Royal Mountain Conditions
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Jim
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- Dec 22, 2022
Sorry I missed you @Harvey. You picked a day with Royal at its best and I'm glad you enjoyed it. With a couple of lessons I got only 8 runs off the top but all were great, at least some woods on almost every run. I couldn't get out on the main mountain until almost noon so I missed all of the powder on the main trails but there was plenty to go around on the edges and in the woods when I finished up after 3.
It's possible today's crowd was the most people I've ever seen at Royal on a regular ski day. The lower parking area is almost never needed and to have it fill is pretty much unheard of. Race days are busy but a lot of those people are just watching. I didn't notice cars parked on Route 10 like they sometimes do for the snowmobile events.
I can't go up early tomorrow but hope to head up for an hour or two in the afternoon. Should still be excellent.
It's possible today's crowd was the most people I've ever seen at Royal on a regular ski day. The lower parking area is almost never needed and to have it fill is pretty much unheard of. Race days are busy but a lot of those people are just watching. I didn't notice cars parked on Route 10 like they sometimes do for the snowmobile events.
I can't go up early tomorrow but hope to head up for an hour or two in the afternoon. Should still be excellent.
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We were first-ish and skied several untracked laps to start the day. Our first run down the lift line was off the charts.
There were pillows everywhere. The snow was bouncy. Reported 22" of snow fall was legit.
By the time it got busy (noon?) it reminded me of Plattekill, every chair full, tons of room on the trails and in the trees.
When we left there was still plenty of great woods skiing to be done.
A lot of really usable terrain for a small mountain. Royal is awesome.
There were pillows everywhere. The snow was bouncy. Reported 22" of snow fall was legit.
By the time it got busy (noon?) it reminded me of Plattekill, every chair full, tons of room on the trails and in the trees.
When we left there was still plenty of great woods skiing to be done.
A lot of really usable terrain for a small mountain. Royal is awesome.
Jim
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- Dec 22, 2022
I got back up for a couple hours at the end of the day today, glad I did. There was another 6"+ since yesterday and the snow was coming down pretty good. I focused my limited time on hitting areas I am only interested in skiing when there's good enough and deep enough snow, which are also places I knew I could find some deep fresh tracks even at 3:00 on Sunday. Best of the day were
- Dutchess, the very challenging (cliffs!) tree run between Prince and Queen
- Jester, the lower angle glade between the lifts and the lower half of Challenge
- the upper part of Wench, but not the main line but closer to Royal where you can really only go when it's deep
