Ride Delaware ? Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I've been in desperate need of a new pair of boots for awhile, and with the comfort of the boots being paramount, I prefer to buy my boots in person instea of online. That being said, we only have one shop selling boots at Sunday River, and nothing With high end performance, so I decided that on my day off I would drive to Loon where there are several shops. I didn't want to waste a day on the mountain, so I woke up on my normal work schedule and was on the road at 7:15. I made good time and arrived in the lot at 8:39. I drove over the temporary bridge that was in place since Irene wiped out the real bridge, and I was pleased. It's not nearly as wide, but it is wide enough and is asphalt, so it works just fine. It was 46 degrees when I arrived, and knowing the temp was to be in the mid seventies, i only brought under armour and a t-shirt. These warm days have typically meant inversions, so I manned up and decided to just wear the T until it warmed up, or until I got to the top. I booted up in the lot and headed over to the gondola. I was about 15th in line at 8:55. They started loading at 8:58, and I was 5th cabin (4 person Gondi). The coverage looked pretty good from the Gondola, and it looked like they had still groomed a fair amount of stuff. I took an ungroomed trail, and while it had one spot where it was only 5 ft wide, it also need some time to soften up. I went to the upper east side lift and lapped it for 5 runs before heading to the east side lift for 5 runs. As expected, it was 10 degrees warmer up top. After that I did another 5 runs off the Gondi and then 5 runs in between all three lifts. They were losing a ton of snow, bare spots were growing, and wet spots and ponds were appearing, but it was still a bunch of fun. After 20 runs I decided to leave and head for the shop. It was 77 degrees when I got to the bottom. I left and went to the shop, but they are closed until 2 pm for inventory check. I came to subway to grab a bite to eat and decided to kill some time and write this up. I tried to take some pictures with people in them, but it was pretty dead. I was tenth car in the lot, and there were maybe 50 when I left. Here's the pics: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutCold Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Man, a whole winter in Maine and this is the best TR we've gotten. Your TR performance has been a bit of a stoke stomper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootDKJ Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Nice TR. Kinda looks like PA did two weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) That bump trail looks sweet. Edited March 20, 2012 by Ridge Racer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride Delaware ? Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Times two. His road trip reports with afroman were way better. Afroman has been up twice... Hopefully once more... I'll try for a TR... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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