Yesterday was…..weird?
Lovely day, actually, as was Sunday afternoon. With temps in the mid and upper 30’s Monday and the sun out, no wind to speak of, it was absolutely lovely. Soft snow and powder pockets on natural trails, zoom-zoom on mostly soft and delightful groomers, with a few spring slush turns to be found in the sun.
As this lovely day wore on, actually, the ropes began to…….go up?
That’s right. Ropes went up on Mackenzie and Skyward. Mind you, just before those ropes went up I skied both. Sure, there’s some ice out there (a lot in spots), but there is also a TON of great, soft snow if you ski (even just a little bit) smart. Yes, the head wall on Sky is an icy mess, but there are other ways to get into Skyward without doing the 100 vertical foot head wall ice surf. In fact, first time we saw the rope across the top of Sky we just went in through the snow fields and had a lovely run. Next time up they put a closed sign over there, too.
I guess protecting the public means shutting down very skiable terrain because there are stupid idiots who aren’t smart enough to keep themselves out of trouble? This least common denominator stuff is for the birds!
Yet, here is another oddity of the past few days. Slide View Glades has been open (not that it has been listed as open on the conditions report. I know…you wanna know you gotta go….but the WF conditions reporting is terrible, if you ask me….but I digress). Slide View is thin a shit, but it’s been open. How it makes sense that Cloudsplitter Glades, which have more snow, aren’t open and Slide View is? I’d say that’s a head scratcher….but it’s probably just more of the least common denominator BS.
Anywho, other than those oddities the mountain is skiing great. Get it while you can!
Lovely day, actually, as was Sunday afternoon. With temps in the mid and upper 30’s Monday and the sun out, no wind to speak of, it was absolutely lovely. Soft snow and powder pockets on natural trails, zoom-zoom on mostly soft and delightful groomers, with a few spring slush turns to be found in the sun.
As this lovely day wore on, actually, the ropes began to…….go up?
That’s right. Ropes went up on Mackenzie and Skyward. Mind you, just before those ropes went up I skied both. Sure, there’s some ice out there (a lot in spots), but there is also a TON of great, soft snow if you ski (even just a little bit) smart. Yes, the head wall on Sky is an icy mess, but there are other ways to get into Skyward without doing the 100 vertical foot head wall ice surf. In fact, first time we saw the rope across the top of Sky we just went in through the snow fields and had a lovely run. Next time up they put a closed sign over there, too.
I guess protecting the public means shutting down very skiable terrain because there are stupid idiots who aren’t smart enough to keep themselves out of trouble? This least common denominator stuff is for the birds!
Yet, here is another oddity of the past few days. Slide View Glades has been open (not that it has been listed as open on the conditions report. I know…you wanna know you gotta go….but the WF conditions reporting is terrible, if you ask me….but I digress). Slide View is thin a shit, but it’s been open. How it makes sense that Cloudsplitter Glades, which have more snow, aren’t open and Slide View is? I’d say that’s a head scratcher….but it’s probably just more of the least common denominator BS.
Anywho, other than those oddities the mountain is skiing great. Get it while you can!
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