Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Day 19 - Greek Peak

Out 8:40 to 2:00 with lunch at my locker; overcast and warm with light misting most of the day; 18 runs, 14,500 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's and the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; soft and carvable leftovers after last night's rain.

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Sunday, December 24, 2023

Day 18 - Greek Peak

Out 9:45 to 2:00 with lunch in the bar; cloudy and warm with intermittent rain showers; 24 runs; 17,758 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; soft and carvable; pretty good sized crowd.

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Friday, December 22, 2023

Day 17 - Greek Peak

Out 9:30 to 2:30 with lunch in the bar; increasing clouds and temps - temps rose into the upper thirties; 23 runs; 18,000 vertical; skied the 2012 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; ever firming groomers; good sized crowd; skiing horribly.

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

Day 16 - Greek Peak

$10 Day; huge crowd; one and done.

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Day 15 - Hunter Mountain

Out 9:00 to 1:45 with lunch in the bar; overcast with temps around 30° and some wind; 18 runs; 28,030 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; frozen chunks, rocks and dirt; nobody else out; snowmaking restarted all over the mountain this morning after yesterday's rain; skiing in new boots requires way too much buckling and unbuckling.

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Sunday, December 17, 2023

Day 14 - Greek Peak

Out 8:30 to 2:00 with lunch in the bar; warm, cloudy and windy with the incoming rain storm threating all day; 23 runs; 17,316 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; soft snow with lots of dirt; except for the GPSC kids not many people out; suprisingly good today - Odyssey was fun.

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Friday, December 15, 2023

Day 13 - Greek Peak

Out 9:30 to 2:00 with a quick ski change and bite to eat at the car; warm and sunny with temps rising toward 50°; 23 runs; 17,260 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's and the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; frozen marbles generally, but a few places (Elysian Fields) softened to some creamy goodness in the afternoon sun; nobody else out early, a few more people later.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Day 12 - Greek Peak

Out 9:30 to 12:00 without a break; partly sunny with temps in the low thirties and very little wind; 14 runs, 18,460 vertical; skied the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; frozen groomers with tons of chunks; nobody else out; 2 days on race skis and in new boots has me thrashed.

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Day 11 - Greek Peak

Out 9:30 to 3:00 with lunch in the car; overcast with temps around freezing and no wind; 24 runs; 18,469 vertical; skied the 2019 Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's and the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; crunchy groomers; very few people; first day in new boots - Lange World Cup RS ZB's - they're stout.

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Saturday, December 9, 2023

Day 10 - Greek Peak

Out 8:30 to 11:00, no break; cloudy and warm, no wind; 13 runs; 9,841 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; no grooming overnight was an excellent choice - firm but skiable this morning despite the warm temps overnight; Odyssey was good again; skied with a new guy named Ron.

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Day 9 - Greek Peak

Out 12:00 to 3:00 with no break after having a Dr's appt this morning; skies clearing to late afternoon sunshine with temps in the upper forties; 15 runs; 11,302 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; soft snow; Odyssey was excellent; Elyesian Fields wasn't too bad either.

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Day 8 - Hunter Mountain

Out 9:00 to 2:00 with lunch in the car; cloudy with intermittent flurries, temps around freezing and little to no wind; 24 runs; 31,482 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; snowmaking on groomers; some people - no liftlines.

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Day 7 - Hunter Mountain

Out 9:00 to 1:45 with lunch in the lodge; overcast with temps around freezing and a little breeze; 25 runs; 31,111 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; resurfacing in progress after this weekend's rain; nobody else out, except the Tomessettis.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

Day 6 - Greek Peak

Out 9:15 to 11:45; foggy and rainy with temps in the thirties; 15 runs; 11,266 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; soft man made; Fields-Stoic and Odessey today.

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Friday, December 1, 2023

Day 5 - Hunter Mountain

Out 9:15 to 1:00 with lunch in the lodge; early sunshine dimming to overcast by the time I left; 16 runs; 19,992 vertical; skied the Blizzard Bonafides; soft snowmaking; a few more slopes today; the snowmaking on the pitch of Overlook was stellar.

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