Thursday, February 28, 2019

Day 76 - Killington

Out with Lee; 4" overnight; cold - temps in the teens with sunny skies and little to no wind; 12 runs; 14,500 vertical; light blower snow on soft groomers - just marvelous; skied the Volkl Mantras;





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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Day 75 - Killington

Out for a couple of hours; cold and the overcast building into light snow; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; 9 runs; 11,750 vertical

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Day 74 - Killington

Very cold - came back in for more clothes and I was still cold! Just 5 runs; 3,000 vertical; skied the line Supernatural 108's.

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Friday, February 8, 2019

Day 73 - Killington

Worst conditions all year. Only out for an hour or so; temps in the thirties with lots of thick, dark clouds moving quickly over head; 4 runs; 3,750 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; soft and wet; not surprisingly there were very few people out.

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Thursday, February 7, 2019

Day 72 - Montage

Made a warmup run, the 2 race runs and went in - it was raining hard by the time I quit. Skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; 4 runs; 2,000 vertical;

11    535    BURNS MARTIN    NO YOURE D    25.25 (8)    25.53 (11)    25.25

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Day 71 - Killington

Out 12:15 to 2:15 - no break; hard freeze overnight - mostly cloudy and very windy with temps in the thirties; 10 runs; 12,500 vertical; skied the Blizzard Brahma #2's; frozen granular on hard surface - lots of stuff that was not groomed was closed;

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Day 70 - Killington

February Thaw Day 2. Out 11:00 to 2:15 - no breaks; mostly cloudy and very windy with temps falling through the forties; 16 runs; 18,000 vertical; skied the Fischer RC4 GS Cheater 18's; super soft snow just starting to corn up; Ovation and Chute/Great Bear were marvelous; today's hero snow made everybody look good.

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Monday, February 4, 2019

Day 69 - Killington

Day 2 with the Radvanyi's and Company. Out 9:00 to 3:30 with a long lunch at the condo; very warm and windy with temps rising into the 50's and an ever decreasing cloud layer; 22 runs; 27,000 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; soft and sticky; a few people were out; Ovation and Double Dipper were other worldly.



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Sunday, February 3, 2019

Day 68 - Killington

Day 1 with the Radvanyi's and Company. Out 8:00 to 1:30 with a coffee break in the Peak Lodge; warming into the twenties with an ever lowering cloud layer and very little wind; 19 runs; 21,500 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; mostly groomers; weekend crowd, but we were able to avoid most of the lines; Lower Ovation was groomed - it was excellent.

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Friday, February 1, 2019

Day 67 - Sunday River

Out for a few before heading home. Out 9:00 to 11:00 with a quick warm up break in the White Cap Lodge; very cold again - clear skies with a good breeze; 8 runs; 10,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; great carving snow on White Heat - did 6.

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