Session 12 of the 2017/2018 season: Mt Holly with the Kiting crew

Highlights:    Mt Holly at its best, joined up with Craig and Keith for a fun session ripping up the local ski hill. Tremendous Tuesday's $26.00 price tag was a good deal.

Temperature:  18-20 degrees 

Sky: Mostly Sunny   

Snow conditions:   semi-hard packed 

Duration:   12:30-3:00 

Gear:  Burton Hero TT

Daily vertical: 8,977 feet

Session 11 of the 2017/2018 season: Crystal Mountain

Highlights:  Fun day, the hard packed icy groomers loosened up a bit when the temperature rose. I did a few runs on the old 190 skis, 1990 vintage Elan skis, Woo...out of ski shape and I definitely need some modern ski gear.

Temperature:   25-32 degrees

Sky:  Cloudy

Snow conditions:    

Duration:   9:00-11:30

Gear:  Burton Hero TT

Daily vertical: 7,317 feet

 

Session 10 of the 2017/2018 season: Bluebird and softness

Highlights:   soft groomers and forgiving conditions thanks to sunny spring like conditions

Temperature:   25-45 degrees

Sky:  Bluebird

Snow conditions:   softies and fast

Duration:   

Gear:  Burton Hero TT

Daily vertical: 9,442 feet

Session 9 of the 2017-2018 season: Fresh groomers

Highlights:  Fast speedy conditions 

Temperature:  mid-20s

Sky: cloudy

Snow conditions:  fresh groomers

Duration:  9:30-12:00

Gear:  Burton Hero TT

Daily vertical: 6,996 feet

Session 8 of the 2017-2018 season: Crystal Mountain morning session

Highlights:  Just an averaged day with some soft groomers and some hard groomers. Good speed and carving conditions. Working on backside butters.

Temperature:  22-25 degrees

Sky: Mostly cloudy

Snow conditions:  Groomed hard and soft pack

Duration:  3 hours, 9-12

Gear:  Hero TT

Daily vertical: 8,753 feet

Session 7 of the 2017-2018 season: Mt Holly at it's best - bluebird and fresh groomers

Sasquatch

Highlights: Mt Holly at it's best - bluebird and fresh groomers. Fast carving runs and no lift lines.
Temperature: 15-25 sunny degrees. light breezes
Sky: Bluebird 100%
Snow conditions: Soft, fresh groomers
Duration: 2.5 hours

Gear: Burton TT

Daily vertical: 8,175 feet

Session 6 the 2017-2018 season: Crystal Mt on a Saturday

I normally don't go to Crystal Mt on weekends its just to crowded. But with nothing else going on, (no wind, all the snow has been shoveled) I decided to give it a try.
Got there about 10 o'clock, got and hour and a half in and it was okay not to crowded.
Maybe it was  because of the cold, 0 degrees and slow/sticky conditions.
Big day for the racers 4 courses set up on the steeper terrain.

Highlights: Another morning with some freshies, same slopes as yesterday.
Temperatures:   0 degrees

Sky: almost bluebird
Conditions:   some pow, soft groomers, packed powder
Duration:    1.5 hours
Gear: Burton Hero Board as always

Vertical: 4,646

Session 5 of the 2017-2018 season: More freshies at Crystal Mt

Arriving early to catch some overnight freshies. Nobody on this trail but me. Until the end when a family of 4 kids and 2 adults came crashing down.

Highlights:  Another 6 inches of freshies. An early start and an early finished after I tracked it all out.

Temperatures:  0 degrees or less, hard to tell when its this cold  

Sky: some clearing
Conditions: fresh pow to smoothed corduroy
Duration:   2 hours from 9-11 

Gear:  Burton Hero board

Daily Vertical:  5,435

Session 4 of the 2017-2018 season: It's still the Holiday week with early morning crowds

Crystal Mt Highlights: Arrived early but still the holiday crowd got to the freshies sooner then I did. Found enough pow on the obscured slopes to wet my whistle. Had fun carving them up, this is what it's all about and as a bonus the sun made an appearance.

Temperatures:   9 degrees

Sky: partly cloudy early to snow and flat light
Conditions:  3-5 inches of powder and packed powder over a groomed surface
Duration:   2 hours  from 9:30-11:30

Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical: 5,693

Session 5 of the 2017-2018 season: Serves me right for not being in line at 9:00 am

Crystal Mt Highlights:  Fresh powder early, but by the time I got there it was mostly gone. You

snoozed you loose.

Temperatures:   Mid-teens

Sky: Cloudy, some snow, flat light
Conditions:  arriving late I found the fresh 4-6 inches overnight was chopped up
Duration:   2 hours  from 11:30-1:30

Gear: Burton Hero Board

Daily Vertical:  5,471