. I came down the NY side for the first few runs on a not-deep-enough machine-made hard-packed groomed surface with occasional chunks. I was thinking it might not be a long day. As I continued to check out the open terrain (they said 21 trails), the snow softened up but at the expense of skiing first in a mix of sleet, snow, and rain, but then in a plain old rain. The Race Run under the Catamount Quad was the best snow of the day, and one of the places I felt I could really let the skis ride and take some nice, carving turns. After lunch, I went back to try the NY side trails again and they had improved a lot. I'd have taken more runs but. the rain was really coming down by about 1:30 and it just wasn't worth staying out in it.
I guess I shouldn't have been given the recent weather, but I was surprised how thin the cover was on most trails. Very thin spots were marked by patrol and many more were in danger of peeking through as the rain picked up. Hopefully the rain changes over and they don't lose trails. At this point, there's not much to push around to patch things up.
So anyway, I'm still glad I went. I got in some good runs and found that my new ski jacket and pants are definitely waterproof. If I paid full price for a day ticket, I would have been disappointed, but as it just cost an Indy redemption and gas/lunch money and some time (barely over 90 minutes there, 2 hours back in more weather) it was fine.
I have a few pictures from the day on my Twitter feed, @JimTeresco
Back to Royal this weekend, and I'm doing my best to keep Tuesday next week clear for either another Indy redemption or maybe a Gore day. I want to get in a few longer days and more challenging terrain before a few days in Utah that start 2 weeks from Monday.
