Mid-Atlantic Masters SG Doubleheader. Out 8:30 to 3:00 with a couple of warmup breaks in the car; clear, cold and calm; -5° this morning, probable around 10° today; increasing clouds all day; 11 runs; 12,336 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's; groomers; not much of a crowd; skied horribly.
SG #1: 38 51 Martin Burns M7 1:29:22 (38) SG #2: 38 51 Martin Burns M7 1:28:89 (38)
Beer League Race #5. Out 3:45 to 6:15 - just long enough for a few warmup runs and my race runs; temps in the twenties with an intermittent wind; 12 runs; 6,000 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster D2 3.0 Race GS's; not too crowded; didn't ski particularly well;
7 91 MARTIN BURNS 27.66 (8) 27.79 (7) - 55.45 (7)
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Out 8:45 to 2:30 with a ¾ hour lunch break in the car; more snow with temps in the twenties - 3" total, 2" fell this morning after opening; 27 runs; 18,938 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; new snow on soft groomers - very nice; not many people out; skied untracked snow all morning; skied the afternoon with Ana searching the side of the runs on the upper mountain looking for freshies; skied okay.
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SG practice - race Friday. Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a ¾ hour lunch break in the car; clear, cold and calm; -5° down by the river at Rummerfield on the drive in this morning, 9° in the parking lot at opening bell and probable 20° or so when I left; groomers; 33 runs; 22,663 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's; light crowd, but I left when it start to build; skied okay; the hill is in excellent shape; several tuck runs down Boomer this morning; forgot my poles, ugh - I went to rent a pair and they just gave me a set.
Mid-Atlantic GS/SL Double Header. Out 8:30 to 4:30 with a quick lunch in the car; sunny and windy with temps in the twenties; 21 runs, 12,339 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster D2 3.0 Race GS's, the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; huge crowd/long lines; skied horribly in the GS, okay in the SL; 3 women beat me today - both races; 3rd in class in the GS, 2nd in class in the SL.
GS: 29 51 Burns, Martin Tri-State M7 43.69 (28) 43.93 (30) 1:27.62 (29)
SL: 17 51 Burns, Martin Tri-State M7 1:02.97 (19) 1:03.28 (22) 2:06.25 (17)
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Beer League Race #4. Out 4:00 to 8:30 with a quick stop at the car to change skis after the race; sunny and warm with temps quickly falling into the upper twenties as the sun went down; 19 runs, 10,930 verical; skied the Atomic Redster D2 3.0's, the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the Nordica Enforcer 88's; soft groomers with the steeps on North Face starting to firm and/or bump; skied okay; could have pulled a really nice result tonight, but I got late and dropped all kinds of time in the bottom half of the Red course and still was only .03 seconds slower than my time in the Blue.
5 91 Martin Burns 27.49 (5)
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Wow. Out 8:45 to noon without a break; another foot or more of new snow since I quit yesterday at 3:00, more than half of that fell after last night's close at 9:00; still snowing hard with temps in the twenties - another 2" or so this morning; 16 runs, 10,024 vertical; skied the DPS Lotus Alchemist 124's; powder, powder and more powder; crowd didn't start to build till I left at noon; skied ok; dinged the edge of my new skis pretty good on a rock in the trees above the start shack on Switch; freshies all morning; the new pow skis work really well - excellent float, not too heavy despite their size; epic day.
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Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a long lunch in the car; 3" new snow overnight; light snow all day with temps in the twenties - maybe 2" more today; 24 runs; 18,307 vertical; skied the Volkl Katana; powder; not too big of a crowd for a powder day; skied with Radvanyi and Company this afternoon; destroyed my skis - first in the trees beside Lightning, then following Chris in the trees off Fast Track; first tracks on Boomer, Smoke, Lightning Woods, Highball and Main Street; covered the entire trial map today, including some trails (Easy Street) for the first time ever.
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Beautiful day, terrible skiing. Out 9:00 to 12:00; clear and coldish, no wind - temps in the teens; 14 runs, 8,630 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras and the Atomic Redster D2 3.0 Race GS's; excellent conditions - soft groomers and leftover snowmaking; good crowd, but with all the lifts open the only real line was on Iron Horse during NASTAR; leftover snowmaking on Lightning was still marvelous; skied horribly at NASTAR - 21.47 hcp (Gold); okay after looking at the results it wasn't as bad as I thought, only Nicolae Soare and Steve Rheault beat me - I can live with that; today's picture shows the top of Smoke at noon on my way out, still very nice.
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Dreamy. Out 8:45 to 4:15 with a couple of breaks in the car, including an hour for lunch; mostly cloudy, cold and windy - single digits this morning, maybe ten degrees or so this afternoon; 45 runs, 30,390 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; the snowmaking on Lightning was silky smooth and sloughlicious; very few people; Lightning trees starting to come in too.
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Beer League Race #3. Out 4:15 to 6:45 with a quick break back at the car to change skis and warm up; clear, cold and windy - temps in the teens, NW wind straight up the race hill; 10 runs; 6,191 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's and the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; snowmaking on Lightning and Boomer, otherwise groomers; skied ok; beat all the women;
7 91 Martin Burns 29.33 (7)
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Out 8:40 to 2:45 with a long lunch in the car watching the first run of the Men's Slalom in Schladming; snow to sleet to freeing rain starting at 8:30 this morning; maybe an inch of snow - just enough to cover everything nicely; 32 runs, 22,744 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster D2 3.0 Race GS's and the Line SuperNatural 108's; groomers and leftovers - all with a fresh coating of snow; skied okay; Lightning was excellent again early; skied the new snow along the edges all afternoon; still like the Lines - they're smooth and slinkey; nice to have the #2 GS skis back in the fold with some new bindings after I broke the heel piece on the originals; big winner in today's Fantasy Ski Racer game for the Women's GS in Kronplatz, Italy.
