Blue mountain 1-16-17

[RidgeRacer]

Good snow. Crowds dissipating. Fun day.

 

 

[theprogram4]

thought it would be packed

[RidgeRacer]

thought it would be packed

It was earlier. People are leaving now thankfully. Last 2 lift rides were solo.

[tarponhead]

Back lots never got any cars but still good # of folks. Bumps were incredible today. Sidewinder was ROTD for me

[RidgeRacer]

Haven't skied sidewinder yet. Will do now. Too busy drooling over NMDW

[zzslope]

Got first chair at Blue this morning. Very low attendance at the start, no line at six for the first 5 runs. The trails from paradise over to lazy were all nice, rotd was upper switchback as it had no features except the wall, so it was like a giant swichback, which worked out well as switchback was hard and icy in the a.m. Razors got a little cookied up on the headwall. Crowd was building by 9 a.m. Tubing was doing well. Last run on paradise at 10:30 was crowded, making for a living slalom course. Fun morning.

Edited January 16, 2017 by zzslope

[tarponhead]

rotd was upper switchback as it had no features except the wall, so it was like a giant swichback, which worked out well as switchback was hard and icy in the a.m.

You mean upper sidewinder?

 

My legs were cooked from bumping all day but still finished the day with a few more runs on sidewinder even though it got considerably more scraped off than earlier. Pretty much empty so I could do GS from side to side

[RidgeRacer]

You mean upper sidewinder?

 

My legs were cooked from bumping all day but still finished the day with a few more runs on sidewinder even though it got considerably more scraped off than earlier. Pretty much empty so I could do GS from side to side

 

It's funny I didn't even think to go to Sidewinder until I saw your post on the lift. I always just avoid it assuming that it's covered in terrain park features. It definitely was ROTD. So rare to ski it as a straight trail.

[indiggio]

What a difference a day makes! First run on Razor's on Sat was a sheet of ice, this morning it was covered in a glorious layer of fresh, chalky man-made.

 

They blew on every trail which made conditions probably the best they've been so far this year. They blew a ton in the bumps which made them the run of the day for me anyway. Lowe Main Street was awash in marbles the entire day.

 

Saw the aftermath of a crunch on the way up...

 

 

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[zzslope]

i came upon that too. I was ahead of you, no police when I went by.