What can happen when extreme winds blow and a mixture of wet snow and rain fall? The next day might be a sunny and warm Wednesday. In my mind skiing was great today. I heard others happily claiming the day to be excellent, awesome, and pure joy after the last couple of windy wet days.
The morning began with a low cloud hanging over the upper mountain, sun was shining everywhere else. We were a little tentative to start wondering whether the snow would be icy or just very firm, especially on the groomed runs. I took a chance and skied God’s Knob first. The smile on face grew with each turn. The consistency was something rather rare. The top layer was a thin crust, but not thick enough to be considered breakable crust. I was able to make easy craved turns. The noise level from the crust breaking, or should I say shattering, was rather extreme. The fact is that I thought someone was right behind me, but it turned out to be the noise from the last turn. I found more of the same on Red Ridge and to the skiers right of Dance Floor.
To be sure, slopes that were in the shade or north facing were more firm and took awhile to soften.
After a couple of runs on Roundhouse the upper mountain began to loose its grip on the cloud cover so we headed up Summit. Tower 19 and Sweet Spot (to the skiers left of Sun Spot) were pure joy. Similar conditions to God Knob. A couple of runs on Summit and then off to Sherwood where we, along with a number of others, took advantage of spring snow on South Face and Power Line.
Warm sunny turns in perfect morning snow. Lot’s of smiles. Lakeview Chair, where we tried Scott’s Beam and Mountain View were not quite as good, but not bad and of course my favorite, Scott Meadow, was excellent. We left our mark in the untracked meadow.
You know the day was near perfect when three old Jews are riding Scott Chair and not one of them has a complaint to voice the entire ride up the chair.
Enjoy your day,
Andy
A special day for sure. Many different micro conditions with my favorite being the Crinkly Frozen Corn surface and light smooth mash potatoes underneath. Yes, the sound was amazing. Even D7, in the morning shade was special and really extra crinkly…a rare auditory experience.
It was a beautiful spring like day. At least it skied much like a spring-like day. That first run was super firm, but if you followed the sun, you could catch things right at that perfect point between a tad crusty and mashed potatoes. A lot of sun, no crowds, no lines…love it. Thanks AM employees for making it all possible!
I would still like to see them put one of the yellow jackets to work managing the singles line on Summit. Plenty of people not bothering to ask if you are OK with them and their buddy behind them joining a double or triple……..like you said, virtually no lines and yet some act like they had a 10 minute wait………..
We hit South Face of Sherwood around 10 and it was wonderful, soft lite cream cheese. Lower Beaver around Mok – 1 was also quite lovely.