TR Massanutten Feb. 18-20

[marzski]

Since we had a unit reserved on resort, we headed up to Massanutten for a couple days of the Pres Day weekend in spite of the warm and windy weather. Plus Marz Jr. was set to give snowboarding a try on Saturday.



Mnut was empty in the mornings and late afternoons/evenings, per usual. No line for Lift 6 (DJ and Paradice) in any case. The conditions were okay, with complete side-to-side coverage but I think mashed potatoes is the description that fit the snow for most of the weekend. The wind was so strong on Sat that it slowed me down at the bottom on Paradice at one point. They had to cancel the planned fireworks. We didn't bother to ski on Sun morning knowing it would be frozen solid. Even by lunch time, there were icy patches on top of the mountain in spite of temps in the 40's. They did groom everything Sat night.



Empty slopes on Friday late afternoon









Southern Comfort lift has conveyor now, so both beginners lifts are less likely to stop





Black runs off Lift 6 are lit, as are all the slopes at Mnut







I was happy as usual with the teaching set up. Marz Jr. was in a group of 4 for first time boarders with an instructor and a young assistant. They went through all the Red skills and moved onto Orange skills, including taking a run off the Geronimo lift. The second magic carpet is twice as long as the original one (now for the little skiers) and that teaching slope is steeper so new boarders can get enough speed to learn more before having to deal with a chairlift. Marz Jr. found boarding fun, but also frustrating. She hasn't spent that much time sitting on the snow in years.



Slopesliders (9:30-2:00 ski/ride school for ages 4-12)









Done

[marzski]

Saturday was sunny, warm and windy . . . really windy. The chairs on the porches of our unit and those around us in the valley were blowing away. So were the covers on the grills.



There were leaves blowing all over the slopes. Good thing it was relatively warm.



Empty slopes on Sat morning about 10am











Bumps were left at the top of Paradice, also on MakAttack





Mnut ski team enjoying bumps





Showtime off Lift 5. Next season Lift 5 will be a triple, instead of the current old double.





No waiting up until about noon. Apparently got busy after that with a wait of about 25 min for Southern Comfort. The wait was 5-10 min by 3pm on the two lifts near the lodge.









Done

[billh1970]

Thanks for the info on the snow and line conditions over the weekend and the pictures.



I will have to make it back up there for the bumps. Haven't found any bumps at Wintergreen and very few at Snowshoe this year.

[marzski]

@billh1970 241016 wrote:Thanks for the info on the snow and line conditions over the weekend and the pictures.



I will have to make it back up there for the bumps. Haven't found any bumps at Wintergreen and very few at Snowshoe this year.



Although there are bumps, it's a very short stretch on Paradice. They groomed out most of them when the run widens out. MakAttack is the same as usual but I assume pretty icy.



I've started checking the Mnut FB page for the latest info about conditions. The Mnut rep is good about answering questions relatively quickly.



They are having a snowboarding contest this Sat. $10 to enter and discounted liftied for $40. We're going to stay home since it's going to rain so much Thu-Fri. Saving energy for SS.

[marzski]

Oh yeah, you can get a vague idea of conditions from the new webcam.



http://massresort.com/webcam.php



From the webcam and their website, there is fresh snow of both types on the slopes. Guess they took advantage of the temps in the low 20's last night.