GolfingOwl Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Spent the last two days at Elk with my friend and each of our sons (10 and 13). Conditions were very good and much, much better than expected considering the winter we have been having and the weather this past week. Compared to Jack Frost, which I skied in soft corn on Friday, Elk didn't look like we were having a bad winter - what a difference 45 minutes north makes. Elk got 5 inches Friday so that obviously helped. We skied nearly the entire mountain each day. Sunday was crowded though the max we ever waited in a lift line was 10 minutes. Conditions were very good in the morning. Nice crunchy cord and the groomers skied great. Big bumps at the top of Lackawana were pretty soft though very uneven. Bumps on Tucks were skiable though the troughs were a little icy and deteriorated throughout the day. Groomers were outstanding early. Most of the blacks were great the whole day. The heavily traveled blue runs such as Kickapoo iced up a bit towards the end of the day. Today was even better. Weather, conditions and crowds were all improved over Sunday. Crowds were very light and we only had to wait 3 minutes max at the quad late in the morning - though most of the day we only had a few groups ahead of us in line. Run of the day was easily Tucks in the morning. They blew snow on Tucks last night so the skier's left side of the run (closest to the guns) was super soft bumps with soft snow in the troughs - skied great until about noon when the new snow started to get scraped off. A bluebird day made the groomers ski great, and with less traffic on the mountain, they stayed solid all day long. They had also blown snow on Chippawah the night before and that stayed soft the whole day. Elk really does have great grooming and snowmaking. Always have great skiing at Elk and this trip was no different. Elk is really in a league of its own compared to the rest of the E.PA mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride Delaware ? Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Awesome TR... Elk will hopefully have a good March... Just picked up another 6" last night... Talk about a micro climate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnyv11 Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) Hope it can hold up. I'm heading up to sno soon and might hit elk again as well Edited February 29, 2012 by vinnyv11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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