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See you at Bear Mountain!

FML

That's because I'm old!

With Blue being closed and still a desire to ski, a few of the bump heads and @tarponhead were heading up to Hunter and had a few cheap tickets to use up. Luckily the wife was gracious enough to let me go, so got picked up and made the ride. The roads on the drive up were virtually empty, probably due to it being Easter, with a few droplets of rain on the windshield. Unfortunately for one tabby cat, it gave up it's final life under the car in front of us after being harassed by some birds who drove it into the lineup of cars headed to the mountain. I can say now that I've actually witnessed a dead cat bounce! Poor kitty. Arrived in the lot around 8am with temps in the low 40s, but the mountain claiming 30's, but the snow was definitely not set up. Getting out, there was some spritzing going on but not enough to make it a problem, just annoying on the goggles. At the top, it was flurrying. Made a few speed runs first thing down the mains, avoiding some big skid marks here and there just to warm up the legs. The snow on the groomers was soft and loose, but held an edge which made the long runs a lot of fun. Decided to give some bump runs a go, but they were less than enjoyable as the temps were just not there to soften up was did set up and there were a few gotchas here and there. Drizzle changed to sleet and graupel at the top. Made our way to the West side. The run down was uneventful, as you still had to watch for skid marks. Nothing was open over there except the run down and the lift ride up. By mid morning, clouds were dropping and the top was getting socked in and light was flat. Decided to take a break. After the break, the temps were dropping and the wind was picking up, but another run down the West side saw some blue skies peeking through. Met some locals the bump heads knew, so we made a few runs with them and broke for lunch. During lunch, skies cleared and sun came out in full which softened the snow even though temps were probably in the low 40s. The snow turned hero on sun facing aspects and the bumps softened up nicely. The rest of the day was spent on bump runs until the legs gave out somewhere around 3pm, just in time for parking lot beer and drive home. Overall a pretty good Easter Sunday!

You should have introduced yourself!

Skinny skis (with wax) in mashed potater bumps is tons of fun too!

Those Blizzards would make for some great bump skis! "They don't make them like they used to, you know?"

I see a high of 56 for Saturday, coupled with t2b bumps on Razors, skinny whips, it's gonna be hot! How I'm envisioning it!

Nice place to visit, wouldn't want to live there...

I'm wondering if you play guitar (looks like a speaker back there) and/or Skirmish?

Unfortunately not tonight, have an appointment right after work.

Yup, and I can't get up there...

Gorgeous! So jelly!

Let's hope so! Long way out there yet.

I like NOAA's far better!

And flavor!

Indeed! I think it was the most laps I've skied with another PASR (other than @tarponhead) ever! Great day skiing an entire winter weather season in one day. Once the sun came out, the bumps turned hero. Hard to leave the mountain yesterday, just hanging in the parking lot trying to prolong the weekend. Crazy Eddie the Eagle buzzing us in the lot. Must've smelled the remains of Enjorales meat!

We heard the rumor that pond skim was set for next weekend, but I couldn't find anything definitive to corroborate it.

As seen by the almost continuous ambulance runs from the valley. Crazy!

They use some proprietary dough with extra sugar or something and always spring for the chocolate drizzle. Like I need more sugar like a hole in the head.

We saw the helicopter come over yesterday and tried to get on the video, but all the shots are from too far away.

I still need to get my annual waffle. Was gonna get one last weekend after I caught a whiff of the aroma, but the line was too long.

I've tried listening to music when I ski, but my brain must shut off my hearing when I ski as I don't realize the music is on nor do I hear wind noise. Guess I'm just in my own little nirvana, just living in the moment without any outside distractions. I carry my phone and don't even notice it in my jacket pocket. I'm more fearful of eating shit in the bumps and landing on top of it than dropping it off the lift.

Ditto! I could tell! Except for when it came time to have to leave...

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