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TR - Beech 11-28

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Mellow Yellow
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Got to Beech at about 8am and it looked to be a not so promising day. The mountain was socked in with fog. The thought crossed my mind to just pack it up and head to App, but something told me to stay. Grabbed a ticket and went to the quad. Got two "test" runs in with Ski Patrol (thanks guys :D) before the lifts opened. Riding up the quad my original thoughts were confirmed.... FOG. However, the fog cleared as soon as I got two the top. And what to my wondering eyes did (not) appear? Death cookies, ruts and the usual crud. Yep that's right... GROOM I say... flat cord... hallelujah, amen! It really is a new day at Beech.



One note - they did get a little overzealous with the new groomers.. as there was a nice thin spot in the middle of Shawneehaw. We'll let that one slide.



Met up with Xbox after my first "official" run and we cruised the hero snow the rest of the day. Saw theKENdog too, but never hooked up for turns. Looked like he was intensely focused on shooting video today - so he best post it up!



Couple of pics from the day.....



Into the (short lived) fog...





Double cloud deck...





Flat light.. but GROOM...





Xbox... she DOES exist!



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Thanks for the report....wish I could be there.



Here's to better grooming at Beech!
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Excellent thread. I would expect as the temps stay down, all thin spots will become distant memories. Can't wait to get up to Beech this season, I'm looking forward to supporting all the new stuff they got going on.
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Yeah i got some vids, I might put them up in a bit with a few pics I got. Great day though. that skiboard thing you were riding is sick looking you were carving the hell out of Shawneehaw, almost parallel to the ground.
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Love that courdoroy! Great TR Mellow.:D I too am excited about hitting Teh Beech again. Going on December 23rd after I pick up The Dash @ the airport. Hopefully they get dumped on that day or at least days prior.
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Hats off to the bros. in the new CATS. glad to have you guys up there. look forward to some smooth runs...sick parks...and awesome boardercross runs!
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looks like they have changed for this year for the good. gonna have to hit it up soon.
Think snowmaking temps.
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beech is lookin good!!!
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Mellow Yellow;155475 wrote:
Got to Beech at about 8am and it looked to be a not so promising day. The mountain was socked in with fog. The thought crossed my mind to just pack it up and head to App, but something told me to stay. Grabbed a ticket and went to the quad. Got two "test" runs in with Ski Patrol (thanks guys :D) before the lifts opened. Riding up the quad my original thoughts were confirmed.... FOG. However, the fog cleared as soon as I got two the top. And what to my wondering eyes did (not) appear? Death cookies, ruts and the usual crud. Yep that's right... GROOM I say... flat cord... hallelujah, amen! It really is a new day at Beech.



One note - they did get a little overzealous with the new groomers.. as there was a nice thin spot in the middle of Shawneehaw. We'll let that one slide.



Met up with Xbox after my first "official" run and we cruised the hero snow the rest of the day. Saw theKENdog too, but never hooked up for turns. Looked like he was intensely focused on shooting video today - so he best post it up!



Couple of pics from the day.....



Into the (short lived) fog...





Double cloud deck...





Flat light.. but GROOM...





Xbox... she DOES exist!







i saw you two...thought it was you Mellow, but wasn't sure...i was there pretty much all day.
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StealthBoarder;155548 wrote:
i saw you two...thought it was you Mellow, but wasn't sure...i was there pretty much all day.



Well, say hi next time...
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