Day 39 - West Mountain

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Day 20 - Greek Peak

Out 9:30 to 2:00 with a quick ski change break in the car for lunch; cloudy with a little wind and temps in the thirties; 22 runs; 17,013 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's and the Atomic Redster GS RS Revoshocks; nice groomers; a few people in the PM; highest speed I've recorded in a least 5 years - tucking Odyssey on my SG skis in a suit with some decent light - too bumpy to do a low tuck top-to-bottom - if it was smoother I believe I could get close to 80 mph.

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Day 17 - Greek Peak

Out 9:30 to 2:00 with lunch in the car; lightly falling snow with temps in the low twenties - maybe 2" total; 20 runs; 15,820 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's and the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; tuck runs on Oddyssey - sort of; only 61.5 mph max.

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Day 31 - Copper

Out 9:00 to 1:30 with lunch at JJ's; partly cloudy and warm with strong winds, 37° in the parking lot this AM, mid-forties by the time I left; 17 runs; 38,981 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's and the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's; fairly light crowd - no liftlines at all; you have to ski the fronts of the SG skis, just like everything else.

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Day 43 - West Mountain

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)

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Day 40 - Montage

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.

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Day 47 - Killington

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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Day 98 - Killington

Out 9:00 to noon, no break; another bluebird day - sunny and warm, but there was a little wind; 15 runs; 21,500 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's, groomers; a few people on the hill, but generally just ski right on; Dip Dip was very good, i.e. groomed; Ovation wasn't bad either, despite the 200 ft. ice fall on the lower face; skiing the SG skis has been fun; passed 1.5 million vertical feet skied this season; Killington's website giving out misinformation yet again - fail!



Picture taken last Sunday.

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Day 97 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with lunch at the condo; sunny with temps in the lower thirties and no wind - another spectacular day; 24 runs, 33,498 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's and the Volkl Mantras; groomers - a little heavy snow on maybe the bottom ¼ of Bear by the end of the day; there were a few people out today; more than 100,000 vertical in the past 3 days; new high max speed for the season - see below; the Mantras really worked well in the heavy, soft snow; still lots of stuff closed - OL and Dip Dip for example; a little late to the hill this morning when Sunrise and the south side of Bear were closed till 9:30 for on-going grooming.



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Day 96 - Killington

Out 9:30 to 3:15 with a long lunch back at the condo; sunny with temps in the twenties and a little wind; 25 runs, 35,944 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's and the Volkl Mantras; groomers; not very many people out; first time this year on the Head i.SG RD's; also the first time this year I've gone 30k+ back to back; 2 different groomers outside the condo this morning?



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Day 68 - Big Sky

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a quick lunch break at the car and a 2¼ hour 'break' on the Six Shooter lift when it broke down; clear and warmer today, 4° to start, 14° when we left, the sun made it feel much warmer; 13 runs; 21,100 vertical; started the day with the Head i.SG RD's and switched to the Blizzard Brahma #2's at lunch; groomers; good crowd; so Tom and I got stuck on the lift today - thank god we were the only two people on a six person lift - they had started the evacuation from the lift when they figured out their problem and eventually ran us off under what was eventually full power - the mountain comped us a free lift ticket and a $50 Big Sky Gift Card; today's picture is Chad, our friendly ski patroller with the evac rope!



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Day 43 - Nakiska

Out 9:00 to 1:15 with a quick coffee break; clearing skies with temps rising into the twenties and some wind up high; 23 runs; 33,000 vertical; skied the Head i.SG RD's; firm, flat, and fast; more people today; skier cross again - fewer kids race training today, SG followed by GS on 1 trail only; finally got to ski my SG skis - first time since I bought them in March '16; talked with a 'local' today and have changed plans just a little - bagging Mt. Norquay, adding a second day at Lake Louise instead.



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