Sunday, December 17, 2017

Session 3 of the 2017-2018 season: Crystal Mt - Found some softer conditions on the steeps

Fun day better conditions then yesterday, softer groomers and I found some natural ungroomed steeps that was fun. And a brief period of sunlight!



Highlights: nicely groomed blue slopes made carving easy. Steeps were groomed and softer then yesterday.
Temperatures: a steady 27 degrees
Sky: cloudy, flat light, some sun later in the session
Conditions: groomed with mostly soft conditions on the main runs, found some ungroomed natural conditions when the sun came out
Duration: 2 hours - 9:00-11:00
Gear: Burton TT
Daily Vertical: 6601










Saturday, December 16, 2017

Session 2 of the of the 2017-2018 season: First runs at Crystal Mt

First runs of the year at Crystal Mt, found some good groomers for some high speed carving.
Lot's of natural snow but most areas were groomed and some were icy.



Crystal Mt Highlights: Nicely groomed blue slopes, for fun carving. Steeps were hard and icy
Temperatures:  a steady 22 degrees
Sky: Cloudy, grey, flat light
Conditions:  groomed with mostly soft conditions on the main runs, harder and icy on the steeper runs.
Duration:   2 hours  from 9:00-11:00
Gear: Burton Hero Board
Daily Vertical: 5662






Sunday, December 10, 2017

Session 1 of the 2017-2018 season: First Session - Mt Holly - for the first runs of the new season


Mt Holly Highlights: Nicely groomed manufactured
snow with decent conditions for carving, ollies and butters. Only the hi speed lift serving 3 main slopes on the front side was open. Not much off a crowd, so it was practically a non-stop loop.
Haven't lost any skills since last March, everything just fell into place after a few warm up runs.
Temperatures:   Mid-20s
Sky: Cloudy, grey, flat light
Conditions:  groomed with mostly soft conditions on the main run
Duration:   2 hours  from 9:00-11:00

Gear: Burton Hero Board
Daily Vertical: 5876 ft