Day 10 - Keystone

Out 7:30 to 10:30 with no break; 2" overnight - cloudy and very windy today with temps in the twenties; 11 runs; 20,249 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; groomers; light crowd at the early start for Fresh Tracks at Keystone, but a real big crowd at 10:30 at the Summit Quad when the Gondi shut down for wind, so I left; Vail and Breck opened today, but it didn't seem to help with the crowd here much; looking forward to Breck next week.

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Day 9 - Keystone

Out 9:00 to 11:15; 4" overnight, cold and blustery today with a little bit of snow and temps in the twenties; 7 runs; 14,229 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; soft to start, but scraped to shit after only about an hour; Veteran's Day crowd - tons of people and I mean a lot, a whole lot; these are really nice skis; 20.

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Day 60 - Killington

Weekend trip with Radvanyi. Out 9:00 to 2:30 with lunch at the car; sunny and warm; 20 runs; 22,207 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's;

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Day 32 - Montage

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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Day 51 - Killington

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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Day 16 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 2:30 with lunch in the Peak Lodge; 4" of new snow overnight; snowing and windy with temps in the low twenties; 24 runs, 27,723 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; wind blown pow and mainly soft groomers - all wind exposed ridges were scoured clean; fairly light crowd given the new snow and proximity to the big World Cup weekend; my right calf and Achilles were a little tight today; skied lots of stuff for the first time this season - FIS, Upper Ridge Run, Vagabond, Frolic; Full House; have hopefully fixed the fit issues with the Nordica Doberman Pro 130's from 2017; first day of the year with Max Speed < 40 mph.

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Day 10 - Killington

Out with Aaron and Chris from 9:00 to noon with a leisurely, hour long coffee break in the Peak Lodge; this morning's snow started as a little freezing rain overnight - 30° and snowing hard all day - 3" and still snowing as I write this at 2:30; 10 runs; 9,824 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; groomers with fresh snow; lots of people on the hill - went in early for coffee when there was a big line on Northridge; Mouse Run and Lower Rim Run were stellar.

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Day 5 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 12:30 with a coffee break in KBL; rain and snow overnight - 1" of slush on the car this AM; 32° and snowing all day - 3" of slop total; 14 runs; 16,082 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; soft snow on softening man-made; not too many people other than the KMS kids; right ski for the conditions today; used the newer Nordica Doberman Pro 130's today; skied ok; a little tired in the heavy snow.

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Day 93 - Killington

Radvanyis Day 2. Out 8:00 to 12:00 with a coffee break in the KBL; a little disappointed that we didn't get more than the 3" that fell overnight - last night's forecast and radar looked oh so promising, but c'est la vie; very windy today with temps rising into the twenties; 12 runs; 14,544 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; powder, packed powder; huge Saturday crowd; Escapade/Flume was pretty good.



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Day 84 - Killington

Surprise snow! Only able to make a few runs after I tweaked my knee; 5-7" overnight when we only expected some snow showers - decreasing wind and snow all morning with a peak or two of sunshine as I departed; 6 runs; 7,000 vertical; powder and baby soft groomers with a frosting of new snow; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; a pretty good crowd as you'd expect with new snow overnight.



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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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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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Day 48 - Killington

More snow. Out 9:00 to 4:20 with coffee at KBL and a long lunch at the condo; K is reporting 9", but I think only half that fell overnight with the rest falling yesterday during the day; light snow and fog all day with temps around twenty and lots of wind; 20 runs; 24,100 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; powder, packed powder and new snow on groomers; people but never a line; with all the wind the flatter woods down low in the Basin were loaded with snow, think Squeeze Play; OL had lots of snow first thing, but the coral encrusted bumps underneath made it a little tricky; the bumps on Upper Needle's Eye caught a lot of snow too.



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Day 47 - Killington

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with an early lunch break at the condo and coffee at the ski club; 5" overnight with snow continuing all day; temps falling into the twenties; the wind really kicked-up after sun up, then died when the fog rolled in after noon; 14 runs; 16,500 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; powder and packed powder mostly - this afternoon's crud did have some scratchy spots; people, but no line; bad start to my morning, Sunrise Triple was delayed so I drove down to Bear without my pass;

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Day 46 - Killington

Quit early with a headache. Out at 1:30 for an hour or so; 2" overnight; temps around freezing with the cloud layer half way down Bear; 6 runs; 8,100 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; all the runs on Bear were pretty beat up by the time I got out - OL was still real fun, just a lot bumpier.

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Day 41 - Killington

Out 9:30 to 4:00 with lunch at the Long Trail Pub down at Snowshed; 3" of snow overnight with on-and-off snow showers all day; light winds with temps around 30° and a slowly rising cloud layer; 25 runs; 28,300 vertical; skied the Line SuperNatural 108's; new snow on groomers, it doesn't get any better than that; lots of people out; Bear Cub (the old Falls Brook) was very nice first thing; gouged the shit out of my skis on Highline again; love these skis; you really have to look closely to tell the picture below is not of a snowboard track.



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Day 85 - Copper Mountain

I was due. Out 9:00 to 12:30 with a long break back at the car changing skis; windy with on and off snow showers and temps in the upper teens - 2" new overnight; 7 runs; 13,000 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the Line Supernatural 108's; started with some creamy groomers and finished with all the stuff off Alpine; absolutely destroyed my Head Cheaters - I'm sure the guys at Peak can repair the damage, but I'm not sure they'll ever be race skis again; then to top it off after I switched skis I dinged the Lines on some rocks on Far East.



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Day 84 - Copper Mountain

Out 9:00 to 11:45 no break; mostly cloudy with temps in the twenties - 2" new snow overnight; 10 runs, 14,000 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; groomers, trees, and other stuff; big crowd.

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Day 70 - Solitude

On the hill 9:00 to 1:15 with a coffee break; overcast with temps around 20° and a little bit of wind; 21 runs - covered 7 of the 8 lifts today; 22,100 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; groomers - firm and thin; didn't ski particularly well today; skiing with Tom Watson again this week.

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Day 65 - Big Sky

Out 9:00 to 3:30 with a long coffee break and a long lunch break; clear and cold, -16° this morning, 6° this afternoon, 16 runs; 23,000 vertical; skied the Line Supernatural 108's; soft groomers all day; skiing with Tom Watson; skied ok; feeling ok; covered most of the stuff around Mountain Village and Madison Base; looking forward to Trembler and Ice House among others tomorrow; the only good thing about our Mountain Village condo is this view and the hot water.



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