Date(s) Skied: Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Mount Washington, NH Conditions: Spring snow, Winds 0-10 MPH, Temperature 50s F, Mixed clouds and sun Trip Report: I had to leave out some pictures in this Alpine Zone posting of the trip report due to image limits, but the additional pictures can be seen in the version at the Liftlines Skiing &…
Date(s) Skied: May 23, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Eastern Snowfields, Mt. Washington Conditions: Sunny bluebird day in the 70’s, minimal wind and almost no clouds, corn snow Trip Report: With the Auto Road open, trailboss and I decided to go the slacker route. The original plan was to go to the Great Gulf but, when we got to the “parking lot” at the 7.5 mile mark, there seemed to be a lot of activity on the other side of the road. We had never skied the…
Date(s) Skied: May 9th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Jay Peak, VT Conditions: 6″+ new snow at 2,000′, 4″ – 18″ range due to wind, on average, 30 F, blizzard-like conditions with steady snow and gusts to 40 MPH Trip Report: Thanks to some of our local forecasters, we had about a week’s notice that a potential Mother’s Day Snowstorm was on the…
Date(s) Skied: April 30- May 1 Resort or Ski Area: Jay Peak Conditions: Packed powder turned to spring. Trip Report: Well I decided to head up to Jay for one last day of lift serviced skiing, and it was well worth it! I went up with some people from the local hill, we left at 4am on Friday and arrived at jay at 9:15ish. Skiing was great in the am was coverage edge to edge, as the day went on the mud patches to further and further apart. The free lunch…
Date(s) Skied: April 28th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: New snow elevation profile: 340: 3”-4”; 1,000: ~8”; 2,100: 12”-15″; 2,600: 18”, snow denisty above 2,000′ was in the 8% H2O range as of the early morning. Trip Report: Wed had a good run of four small powder days during the April…
Date(s) Skied: April 24th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Killington, VT Conditions: Spring snow, mostly with moguls Trip Report: It seems that as of this season, Dylan has finally reached the point where he could handle a day of spring bumps at Killington, so we headed down for some skiing on Saturday. We were actually hoping to bring the boys out for some Superstar mogul bashing in May, but rumor had it Killingtons lifts might be done after the weekend. With…
Date(s) Skied: 4/11/2010, 4/14/2010, 4/18/2010, 4/19/2010, 4/20/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Mount Washington Great Gulf, West Side, and Stowe Nosedive Area Conditions: POWDER!!! WOOO HOOO!!! Trip Report: The entire FamousInternetSkiers.com crew, except for Porter, who has a boo-bo, and Lionel, who has a job, was on hand to ski an unexpected series of storms that hit Mount Washington (and Mount Mansfield) over the last week and a half. It was a truly…
Date(s) Skied: Saturday 4/24/10 Resort or Ski Area: Killington, VT Conditions: Spring, Sunny, 60 Trip Report: Over the last week or so I’ve been really sick but I decided to suck it up for one more day as I was feeling a bit better this morning. Of course as soon as I start hitting bumps my stomach gets wicked upset. So basically my final day of the year consisted of about 7 or 8 runs and they all sucked for me except the first one. Took a couple down…
Date(s) Skied: Sunday 4/18/10 Resort or Ski Area: Jay Peak, VT Conditions: 3-4″ of new snow on top of spring… mid 30s with heavy WET snow (soaked in about 20 mins) Trip Report: Went up for about 2 hours… stayed on the triple the whole time. Mainly skied the Jet and Haynes. The skiing was great… almost enough to be considered a powder day, but it just got too cold after a couple hours of being soaked.
