Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:12 pm
My 3rd day trip in the past week. New years day and yesterday were blue-bird and temps in 30s and 40s. Crowds were typical for holidays so most time was spent on Cupp and Soaring Eagle. Had a great time with WakeBoarder and his family on Wed.
Yesterday I arrived about 930 to temps of 15 deg but warming. I usually make some laps off soaring eagle and grabhammer, before heading to west territory. The crowds seem heavy early so I went direct to western territory. I was surprised that Shays was still closed so I did half-dozen laps on Cupp. Snow was nice, especially early, but there were the usual ice patches as time went on. Lower-left Cupp had a short run of bumps developed, but with a few thin spots coming thru.
Here's a pic from lift of snowmaking on Shays
I noticed several people poaching so I decided to give it a go. Here's a view of lower half of upper Shays.
After a couple more runs on Shays and lunch at Arbuckles, I headed for the basin area. To my surprise, the runs off grabhammer lift were holding snow and the lift lines were not bad for singles. I noticed the trees filled in from what they were Wednesday so I tried the bmx course below the lower portion of the lift. I cut it short after suffering several snow-shark bites ðŸ˜*
Heard reports bumps were left on Camp99 so I headed for soaring eagle. Bumps were nice, still holding some soft snow. Here's the lower half of 99 (top had better bumps but lighting was poor)
Sawmill had no bumps and was very icy
Overall a fun day.
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Yesterday I arrived about 930 to temps of 15 deg but warming. I usually make some laps off soaring eagle and grabhammer, before heading to west territory. The crowds seem heavy early so I went direct to western territory. I was surprised that Shays was still closed so I did half-dozen laps on Cupp. Snow was nice, especially early, but there were the usual ice patches as time went on. Lower-left Cupp had a short run of bumps developed, but with a few thin spots coming thru.
Here's a pic from lift of snowmaking on Shays
I noticed several people poaching so I decided to give it a go. Here's a view of lower half of upper Shays.
After a couple more runs on Shays and lunch at Arbuckles, I headed for the basin area. To my surprise, the runs off grabhammer lift were holding snow and the lift lines were not bad for singles. I noticed the trees filled in from what they were Wednesday so I tried the bmx course below the lower portion of the lift. I cut it short after suffering several snow-shark bites ðŸ˜*
Heard reports bumps were left on Camp99 so I headed for soaring eagle. Bumps were nice, still holding some soft snow. Here's the lower half of 99 (top had better bumps but lighting was poor)
Sawmill had no bumps and was very icy
Overall a fun day.
Sent from my Nexus 7