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Out 9:30 to 2:00 with a looong lunch in the car when the Phoebe Snow lift broke down; clear and cold with virtually no wind - temps in the teens all day; 19 runs; 12,448 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; groomers with fresh snowmaking on White Lightning; very few people; skied okay; the snowmaking on Lightning was very tasty, unfortunately the Phoebe lift broke down so I only got 10 runs or so; waited in the car till the Long Haul lift came on line then went back out for a few to finish the day; today's pictures are of some of the big piles on the middle section of Fast Track.
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NY Masters Race. Out 8:30 to 1:30 with a couple of breaks in the A-Frame to get warm; 2" new snow overnight; cold and blustery - temps in the teens with come-and-go clouds and wind; 17 runs; 12,846 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; groomers; skied okay, except for run 4 - I hit a cross rut with too much weight on the inside ski and went down and slid through the B-net into the edge of the brush - first fall of the season; DFL in my class again today.
GS #1: 39 40 M7 Martin Burns 54.94 (45) 54.20 (38) - 1:49.14 (39)
GS #2: 44 40 M7 Martin Burns 58.65 (44)
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NYS Masters Race. Out 9:00 to 12:30 with a quick break in the lodge between races; 6" new snow overnight; cold and snowy with a little wind; temps in the teens; 12 runs; 7,200 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; powder; skied okay; first run in this morning's pow was very very nice; DFL in class race 1, but with Tomassetti's DNF and Lenda's hike in race 2 I wasn't DFL in class - mission accomplished!
SL #1: 21 21 M7 Martin Burns 48.93 (24) 48.76 (23) - 1:37.69 (21)
SL #2: 19 21 M7 Martin Burns 45.45 (21) 46.32 (20) - 1:31.77 (19)
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Beer League Race #2. Out 4:00 to 6:30 with a quick stop at the car to pick up the GoPro; temps falling to around freezing, no wind and a beautiful sunset; 11 runs; 5,957 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; frozen, new, uneven snowmaking on the race hill; good crowd, 5+ minute lift line at Phoebe after the race so I left; skied horribly; I did beat all the women, but only because Stacey skied horribly as well; 20.68 NASTAR hcp (Gold); after reviewing the video I think my problem is not accounting for terrain changes - I'm not getting my turns done above the rolls, so I ski straight over the roll, the ground drops away and I can't make the turn till I'm back on the ground which puts me way low and late...
11 91 Martin Burns 28.42 (11)
Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a ½ hour lunch break in the car; 2" snow overnight; thick, dark clouds this morning finally gave way to a little bit of sun around 2:00 - temps rising from a few degrees below freezing to a few degrees above; groomers, leftovers and a tiny bit of snowmaking on Switch; 40 runs, 25,372 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the Nordica Enforcer 88's; light crowd - never a line and never rode with anybody; Boomer early and Smoke in the afternoon were nice; skied okay; today's vertical in 6 hours, 6 minutes - this makes the theoretical vertical limit in a day at Montage 50,000 - might try for 40,000 some day this season.
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Out 8:30 to 2:00 with ¾ hour in the car for lunch; mid-twenties overnight rising to the mid-thirties with a snow shower or two; 31 runs; 19,750 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's and the Nordica Enforcer 88's; nice, firm groomers gave way too some thickening sugar snow; holiday crowd, but manageable - left when there was a line at Phoebe two runs in a row; skied okay; all the headwalls on North Face were groomed last night; Lightning early and Boomer later were stellar; Long Haul was not running today?
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Out for a few before the holiday crowd overruns the place. Out 8:30 to 11:00, no break; some rain overnight ended this morning as a ½" of slush; 17 runs; 10,746 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; skied till there was a line then left; soft and sticky - the leftovers on Lightning and Smoke were excellent; skied okay; low outside shoulder with body forward and well inside the arc and with the ski UP on edge; today's photo reminds us how steep White Lightning really is lest we forget based on the past few days GoPro video shot pointing straight up the hill.
Another great weekday. Out 9:00 to 2:45 with a ¾ hour in the car for lunch; overcast with temps right at freezing to start, but a building SW wind started to blow in tonight's rain clouds; 32 runs, 20,504 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; firm groomers and rattley leftovers to start, softened beautifully as the temps rose this afternoon; very few people out; skied okay; figured out that to ski better I need to 1) be more athletic and 2) get low with the skis out from underneath my body → higher edge angles and tighter turn radii.
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Beer League Race #1. Out 4:00 to 9:00 with a couple of quick stops to change skis; temps around 40, no wind; 24 runs; 14,525 vertical; 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's, Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; good cover, soft snow; good crowd, some ocasional small lift lines; didn't ski very well; a couple of poor choices - ran too early given the soft snow and used the wrong skis; did beat all the women - barely; 17.90 hcp (Gold).
8 91 Martin Burns 27.91 (8)
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I love skiing weekdays. Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a ½ hour lunch break in the car; not much sun with a high overcast and temps rising through the twenties to just above freezing; 32 runs; 20,216 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's and the Nordica Enforcer 88's; groomers mostly with some relatively flat, ungroomed chalk on the Lightning and Smoke's headwalls; very few people out today - maybe only a dozen other people skiing the North Face till after 10:30; skied okay; todays video really shows the little bunny hop transition move I'm trying to eliminate.