Date(s) Skied: Saturday 4-17-2010 Resort or Ski Area: Sugarloaf Conditions: Pow, dumping all day Trip Report: Unlike the rest of New England, winter never really left Sugarloaf. Scoping out the trail report mid-week, they were still advertising 50+ trails open where as ther remaining few holdouts only had a handful. Last I was there was for the AZ summit, which was mid January hard snow conditions. Today? Mid-January POW conditions. :snow:
Date(s) Skied: Sunday, April 11th, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Sunday River Conditions: Spring skiing, but a bit wild. Sunny and Nice, then windy with some flurries or sleet. Few drops of rain here and there. Oz started the day on freeze hold. Trip Report: Got to Sunday River and booted up around 10 today. Was planning on just lapping the bump course all day, but had I bothered to research, I’d have found out that the comp was still going on. :dunce:
Resort or Ski Area: Mounts Lafayette, Adams IV, and Jefferson Conditions: Corn Snow Trip Report: We went poking around several places that don’t see alot of traffic before the big melt. In particular we were interested in skiing these three lines called “the sisters” http://famousinternetskiers.com/media/greg/09-10/april_fool/IMG_6049.jpg…
Date(s) Skied: April 3rd, 2010 (Doug Coombs Day) Resort or Ski Area: Mount Washington Conditions: Warm Trip Report: Started skinning up the cog just after 6AM, got to the Great Gulf at around 8AM. I skied one run in the area, Austin did three runs. Went to the summit. Skied Upper Ammo to lower Monroe Brook. Great day overall. First real day of touring for me, and I love it… although I don’t love the blisters I have on my ankles right now haha… So now…
Date(s) Skied: Saturday, April 3, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Killington, VT Conditions: HOT and slushy Trip Report: Amazing day of spring–scratch that, SUMMER–skiing at Killington on Saturday. According to my friend’s iphone, temps got up to 80 in the afternoon. We skied all over, and spent plenty of time on the Bear Mountain deck drinking beers, enjoying the barbecue, and watching people stumble down Outer Limits. Here are a few pics:
Date(s) Skied: April 3, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Saddleback Conditions: Spring – Corn to Taters Trip Report: Although Saddleback closes April 11, it was the last day of the year for the Salsgang clan at Saddleback. Very Warm – mid 70’s. Super soft corn bumps til afternoon then it got kinda mushy. Still very good coverage on Saturday but it was melting fast in all the heat. Wonderful skiing in bright sunshine and t-shirts and shorts weather. Day ended…
Date(s) Skied: Saturday 4/3/10 Resort or Ski Area: Wachusett, MA Conditions: Spring, Sunny, Upper 70s Trip Report: Got up there around 1:30 and hit the open stuff a bunch of times. 10th was the only trail open up top until Smith opened around 2:30 or 3. 10th was nice above and below the steep which was all slush. Smith had very small ribbons linking patches of deeper snow. Pretty much just survival skiing up top. Lift was running at a crawl as it was…
Date(s) Skied: 4/3/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Mt. Sunapee, NH Conditions: Creamy Corn, Slush, Bare spots; High around 75… Trip Report: Made my way up to Mt. Sunapee today for what was truly an epic summer day out on the slopes. While it was a tad warm with highs in the 70’s, the coverage all things considered was really good. As expected, there were some bare spots, puddles, slush and etc. But how could I pass up the opportunity to ski in shorts and a…
Date(s) Skied: 4/2/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Okemo, Ludlow, VT Conditions: 45 degrees around 9:30AM, bluebird, soft…corn, slush, rivers on the slopes, thin cover in many areas with also a lot of mashed potatoes. 79 degrees when I left! Trip Report: On a whim, I made the last minute decision after class last night to go skiing today. Considered a few of Southern Vermont’s options before settling on Okemo because of the half-price deal from my Sundown pass…
Date(s) Skied: 3.27.2010 Resort or Ski Area: Mount Washington, NH Conditions: Icy ascent. Powder/wind packed powder descent Trip Report: Sometimes the temperature is below zero, the wind is howling, the skin track is icy, and the forecast is grim. Nonetheless, if there is one thing in this world which I know to be true, its that you will never find good skiing in bed. Sometimes you just need to head out and expect the worst, but hope that you get…
Date(s) Skied: 03/19/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Magic Mtn Conditions: Wet Trip Report: http://bobbutts.mine.nu/magic/base_view.jpg
