Greek Peak Conditions

[Cornhead]

Best groomers of the season this morning. Started with 3 runs down Odyssey. No one there, each run like first tracks. Snow felt slow, but I think its just because I'm used to firm and fast this year. Nice soft, carvable groom.

Castor Connector, and the upper connector, Epicurus? were both open, right side of Mars all the way down open, thin and bare, woods too, thin and bare, Arcadian Gate closed, I think the lower part might've been open, not sure. Not sure 2 spun, late if it did. No conveyor on quad, ran slower than normal, those chairs are heavy, and low with snow on top of the conveyor. Should've tried taking pics, wore tech liner gloves, never wear them. Would be good for that if they work smoothly. You wouldn't have wanted bare hands exposed long this morning.

I'll take this Saturday over last any day.
blue skies, great snow, subzero temps, zero crowd > blue skies, great snow, moderate temps, mob

Kudos to Greek for pulling it off. Back to "mormal" weather tomorrow, and all next week, 40's, ugh.

 

[Cornhead]

Some friends who skied Greek Peak today texted me and said they had to be evacuated around 2:00 from chair 2. I don't know the details, as I haven't spoken with them.

Yikes! Was a little nervous to ride 5 today. Not related, but gates weren't working on 5. I think they had to remotely open them. I went around them once. At least it was probably up to zero by two.

 

[Campgottagopee]

Some friends who skied Greek Peak today texted me and said they had to be evacuated around 2:00 from chair 2. I don't know the details, as I haven't spoken with them.

Better ask RJ

 

[Emily]

Better ask RJ

Women love being referred to as men.

 

[Scrundy]

Best groomers of the season this morning. Started with 3 runs down Odyssey. No one there, each run like first tracks. Snow felt slow, but I think its just because I'm used to firm and fast this year. Nice soft, carvable groom.

Castor Connector, and the upper connector, Epicurus? were both open, right side of Mars all the way down open, thin and bare, woods too, thin and bare, Arcadian Gate closed, I think the lower part might've been open, not sure. Not sure 2 spun, late if it did. No conveyor on quad, ran slower than normal, those chairs are heavy, and low with snow on top of the conveyor. Should've tried taking pics, wore tech liner gloves, never wear them. Would be good for that if they work smoothly. You wouldn't have wanted bare hands exposed long this morning.

I'll take this Saturday over last any day.
blue skies, great snow, subzero temps, zero crowd > blue skies, great snow, moderate temps, mob

Kudos to Greek for pulling it off. Back to "mormal" weather tomorrow, and all next week, 40's, ugh.

Gonna brave the crowd tomorrow. Thinking everyone will choose to ski tomorrow. My prediction will be heavy crowds and a cluster on front side. If I SAB should be tolerable

 

[Cornhead]

F them whiny bitches stuck on 2 in subzero weather, it wasn't windy, the sun was out, wusses.

 

[tirolski]

Gonna brave the crowd tomorrow. Thinking everyone will choose to ski tomorrow. My prediction will be heavy crowds and a cluster on front side. If I SAB should be tolerable

Yup folks got snow in their backyards in CNY now so out they’ll come.
Might try real early for a bit at Song and hit Lab Monday. Ain’t been to Lab for almost a couple weeks. It’ll be pretty with the new snow.

 

[DHA]

Yep, chair 2 was a cluster F today. Management at Greek has lost it. It’s beyond insane. There are rumors all over the place that they opened chair 2 without a checking on backup motor — on a cold day, with a terrain park snowboard event going. A chair nearly a mile long and 60 years old. Greek was lucky there was little wind on a 9 degree day and enough staff were there so it was 1 hour to get all down. Staff is sick of lift evacs broken down groomers, main quad without loading carpet and running slow again, beginner carpet lift down again and again.

I have serious doubts about this place, not about safety, but do really I want to ski and work here when every weekend a lift breaks? Do I really want to be hanging from 4 lifts that are 40 to 60 years old that need overhaul or should I hop on Visions with its 15 minute stops to fix a loading carpet? How about a used alpha lift that derailed its first day and didn’t trigger an emergency stop? And do it 6 hours a day 4 days a week? How about the fact that there still hasn’t been lift evac training for far too many staff!

 

[tirolski]

Some friends who skied Greek Peak today texted me and said they had to be evacuated around 2:00 from chair 2. I don't know the details, as I haven't spoken with them.

Kudos to Ski Patrol and all the folks who got em all down safely. Twas cold outside.

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[tirolski]

Yep, chair 2 was a cluster F today. Management at Greek has lost it. It’s beyond insane. There are rumors all over the place that they opened chair 2 without a checking on backup motor — on a cold day, with a terrain park snowboard event going. A chair nearly a mile long and 60 years old. Greek was lucky there was little wind on a 9 degree day and enough staff were there so it was 1 hour to get all down. Staff is sick of lift evacs broken down groomers, main quad without loading carpet and running slow again, beginner carpet lift down again and again.

I have serious doubts about this place, not about safety, but do really I want to ski and work here when every weekend a lift breaks? Do I really want to be hanging from 4 lifts that are 40 to 60 years old that need overhaul or should I hop on Visions with its 15 minute stops to fix a loading carpet? How about a used alpha lift that derailed its first day and didn’t trigger an emergency stop? And do it 6 hours a day 4 days a week? How about the fact that there still hasn’t been lift evac training for far too many staff!

Dang.
A friend’s, I’ve been skiing with for years, brother has a pass @Greek and lives very near there. He also bought a pass at Song/Lab/Togg? the last couple years.
He skis pretty much everyday and comes to Lab and Song a lot. He wishes Greek was better and said, it is in some things better than it was. Yer only as good as yer weakest link though.
Lab had a pipe burst in the dark Friday morning and my friend was stuck on a chair for 10 minutes @ Song this morning till it moved again.
Safety is no accident.
Uphill skiing keeps looking better and better to me. I like to do fast, somewhat old fart, laps though.