I was really impressed with Timberline honestly. The lifts are pretty slow, but considering there are no lines, I still got far more ski time in than I would if I had gone to Snowshoe on a weekend.
Many of the more difficult runs were not open, but I thoroughly enjoyed the blues and it was nice to have a run as long as Salamander to casually cruise down when I was looking to maximize my time between lift rides. I enjoyed the diversity of the runs. At CV, many of the runs feel almost identical, so this was a nice change. The tree skiing was also very good.
I don't really have a ton of photos, but here are a few shots from the mountain.
Unfortunately, on Friday night, what was supposed to be 4-8" of new snow instead was about 1 inch of rain, so conditions the second day were not that good. They weren't terrible at the beginning of the day, but by the end of the day, it was mostly ice on several of the runs. My friend wiped out near the bottom of Lower Almost Heaven and we're fairly certain he tore, or at least partially tore, some ligaments (although still waiting to hear back about that).
I'm sure most people here have been to Timberline at some point, but if you haven't, I highly recommend you check it out. I plan to go back later this year if I can time a trip with a snow storm so that conditions are great and the whole mountain is open.
