Winter 2014-2015 season - Day 6: Soft Groomers with 2-3 inches of new powder

After yesterday's disaster of rock  hard ice, today was just the opposite. Fresh snow, 2-3 inches over soft groomers and partly sunny skies. Made it an exceptional day, over 3 hours of downhill fun.

Temperatures: 10-13 degrees
Sky: Partly sunny with snow showers
Conditions: Soft groomers with 2-3 inches of powder
Schooled: Backside 180s
Vertical: 6625



 

View from top of the the high speed lift

Winter 2014-2015 season - Day 5: Crystal Mt - Like riding on Diamond Plate

Todays snow conditions

Horrible day freezing rain over hard pack.  Felt like riding on diamond plate steel. Searched for an hour and never found any good runs.

Temperatures: 30ish degrees
Sky: Low grey overcast
Conditions: Diamond Plate -  1/4 inch freezing rain on top of hard packed groomed
Schooled: Ice Carving
Vertical: 3021 ft

Winter 2014-2015 season - Day 4: Perfect Groomers at Crystal Mt

Hitting the boxes in the lil' grom's park

Some of the best groomers in a long time, soft and easy.   
Edging some high Gs toe side carves. All kinds of spins, getting the infamous backside 108s down.
Even played in the lil' grom's terrain park.
Temperatures: 20-30 plus degrees
Sky: Bluebird till noon
Conditions: Groomed soft packed
Schooled: Spins, Carves, Glades, park and Backside 180s
Vertical: 5830 in 2.5 hours.

 



Winter 2014-2015 season - Day 3: Opening day at Crystal Mt

Welcome to warmer temperatures and soft packed groomers.
Decent snow conditions with foggy, flat light conditions.  At least the groomed trails were soft pack due to the warmer temperatures.
Fun for a couple of hours, no crowds, glades weren't  open due to lack of snow cover.
Back side was fun, for some reason the snow conditions are always better there.
Good deep carving turns type of fun.

Foggy, warmer conditions

Temperatures: 32 plus degrees
Sky: Foggy, flat light
Conditions: Groomed soft packed
Schooled: Spins
Vertical: 4992 ft
$229.00 season lift ticket

 

 

 

 

Top speed of 37.3 mph.

Winter 2014-2015 season Day 2: Hard Pack at Boyne Highlands

Another bluebird day and another day where I  had the slopes all to myself.

The conditions for the groomers was pretty much hard pack to icy, once the sun warmed up in the sunny areas the conditions softened up a bit.

Seems like Nub's had a lot more varying terrain to play on versus The Highlands

Overall it was another great day to be on the slopes, got back to my usual form from last year. And still working on the 180 backside.

Temperatures: 15-30 degree
Sky: 90% Bluebird
Conditions: Groomed hard pack
Gear: Burton soft Hero board and new Burton boots.
$45.00 lift ticket

Two days two mountains

 

Winter 2014-2015 season Day 1: At Nubs Nob for "Season Opening Day" for the 2014-2015 snow season

Comfort glades

Bluebird day, snow in the glades and the slopes all to myself. Not that I'm selfish or greedy but hey everyone's invited - if they don't come - more for me.
With 2-3 inches of 1 day old powder on top of spotty icy base along with dirt, rocks, leaves and twigs I had the glades at Nub's all to myself.
The conditions for the groomers was pretty much hard pack to icy, once the sun warmed up in the sunny areas the conditions softened up a bit.
First time at Nub's since 2005....Rode with Tim back then.
Overall a great day to start the season, played safe, felt good and took off from where I was last season.
Nubs seems to have more terrain to offer then the Highlands. The steeper terrain on the front side was facing north and remained hard pack and icy all day.


Comfort Glades at Knub's Knob

 

Temperatures: 15-30 degree
Sky: Bluebird
Conditions: Hard pack and icy.  2-3 inches of fresh untracked snow in the glades area
Gear: Burton soft Hero board and new Burton boots.
$28.00 lift ticket





MAX SPEED 29.56 MPH
SKI AVERAGE SPEED  10.16 MPH SKI DISTANCE 18.15 miles SKI VERTICAL 11583 ft. Recorded Time 3:39 (actual time 4 hours)

MAX SPEED 29.56 MPH

 

SKI AVERAGE SPEED  10.16 MPH
SKI DISTANCE 18.15 miles
SKI VERTICAL 11583 ft.
Recorded Time 3:39 (actual time 4 hours)

 

Grand Finally of 2013-2014 season

 

 

 April 2 2014, Wednesday - Season's finally.

Nice sunny, bright spring day, 40 degrees, no wind and with soft conditions.
Finally getting the back side 180 and feeling confident doing it.
Season is over for me time to remove winter gear from the van and stock it with the warm weather gear. Let's head south.
Best snow season ever, season pass at Crystal paid off, trips to Utah and Colorado were fun. Good solid winter from late November till early April.
Over 50 days of putting the snowboard on.

2013-2014 season total according to ski tracks.   

Max down hill speed 47.3 MPH
Vertical Drop 349,567 Feet
Ski distance 536.9 miles