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Out 9:00 to 2:30 with a ½ hour lunch break in the car; sunny with temps rising through the twenties and the tinyest bit of wind latter in the day; some sweet, talcum powder snowmaking on Boomer and Lightning first thing; 20 runs; 11,659; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and Atomic Redster G9 RS's; light crowd till after noon then 20 minutes+ on Phoebe Snow from the Cannonball side; skied horribly today - could not find a clean arc-to-arc line in the course today; next time I'm going to try my new Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's when the course is so turny - today's use of a 24m ski was disaster; I was a lot more tired after Race Camp than I thought; 8.40 hcp at NASTAR today, Platinum.
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Mid-Atlantic Masters Race Camp Day 4. Out 10:00 to 2:00 with a ½ hour in the car for lunch; partly sunny with temps in the twenties and no real wind; 13 runs; 6,550 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; groomers with patches of fresh snowmaking; no real crowd other than the campers and a bunch of West Moutain Jr Racers; odd morning course - full gates on the left, stubbies on the right, then half way down it switched; full course for the afternoon which was full of cute little tricks; good tip on tactics from John Jacobs, adjust the rise line based on changes in direction of the course not changes in terrain like fall-aways; I didn't ski particularly well today - we'll have to see what the video says. Review of the video proves Coach Lisa's adage, 'The rut trumps all.' Two seperate times in a twenty second video I was bounced well off line after going too straight and slamming into the rut, once in the hairpin and again in the flush.
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Mid-Atlantic Race Cammp Day 3. Out 10:00 to 2:30 with a ½ hour in the car for lunch; sunny with temps in the twenties and little to no wind; 15 runs; 5,800 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; groomers; very light crowd; slalom training today; Lisa Ballard lead our group today - very good coach; slalom skiing: 100% of your weight on the downhill ski with the upper body down the fall line at all times with both hands sterum high and forward; drills: make turns lifting inside ski off the ground while keeping the tip on the snow; frame drill - grasp both poles half way up the shaft, then holding them both straight out in front of you, make short, rythmical turns with your body facing straight down the hill keeping a single object down the slope 'framed' within the two poles; hold both poles horizontally out in front of you, make short rythmical turns keeping the poles (and your upper body) level across the hill and square to the direction of travel; fun brush course in the afternoon - left hand flush to right hand flush to diagonal flush to picket fence - it also provided great lesson on looking ahead, spot the top of the first turn after the flush as you enter the flush; additionally 2 stubby courses set over the terrain on the race hill - a good lesson here was SL inspection isn't just about combinations, check out the terrain and make sure to note when to move forward over the knolls; got like 5 runs through both stubby courses - plenty of SL gates today; skied okay generally, but horribly on video.
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Mid-Atlantic Race Camp Day 2. Out 10:00 to 2:30 with a ½ hour for lunch in the car; overcast with temps around freezing and little to no wind; 22 runs; 10,324 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; groomers; basically we free skied while they set the course, then we ran The Wall Drill - they set 3 brushes just outside the ideal line on each turn, 1 at the top, 1 at the apex and 1 at the bottom -the idea is the brushes form a wall keeping you inside on the fast line; 4 timed runs this afternoon; I guess I skied okay, because I beat all the women including Sharon Way and Amy Patterson who beat me soundly on Sunday at Swain.
Trying to put a few thing together today. Eliminate all the extra motion. Up and down motion during transition, rotary motion of the shoulders at the top of the turn and various gyrations of the hands to duck the gate or execute a double pole plant. All these extra motions take time and potentially change balance and/or pressure - that's bad. Through undisciplined free skiing I've fallen in love with countering my shoulders at the very top of the turn. While this locks in the new edge right from the very top of the new turn, when started too early it causes a rotation of the shoulders away from downhill ski of the old turn which occasionally causes my tails to slide out. Because of my low hand position during the turn, the up motion of my hands and body that happens when I double pole plant is causing a couple of issues. First as I come up and get tall my stance tends to narrow. Second the up motion unweights my skis. This loss of pressure takes time to correct and happens just I should be rolling up onto the new edge with forward pressure. This loss of pressure can be accentuated in rolling terrain. So to sum this all up... ... ... Stay low - especially during transition, stay square, stay forward and keep the hands up and forward.
14 30 Martin Burns 32.10 (14) 32.21 (14) 1:04.31 (14)
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Mid-Atlantic Masters Race Camp Day 1. Out 10:00 to 2:30 with ¾ of an hour in the car for lunch; overcast with temps in the low thirties and no wind; 16 runs; 6,696 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; groomers; never a liftline, but quite a few people out given the amount of terrain open; in Group 3 of 4 with Carlene and Stu, Andrea and Steven, Allan, and Bastion; had John Pierce as coach today; outside ski pressure drills: statue of liberty, outside pole down/inside pole up, and with hands out and no poles match hands and shoulders to slope; got to run a 30 second GS course 7 times; skied okay; much better with fewer people in camp.
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NYS Masters GS and SL today. Out 9:00 to 2:00 with a ½ hour in the car for lunch; heavy overcast with temps in the lower thirties and no real wind - a little bit of freezing rain on the drive in and the tinyest bit of drizzle around 1 o'clock; 16 runs; 8,230 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; loose, wet frozen granular; very few other people on the hill; the soft conditions lead to massive ruts right from the start; despite not skiing particulary well, I did accomplished today's modest goal - don't finish DFL; I even beat someone else in my age group in the SL; drove home into a snowstorm - 3" on the ground when I arrived.
