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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:37 am
by Gamaliel
Sneaking away for a few hours of skiing down Flat top summit.

Getting there after lunch, You can spot wool's, plunge, part of ND, and snowbowl.


Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:48 am
by Gamaliel
Actually that was wed, 1/13...

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:03 pm
by Murphy
Let me know how it is. Since the kids are out of school, I'm thinking of taking them tomorrow. Hopefully the snow's soft but not too wet.

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:34 pm
by TannerP
Very misleading. It was 34 cloudy and possibly drizzling when I left a few hours ago.

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:43 pm
by Murphy
Spring conditions today. Plenty of soft snow but not TOO slushy. Only beef is that they weren't running either lift 2 or 8. It took me a 1/2 an hour to get to the summit. The lines for the summit lift were twice as long as they were last Sunday despite the fact there was only 1/2 as many people. The lower right half of the mountain was pretty much inaccessible unless you wanted to take 2 lifts. I hope this isn't their new policy.

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:46 pm
by TannerP
@Murphy 203798 wrote:Spring conditions today. Plenty of soft snow but not TOO slushy. Only beef is that they weren't running either lift 2 or 8. It took me a 1/2 an hour to get to the summit. The lines for the summit lift were twice as long as they were last Sunday despite the fact there was only 1/2 as many people. The lower right half of the mountain was pretty much inaccessible unless you wanted to take 2 lifts. I hope this isn't their new policy.



weekday policy. They probably had the shifts already in that rotation but didn't account for the fact that this week is far more busy in the midweek than others.

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:25 am
by Murphy
I used to ski mid-week all the time and I never saw both lifts 2 and 8 closed. This is now the norm for mid week?



It's not only inconvenient, it's dangerous. Seeing people ski beyond their skill level is normal at WP but there were even more beginners than usual on the upper half of the mountain due to the lines at the bottom. I witnessed a 200 yrd yard-sale on Nose Dive that very nearly ended with the guy crashing into the woods head first and on his back. Not sure he wasn't already unconscious because he was making no effort to slow down.

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:19 am
by Zone Driven
it is called nose dive!