Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:36 pm
Since I was staying the night before our Beech get-together, I decided to ride Sugar night session with dmkahlan and his girlfriend. Got rockstar parking, waited for dm to show and got our lifties, and headed up to the Yellow lift. Two of the best things I noticed were they were blowing from the top to about 3/4 ways down, and the other was they had the lift speed turned up.
It only took approximately 1/2 the normal time to get to the top. Snow was looking quite fast and fun, and it certainly didn't dissapoint. We lapped Northridge/Switchback/Upper&Lower FlyingMile/Big Red/Big Birch for the whole time except for a few runs on Easy Street with Dm's girl. I found the lift line was not roped off and it was $$ with a small huck and bootdeep pow. Lines were basically non-existant except for a couple times with about a two minute wait. It was a great night with friends and a bunch of runs. I am always suprised that more people don't get out to ski/ride the night session more often. On most weekends, you can get in more runs at night than you can the whole day session and it's usually half the price. Give it a try some time.
Thanks for looking and until my next adventure,
Troy
A view of Sugar from the Ski Country parking lot.
dmkahlan set to go for the ride up.
Non-existant wait in line.
A look up Lower FlyingMile with some nice coudoroy.
Blowing on FlyingMile
Dmkahlan at the top
A look down towards Upper FlyingMile
Check this out. This is what Patrol does with their free time. It's pretty cool to see in-person.
A dark look towards Northridge from the top.
A look back towards the 3/4 unload station.
A liftshot view up Big Red.
With some snowmaking which made for some fun on the sides.
A look back down Big Red.
Dm and the girlfriend on the beginner/learning slope.
The lodge with the light crowds.
The crowds with a max wait time of two minutes.
Beginner/learning slope and the magic carpet lift.
A video of dmkahlan's gf on the beginner/learning slope.
A video of Sugar blowing at the top of Northridge which made for some dust to play in.
Fin.
It only took approximately 1/2 the normal time to get to the top. Snow was looking quite fast and fun, and it certainly didn't dissapoint. We lapped Northridge/Switchback/Upper&Lower FlyingMile/Big Red/Big Birch for the whole time except for a few runs on Easy Street with Dm's girl. I found the lift line was not roped off and it was $$ with a small huck and bootdeep pow. Lines were basically non-existant except for a couple times with about a two minute wait. It was a great night with friends and a bunch of runs. I am always suprised that more people don't get out to ski/ride the night session more often. On most weekends, you can get in more runs at night than you can the whole day session and it's usually half the price. Give it a try some time.Thanks for looking and until my next adventure,
Troy
A view of Sugar from the Ski Country parking lot.
dmkahlan set to go for the ride up.
Non-existant wait in line.
A look up Lower FlyingMile with some nice coudoroy.
Blowing on FlyingMile
Dmkahlan at the top
A look down towards Upper FlyingMile
Check this out. This is what Patrol does with their free time. It's pretty cool to see in-person.
A dark look towards Northridge from the top.
A look back towards the 3/4 unload station.
A liftshot view up Big Red.
With some snowmaking which made for some fun on the sides.
A look back down Big Red.
Dm and the girlfriend on the beginner/learning slope.
The lodge with the light crowds.
The crowds with a max wait time of two minutes.
Beginner/learning slope and the magic carpet lift.
A video of dmkahlan's gf on the beginner/learning slope.
A video of Sugar blowing at the top of Northridge which made for some dust to play in.
Fin.