GS 23 27 Martin Burns 51.88 (25) 51.35 (23) - 1:43.23 (23)
SL 18 27 Martin Burns 51.12 (17) 50.69 (18) - 1:41.81 (18)
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Out 8:30 to 12:15, no breaks; rain overnight ended as a tiny bit of snow/sleet/freezing rain mix right at 8:30, otherwise heavy overcast with temps right at freezing and little to no wind; 26 runs; 16,305 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; baby soft, cream cheese groomers; virtually nobody else out for most of the morning; skied with Chris - Yatsko joined us for the last hour or so; talked Chris into letting me do a couple of runs on his brand new Head Supershape i.Titan's - too much sidecut of me; skied okay; glad I did a couple of runs of my SL race skis rather than heading off to Sunday's race at Swain cold; think I got some good video of Chris this morning.
Definately a 'holiday weekday'. Out 10:00 to 2:30 with a really, really long lunch break in the car watching RCS win the Bormio SG - late start today because I had a doctor's appointment this morning; mostly sunny with temps around freezing and an on again off again wind; 15 runs; 9,812 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; scratchy groomers; pretty big crowd - lift lines all day; didn't ski particularly well.
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Merry Christmas. Out 8:30 to 12:45 with ¾ hour break to dry out; 2" rain overnight ending by 11:00 this morning as sleet changing to snow; 20 runs; 15,210 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #1's; rain soaked groomers; absolutely nobody else out till 11:00, then just a couple of dozen people; totally encrusted in ice when I stopped for a break to dry out and change gloves; the rain soaked groomers were surprisingly moonscape-free; skied okay, feeling okay.
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A very nice, quiet day. Out 9:00 to 2:30 with and hour in the car for lunch; foggy with temps in the low thirties to start then a few wet flakes, a gust of wind and just like that the fog lifted; 30 runs; 18,417 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; soft groomers; nobody else out on the hill till around noon, then just a few people - never a lift line; skied alone; Boomer and Smoke were very good - no chucks on Boomer today and the ungroomed 'headwall' on Smoke continued to soften overnight; missed tracking my first run again today when I forgot my phone in the car for the second day in a row; I also forgot my pass for my first run, but it didn't seem to be a problem as I just skied onto the lift at the bottom; I think early morning on weekdays here are going to be nice.
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Good start to my 'home season'. Out 9:15 to 3:00 with ¾ hour for lunch at Midland; sunny to start with an increasing overcast all day - temps in the low thirties - no wind; 30 runs; 20,918 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the Nordica Enforcer 88's; groomers - a few thin spots on the very top of Smoke and a few chunks on Boomer's headwall; standard Montage crowd - nobody to start with an increasing number of kids out by the time I left; skied with Chris - we made several with Maria and Ana and a few later with Richey and Deb; only took 2 minutes to pick up my pass; social distancing wasn't much of an issue with today's light crowd, but adhereance to masking protocols was less than ideal; feeling okay, but didn't ski particularly well today; today's picture is Maria, Chris and I practicing social distancing.
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Stuck at home with 2 ft. + of new snow on the ground so I broke out my new DPS Alchemist Lotus 124's and hiked for a couple of runs off the sand mound.
Still waiting for the season to start here at home - big snowstorm expected Wednesday night. Out 9:00 to 3:30 with ¾ hour break for lunch in the car; light snow started on the drive up, stopping around 2 o'clock - an inch up top at the open, maybe another inch during the day - temps rising to just above freezing; 43,981 vertical; 33 runs; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the Blizzard Brahma #2's; generally variable early season conditions - Upper Wolverine had excellent coverage and a pretty good groom job - with the exception of a couple spots, all the flatter terrain from the middle of montain down was very thin; very few other people out - never rode the chair with another person; the Heads worked noticably better than the Blizzards on the steeps; skied okay I guess.
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So ends part 1 of my ski season - it's mostly Montage and NY state day trips from here. Out 9:00 to 4:00 with just a ½ hour in the car for lunch; an early, high level K Cloud gave way to a sunny, pleasant day with temps just above freezing - the wind did pick up a bit toward the end of the day; 41,692 vertical; 34 runs; skied the Fischer RC4 The Curv's and the Blizzard Brahma #2's; nice groomers at opening bell that got pretty scratchy as the day wore on - a little new snowmaking thrown in just for fun at the end of the day when they dropped the rope on Lower East Fall; huge crowd early that thinned out by the afternoon; after due consideration I've decided that I've absolutely ruined the Fischers by having them ground flat (0° base bevel) - I won't make that mistake any more; didn't ski particularly well today; looong drive home after a looong day on the hill.
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Miles. Out 9:00 to 3:30 with a quick get dry break in the Ski Club Building and 45 minutes for lunch in the car; 2" of new snow overnight - windy with temps in the mid-twenties and light snow all day - 2" more during the day; 33 runs; 37,699 vertical; skied the 2012 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; after yesterday's soaking rain and freeze and last night's deep groom conditions chunked up real quick - as the day wore on and the snow continued to fall things softened up and de-chunked nicely; lots of people out this morning, but never much of a liftline - tons of KMS, GMVS and SMS kids; skiing well; feeling well.