Date Skied: 3/28/10 Resort or Ski Area: Gunstock, Gilford, NH Conditions: Groomed Granular/Hardpack AM, Spring PM. Windy and brisk, cloudy before about 11 AM or so. Trip Report: Had a really good spring skiing day at Gunstock. All of the natural trails and glades were closed as expected, but the coverage on the groomers was quite good despite all of the NCP and warm temps we’ve had over the past several weeks. Trails were edgeable hardpack in the morning…
Date(s) Skied: 3/29/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Hunter Conditions: Firm, very edgable, very fast Trip Report: So today didn’t start out exactly as planned when I over slept by over an hour. Got up to Hunter just around 9:45, got booted up and headed over for my free ticket. After a quick bathroom stop, I ran into Justo and Rose by the ticket window. As we were getting in line, we saw AndyZee and Kingslug. Hunter was awesome today. We didn’t really know…
Date Skied: 3/28/10 Resort or Ski Area: Mohawk Mountain Conditions: Frozen Granular AM, Spring PM Trip Report: Well I figured I had to make my way back to Mohawk with the lifts spinning. Today was customer appreciation day so the lift tickets were FREE. Thanks Mohawk!! I pulled into a half full lot and was surprised to see how much snow they had left. I booted up in the parking lot and headed to the window to pick up my ticket. I first road the…
Date(s) Skied: March 27, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Saddleback Conditions: LG / FG Trip Report: Quick report on Saddleback. Camera batteries dead so no pictures. :-/ Basically a rip the groomer day at Saddleback. Trials were very edgeable, but fast and firm. They did a good job grooming the usual suspects. All the natural trails on the upper mountain were closed for good reason. Blocks of ice. Still lots of snow and it was sad to see it all locked up.
Date(s) Skied: 3/26/10 Resort or Ski Area: Sunday River Conditions: HARD pack Trip Report: Got out for about four hours with BVibert, deadheadskier, and JimG. Severine was out earlier too, but I missed her. Conditions are pretty uniform hard pack across the mountain. Slightly better on the outer peaks (White Cap & Jordan (Lolla anyway)). Appears that temps must have plummeted during grooming last night. Some of the cord is frozen SOLID (still a lot of…
Date(s) Skied: 3/21/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Sunday River Conditions: Temps 30-40; SNOW; soft snow and hardpack at North Peak and South Ridge, hard and icy at Aurora; cloudy but the sun peeked out in the afternoon Trip Report: What a difference a day makes! Saturday was all about skiing in a t-shirt in the sixties and skiing corn snow and slush(and practicing for pond skimming in the liftline). Sunday was colder and snowing. It snowed from the time I got…
Date(s) Skied: March 21, 2010 Resort or Ski Area: Hunter Mountain Conditions: Spring conditions; soft snow; bumps Trip Report: Before I get into this, I should stipulate that I am writing from the perspective of an intermediate skier, which means that 90 percent of those who post here are better than me. Also, if I criticize the mountain design or management, please do not get the impression that I am not enjoying myself: this sport is far too expensive…
Date(s) Skied: Saturday 3/20/10 Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush, VT Conditions: Spring… sunny and 50s early, cloudy and a bit cooler in the afternoon Trip Report: Got to Ellen around 9:45 and spent my first 2.5 hours or so over there hitting all the various bump runs. Don’t think I really missed any… Tumbler, Cliffs, Hammerhead, Encore, Bravo, Exterminator, FIS, and Double Diamond were all skied in that time. Great bumps everywhere… only problem…
Date(s) Skied: 3/20/2010 Resort or Ski Area: Blue Mountain Conditions: Sunny springtime conditions Trip Report: Another day of fun in the sun at for the last day of the season atBlue Mountain. Besides myself, Toast, AtomicSkier, Kevin, Justo, TMaki and Tarponhead to name a few were up for some sweet springtime runs. Good crowd today. Life was good today, good skiing, cold beer, lots of fun. Base was really taking a beating, so it was probably for the…
Date(s) Skied: 2010-03-20 Resort or Ski Area: Tuckerman’s Ravine Conditions: Slushy, sunny and windy Trip Report: We wanted to klimb Tuckerman’s Ravine in the White Mountains of New Hampshire today. It was a great day, and a ton of people were out. The parking lot was full and we had to park a quarter mile down the road. Some folks parked over a mile away. Tucks is a place where you can watch some crazy good skiers do their thing on natural snow…