Greek Peak Conditions

Took off work to ski, pretty sweet, about 6" of heavy, dense snow, got tracked out fast. I think I'm done, I actually am sick.
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Took the wife for a few hours on a sking date today. A few more trails were open, including Mars and Arcadian Gate off Chair 5. We skied lifts 4 and 5 today. Weather-wise, Greek lucked out the last couple of days. They got 3 inches yesterday afternoon and last night and picked up 5 or so Wednesday afternoon before the snow changed to freezing drizzle Wednesday night when temps got up near freezing. While the glades are all officially closed, you wouldn't know it because there are so many skiers in them. Temps were below freezing when we left, and they were making snow on the upper part of Pollex and all of Casper, as well as on Marathon and Lower Zeus. Conditions on the groomed trails were packed powder. There was ungroomed and untracked areas on the skier's right side of Lower Mars, all of Lower Arcadian Gate, and on Arethusa Way down to the Mars crossover. About 3 inches on top of a light crust in all ungroomed areas. Areas without snowmaking are still too thin for skiing on the good skis though...

Tomorrow and Sunday should be great days to ski. Unless you like hanging from a chair for 10 extra minutes at a time, I'd stay away from the Visions chairlift, as the stupid loading track continues to jam when its most needed -- when the place is most crowded. The last few weekends staff have had to stop the lift a couple of times a day to clean out the ice and snow underneath. This means a stop of 10 minutes or so. My boss says a new loading track/carpet is coming very soon.
 
DHA said:
Took the wife for a few hours on a sking date today. A few more trails were open, including Mars and Arcadian Gate off Chair 5. We skied lifts 4 and 5 today. Weather-wise, Greek lucked out the last couple of days. They got 3 inches yesterday afternoon and last night and picked up 5 or so Wednesday afternoon before the snow changed to freezing drizzle Wednesday night when temps got up near freezing. While the glades are all officially closed, you wouldn't know it because there are so many skiers in them. Temps were below freezing when we left, and they were making snow on the upper part of Pollex and all of Casper, as well as on Marathon and Lower Zeus. Conditions on the groomed trails were packed powder. There was ungroomed and untracked areas on the skier's right side of Lower Mars, all of Lower Arcadian Gate, and on Arethusa Way down to the Mars crossover. About 3 inches on top of a light crust in all ungroomed areas. Areas without snowmaking are still too thin for skiing on the good skis though...

Tomorrow and Sunday should be great days to ski. Unless you like hanging from a chair for 10 extra minutes at a time, I'd stay away from the Visions chairlift, as the stupid loading track continues to jam when its most needed -- when the place is most crowded. The last few weekends staff have had to stop the lift a couple of times a day to clean out the ice and snow underneath. This means a stop of 10 minutes or so. My boss says a new loading track/carpet is coming very soon.
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Thanks for the info on the quad. I've been wondering why its stopped running so often this year. I've headed straight for chair 4 at opening a couple times due to the CF at the base.
 
I’ll be at 5 for opening and also stay away from the CF. Bounce between 4 and 5 on weekends but usually take 1 run over to front side. But make sure it’s late enough for chair 1 to be open
 
Beautiful sunny morning at chair 5. Unfortunately, chair 5 wasn't on its best behavior. On my second ride up, it stopped and then rolled back a few feet when n they tried to restart it. On my fifth ride up, it stopped and rolled back a foot or so when they restarted it. When I got to the top, I spoke with someone about it. (It always rolls back a bit when it stops, but doesn't usually roll back like that when they restart it.) The guy said that no, this wasn't normal. It had stopped when I got to the bottom. I got to see the weight lifting up and setting.

However, I decided that 2 scary stops out of 5 rides up was plenty and left.

ETA. It probably didn't help that I was riding up with a guy who had to be evaced from 5 when it rolled back a few years ago. That doesn't sound like fun.
 
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Think every time I rode it today, it stopped and rolled back every time. Just a little un nerving to say the least.
 
tirolski said:
The owner is on the "Passenger Tramway Advisory Council" for NYS.
He should know what’s going on.
dol.ny.gov

Division of Safety & Health Boards and Councils

The Division of Safety & Health oversees several industry boards and councils.
dol.ny.gov dol.ny.gov
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You know what they say about assuming right?
Still isn’t reassuring, sorry.

I never thought it’s unsafe just unsettling, everyone I was on with lift also found it that way by their reactions.

I keep doing laps if that says anything.
 
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