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Better than a sharp stick in the eye today, but not by much. Out 9:00 to 3:00 with 45 minutes in the Ski Club Building for lunch; 50°, overcast and windy - ½ hour of light rain at 1:00; 31 runs; 30,385 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; no grooming overnight because of all the rain, so everything frozen up and was real rattlee till it got skied in quite a bit - the rain overnight also uncovered tons more thin spots; not too many people, but lots of the regulars - Barb and Don, Bob and Pheobe, Mark and Cindy, Mike C., Karen, Ric S. - lots of KMS and GMVS kids on the hill today too; skiing pretty well; despite the effort of skiing the ungroomed all day I'm feeling pretty well.
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30k in the rain - again. Out 9:00 to 2:30 with 45 minutes in the Ski Club Building for lunch; overcast and 40° in the parking lot - rain started by 11:00 - the wind really picked up by 1:00; skied the Volkl Mantras; 26 runs; 30,756 vertical; deep granular that actually got better as the rain soaked in; all the locals out early before the rain - nearly empty by noon; they closed the mountain at 2:30 - just as well, I was soaked and ready to quit; skiing well; stuck mostly to the Bubble, except to ride the Box once to ski Upper Downdraft and Lower East Fall.
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Out 9:00 to 3:30 with coffee and lunch breaks at the Ski Club; overcast and very windy with temps rising through the twenties; 28 runs; 23,734 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; very good conditions - loved the rock hard groomers in Northridge and the skied-in snowmaking on Middle and Lower Chute; lots of people; small (2-5 minute) lift lines most of the day; Snowdon 6 down again till 11:00, then it was swamped so I headed up to Northridge for a couple of hours; just like yesterday, consecutive rides the Snowdon Triple stopped in almost the exact same spot; skiing pretty well; disappointed that the Snowdon 6 was down so much this trip - I estimate that riding the Snowdon Triple instead cost me 11 or 12 runs.
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Out 9:00 to 3:45 with a 45 minutes lunch in the KSC Building; temps in the teens and low twenties some clouds and a little bit of wind - the intermittent clouds this morning gave way to brilliant sunshine by the end of the day; 26 runs; 25,233 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; not crowded by any means today but lots more people than yesterday; the groomers on Snowdon chunked up early, then either got skied in nicely (Upper Bunny) or mercilessly polished (Mouse Trap) - by the time I got to Northridge things had firmed, but they still skied well; the 6-Pack Bubble did't run today (snowmaking on Lower Chute) so I was relegated to the Snowdon Triple and today's vertical total shows the difference riding high-speed makes; skied okay; with Lower Chute closed, Lower Bunny was a herbitorium; stopped in exactly the same place on the Snowdon Triple on two consecutive rides.
Typical 2020 - steady rain the entire drive up. Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a 45 minute break back at the car for lunch; raining and 42° to start - first wet snowflakes at 10:00 - full on snow by 11:00 - thick coating of wet snow followed by a little more drier snow as temps fell into the twenties; 28 runs; 31,436 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; soft, rain soaked groomers firmed considerably as the day went on; nobody else out till it started to snow; never rode the lift with another person; never waited in a lift line; everything but my gloves stayed dry; skied every open trail segment today; skied okay for day one; good start to the season despite the rain.
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Lee and Tony Day 1. Hard rain overnight, nobody else out, 13 runs, 16,458 vertical; skied the SkiLogic Customs; walked up to the lodge and the first person I saw was Glenn DeFrancesco.
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7 runs, 6,765 vertical, skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; DNF'd in Ski Bum, got mad and went home.
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Family ski day with Uncle Bob and Aunt Georgia and family, 24 runs, 33,170 vertical.
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Out 8:30 to 3:00 with a quick lunch break at the car to change skis; sunny and warm - temps in the upper forties with no wind; 24 runs; 14,621 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's, the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's, and the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; groomers; typical Montage crowd - nobody early and all the newbs arrive around noon; NASTAR today: 9.95 hcp (Platinum).
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Mid-Atlantic Master GS. Out 8:30 to 12:00 without any breaks; sunny with temps rising into the thirties and a slight breeze; 10 runs; 7,000 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; skied horribly.
25 51 Burns, Martin M7 39.58 (24) 42.41 (26) 1:21.99 (25/4)
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Beer League Race #6. 25.47 (3) 12.01 hcp (Platinum)
Out 4:00 to 5:30 just to race; clear and calm with temps in the twenties; 7 runs; 4,280 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's and the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; groomers; Smoke was very good - they blew 2" of smooth chalk on the pitch; good result tonight - beat all the women.
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Out 8:00 to 12:00 with coffee at the Ski Club; windy and cold with a diminishing overcast - temps in the teens - winds 30-40 mph from the north, gusts much higher - 2" or so more yesterday afternoon and evening; 18 runs; 24,205 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; soft groomers; lots of people; had to quit early with a physical ailment for the first time this season - my left calf and achilles tightened up just before coffee.
#justgivemeagroomer 1,811,405
Out 8:00 to 3:00 with coffee back at the condo to change skis and lunch in the bar at Snowshed; snowing and windy - 2" or so by the time I quit; 28 runs; 36,597 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and Blizzard Brahma #2's; groomers; some people did show up by noon;
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Out 11:00 to 4:00 with lunch at the condo; mostly clear and windy with temps in the twenties; 22 runs; 26,771 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's and the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17 's; crunchy groomers; lots of people, but lots of lifts too; Double Dipper was firm and crunchy after it's first groom of the season - that's my favorite condition on my favorite slope so I did 15; glad for the slowness of the Canyon Quad today - top to bottom on a firm DD is a lot more work than zooming groomers for vert over on Bear.
