Out 9:30 to 2:00 with a coffee break in the bar; a coating of new snow overnight - overcast with a little wind, a few flurries and temps around 30° today; 20 runs; 15,500 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; especially nice grooming and snow on the Meadows and the top half of Odyssey; Olympian was even worth a redo; skied okay.
Out 9:00 to 1:30 with lunch in the lodge; sunny with temps rising through the thirties and relatively little wind; 20 runs; 30,416 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; frozen grooming in spots, but various amount of snowmaking everywhere else; lots of people but very little lift line - significantly fewer people out after lunch; skied with John P. and his daughter Anika; Minya Kona was pretty good - deep, soft snowmaking reserved till almost 11AM; skied okay.
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).
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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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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.
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 9:10 to 1:45 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; temps right at freezing, no wind, temperature and cloud inversion today; 26 runs; 25,099 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; firm groomers with some chucks on Lower Chute and Bunny; Mouse Run and Upper Bunny were very good; lots and lots of people out, but never much of a liftline; skied ok; feeling ok.
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Day 2 with Uncle Bob and Rich. Out 9:00 to 2:00 with a nice long lunch in the Peak Lodge; cold, overcast and breezy to start, light snow with a couple of inches on the ground when we left; temps in the mid-teens all day; 15 runs; 16,443 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; carvable groomers that soften nicely with the new snow; fairly large crowd, but with the Snowdon Triple running people spread out pretty quickly; feeling okay other than the standard early season shinbone tenderness.
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Another great day. Out 11:45 to 4:00 with lunch at the Peak Lodge; growing overcast with temps just above freezing and a stiff wind blowing in weather from the southwest; 19 runs; 28,750 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; corn, corn, corn; nobody out today - only rode the chair or box with someone else a few times; Outer Limits and Dip Dip were marvelous; did 8 on OL, but only 4 on Dip Dip - I just ran out of time.
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Great day on the hill. Out 9:30 to 2:00 with lunch at the Peak Lodge; mostly sunny skies with temps just above freezing and a little wind; 21 runs, 28,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; firm groomers softening quickly in the sun; lots of people for a Wednesday; plenty of great choices today - Outer Limits, Double Dipper, Downdraft and Superstar were all groomed; Canyon Quad running mid-week and Dip Dip groomed - priceless; skier's left of Tower 4 on the lower pitch of Superstar was noteworthy - they did an excellent job grooming the side of the glacier there; Ovation still closed after last weekend's rain/freeze.
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Out for a morning and an afternoon session; building overcast with temps around freezing and no wind; 15 runs; 19,600 vertical; started on the Rossignol Avenger 76 Ti's - I wanted to start on a putt putt ski this am given yesterday's incident with my right knee - everything was fine, so I changed to the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's for the afternoon; firming groomers; fair number of people this morning, but almost empty this afternoon; the last 3 on Stashway-BearClaw-Sunburst were very good - not sure if it was the snow or lack of people.
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Out 9:00 to 3:00 with coffee and lunch breaks; temps right at freezing with an in and out K Cloud and a tiny bit of wind; 27 runs; 34,250 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; groomers and other stuff; skied with Chris - I love skiing with somebody who can keep up and/or even lead; still love these skis; did Double Dipper, NorthStar, and Ovation sans the bottom pitch; Bear Cub and Sun Dog opened today, but still no Sunrise Chair.
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Out 9:00 to 11:45 without a break; clear and cold with no wind - a chilly 15° this morning; 16 runs; 13,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; they made ¼" of snow at the top of the main lift - just enough to hide the rocks and gravel but not enough to prevent me from putting a full length gouge in my right ski when I hit an unseen stone.
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Out 9:00 to 1:45 with a quick break for an excellent bowl of clam chowder and a coke; mostly sunny and windy with temps rising through the thirties; 22 runs; 16,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; skied ok - counter, then kink leading with the inside hip; long, long walk to the slopes from the parking lot; the cabriot is the stupidest type of lift ever devised - all of the inconvience of a gondola without the benefits on an enclosed cabin or seats.
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Out 8:00 to 12:00 with a ½ hour coffee break in the car; 17°, sunny and a little windy to start - overcast by the time I left; no Ski Tracks today, so the run count and vertical are guestimates; 15 runs; 12,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; excellent conditions today - yesterday's soft snow was groomed flat and setup nicely overnight making everything extremely grippy today; big holiday crowd; skiing better the past couple of days; still feeling good physically; despite being 5 or 6 years old, I still love these skis.
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Thankful that my back feels much better today! Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a ½ hour coffee break; cloudy with temps around freezing and no real wind to speak of; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; 16 runs; 23,000 vertical; with yesterday's traffic and an overnight grooming conditions improved from yesterday; very few people on the hill today; lapping Noreaster and World Cup in sync with fellow MAX Passers Ross and his daughter Melania.
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Repeat of yesterday. Caught 'first chair', but immediately retreated to the Peak Lodge to wait out the crowd over a few leisurely cups of coffee; cloudy, windy, and cold; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's - the guys at Peak did an excellent job fixing these skis after last week's digger; 10 runs; big crowd - lift line finally died around noon; conditions are OK - still quite a few rocks though; still using the stairs :( ; Okemo tomorrow.
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Out 9:00 to 12:00; 45° with crystal clear skies to start, but clouds moved in quickly and my day ended in a light drizzle; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's again despite yesterday's damage; 19 runs; big crowd as everybody came out early to beat the incoming rain; a little more moisture in the granular snow made conditions a little better today; this date last year was my day 1; 10 days ahead of last year's pace.
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Out 9:00 to 12:30 without a break; brilliant sunshine with temps rising into the forties and a little wind; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; 22 runs; last night grooming never really froze, so it quickly became thick granular - skiable, but heavy none the less; good sized crowd, however never more than a few people in line; destroyed today's skis :(
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Bluebird! Out 9:00 to 12:00, no break; clear and cold overnight, with temps rising into the upper thirties by noon; this morning's corduroy was really just a thick layer of frozen granular rolled out flat; it took a little while till we finally got a couple of lines scraped down to a firm base; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; 20 runs; we got to ski Upper Great Northern down to Northridge this morning; skiing OK; feeling OK.
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