monday 3/19 report
Posted: Mar 18th, '24, 14:18
today was a wake up call of sorts. after what seems like a month of spring-like weather and today being the official start of spring, mother nature reminded us that winter is not over. just took some time off ... an interesting combo of snow showers, hazy sun and a brisk breeze made us feel a lot colder than the thermometer would have us believe. a miniscule turnout. 9-12:30 shift.
will call the skiing variable but overall better than expected. for a while, the snow showers did improve the skiing in spots. pretty much stuck to grooomers. at the bell, no way to sugarcoat, highline was not good. all the wet snow got packed down and froze up. throw in an uneven groom. LEF was better. will call it ok.
supe was actually pretty decent and benefited from that new half inch or so particularly on the "tunnel" side. most everything at bear including claw, burst & lower WF skied well. the exceptions were the parks which were rather firm and the section below the claw/burst intersection (anti-venom) was really chunky.
both needles and cruise were good. a trip to rt 4 on an ungroomed GE rivaled was wrotd. it's in sad shape w base ice and a number of very thin areas particularly from the hairpin down. remains to be seen whether they can resuscitate it. our return to needles was not too good as it chunked up. seemed to be a late morning theme as preston's chunked up as well. lower bitter terrible but lower lark ok.
in the canyon, cascade flat & firm but fine. RANT ON: please get the trail reports correct. report said lower double dip groomed. it wasn't. we're advanced skiers and we can ski anything so no harm other than a run that wasn't as enjoyable as it might have been. thinking more about the intermediate who decides to ski it based on the report. lot of ice and frozen bumps. someone could get hurt. and it seems like a simple matter for the communication necessary to make it happen. this isn't like needing tens of millions for infrastructure fixes. its couple minutes of someone's time.
will call the skiing variable but overall better than expected. for a while, the snow showers did improve the skiing in spots. pretty much stuck to grooomers. at the bell, no way to sugarcoat, highline was not good. all the wet snow got packed down and froze up. throw in an uneven groom. LEF was better. will call it ok.
supe was actually pretty decent and benefited from that new half inch or so particularly on the "tunnel" side. most everything at bear including claw, burst & lower WF skied well. the exceptions were the parks which were rather firm and the section below the claw/burst intersection (anti-venom) was really chunky.
both needles and cruise were good. a trip to rt 4 on an ungroomed GE rivaled was wrotd. it's in sad shape w base ice and a number of very thin areas particularly from the hairpin down. remains to be seen whether they can resuscitate it. our return to needles was not too good as it chunked up. seemed to be a late morning theme as preston's chunked up as well. lower bitter terrible but lower lark ok.
in the canyon, cascade flat & firm but fine. RANT ON: please get the trail reports correct. report said lower double dip groomed. it wasn't. we're advanced skiers and we can ski anything so no harm other than a run that wasn't as enjoyable as it might have been. thinking more about the intermediate who decides to ski it based on the report. lot of ice and frozen bumps. someone could get hurt. and it seems like a simple matter for the communication necessary to make it happen. this isn't like needing tens of millions for infrastructure fixes. its couple minutes of someone's time.