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Out 10:00 to 1:00 with just a coffee break at the Ski Club after I didn't go back out after lunch at the condo; clear and very cold, but thankfully very little wind - temp was -5° overnight, never out of the single digits today; 16 runs; 17,230 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; groomers where much firmer than yesterday, but still very carvable - not everything looked like the picture below; I couldn't get back around on the Snowdon Triple's mid-station before Barb and Rick skied over my tracks.
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Out 9:00 to 4:00 with coffee at the Ski Club and lunch at the condo; yesterday's drizzle ended as 2" overnight - freezing drizzle once again this morning, but the temps dropped and it started snowing by noon; 24 runs; 31,869 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; new snow on groomers; holiday crowd already starting to build; the Brahmas aren't near as smeary as Enforcers; was very tired today, but I stuck it out to the end; skied a few with Todd and his wife Melida.
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Out 9:00 to 4:00 with a few breaks at the Ski Club while racing and lunch at the condo; yesterday's rain ended as 2" of snow last night - partly sunny today with temps around 20° and some wind; 25 runs; 33,170 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the Nordica Enforcer 88's; fresh snow on groomers; Chute-Chute-Chute was all smooth creamy goodness first thing; finally beat all the women - Steph and Lauren, the two fastest women, weren't there but it still counts.
12 151 MARTIN BURNS 24.05 (12) SM5 (2)
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40,000 in the rain. Out 9:00 to 3:00 with lunch at the condo; freezing mist at the start turned to plain old light rain around 11:00 o'clock - full on K Cloud above mid-mountain - a pretty strong SW wind too; 30 runs; 40,515 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the Nordica Enforcer 88's; soft groomers; more people out than I would have thought given the rain; skiing ok.
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Out 9:00 to 3:45 with coffee at the Ski Club and lunch in the Peak Lodge; 2" overnight ended as 2" more this morning - when the snow stopped so did the wind and it got extremely foggy; 30 runs; 36,443 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; fresh snow on groomers - very nice; not too many people given the snow - never a lift line; Skyeburst first thing was fun; skied the hill a little differently today, I covered all the trails on Bear and on Snowdon rather than lapping just my favorites.
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Beer League Race #4. 26.64 (6) 13.51 hcp (Platinum)
Just out 5:00 to 6:15 to race; raining with temps around 40°; super soft - just shy of running water; 5 runs; 1,989 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; just okay skiing, but a pretty good result.
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Out 9:00 to 1:30 with coffee at the Ski Club; clear skies with temps around twenty and some wind; 17 runs; 19,689 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; firm groomers; good sized crowd, but no lift lines; 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in my Ski Bum classification were separated by 0.15 seconds - of course I was the poor bastard in 4th...
18 151 MARTIN BURNS 25.54 (18) SM5 (4)
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Radvanyis and Company Day 3. Out 9:00 to 4:00 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; overcast with temps in the thirties; 32 runs; 39,397 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; softening groomers with little to no moisture; light crowd; Superstar was stellar - Double Dipper was very nice too;
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Radvanyis and Company Day 2. Out 9:00 to 4:15 with lunch back at the condo; overcast with temps around freezing and some wind - a little bit of freezing drizzle for about an hour this morning; 26 runs; 32,504 vertical; in the morning I skied Chris' Nordica Enforcer 100's, while he skied my G9's - switched to my Noridca Enforcer 88's in the afternoon; groomers; a little busy at Bear early, but generally a pretty light crowd;
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Radvanyis and Company Day 1. Out 8:00 to 4:00 with coffee in KBL and lunch at the condo; mostly overcast with temps around freezing and light winds; 24 runs; 28,574 vertical; soft groomers, but some snow would help alot; good sized crowd, but it emptied out early for the Super Bowl;
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Out at 8:00, home at 10:15 when I couldn't run away and hide any longer; overcast and calm with temps in the twenties; 11 runs; 11,650 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; soft groomers; really crowded right from opening bell; Cascade was marvelous; Bear chair down, so huge line at SPE4 - see below.
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Out 9:00 to 4:00 with coffee at the Ski Club and lunch in KBL; sunny to start, but the clouds rolled in around noon - temps rising toward 30°; 34 runs; 44,433 vertical; skied the Nordica Enforcer 88's; soft groomers and yummy snowmaking; tons of people; Lower Ovation under the guns was real good again, so I did 10; today marks ½ the ski season.
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Out 9:15 to 4:00 with coffee at the Ski Club and lunch in the Peak Lodge; clear and cold with little to no wind - temps rising to around 20°; 36 runs; 42,539 vertical; skied the 'new' Nordica Enforcer 88's; plenty of people, but no real lines; Lower Ovation under the guns was real good - looking forward to a repeat tomorrow; liked today's demos so much that I bought them; in the last 9 ski days, I've skied 11 different skis - I truly do have a problem.
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Out 8:00 to 3:45 with several race breaks and a lunch break at the Ski Club; clear and cold to start, but the sun quickly warmed things up to nearly 20° and it even felt warmer than that for a little while; 25 runs; 27,686 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the Blizzard Brahma #2's; groomers and some good snowmaking; not too many people out; if I would have know how badly I'd ski at Ski Bum today, I wouldn't have taken yesterday off; all sorts of lift problems today - stopped on or waited in line before they closed a lift for more than 5 minutes 4 different times today - oddly enough all on different lifts and two of the stops were more than 10 minutes; tons of fixed grip lifts today and today's vertical shows it; the snowmaking on Double Dipper was very, very good, especially the top ⅓ under the long armed tower guns - got to make turns down the steepest pitch along side tons of the slough I kicked off up above.
