Monday 4/17/17 report

[tyrolean_skier]

I can't believe nobody made a report for today. It started out colder and grayer than yesterday so things not groomed were chattery. I started at Snowdon were most of the runs were groomed. Mouse Trap was chattery when I skied it. Because I was only skiing the morning I decided to ski off the Superstar quad to get as many runs in as possible. Bittersweet skied OK - I enjoyed Old Bitter. Skylark was good top to bottom. Superstar was starting to soften up at that time - probably much better later in the day. Skyhawk was pretty soft by 11. Middle Ovation's moguls were very skiable but Nivis is getting thin and the exit to Superstar had a big gap. Maybe they could farm some snow from the closed lower Ovation to make the exit more skier friendly. Skied everything twice. Needles and Bear were closed. Canyon Quad and the North Ridge triple were not running. Highline must have been nice because a lot of people were skiing it. Didn't have time to ski the Canyon so cannot report on conditions there.

[skiadikt]

short afternoon session. stayed on skye peak. headed over to needles where there was no lift and most everything was closed. the trail getting there was a mess and panic has bare spots. skied well though. small widely spaced gs bumps on lower skye lark. bumps on supe have developed nicely. middle o beautiful but as ty pointed out there's dirt walking involved at the exit and perhaps some snow farming could make that more user friendly.

[Cajun5150]

For a Cajun the skiing was great played in the park on Mouse Run some.

Its thin and soupy on Great Northern but last night should have tightened that up some.

Made about 15 laps the legs were a touch tired LOL

Over all my girls had a blast!!! Cant believe we skiing this late in the year Daddy!!

Might be and annual ritual now!!

[madhatter]

short afternoon session. stayed on skye peak. headed over to needles where there was no lift and most everything was closed. the trail getting there was a mess and panic has bare spots. skied well though. small widely spaced gs bumps on lower skye lark. bumps on supe have developed nicely. middle o beautiful but as ty pointed out there's dirt walking involved at the exit and perhaps some snow farming could make that more user friendly.

and just like that poof, gone...

look for fresh corduroy on Cascade, Superstar and Lower East Fall.

[Captain Hafski]

The Legend

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One last post from Summit County.

Jumped into a thaw freeze cycle at A Basin and wasnt expecting much. Was able to pull off a couple runs on Exhibition that normally is good early hard left. Couple unintresting runs in Okemo bowl [Montezuma] and couple decent runs short side East Wall.

Surprised after lunch when the Pali side came through for us. 6 runs all across the Pali territory and all were good. Mid winter at top to softer spring bumps lower.

Brownman; it doesnt seem to have lost any pitch since last year!

Heading out 4 our last day today at AB and cyall this Sat back at the K.

Looking forward to Max Creek!

[brownman]

Looks loverly up on old Pali way.
Give our regards to the 'Beach Lifeguard'.

[Fusion Zoner]

I can't believe nobody made a report for today. It started out colder and grayer than yesterday so things not groomed were chattery. I started at Snowdon were most of the runs were groomed. Mouse Trap was chattery when I skied it. Because I was only skiing the morning I decided to ski off the Superstar quad to get as many runs in as possible. Bittersweet skied OK - I enjoyed Old Bitter. Skylark was good top to bottom. Superstar was starting to soften up at that time - probably much better later in the day. Skyhawk was pretty soft by 11. Middle Ovation's moguls were very skiable but Nivis is getting thin and the exit to Superstar had a big gap. Maybe they could farm some snow from the closed lower Ovation to make the exit more skier friendly. Skied everything twice. Needles and Bear were closed. Canyon Quad and the North Ridge triple were not running. Highline must have been nice because a lot of people were skiing it. Didn't have time to ski the Canyon so cannot report on conditions there.

My whole family (wife + 2 daughters) had been out for the previous 4 days covering most everything but the Canyon (younger daughter just turned 5 and is not quite up to Downdraft yet!) so just my older daughter and I went out there for the morning on Monday as we were leaving in the afternoon. Early on, Cascade was pretty crunchy, either the temps actually did hit 32 overnight or the wind was strong enough to cause some crusting. As the sun started to come out, things softened up a bit and the sun felt good because we had dressed light. In the Canyon, ROTD was undoubtedly East Fall since the snow cover is so superior to all the other trails there (although the moguls were pretty much flattened). However, on our way out, we decided to head down Great Northern and drop into Highline to finish (we were parked in the lot next to the K1 car storage) and by that time (11:45-ish) the sun had put Highline into really nice shape, and the moguls were nice sized. So not as much snow as East Fall but more technical fun so I call it a tie for ROTD. On a side note, my daughter loves the home of the wizard, so on one of our runs we ducked the rope at Helter Skelter (a bit sketchy) and took a detour into the Light. There was a fair amount of pine needles and twigs but still surprisingly skiable/rideable. Unfortunately for my daughter, the wizard was out. Anyway, aside from the early crunchiness, all was good where we traveled, I give a B+ for the day.

[liv4ski]

I skied the Light over the weekend and saw a guy with kids opening the door to the bird house. What's the story with the wizard?

[daytripper]

Your gonna make some people here mad posting pics of unmarked woods, even though the light gets more tracked up than some marked woods.

[jimmywilson69]

he didn't post directions on how to get there... Even a once every other year guy like me knows where the light is...

[daytripper]

he didn't post directions on how to get there... Even a once every other year guy like me knows where the light is...

It didn't bother me, but there are some people here that won't like it.

[liv4ski]

In the strangest of places if you look at it right

[skifaster]

Your gonna make some people here mad posting pics of unmarked woods, even though the light gets more tracked up than some marked woods.

Nahh, all good, The light is easier to find than some marked glades.

[Fusion Zoner]

I skied the Light over the weekend and saw a guy with kids opening the door to the bird house. What's the story with the wizard?

That "bird house" is actually a little house that some nice person (K-zoner?) built for the wizard, a little stuffed one, that used to be found there without any protection from the elements. My daughter always wants to see him, and earlier this season we found him in his new little house so she always wants to check in every trip up to K.

I know Daytripper was saying that I would make some people upset discussing Light so hopefully these pics are not a big deal. The wizard pics don't give anything away since you'd still have to already know where to go in order to find him. And if you look at the number of tracks around the tree, he gets a lot of visitors.

[Fusion Zoner]

Your gonna make some people here mad posting pics of unmarked woods, even though the light gets more tracked up than some marked woods.

Definitely not trying to upset anybody. And c'mon, if someone who does not know where the light is could find it from those pictures, then they deserve an award!

BTW, has anybody ever asked Ski Patrol why they maintain a rope at one of the entrances (sometimes up, sometimes dropped), even though it's actually not a mapped trail?