Tjf1967
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Sometimes having a red jacket with you with a radio works out great
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Tjf1967
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You and your wife walk the talk. Kodos
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Brownski
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Ha, good for you… I was just funnin’ anyway
Not so great today. It looked great but you could hear every skier scraping showcase on our first chair ride at 8:40. Sunway, headwaters, wood lots and cloud had the best snow. They ended up closing lies. Weather for tonight isn’t as bad as previously forecast so hopefully tomorrow is better.
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NorEaster27
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How’s the station?
snoloco
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I will agree that today was not great by any means. It really depended on what was groomed later, or the small handful of trails that softened up. Anything that was groomed early was just awful if not downright dangerous.
I messed up by sleeping through my alarm, waking up at 7:35. I was on the road by 7:50, pulled into the ski bowl at 8:47, and was on the Hudson Chair by 8:55. Not a bad turnaround.
I was meeting a friend who started at the main base, and he texted my saying the conditions were very icy and that he crashed on the bottom of Twister. I texted back saying to come to Burnt Ridge as it seemed the trails at the ski bowl were ok.
After cycling through all the ski bowl trails, it was a trip down the very icy Hedges and Tahawus and up the excruciatingly slow and stopping every 100 yards North Quad.
It turned out the only trails worth skiing on the front side were the variations of Sunway. Showcase and Twister looked to just be sheets of ice. Quicksilver was actually closed due to ice. This meant that Sunway was very crowded, but at least the conditions weren't terrible.
My friend had to leave around noon and we didn't have time to get to the summit, but we decided to try Topridge to see if it softened, and sure enough it sort of did.
After he left, I had a quick lunch, then decided to try the summit. Pine Knot had been closed due to ice, but Uncas was open, though it has not softened like Topridge did and was icy. On the summit itself, Chatiemac, Hawkeye, and Lies were all closed due to ice, but Open Pit and Headwaters weren't terrible. On High Peaks, Hullabaloo and Lower Darby were both closed, but Santanoni and Little Cloud were open, but very icy. Upper Steilhang was open and fully groomed, haven't seen that in many years, but good to see as it allows one to bypass the death turn on Cloud. Unfortunately it was very icy.
After the summit, I did a few more on the front side, then went to Burnt Ridge via Sleeping Bear and Pipeline. I decided to try Echo, which was surprisingly good, so I did 2 laps. Then it was back to the ski bowl where I squeezed in 2 laps on Hudson before it closed. Then I decided to make up for the late start and did a dozen laps on the Village Chair, finishing my final run at about 4:40.
Run count:
12 Village
8 Hudson
6 Adirondack Express
5 Burnt Ridge
4 Straightbrook
2 Gondola
2 High Peaks
1 North
1 Topridge
41 lifts for 35,279 vertical
P.S. I did go inside the new lodge. It has the new building smell. Certainly much better than the double wide trailer that isn't adjacent to any lifts. What I don't understand is why they went with a sit-down restaurant when what they really needed was another cafeteria, as the two that they have are absolutely slammed every weekend. What do they think this is? Vail?
I messed up by sleeping through my alarm, waking up at 7:35. I was on the road by 7:50, pulled into the ski bowl at 8:47, and was on the Hudson Chair by 8:55. Not a bad turnaround.
I was meeting a friend who started at the main base, and he texted my saying the conditions were very icy and that he crashed on the bottom of Twister. I texted back saying to come to Burnt Ridge as it seemed the trails at the ski bowl were ok.
After cycling through all the ski bowl trails, it was a trip down the very icy Hedges and Tahawus and up the excruciatingly slow and stopping every 100 yards North Quad.
It turned out the only trails worth skiing on the front side were the variations of Sunway. Showcase and Twister looked to just be sheets of ice. Quicksilver was actually closed due to ice. This meant that Sunway was very crowded, but at least the conditions weren't terrible.
My friend had to leave around noon and we didn't have time to get to the summit, but we decided to try Topridge to see if it softened, and sure enough it sort of did.
After he left, I had a quick lunch, then decided to try the summit. Pine Knot had been closed due to ice, but Uncas was open, though it has not softened like Topridge did and was icy. On the summit itself, Chatiemac, Hawkeye, and Lies were all closed due to ice, but Open Pit and Headwaters weren't terrible. On High Peaks, Hullabaloo and Lower Darby were both closed, but Santanoni and Little Cloud were open, but very icy. Upper Steilhang was open and fully groomed, haven't seen that in many years, but good to see as it allows one to bypass the death turn on Cloud. Unfortunately it was very icy.
After the summit, I did a few more on the front side, then went to Burnt Ridge via Sleeping Bear and Pipeline. I decided to try Echo, which was surprisingly good, so I did 2 laps. Then it was back to the ski bowl where I squeezed in 2 laps on Hudson before it closed. Then I decided to make up for the late start and did a dozen laps on the Village Chair, finishing my final run at about 4:40.
Run count:
12 Village
8 Hudson
6 Adirondack Express
5 Burnt Ridge
4 Straightbrook
2 Gondola
2 High Peaks
1 North
1 Topridge
41 lifts for 35,279 vertical
P.S. I did go inside the new lodge. It has the new building smell. Certainly much better than the double wide trailer that isn't adjacent to any lifts. What I don't understand is why they went with a sit-down restaurant when what they really needed was another cafeteria, as the two that they have are absolutely slammed every weekend. What do they think this is? Vail?
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