Race 1 - 151 BURNS MARTIN DNF
Race 2 - 24 151 MARTIN BURNS 25.97 (24) SM5 (4)
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Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a ski change break at the condo and lunch at the bar in Snowshed; 3" new snow overnight - snow, sleet, and freezing fog at various times today - temps right at freezing with relatively little wind; 24 runs, 32,903 vertical, skied my brand new Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the Line Supernatural 108's; powder and packed powder; not too big a crowd given the new snow - rarely had to ride with somebody else; hit another submerged piece of granite today - thank god it was with the Lines;
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Out 8:30 to 12:00 with no break; 3" of snow and mixed precip overnight - temps right around freezing with on and off snow all morning; 14 runs; 12,280 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; good crowd, but never any liftline; Radvanyi and Yatsko skinned up Bear Cub to South Ridge before first chair - I joined them when the lifts finally did open and we rode all the non-scanned lifts at the top of the mountain; had another fall today - dove head-first over a mogul on Pipedream when I checked up to miss a huge bare spot and high-sided; very nice conditions today - the mixed nature of last night's snow made it stick to the existing snowpack really well; Escapade first thing was very nice; Downdraft wasn't bad either; skied horribly this weekend - I'm blaming it on lack of rest.
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Out 8:00 to 12:00 with coffee at Bear; warm and overcast with temps in the thirties a little wind building from the SSW; 20 runs; 23,249 vertical; skied a pair of 174 cm Nordica Spitfire 80 demos; groomers; big crowd; skied till there was even a small lift line in the Canyon; skied with Radvanyi and Yatsko.
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Out 9:00 to 4:00 with a break back at the condo to switch jackets after I broke a zipper and a coffee break at the Ski Club; overcast with temps in the thirties and no wind - skies cleared quickly at 2:30; 34 runs; 39,746 vertical; skied a pair of 182cm Volkl Deacon Lowride 84 demos from Peak Performance; big crowd;
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Out 9:00 to 4:00 with coffee at the Ski Club and lunch at the condo; sunny and warm with very little wind - temps in the upper thirties; 30 runs; 39,684 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's and the SkiLogic Customs after lunch; good crowd, but little to no lift lines; hit the only rock on Skyeburst really hard on my SG skis; really liking the SkiLogics again; fell today at speed on my Super G skis.
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Ski Bum Race with makeup run from week 1. Out 9:00 to 4:00 with just two quick breaks in the Ski Club Building; clear and cold with a little wind out of the NW - temps in the twenties; 28 runs; 34,383 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; groomers; lots of people, but no lift lines; plenty of people at Ski Bum though - waited 45 minutes for my first run and almost ½ hour for my second;
Race 1 - 10 151 MARTIN BURNS 25.47 (10) SM5 (2)
Race 2 - 13 151 MARTIN BURNS 26.10 (13) SM5 (4)
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Out 8:00 to 3:45 with coffee at KBL and lunch in the Peak Lodge; clear and cold with little to no wind - well below 0° overnight, maybe 10° for a high today; 32 runs, 44,050 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; groomers; not many people; already hit a rock with the new skis.
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Last day with David and Mel. Out 8:00 to 2:30 with a quickie KBL coffee break and lunch at the condo; clear and cold with the tinyest bit of wind - temps in the single digits all day; 26 runs; 32,147 vertical skied the brand new 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; firming groomers; just David and I this morning - Mel went snowshoeing with the dog; just me the afternoon - Dave and Mel left at lunch;
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Dave and Mel Day 2. Out 8:00 to 4:00, albeit with a 4+hour lunch break at the condo; 4" of new snow overnight - clear, cold and windy today with temps in the single digits all day; 21 runs; 15,094 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; some real nice snow in the morning, but pretty skied out when Dave and I went back out at the end of the day; tons of people;
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Day 1 with Dave and Mel. Out 8:00 to 3:30 with coffee down at the Skyeship Base and a long lunch back at the condo; overcast with temps in the teens and little to no wind; 20 runs; 21,671 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; groomers; lots of people;
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Writing this 4 days later, so 21 runs, 24,359 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras.
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Ski Bum Race. Out 9:15 to 4:00 with coffee and lunch breaks in the Ski Club Building; overcast and warm with very little wind again; 31 runs; 36,158 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the Blizzard Brahma #2's; frozen granular; plenty of people, but no lift lines.
26 151 MARTIN BURNS 30.15 (26) SM5 (5)
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Out 9:15 to 3:00 with coffee at Bear; overcast and warm with temps rising just above freezing - little or no wind; 26 runs; 40,526 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; frozen granular; a few people, but no lift lines; Bear Claw/Anti-Venom/Wildfire was good, everything else sucked; fucked up my skis today - they need to go to the shop; ski-in/ski-out today - finally.
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Out 9:20 to 3:00 with lunch at Bear; overcast with temps rising toward freezing and a stout wind, especially up high; 25 runs, 40,570 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; granular on crust; very light crowd - not surprising given all the rain; Bear Claw/Anti-Venom/Wildfire was very good - everything else sucked.
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Beer League Race #1. 29.08 (13) 22.51 hcp (Gold)
Temps in the low twenties with plenty of wind; 7 runs; 3,681 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; granular on crust.
