Harvey
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- Jul 15, 2020
Ski Day 11: Gore reported 11 inches from the "super clipper." I estimated 10 at the base and 14 at the summit.
We arrived around 7:30. It was exciting to see plows, snow on the tables and ski racks. Gondi went green at 8:05.
Reports from yesterday indicated that the lower mountain had the best surfaces and we went with it. We skied Bear Mountain early and both Uncas and Topridge were in amazing shape.
I was hoping that Sunway would have a swath groomed down the center, and big wide lanes on the sides with all 10 inches on top. No such luck, and very tight side skiing was required to get at the fresh snow....
<b>Zelda</b>
Pete Gay was ignored by skiers, and had wide lanes of fresh snow on both sides. We lapped it three times, in the company of Paul and Natalie...
Paul Moore
Pine Knot had tons of cutup down the left side and we got there late - about 10:30...
Snowmaking was going on in some key spots... Hawkeye and Topridge included. In the morning, Topridge was an interesting combo of manmade on skiers right, natural on the left and a transitional zone in between. Big bumps developed across much of the mountain, regardless of snowmaking.
Linc
Up top, Lies, Hullabaloo and Lower Darby had some great light snow, but the headwalls were tough. With so much deluxe skiing across all parts of Bear, we spent most of the day there.
Rochester Mark
Great conditions and ski partners were everywhere. Zelda, Rochester Mark, PDQ, Pammy, Eric, Kirby and Martha, Paul and Natatie, and MC2.
Amazing what ten inches of snow can do for a mountain, and a ski town.
Didn't hurt that I got my birthday wish.
(Hell I wish for snow everyday, why should my birthday be different?)
Topped it off with an amazing, delicious, custom cake from Sarah's Cafe.
Note that it was I who insisted on the full compliment of 52 candles, Sarah has much more sense than that...
Best day of the year for me.
We arrived around 7:30. It was exciting to see plows, snow on the tables and ski racks. Gondi went green at 8:05.
Reports from yesterday indicated that the lower mountain had the best surfaces and we went with it. We skied Bear Mountain early and both Uncas and Topridge were in amazing shape.
I was hoping that Sunway would have a swath groomed down the center, and big wide lanes on the sides with all 10 inches on top. No such luck, and very tight side skiing was required to get at the fresh snow....
<b>Zelda</b>
Pete Gay was ignored by skiers, and had wide lanes of fresh snow on both sides. We lapped it three times, in the company of Paul and Natalie...
Paul Moore
Pine Knot had tons of cutup down the left side and we got there late - about 10:30...
Snowmaking was going on in some key spots... Hawkeye and Topridge included. In the morning, Topridge was an interesting combo of manmade on skiers right, natural on the left and a transitional zone in between. Big bumps developed across much of the mountain, regardless of snowmaking.
Linc
Up top, Lies, Hullabaloo and Lower Darby had some great light snow, but the headwalls were tough. With so much deluxe skiing across all parts of Bear, we spent most of the day there.
Rochester Mark
Great conditions and ski partners were everywhere. Zelda, Rochester Mark, PDQ, Pammy, Eric, Kirby and Martha, Paul and Natatie, and MC2.
Amazing what ten inches of snow can do for a mountain, and a ski town.
Didn't hurt that I got my birthday wish.
(Hell I wish for snow everyday, why should my birthday be different?)
Topped it off with an amazing, delicious, custom cake from Sarah's Cafe.
Note that it was I who insisted on the full compliment of 52 candles, Sarah has much more sense than that...
Best day of the year for me.
