Harvey
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- Jul 15, 2020
Ski Day 15: Today was my best day of skiing this year, and it was probably only the fourth best day this week. I could see how people must have had a blast the last few days. Luckily it didn't come close to the predicted lows last night. We had 8 degrees above at the cabin. It was about 5 when we got to Gore, sunny with no wind.
Early morning rainbow in a circle around the sun
Zelda wanted to hit Burnt Ridge. My intention was to get after the soft looking bumps on Sagamore...
But I noticed this...
The top of Barkeater is Twisteresque. You can absolutely bomb it. It actually seems to have less pitch than most of Twister...
I realized on the way down that the Barkeater "Headwall" could actually be an extension of the Sagamore headwall. In any case it's fairly far down the run. There wasn't enough snow to cover it. Still it felt like a historic occasion, so I felt it was worth sacrificing some base.
We spent most of the morning on Burnt Ridge. Sagamore skied great. A total pleasure....
Chatiemac had guns on it and a ton of snow. It was a blast skiing it, but it felt weird to be under the guns, with all the natural snow around...
Double Barrel Jr skied fantastically. Incredibly soft, midsize bumps...
Darkside was deserted. In fact the whole mountain seemed empty. Had to be the combo of 85% of terrain open, plus trees, and forecasted bitter temps.
Dark Side.
It's been a little confusing with ropes around the mountain...
I went into the trees through an unroped entrance and ended up on Lower Steilhang which was roped, from above. (It was marked as open on the mornings trail report.) If it was closed it was an honest mistake! The headwall itself was in better condition than when I skied it two weeks ago, and it was open then. Fantastic snow below the headwall...
Mineshaft
End of the day.
Yet another day bell-to-bell. Marked glades are a little thin in spots. Straightbrook Glades, Dark Side and Double Barrel were my picks for soft snow and base preservation. While there was some tree skiing last weekend, today felt like the official opening weekend for tree skiing at Gore. It felt great to be back in the trees.
The skiing that's been done over the last few days has packed the base nicely and Gore is in prime condition for that next dump coming from the lurking midweek storm.
Early morning rainbow in a circle around the sun
Zelda wanted to hit Burnt Ridge. My intention was to get after the soft looking bumps on Sagamore...
But I noticed this...
The top of Barkeater is Twisteresque. You can absolutely bomb it. It actually seems to have less pitch than most of Twister...
I realized on the way down that the Barkeater "Headwall" could actually be an extension of the Sagamore headwall. In any case it's fairly far down the run. There wasn't enough snow to cover it. Still it felt like a historic occasion, so I felt it was worth sacrificing some base.
We spent most of the morning on Burnt Ridge. Sagamore skied great. A total pleasure....
Chatiemac had guns on it and a ton of snow. It was a blast skiing it, but it felt weird to be under the guns, with all the natural snow around...
Double Barrel Jr skied fantastically. Incredibly soft, midsize bumps...
Darkside was deserted. In fact the whole mountain seemed empty. Had to be the combo of 85% of terrain open, plus trees, and forecasted bitter temps.
Dark Side.
It's been a little confusing with ropes around the mountain...
I went into the trees through an unroped entrance and ended up on Lower Steilhang which was roped, from above. (It was marked as open on the mornings trail report.) If it was closed it was an honest mistake! The headwall itself was in better condition than when I skied it two weeks ago, and it was open then. Fantastic snow below the headwall...
Mineshaft
End of the day.
Yet another day bell-to-bell. Marked glades are a little thin in spots. Straightbrook Glades, Dark Side and Double Barrel were my picks for soft snow and base preservation. While there was some tree skiing last weekend, today felt like the official opening weekend for tree skiing at Gore. It felt great to be back in the trees.
The skiing that's been done over the last few days has packed the base nicely and Gore is in prime condition for that next dump coming from the lurking midweek storm.