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Out 8:30 to 2:30 with coffee in KBL and lunch in the bar at Snowshed; mostly clear with temps rising toward freezing and a little wind; 32 runs; 40,754 vertical; skied the SkiLogic Customs; groomers; not too many people - never a lift line at SPE4 or NE4; Canyon chair closed; skis performed well again, even with a day old tune.
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Out 8:00 to 2:30 with coffee in KBL and lunch in the bar at Snowshed; mostly overcast with temps in the twenties and the tinyest bit of wind; 32 runs; 40,733 vertical; skied the SkiLogic Customs; groomers; not too many people out today; Upper Bear Claw was very good early; these skis performed well again today.
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Out 8:15 to 2:00 with coffee in KBL and lunch in the bar at Snowshed; mostly clear with temps in the twenties and a strong breeze; 24 runs, 32,685 vertical; skied the SkiLogic Customs; groomers; huge crowd; feeling ok - skiing ok; first time on these skis since I broke my arm in November 2017; I'm not sure what my gripe was about these skis, because today they skied beautifully.
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Out 8:00 to 1:00 with coffee in KBL; clear, warm and very windy; 24 runs, 31,726 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #1's; groomers of various firmness's and a little snowmaking on Upper Skyeburst; huge crowd; East Fall and High Road were very good; got home and the Sunrise Triple was turning - maybe next weekend for ski-in/ski-out!
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Out 8:00 to 2:30 with lunch in the bar at Snowshed; mostly clear with temps rising toward freezing and a whole bunch of wind; 26 runs; 31,726 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; firm groomers; tons of people; skied with Bud and Tommy.
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Out 8:00 to 3:00 with coffee at Bear and lunch in the bar at Snowshed; temps around 20° with increasing winds and clouds; 29 runs; 34,166 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; firm groomers; tons of people; skied with Bud and Tom; Bear opened today; spent way too much time waiting for Tommy this morning.
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Out 11:00 to 2:30 with coffee in the Ski Club building; clear, cold and very windy - below 0° overnight, at or just above 0° today - winds 25 mph + all day; 13 runs; 16,869 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; firm, wind-blown groomers; very few people out; wind holds on several lifts; out late after one final morning of auto service in Rutland; I'll get my vertical, just not on days like today.
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Out 9:15 to 3:00 with coffee at the Ski Club and lunch in the Peak Lodge; cold, dark and blustery today after 2" overnight - flurries all day - temps in the low-twenties, but the wind made it feel much colder; 25 runs; 29,862 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; groomers mostly; big crowd today - maybe everybody was getting this week's skiing in before it turns much colder tonight; High Road was very nice - did 4; didn't ski particularly well today, but then again I didn't put much effort into it either.
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Out 11:30 to 4:00 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; snowing with temps steady around 20° and an increasing east wind - 4" of new snow by 4:00 PM; 22 runs; 26,800 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; new snow on firm groomers; good crowd, but never a lift line; nice day; out late after spending this AM in Rutland at the garage; 62.5% ahead of last year's vertical total on this date.
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Out 9:15 to 2:00 with a long coffee break in the Ski Club building; clear and cold with temps never much above 10° and quite a bit of wind up high; 22 runs; 25,235 vertical; skied the Volkl Mantras; firm groomers with chunks; today's snowmaking mostly directed at resurfacing on things like Chute, Bunny, Highline and East Fall; did most parts of the mountain that were open, including my first runs of the year on Needle's Eye; tore up the skis pretty badly today cutting too close to walkway at the corner of KBL.
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Out 9:00 to 4:00 with lunch in the Ski Club building; windy with an increasing overcast, intermittent snow and temps rising toward 30°; 30 runs; 29,062 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; various levels of firmness; skiing well; these skis rock.
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Out 9:15 to 3:45 with a quickish lunch in the Ski Club building; mostly clear with temps never above the mid-teens and a little bit of wind; 31 runs; 28,223 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; lots of skiing today - I made big laps down East Fall while waiting to race on Reason; 3 snowguns on the top of Lower East Fall made the entry delightful.
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Race Camp Day 3. Out 9:00 to 3:30 with lunch in the Ski Club building; mostly sunny and cold with temps around 10° at the top and a rising wind; 24 runs; 20,638 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; ice and firm groomers; skied pretty well given the conditions; Rick Svenser, "Don't squat over your skis on the ice. Get them out from underneath you where you can get them up on edge.";
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Race Camp Day 2. Out 9:00 to 3:30 in the pouring rain; 18 runs, 19,047 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; soft wet snow everywhere; this morning we did quite a few runs through a cool course down the remnants of the terrain park on Reason; all my classmates wimped out this afternoon, so I did 7 Gondi runs by myself; Lower East Fall was stellar; Cascade was real good too - it was just too bumpy for a redo.
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Race Camp Day 1. Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a long lunch reviewing video in KBL; temps rising well above freezing with rain starting in earnest around 11:00 - poor visibility; 22 runs; 19,779 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; soft, sticky snow everywhere; in John Pierce's group again this year with Roger, Andy, Ken, Bob, Cathy, Tim and Val
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Out 12:30 to 2:30 with David; a few clouds, temps in the twenties and a little wind; 11 runs; 12,231vertical; skied the 2012 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; groomers of varying firmness's; got to do the Superstar pod for the first time this year.
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Out 9:00 to 3:00 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; snowing with no wind and temps warming into the twenties - 3" on my car in the Vale at the end of the day; 28 runs; 32,473 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; packed powder and soft groomers; lots of people; good day even though I didn't ski particularly well.
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