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Crystal 03/30 Hamster Heaven
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30 Mar 2023 16:24 #236407
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Crystal 03/30 Hamster Heaven was created by ddk
Ski Report - Short version...nice day, great groomers, great off piste that I skied, great lack of human participation, great vis, great views, just the right amount of great sun! Just a pretty average great day! And it twasnt yesterday.
And the to many wordy version:
Well it definitely wasn't yesterday! Much much better day, better grooming, better off piste (well GV Bowl skiers right side - many repeats), better crowds of folks but still not to bad, better vis all around all day - day started with broken cloud bands and filtered sun that progressed to full on big better sunny conditions, better overall temps that still felt cool early but I was starting to overheat around noon and based on the telemetry it must have gotten darn hot this afternoon. Day was mostly lazy hamster treadmill kinda skiing...ventured far north to do West Face (first time this season?) to Kellys Gap (for #1)...Sluse Way to Berry Patch Right (entertaining) to the lower half of Exterminator (even more entertaining - probably even better by midafternoon). All in all a fun screamer day, groomers were ultra-wide - skiers left side of MIFB was prime packed pow early and the whole thing was mushing up nicely on my last run down it to Lower Ferks which was also mushing up nicely.... might all be totally different tomorrow - DUH!
Other - Paused at CB lodge for the soup and pizza report and my oh my I got the royal treatment! Cup of custom Tomato Bisque with chunks of beef brisket plus a excellent slice of pizza (vegy version with lots of veggy's and feta cheese - almost Greek style) delivered to my table by my personal souse chief (the two main cooks at CB lodge are incredible this season...I'm starting to put on some extra poundage!) Tomorrow is the custom in house made Chicken Noodle - hadn't planned on going...but...!
Other Other - A lot special parking area was big and a total disaster of who knows who...rest of A lot might have pushed half full, B was sort of past the shuttle stop and C parking was clustered around the shuttle stop and that was it.... another late season crowd.... very nice for me...but? Drive up very happy all the way with Elk around Greenwater mostly, drive down was 95% great till I got stuck in the Blackdiamond pipe laying fiasco! 200 ft of single lane that took 20 minutes to get through - OUCH! Should be working that project at night, not during peak traffic times...worst I have seen it there so far! Other than that a great morning of skiing!
And the to many wordy version:
Well it definitely wasn't yesterday! Much much better day, better grooming, better off piste (well GV Bowl skiers right side - many repeats), better crowds of folks but still not to bad, better vis all around all day - day started with broken cloud bands and filtered sun that progressed to full on big better sunny conditions, better overall temps that still felt cool early but I was starting to overheat around noon and based on the telemetry it must have gotten darn hot this afternoon. Day was mostly lazy hamster treadmill kinda skiing...ventured far north to do West Face (first time this season?) to Kellys Gap (for #1)...Sluse Way to Berry Patch Right (entertaining) to the lower half of Exterminator (even more entertaining - probably even better by midafternoon). All in all a fun screamer day, groomers were ultra-wide - skiers left side of MIFB was prime packed pow early and the whole thing was mushing up nicely on my last run down it to Lower Ferks which was also mushing up nicely.... might all be totally different tomorrow - DUH!
Other - Paused at CB lodge for the soup and pizza report and my oh my I got the royal treatment! Cup of custom Tomato Bisque with chunks of beef brisket plus a excellent slice of pizza (vegy version with lots of veggy's and feta cheese - almost Greek style) delivered to my table by my personal souse chief (the two main cooks at CB lodge are incredible this season...I'm starting to put on some extra poundage!) Tomorrow is the custom in house made Chicken Noodle - hadn't planned on going...but...!
Other Other - A lot special parking area was big and a total disaster of who knows who...rest of A lot might have pushed half full, B was sort of past the shuttle stop and C parking was clustered around the shuttle stop and that was it.... another late season crowd.... very nice for me...but? Drive up very happy all the way with Elk around Greenwater mostly, drive down was 95% great till I got stuck in the Blackdiamond pipe laying fiasco! 200 ft of single lane that took 20 minutes to get through - OUCH! Should be working that project at night, not during peak traffic times...worst I have seen it there so far! Other than that a great morning of skiing!
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