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summitchallenger
03-24-2008, 09:11 PM
Date: March 21, 2008

2006 Trip Report #: 49

Resort: Sugarbush

Conditions: 12” of new snow on top of frozen MG (ice).

Weather: Snow and wind giving way to bluebird skies. Cold, with temps in the teens.

Trip Report: What an AlpineZone day. I drove through the snow to the mountain and scored a great spot in Section A. Folks had been worried that the winds were going to wreak havoc, but I could see Bravo and Gatehouse spinning through the sideways snow.

I went in the lodge and promptly met Beano. As he went to get his ticket, I went upstairs to see if anyone else was around. When I returned to the basement, I met Greg and Brian.

“Castlerock is spinning.” Greg said with a smile.

We booted up and headed out. While Beano was getting his skis, Greg and Brian went ahead. Beano and I rode up the lift…peering down Sleeper and smiling. We decided to take a detour to Sleeper Chute. Wow. Knee deep drifted snow and it was amazing. Beano and I were ripping…it was amazing.

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On the way down to Gatehouse, we found “Lostone.” On everyone of my SB outings, I find Lostone…so he is not so lost it would seem.

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We repeated the same run…and followed Lostone for some nice pow shots. Linse, rather, and repeat. We had given Andy and snowmonster instructions to meet us…so we were watching the time, but we saw the ropes drop on Bravo and made a beeline.

We scored first tracks down a tasty Lower Organgrinder:

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Wow, amazing. After picking up Andy and snowmonster, we headed back to Bravo and pretty much did not move. First run was down Murphy’s Glade, which was amazing…deep drifted snow and great chowder. We hit Bravo to find it was down due to chair spacing problems. We were stuck for about 15 minutes…which meant no AZ rendezvous for us…we got there a bit too late after a spin down Domino (with yours truly taking a tumble in the powder). Lower Domino was icy bumps under pow, but still fun.

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Back up Bravo and Beano suggested that we scope out the trees of Eden. Best call of the day. It was sick. We found great lines and deep snow. No crowds. The race course was a bit tough to brave. Rinse, lather, and repeat.

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Beano’s next call was not so great. We peered up Stein’s and wondered why it was not traveled. Well, Trailboss here handed the reins over and we charged down Steins to find nasty crust everywhere. It took forever for me to descend…that ice was just nasty…and I did get vertigo at times. That meant lunch break.

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Good bar scene. Beano and I were scanning the crowd and thought that the help was doing a great job. Back to skiing.

Gatehouse was the next focus…since it was sunny and we were hoping that Lynx was spinning. The lines were insane at both HSQ’s. No luck with Lynx, so back to the trees. Deeper Sleeper was in our crosshairs and again the jackpot. Nice lines and snow.

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Repeated this at least once more before Andy had to leave. So the three of us went back to Bravo and rode single to save time. We popped off three runs in Eden before SM and I slid into Bravo and single handedly shut down the lift at 4:05 due to our slipping and sliding.

We caught up with Reefer’s crew and hit Birdland top to bottom. Amazing. Great skiers as well:

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Then it was bar time. Met up with the crew and hung out.

Amazing time. Only annoyances were that Lynx did not spin and that Bravo stopped REPEATEDLY and got backed up. Argh. Oh well, small price to pay for amazing conditions.

The gallery. (http://forums.alpinezone.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/897)

Lostone
03-25-2008, 09:37 AM
Great report. As you probably noticed, the youtube tags don't work, here. I got to mine here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq9Gj5MkfEY)

(Guess I should have waited a bit, before heading down?) :roll: :lol:


Really glad you guys had such a sweet day, for your Sugarbush day! 8)